| Coverage : The Boston Celtics Quiz tests your knowledge of one of the NBA's most successful teams.
The Boston Celtics Quiz questions are carefully crafted so you can gauge how much you know about this winning team.
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| 1. | The Boston Celtics were formed in what year? |
| a. | | 1946 |
| b. | | 1957 |
| c. | | 1942 |
| d. | | 1955
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| 2. | By the end of the 2005-06 season, the Boston Celtics had retired the most numbers of any team in professional sports. How many numbers were retired? |
| a. | | 35 |
| b. | | 22 |
| c. | | 43 |
| d. | | 18
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| 3. | The Boston Celtics drafted the first black player in NBA history. What was that player's name? |
| a. | | Cedric Maxwell |
| b. | | Earl Lloyd |
| c. | | Nat Clifton |
| d. | | Chuck Coooper
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| 4. | By the end of the 2005-06 season, who had held the record for most points scored in his Boston Celtics career? |
| a. | | Larry Bird |
| b. | | Bill Russell |
| c. | | Kevin McHale |
| d. | | John Havlicek
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| 5. | What are the Boston Celtics colors? |
| a. | | Green and blue |
| b. | | Blue and white |
| c. | | Green and white |
| d. | | Green and yellow
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| 6. | Larry Bird made headlines when he scored the most points in a single game, and by the end of the 2005-06 season, that record stood. How many points did he score in one game? |
| a. | | 55 |
| b. | | 60 |
| c. | | 40 |
| d. | | 48
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| 7. | In the 2002-03 season, how many Boston Celtics players played in the all-star game? |
| a. | | None |
| b. | | 2 |
| c. | | 3 |
| d. | | 4
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| 8. | When the Boston Celtics played at the Fleetcenter, its nickname was what? |
| a. | | The House |
| b. | | The Jungle |
| c. | | The Joint |
| d. | | The Center
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| 9. | This Boston Celtic player was named Rookie of the Year in 1980. |
| a. | | Bill Walton |
| b. | | Bill Russell |
| c. | | Danny Ainge |
| d. | | Larry Bird
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| 10. | Including the 2005-06 season, how many division titles have the Boston Celtics won? |
| a. | | 22 |
| b. | | 25 |
| c. | | 32 |
| d. | | 18
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| 11. | Boston Celtic Paul Pierce was nicknamed what by Shaquille O'Neal? |
| a. | | "The Bomb" |
| b. | | "The Forward with the Mostest" |
| c. | | "The Truth" |
| d. | | "The Way"
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| 12. | Larry Bird went to what college? |
| a. | | Dartmouth |
| b. | | Indiana State |
| c. | | Michigan State |
| d. | | Stanford
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| 13. | The Celtics drafted a highly-rated player in the 1980s, but the player never saw even a minute on the Celtics court. Who was he? |
| a. | | Marvin Barnes |
| b. | | Lucas Small |
| c. | | Reggie Lewis |
| d. | | Len Bias
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| 14. | The TD Banknorth Garden, where the Celtics play, is built on top of what? |
| a. | | Ancient burial grounds |
| b. | | Old underground bunkers |
| c. | | A transportation hub |
| d. | | Former site of underground railway
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| 15. | In what year was TD Banknorth Garden constructed? |
| a. | | 1992 |
| b. | | 1995 |
| c. | | 1998 |
| d. | | 1999
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