Q 01/05

How many NBA championships had the Boston Celtics won as of their 2024 title?

A) 15

B) 16

C) 17

D) 18

Answer · why

D) 18

Banner 18 came in 2024 and broke a tie with the Lakers, who sat on 17.

Q 02/05

Which Boston Garden-Arena Corporation president founded the Celtics in 1946?

A) Walter A. Brown

B) Ned Irish

C) Eddie Gottlieb

D) Maurice Podoloff

Answer · why

A) Walter A. Brown

Brown was so unimpressed by the Cousy pick a few years later that he said he 'could have fallen to the floor.'

Q 03/05

In 1950 the Celtics became the first NBA franchise to draft a Black player. Who was he?

A) Earl Lloyd

B) Chuck Cooper

C) Nat Clifton

D) Don Barksdale

Answer · why

B) Chuck Cooper

Cooper, a forward from Duquesne, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2019.

Q 04/05

Which future star of the TV western The Rifleman was an original member of the 1946 Celtics?

A) Steve McQueen

B) James Garner

C) Chuck Connors

D) Clint Walker

Answer · why

C) Chuck Connors

Connors also played Major League Baseball for the Dodgers and Cubs before turning to acting.

Q 05/05

Cousy landed in Boston through a 1950 dispersal draft after which franchise went bankrupt?

A) St. Louis Bombers

B) Anderson Packers

C) Washington Capitols

D) Chicago Stags

Answer · why

D) Chicago Stags

Auerbach had passed on the local Holy Cross star in the draft, calling him 'too flashy.'