Q 01/05

What name did the Hornets' uptown Charlotte arena take in 2016?

A) Time Warner Cable Arena

B) Spectrum Center

C) Charlotte Coliseum

D) Bojangles Coliseum

Answer · why

B) Spectrum Center

Spectrum Center took its name from Charter Communications' consumer brand after Charter absorbed the arena's previous naming-rights sponsor; the build...

Q 02/05

In which year did the original Charlotte Hornets begin play as an NBA expansion team?

A) 1990

B) 1988

C) 1995

D) 1992

Answer · why

B) 1988

The Hornets played their first game in November 1988 as one of two expansion clubs added that season, and finished their debut year 20–62.

Q 03/05

Who was the founding owner who brought the Hornets to Charlotte?

A) Cy Bahakel

B) Michael Jordan

C) George Shinn

D) Robert L. Johnson

Answer · why

C) George Shinn

George Shinn, a Kannapolis-born entrepreneur who made his fortune running business colleges, won the expansion franchise and owned the club through it...

Q 04/05

Which name was originally planned for the expansion team before a contest produced 'Hornets'?

A) Charlotte Spirit

B) Charlotte Knights

C) Charlotte Stingers

D) Carolina Cougars

Answer · why

A) Charlotte Spirit

The club was to be called the Charlotte Spirit until a fan name-the-team contest chose 'Hornets', a nod to the city's Revolutionary War nickname.

Q 05/05

The 'Hornets' name comes from a remark by which British general after the 1780 Battle of Charlotte?

A) Clinton

B) Burgoyne

C) Cornwallis

D) Tarleton

Answer · why

C) Cornwallis

Cornwallis, whose army briefly occupied Charlotte in 1780, is said to have called the town 'a hornet's nest of rebellion', and the nickname stuck.