Q 01/05

In which city did Larry Bird win Olympic gold with the 1992 Dream Team?

A) Seoul

B) Barcelona

C) Atlanta

D) Sydney

Answer · why

B) Barcelona

Barcelona. It was the first Olympics to which the United States sent NBA players, and it was Bird's farewell: his bad back forced him to retire later ...

Q 02/05

Larry Bird's high school No. 33 had first belonged to whom?

A) His father

B) His boyhood idol

C) His older brother

D) His school coach

Answer · why

C) His older brother

His older brother. One of the older Bird boys had worn 33 for the same school team, so Larry was given it too, and he never wore another number in col...

Q 03/05

Larry Bird grew up in which Indiana town, the one named in his best-known nickname?

A) Bloomington

B) Muncie

C) Terre Haute

D) French Lick

Answer · why

D) French Lick

French Lick. On signing the richest rookie contract team sports had seen, Bird said that however good he got, he was still just a hick from French Lic...

Q 04/05

In which Indiana town was Larry Bird actually born?

A) Jeffersonville

B) Bloomington

C) Crawfordsville

D) West Baden Springs

Answer · why

D) West Baden Springs

West Baden Springs. After dropping out of his first university he briefly took classes there, at a small college housed in the town's grand old resort...

Q 05/05

Bird accepted a 1974 scholarship to play for which coach, then dropped out within a month?

A) Gene Keady

B) Bob Knight

C) Dean Smith

D) Digger Phelps

Answer · why

B) Bob Knight

Bob Knight. Bird said the coach had nothing to do with his leaving: the campus was simply too big for a homesick small-town kid who felt lost and brok...