THE SUPER ALL CANADIAN BASKETBALL QUIZ
by Curtis J. Phillips
1: CAN YOU NAME THE ONLY 3-TIME NBA REGULAR SEASON SCORING CHAMPION
TO PLAY A REGULAR SEASON NBA GAME IN CANADA....PRIOR TO EXPANSION TO TORONTO AND VANCOUVER?
2: THREE CANADIAN TEAMS HAVE PLAYED IN THE CONTINENTAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION. NAME THEM?
3: WHO WAS THE FIRST PLAYER OFFICIALY SIGNED TO BECOME A VANCOUVER
GRIZZLY?
4: WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE VANCOUVER FRANCHISE WHICH PLAYED IN
THE WORLD BASKETBALL LEAGUE?
5: WHAT NBA FRANCHISE DID CANADIAN JACK KENT COOKE OWN AT ONE TIME?
6: LEO RAUTINS, ONE OF CANADAS GREATEST PLAYERS OF ALL TIME, GRADUATED
FROM WHAT UNIVERSITY?
7: A TRANSPLANTED CANADIAN, BRIAN HEANEY (PLAYED AT ACADIA UNIVERSITY
1965-69) WAS A TOP SCORER IN THE EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE CRACKING THE TOP 10 WITH A 19.1 CLIP. WHAT TEAM DID HE PLAY FOR?
8: MATCH UP THESE TEAMS WITH THEIR NICKNAMES? THEY WERE ALL CANADIAN
TEAMS THAT PLAYED IN EITHER THE CONTINENTAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, WORLD BASKETBALL LEAGUE OR NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE.
A) WINNIPEG
1) WINDJAMMERS
B) CALGARY
2) STORM
C) VANCOUVER
3) 88s
D) MONTREAL
4) THUNDER
E) SASKATCHEWAN
5) BREAKERS
F) HALIFAX
6) OUTLAWS
G) CAPE BRETON
7) SKYHAWKS
H) HAMILTON
8) NIGHTHAWKS
I) SASKATOON
9) DRAGONS
J) EDMONTON
10) SLAM
9: FORMER CANADIAN OLYMPIC COACH THE LATE JACK DONOHUE COACHED WHAT
NBA LEGEND IN HIGH SCHOOL?
10: WHAT CANADIAN CITY HAS HAD PRO BASKETBALL THE LONGEST?
11: "What Canadian appeared on halftime of NBA telecasts in the
1970s' playing hoops with furture Hall of Famers?
ANSWERS
1: BOB McADOO WHILE PLAYING FOR THE BUFFALO BRAVES AS THE BRAVES
PLAYED A TOTAL OF 16 REGULAR SEASON GAMES IN TORONTO BETWEEN 1971-75.
2: ALBERTA DUSTERS, TORONTO TORNADOS, SASKATCHEWAN HAWKS.
3: KEVIN PRITCHARD SIGNS JUNE 1, 1995. HE WAS A MEMBER OF 1988 NCAA
CHAMP KANSAS JAYHAWKS,
4: THE VANCOUVER NIGHTHAWKS FINISHED THE 1988 SEASON WITH A 18-36
PERFORMANCE BEFORE FOLDING.
5: THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS
6: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
7: SUNBURY MERCURIES.
8: A 4; B 3 & 6 ; C 8; D 9; E 2; F 1; G 5; H 7; I 10; J 7
9: FERDINAND LEWIS ALCINDOR JR. (LATER KNOWN AS KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR)
AT NEW YORKS POWER MEMORIAL.
10: SASKATOON
11: Award-winning director/producer/comedian, David Steinberg
in a series 2-on-2 competitions
