50 free Chicago Bulls trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Chicago Bulls trivia quiz runs from the franchise's birth in 1966, when a former pro player picked a one-syllable name that nodded to the stockyards, through the lean years, the coin flip that cost the team a legend, and the draft that changed everything. The heart of it is the 1990s: two three-peats, a record-setting season, the sidekicks and specialists who made the dynasty work, and the shot that closed it out. There are also questions on the arena and the one it replaced, the mascot, the player-introduction music, the annual circus road trip, the post-dynasty rebuild, the hometown MVP and the trades and lottery luck of the last twenty years. Easy questions suit a game-night crowd; the harder ones on records, draft positions and dates are for people who remember Craig Hodges and Bill Wennington. Every answer has been checked against encyclopaedia entries and league records, and each question shows its explanation and source after you answer.
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Q 01In which year were the Chicago Bulls founded?
1966
They were the city's third NBA team, after the Stags of the 1940s and the Packers/Zephyrs of the early 1960s.
Q 02How many NBA championships have the Bulls won?
Six
They are the only franchise to win multiple titles without ever losing an NBA Finals series.
Q 03With which NHL team do the Bulls share their home arena?
Chicago Blackhawks
Both clubs are chased out every autumn when the circus takes over the building for two weeks.
Q 04Who reportedly sealed Dick Klein's team-name choice by saying 'Dad, that's a bunch of bull!'?
His son
Klein had rejected Matadors and Toreadors, arguing that no three-syllable nickname had ever won much except the Montreal Canadiens.
Q 05What was unusual about founder Dick Klein among all Bulls owners?
He had played professional basketball
He had played for the Chicago American Gears and served as general manager and president in the early years.
Q 06What feat did the Bulls' first-ever team achieve that no other first-year NBA franchise has matched?
Qualifying for the playoffs
Their 33–48 record was the best by any expansion team at the time, and coach Johnny "Red" Kerr won Coach of the Year.
Q 07What is the name of the Bulls' mascot, introduced in 1969?
Benny the Bull
He wears number 1; a dunking cousin, Da Bull, was retired after his performer was arrested in 2004.
Q 08Which player did the Bulls miss out on in 1979 after losing a coin flip for the first pick?
Magic Johnson
GM Rod Thorn called heads; the Bulls took David Greenwood second, and the Lakers used the pick they had acquired from New Orleans.
Q 09With which pick of the 1984 draft did the Bulls select Michael Jordan?
Third
Houston took Hakeem Olajuwon and Portland took Sam Bowie ahead of him.
Q 10Jordan scored a still-standing playoff single-game record of how many points against Boston in 1986?
63
Larry Bird called him "God disguised as Michael Jordan" even though the Celtics swept the series.
Q 11Scottie Pippen was acquired on 1987 draft night from Seattle for which centre the Bulls had just picked eighth?
Olden Polynice
Horace Grant came in the same draft at number ten.
Q 12Which team eliminated the Bulls in the playoffs three years in a row from 1988 to 1990?
Detroit Pistons
The "Bad Boys" won the title in 1989 and 1990 before Chicago swept them in the 1991 Conference Finals.
Q 13Which coach did Phil Jackson replace as Bulls head coach in 1989?
Doug Collins
Jackson had been an assistant, and the team also drafted Stacey King and B. J. Armstrong that summer.
Q 21What was the Bulls' regular-season record in 1995–96?
72–10
It stood as the NBA record until Golden State went 73–9 twenty years later.
Q 22How many games did the 1995–96 Bulls win before their first loss, then an NBA-record start?
41
They started 41–3 and went 37–0 at home before dropping a game there.
Q 23Whom did the Bulls beat in the 1996 Finals for their fourth title?
Seattle SuperSonics
Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp led the opposition; Jordan swept MVP, All-Star MVP and Finals MVP that year.
Q 24How many games did the 1996-97 Bulls win, missing a second straight 70-win season by losing their last two?
Q 14Whom did the Bulls beat in the 1991 NBA Finals for their first championship?
Los Angeles Lakers
They won in five games after a then-record 61-win regular season.
Q 15Whose three-pointer with 3.9 seconds left won Game 6 of the 1993 Finals in Phoenix?
John Paxson
The 99–98 win completed the first three-peat against MVP Charles Barkley's Suns.
Q 16On what date did Michael Jordan announce his first retirement?
October 6, 1993
It came three months after his father's murder; the second of those dates is when he came back.
Q 17Which Croatian rookie forward joined the Bulls in 1993 and later won Sixth Man of the Year?
Toni Kukoč
He won the award in the 72-win season of 1995–96.
Q 18In which season did the Bulls move from Chicago Stadium into the United Center?
1994–95
They had called the old building home for 27 years.
Q 19Which centre, acquired from Minnesota in 1994, was the first Australian to play in the NBA?
Luc Longley
He started at centre on all three teams of the second three-peat.
Q 20Whom did the Bulls send to San Antonio in 1995 to acquire Dennis Rodman?
Will Perdue
Rodman had won four straight rebounding titles and had been one of the Pistons' Bad Boys.
69
They went 39–2 at home for the second year running.
Q 25Which team did the Bulls beat in both the 1997 and 1998 NBA Finals?
Utah Jazz
Utah's Hall of Fame duo came up short both times, the second time on a 5.2-second shot in Game 6.
Q 26How many times was Michael Jordan named NBA Finals MVP with the Bulls?
Six
He was also named league MVP five times, all in Chicago.
Q 27Which team pushed the 1998 Bulls to a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Finals?
Indiana Pacers
Reggie Miller's side won all three home games before Chicago prevailed 88–83 at the United Center.
Q 28Which player did Jordan strip before his title-winning shot in Game 6 of the 1998 Finals?
Karl Malone
The 87–86 win came with 5.2 seconds left; Stockton missed a three at the buzzer.
Q 29Which general manager broke up the dynasty in 1998, citing an aging roster?
Jerry Krause
He traded Pippen, let Rodman go and hired Tim Floyd to replace Phil Jackson.
Q 30What was the Bulls' record in the lockout-shortened 1998–99 season, the first after the dynasty?
13–37
That season also produced a record-low 49 points in a game against Miami.