Kyrie Irving
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50 free Kyrie Irving trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Kyrie Irving is one of the most gifted ball-handlers and shot-makers basketball has seen, and one of its most talked-about personalities. His career runs from a championship-winning shot against the Golden State Warriors to movie stardom in old-man makeup, with plenty of twists in between. This quiz covers the whole story: where he was born and raised, his brief college career, his years with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and his later stops around the NBA. You will also find questions on Team USA, his sneakers, the Uncle Drew film, his family heritage and the headlines he has made away from the court. It suits casual NBA fans and Cavs or Warriors diehards alike. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you will pick up a few facts even on the ones you miss.
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Q 01Kyrie Irving was born in which city, where his American father was playing professional basketball?
Melbourne
Melbourne was home for only two years before the family moved back to the United States. He still holds dual American and Australian citizenship.
Q 02Kyrie Irving apologized in 2018 for claiming on a podcast a year earlier that the Earth is what?
Flat
Flat was his claim about the planet in February 2017, and he later urged people to do their own research. His apology came in October 2018.
Q 03Kyrie Irving first played the elderly streetballer Uncle Drew in 2012 advertisements for which drink?
Pepsi Max
Pepsi Max launched the ads in 2012, and Irving wrote and directed later episodes himself. The character got his own feature film in 2018.
Q 04Kyrie Irving hit the go-ahead three-pointer in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals over which defender?
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry was guarding him with 53 seconds left. The shot broke an 89–89 tie, and Cleveland held on to win 93–89.
Q 05Kyrie Irving's 2016 Cavaliers were the first team to win an NBA Finals after trailing by what margin?
3–1
3–1 down after four games, Cleveland won three straight to take the title. It ended a 52-year wait for a major championship in the city.
Q 06A toe injury limited Kyrie Irving to just 11 college games before he turned pro from which school?
Duke
Duke got him back for the NCAA tournament, and he scored 28 points in a Sweet Sixteen loss that proved to be his final college game.
Q 07Kyrie Irving left Madison Square Garden before a January 2020 game after learning of whose death?
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash that day, and Irving left the arena before the Brooklyn Nets tipped off against the Knicks.
Q 08Weeks after winning his NBA title, Kyrie Irving won Olympic gold with Team USA in which host city?
Rio
Rio de Janeiro made him only the fourth American to win an NBA championship and Olympic gold in the same year.
Q 09Kyrie Irving and which teammate each scored 41 points in Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals?
LeBron James
LeBron James and Irving became the first teammates to each score 40 in a Finals game. The win kept Cleveland alive when one more loss meant the series was over.
Q 10Kyrie Irving took 117 of 120 first-place votes to win which NBA award for the 2011–12 season?
Rookie of the Year
Rookie of the Year was nearly unanimous after he averaged 18.5 points for Cleveland. He was also the only unanimous pick for the All-Rookie First Team.
Q 11Which All-Star guard went to Cleveland in the August 2017 trade that sent Kyrie Irving away?
Isaiah Thomas
Isaiah Thomas failed his physical after the deal was agreed, so a second-round draft pick was added eight days later to complete it.
Q 12Which Hall of Fame center plays Big Fella alongside Kyrie Irving in the 2018 film Uncle Drew?
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal's Big Fella runs a martial arts dojo and holds a grudge against Drew. Chris Webber, Reggie Miller and Nate Robinson fill out the old team.
Q 13Which All-Star Saturday event did Kyrie Irving win in 2013 with 23 points in the final round?
Three-Point Contest
Q 21Which brand made Kyrie Irving's signature shoes, the second best-selling signature line of 2017?
Nike
Nike's deal with him was worth $11 million as of 2019, and themed editions included one based on the sitcom Friends.
Q 22Which Chinese sportswear brand signed Kyrie Irving in 2023 as a basketball chief creative officer?
Anta
Anta announced a namesake sneaker for the 2023–24 season, along with a series of Anta x Kyrie youth basketball camps around the world.
Q 23Which coach, promoted in midseason, led Kyrie Irving's Cavaliers to the 2016 NBA title?
Tyronn Lue
Tyronn Lue took over when David Blatt was fired in January 2016, then became the first coach in NBA history to win his first 10 playoff games.
Three-Point Contest victory came the same weekend he played in his first All-Star Game. A year earlier he went 8-for-8 from deep to win Rising Stars MVP.
Q 14Kyrie Irving joined the 50–40–90 club in 2021; the 90 is his percentage on which type of shot?
Free throws
Free throws were his best mark at 92.2 percent, and he became just the ninth player in NBA history to manage the 50–40–90 feat.
Q 15Which Dallas teammate scored 42 points the night Kyrie Irving had 40 against the 76ers in March 2023?
Luka Dončić
Luka Dončić and Irving became the first Mavericks duo to each score 40 in the same game. It came less than a month after Irving arrived by trade.
Q 16Which former MVP joined Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant on the Brooklyn Nets in a January 2021 trade?
James Harden
James Harden had asked Houston for the move so the three could form a superteam, and he arrived in a four-team deal.
Q 17Kyrie Irving sprained an ankle in the 2021 playoffs by landing on which Milwaukee Bucks star's foot?
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo's foot was under him as he came down in Game 4 of the conference semifinals. Irving missed Game 5, and Brooklyn lost the series in seven.
Q 18Kyrie Irving, whose late mother was Lakota, became an enrolled member of which tribe in 2021?
Standing Rock Sioux
Standing Rock Sioux leaders had welcomed him home at a 2018 ceremony after he supported the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Q 19Which injury ended Kyrie Irving's 2015 NBA Finals in overtime of Game 1 against Golden State?
Fractured kneecap
A fractured kneecap needed surgery and sidelined him for months. Cleveland went up 2–1 without him but lost the series in six games.
Q 20Kyrie Irving became the youngest player to score 40 at Madison Square Garden in 2012, topping whom?
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan had done it in 1985 when he was a year older. Irving scored 41 that night while wearing a black protective mask over a broken bone.
Q 24Kyrie Irving scored 57 in 2015, with a buzzer-beating three to force overtime, against which team?
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs were the defending champions, and his 57 broke the Cavaliers' single-game scoring record in a 128–125 win.
Q 25Kyrie Irving scored 60 points, 41 of them before halftime, against which team in March 2022?
Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic defenders saw him hit 20 of 31 shots in a 150–108 rout. The 60 points set a Brooklyn Nets franchise record.
Q 26Which New York City mayor eased a vaccine mandate in March 2022, letting Kyrie Irving play home games?
Eric Adams
Eric Adams had earlier refused to make an exception, saying it would send the wrong message. Until the change, the unvaccinated Irving could only play road games.
Q 27Kyrie Irving was elected in 2020 to which office in the National Basketball Players Association?
Vice president
Vice president was the seat he took over from Pau Gasol, whose three-year term on the players' union executive committee had expired.
Q 28Kyrie Irving lent his voice to a 2018 episode of which long-running animated sitcom?
Family Guy
Family Guy featured him in its season 17 episode Big Trouble in Little Quahog. He had earlier appeared on the Disney XD series Kickin' It.
Q 29Kyrie Irving pledged $1.5 million in 2020 to players who sat out the pandemic season in which league?
WNBA
WNBA players who opted out got help replacing their lost pay. The same year he donated a home to the family of George Floyd.
Q 30Which NBA legend appeared with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love in the second Uncle Drew commercial?
Bill Russell
Bill Russell appeared in the second episode, which Irving wrote and directed himself. Later episodes featured Nate Robinson, Maya Moore and Ray Allen.