Celtics Trivia Game (2024)

chakdaddy · Post #541 » by **chakdaddy** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:59 am

What back to back NCAA tournament MOPs played 4 the Celtics?

Who were 4 others who played for the Celtics?

chakdaddy · Post #542 » by **chakdaddy** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:15 am

Name 6 #1 overall picks who played for the Celtics. How many were drafted by the Celtics?

DavorFanCroatia · Post #543 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:50 pm

chakdaddy wrote:What back to back NCAA tournament MOPs played 4 the Celtics?

Who were 4 others who played for the Celtics?

Back to back Bill Walton (UCLA)

Others: Bill Russell (SFU), George Kaftan (Holly Cross), Clyde Lovellette (Kansas), Sidney Wicks (UCLA), Ed Pinckey (Villanova), Pervis Ellison (Louisville) and Tony Delk (Kentucky)

DavorFanCroatia · Post #544 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:54 pm

chakdaddy wrote:Name 6 #1 overall picks who played for the Celtics. How many were drafted by the Celtics?

Kyrie, Shaq, Olowokandi, Walton, Pervis Ellison, Sihugo Green...none of them...3 times we traded 1st overall pick (1950. Share for Bill Sharman, 1980. Carroll for Parish & McHale, 2017. Fultz for Tatum and Dončić

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Elrod is Back · Post #545 » by **Elrod is Back** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:56 pm

DavorFanCroatia wrote:
Elrod is Back wrote:
chakdaddy wrote:
1st - Russell, cousy, cowens, bird, McHale, kg, havlicek, sharman
2nd - Pierce, rondo, parish, Heinsohn, j white, s Jones, McCauley, r Allen

Feel like Reggie Lewis should be 2nd team and Ray or rondo only 3rd

for first-team all-NBA, you got 7 out of 8. The one you got wrong, Cowens, only made second-team all-NBA, even in the year he won MVP!

for the second team all-NBA your got 5 out of 8, plus one of them belongs with the first-teamers. Cowens goes here and that gives you six out of 8. Rondo and Allen do not belong in either.

We had nine first teamers, there was little known center Ed Sadowski, in 1947/48 season and Ed Macauley...and of course Cousy, Sharman, Russell, Havlicek, Bird, McHale and Garnett

And as a second teamers, we had : Heinsohn, S. Jones, Cowens, White, Archibald, Parish, Pierce and Thomas

If you are doing this from memory, you are the Einstein of Cetics trivia.

Ed Sadowki? Wow. Tip of the hat to you, sir.

chakdaddy · Post #546 » by **chakdaddy** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 1:39 pm

DavorFanCroatia wrote:
chakdaddy wrote:Name 6 #1 overall picks who played for the Celtics. How many were drafted by the Celtics?

Kyrie, Shaq, Olowokandi, Walton, Pervis Ellison, Sihugo Green...none of them...3 times we traded 1st overall pick (1950. Share for Bill Sharman, 1980. Carroll for Parish & McHale, 2017. Fultz for Tatum and Dončić )

Pervis is the answer to every question!

By consecutive I meant Pinckney and Pervis

What Celtic had the best hairdo?

DavorFanCroatia · Post #547 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:01 pm

Elrod is Back wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:
Elrod is Back wrote:
for first-team all-NBA, you got 7 out of 8. The one you got wrong, Cowens, only made second-team all-NBA, even in the year he won MVP!

for the second team all-NBA your got 5 out of 8, plus one of them belongs with the first-teamers. Cowens goes here and that gives you six out of 8. Rondo and Allen do not belong in either.

We had nine first teamers, there was little known center Ed Sadowski, in 1947/48 season and Ed Macauley...and of course Cousy, Sharman, Russell, Havlicek, Bird, McHale and Garnett

And as a second teamers, we had : Heinsohn, S. Jones, Cowens, White, Archibald, Parish, Pierce and Thomas

If you are doing this from memory, you are the Einstein of Cetics trivia.

Ed Sadowki? Wow. Tip of the hat to you, sir.

