50 free Toronto Raptors trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Toronto Raptors trivia quiz starts with the Huskies hosting the first NBA game in 1946, the record $125 million expansion fee, the nationwide naming contest that Jurassic Park won, Isiah Thomas as GM and Damon Stoudamire being booed at the SkyDome, then covers the Vince Carter years — the dunk contest, the graduation-day Game 7 — and Chris Bosh's era. It then covers Masai Ujiri's rebuild, DeRozan and Lowry, Dwane Casey's firing weeks after Coach of the Year, the trade for Kawhi Leonard, the first Game 7 buzzer-beater in playoff history, the 2019 title over Golden State, the season in Tampa, Scottie Barnes and the return of Jurassic Park — plus Drake, We The North, the Huskies throwbacks and the retired numbers. Questions run from easy to hard with the difficulty shown on each one. Every answer has been checked against a primary reference and each question carries its citation.
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Q 01Which defunct Toronto team hosted the Knickerbockers in the NBA's first game in 1946?
The Huskies
The Huskies folded after one season; the Raptors wear their blue-and-white kit on throwback 'Huskies Nights'.
Q 02With which other Canadian expansion team did the Raptors join the NBA in 1995?
Vancouver Grizzlies
The Grizzlies moved to Memphis in 2001, leaving Toronto as the league's only Canadian franchise.
Q 03What was the then-record expansion fee paid for the Raptors franchise in 1993?
US$125m
John Bitove's group won the 28th franchise; the Ontario lottery had to stop taking bets on NBA games as part of the deal.
Q 04The name 'Raptors', chosen by nationwide contest, was influenced by which 1993 film?
Jurassic Park
Beavers, Hogs, Tarantulas and T-Rex were among the ten finalists; fans named the playoff viewing party in Maple Leaf Square after the film too.
Q 05Why did the Raptors not revive the name of Toronto's 1946 BAA team in 1994?
Any logo would resemble the Timberwolves'
Minnesota's wolf logo made a husky design impossible to distinguish, so the contest was held instead.
Q 06Which Hall of Fame point guard was the Raptors' first general manager?
Isiah Thomas
He got an option to buy part of the team and hired Pistons assistant Brendan Malone as first coach before resigning in 1997.
Q 07Which uniform colour was chosen to honour the Canadian inventor of basketball?
'Naismith' silver
The original scheme was bright red, purple, black and silver; the purple dinosaur dribbling a ball is a beloved relic.
Q 08Which point guard, booed by fans on draft night in 1995, went on to win Rookie of the Year for Toronto?
Damon Stoudamire
'Mighty Mouse' averaged 19 points and 9.3 assists; the draft-night crowd had wanted UCLA's Ed O'Bannon.
Q 09Who was the Raptors' first pick in the 1995 expansion draft, only to refuse to report?
B. J. Armstrong
The Bulls three-point specialist was promptly traded to Golden State for Carlos Rogers and Victor Alexander.
Q 10Where did the Raptors play their first four seasons before the Air Canada Centre opened?
SkyDome
The cavernous baseball dome was ill-suited to basketball; the current arena was renamed Scotiabank Arena in 2018.
Q 11Vince Carter came to Toronto in a 1998 draft-day trade for which fourth overall pick?
Antawn Jamison
Carter had gone fifth to Golden State; the two were college teammates at North Carolina.
Q 12Vince Carter's Game 7 miss against Philadelphia in 2001 came hours after he did what that morning?
Attended his university graduation
He shot 6-for-18 after 39 points in Game 6; the trip to Chapel Hill was widely criticised.
Q 13In 2004 the Raptors traded Vince Carter to which team?
New Jersey Nets
He was booed on every return for years; the deal launched a Nets–Raptors rivalry that reached the playoffs in 2007 and 2014.
Q 21Kawhi Leonard's 15-footer to beat Philadelphia 92–90 in 2019 was the first what in NBA playoff history?
Buzzer-beater to decide a Game 7
The 15-footer from the corner bounced four times on the rim before dropping for a 92–90 win.
Q 22The Raptors trailed which team 0–2 in the 2019 Eastern Conference Finals before winning four straight?
Milwaukee Bucks
It was the franchise's first conference title and first Finals appearance.
Q 23Who did the Raptors beat 4–2 in the 2019 NBA Finals for their first championship?
Golden State Warriors
Q 14Which future Hall of Famer did the Raptors draft fourth overall in 2003?
Chris Bosh
He was inducted twice, as a player and as part of the 2008 Olympic team, and left for Miami in the 2010 free-agent summer.
Q 15The Raptors' 2006 first overall pick was the first European player ever taken number one. Who was he?
Andrea Bargnani
The Italian was traded to the Knicks in 2013 in one of the new general manager's first moves.
Q 16Which GM, hired in 2013, built teams that made the playoffs every year of his tenure and won the 2019 title?
Masai Ujiri
Born in Britain to Nigerian and Kenyan parents, he had been a scout for Orlando and Denver.
Q 17Lowry arrived from Houston in 2012 after which free agent picked the Lakers over Toronto?
Steve Nash
Lowry cost a future first-round pick and became the franchise's greatest point guard; the Raptors announced his number 7 would be retired in the 2026-27 season.
Q 18The Raptors' single-game scoring record, set against Milwaukee in January 2018, is how many points?
52
Carter and Terrence Ross had each scored 51; the win was Toronto's 12th straight at home.
Q 19The Raptors' bench boss was fired in May 2018 shortly after winning which award?
NBA Coach of the Year
A second straight playoff sweep by LeBron's Cavaliers sealed it; Nick Nurse was promoted in June.
Q 20Whom did the Raptors trade to San Antonio in July 2018 for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green?
DeMar DeRozan
Jakob Pöltl and a protected first went too; DeRozan felt betrayed after being assured he would stay.
The two-time defending champions were led by Stephen Curry, son of former Raptor Dell Curry; Leonard was Finals MVP.
Q 24Kawhi Leonard left Toronto after one season to sign with which team?
Los Angeles Clippers
The fear that he was a one-year rental had hung over the whole championship season.
Q 25Pascal Siakam won which award in 2019, the first man to pair it with an NBA title in the same season?
Most Improved Player
The Cameroonian was the 27th pick in 2016; he was traded to Indiana in January 2024.
Q 26Fred VanVleet, who went undrafted in 2016 and started for the 2019 champions, played college ball where?
Wichita State
His 'Bet on Yourself' mantra paid off with what was then the largest contract ever for an undrafted free agent, $85 million.
Q 27Where did the Raptors play their 'home' games during the 2020–21 season?
Tampa, Florida
Canadian border restrictions during the pandemic forced them to Amalie Arena; they returned to Scotiabank Arena in September 2021.
Q 28Which Florida State forward, drafted fourth overall in 2021, was the 2022 NBA Rookie of the Year?
Scottie Barnes
He became the face of the franchise after Siakam's departure and an All-Star in 2024.
Q 29Which former Grizzlies assistant replaced Nick Nurse as head coach in June 2023?
Darko Rajaković
Nurse and his whole staff were fired after a play-in loss to Chicago; the Serbian coach inherited a rebuild.
Q 30Which forward did the Raptors get from New Orleans in February 2025 for Olynyk, Bruce Brown and a first-round pick?
Brandon Ingram
A year earlier they had sent OG Anunoby to the Knicks for RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley.