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Brooklyn Nets Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers

Who are the the Brooklyn Nets?
A:  The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball franchise based in Brooklyn, New York, a borough of New York City.

When were the Brooklyn Nets were founded?
A: In 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans.

In its early years, the team led a nomadic existence, moving to where in 1968 and playing in various arenas there as the New York Nets?
A: Long Island .

Led by Hall of Famer Julius "Dr. J" Erving, the Nets won what?
A: Two ABA championships in New York.

The Nets became one of four ABA teams to be admitted into the what?
A:  The NBA as part of the ABA–NBA merger in 1976.

The team then moved back to New Jersey in 1977 and became the what?
A: New Jersey Nets.

During their time in that state, the Nets won two consecutive NBA Finals appearances in what seasons?
A: The 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons.

 

After 35 seasons in New Jersey, the team returned to the state of New York in 2012 to play where?
A: In the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn as the Brooklyn Nets.

Who was the mascot of the New Jersey Nets?
A: Sly the Silver Fox, who debuted on October 31, 1997 as part of the rebranding of the Nets for the 1997–98 season.

Prior to that, the Nets' mascot was an anthropomorphic dragon named what?
A: Duncan the Dragon.

The Nets introduced a new super hero mascot for their move to Brooklyn named what?
A: Brookly Knight.

After the Nets' second season in Brooklyn, the franchise decided to discontinue what?
A: The Brookly Knight mascot.

Who was the original owner of the Nets franchise?
A: Trucking magnate Arthur J. Brown.

Brown was the founder of the American Basketball Association team that was then known as the what?
A: New Jersey Americans in 1967.

 

The next year, Brown renamed the franchise to the New York Nets following a move to where?
A: Long Island.

Brown sold the team for $1.1 million to whom?
A: Entrepreneur Roy Boe.

Due to financial losses suffered while the team was in Long Island, Boe moved the team to where?
A: Back to New Jersey in 1977.

A year later he sold the team to a group of seven local businessmen led by whom?
A:  Alan N. Cohen and Joseph Taub, who became known as the "Secaucus Seven".

After a lengthy ownership of the franchise and numerous attempts to improve the financial situation of the team, the "Secaucus Seven" finally sold the team in 1998 to whom?
A: A group of local real estate developers led by Raymond Chambers and Lewis Katz.

The group called themselves the "Community Youth Organization" (CYO) and wanted to move the team to where?
A: To Newark, New Jersey.

After a short bidding process, the group secured a deal with what real estate developer to buy the team for $300 million?
A: Bruce Ratner.

 

On September 24, 2009, Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia's third-richest man according to Forbes, confirmed his intention to become what?
A: Majority owner of the Nets.

On November 3, 2012, the Nets introduced a new team anthem titled what?
A:  "Brooklyn: Something To Lean On".

It was written and recorded by what Brooklyn-born musician?
A: John Forté.

The song is notable for its refrain, which features the what?
A: The "Brooklyn" chant that has been popular with fans in Barclays Center.

 
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