I'm stat freak. Thru the years i was collecting Celtics stats, trivia, fun facts and a lot of this is still in my head...i was making for fun alot of Celtics lists...as all C's All-American in NCAA...all Olympic champs...i read and own every book on Celtics history, when i wrote to Croatian basketball magazine i did life storys on Auerbach, KC, Russell, Cousy, Heinsohn, Havlicek, Cowens, DJ, Tiny, Bird, McHale, Walton, Parish, Truth, KG...
I downloaded Celtics Media guide every year...in 2016 edition i find 7 mistakes and e-mailed it to Mr. Twiss on Celtics who thanked me
I'm more then 4100 miles from Boston, but C's fan for more then 30 years and if i'm in some kind of Celtics quiz, i would definitly kick some ass

You guys are so lucky to be able to watch C's live...for me the trip to Boston to C's game would probably cost me 3 monthly salary...and as i have three little children and with the state of Croatian economy that trip will remain the dream...And when C's games are on TV, like today...its in 2AM...so i can watch game from 2AM to 4.30AM...and then go to work from 7AM to 3PM...
Its hard life for us international Celtics fans...

DavorFanCroatia · Post #548 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:37 pm

Just a few pictures

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Fencer reregistered · Post #549 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:15 pm

The answer is:

1. Bill Russell
2. Dave Cowens
3. Larry Bird
4. Bob Cousy

What is the question?

Fencer reregistered · Post #550 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 8:56 pm

I just learned something weird -- two different Ohio State University basketball All-Americans got the nickname "Hondo". Who was the other one?

Yes, this is a very obscure question. I would never have guessed the answer. Davor probably has never even heard of the guy.

Curmudgeon · Post #551 » by **Curmudgeon** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:10 pm

Fencer reregistered wrote:I just learned something weird -- two different Ohio State University basketball All-Americans got the nickname "Hondo". Who was the other one?

Yes, this is a very obscure question. I would never have guessed the answer. Davor probably has never even heard of the guy.

Not unless they play baseball in Croatia.

Elrod is Back · Post #552 » by **Elrod is Back** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:26 pm

Fencer reregistered wrote:The answer is:

1. Bill Russell
2. Dave Cowens
3. Larry Bird
4. Bob Cousy

What is the question?

Who are the only 4 Celtics to win the MVP award, listed by position, starting at the 5 and ending at the 1?

Fencer reregistered · Post #553 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:28 am

Elrod is Back wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:The answer is:

1. Bill Russell
2. Dave Cowens
3. Larry Bird
4. Bob Cousy

What is the question?

Who are the only 4 Celtics to win the MVP award, listed by position, starting at the 5 and ending at the 1?

Actually, the ordering was meant to be how early in their respective careers they first won the award.

Fencer reregistered · Post #554 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:30 am

Curmudgeon wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:I just learned something weird -- two different Ohio State University basketball All-Americans got the nickname "Hondo". Who was the other one?

Yes, this is a very obscure question. I would never have guessed the answer. Davor probably has never even heard of the guy.

Not unless they play baseball in Croatia.

Or at least follow the game.

chakdaddy · Post #555 » by **chakdaddy** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 1:14 pm

I think Hondo was a John Wayne movie so the answer must be someone old and long forgotten.

Greg Oden?

Fencer reregistered · Post #556 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:11 pm

chakdaddy wrote:I think Hondo was a John Wayne movie so the answer must be someone old and long forgotten.

Greg Oden?

I believe that both Hondos, Cornbread and Chief all got their nicknames the same way -- they were said to look like the respective movie characters.

Curmudgeon · Post #557 » by **Curmudgeon** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:56 pm

Hint: The other Hondo hit 382 home runs during his major league career and topped 40 three times.

DavorFanCroatia · Post #558 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:32 pm

I believe its Frank Howard...

Curmudgeon · Post #559 » by **Curmudgeon** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 5:11 am

DavorFanCroatia wrote:I believe its Frank Howard...

Bingo. +1

radcot · Post #560 » by **radcot** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 2:41 pm

Watching the Pacers halftime interview last night inspired this trivia question: What are the actual given names of the following ex-Cs?
1. Popeye Jones
2. Dee Brown
3. Blue Edwards
4. Dominique Wilkins
5. M.L. Carr
6. P.J. Brown
7. K.C. Jones