Q 01/05

Michael Jordan grew up in Wilmington, but in which New York City borough was he born?

A) Brooklyn

B) Queens

C) The Bronx

D) Manhattan

Answer · why

A) Brooklyn

Brooklyn: his parents had moved north so his father could train as a mechanic on the GI Bill, and they took the family back south soon after Michael w...

Q 02/05

As a sophomore at Laney High School, Jordan was left off the varsity team for what reason?

A) His grades were too low

B) He chose baseball instead

C) He was deemed too short

D) He broke a wrist

Answer · why

C) He was deemed too short

He was deemed too short at 5 ft 11 and starred for the junior varsity instead, then grew about four inches over the summer and made the varsity as a j...

Q 03/05

Jordan hit the game-winning jump shot in the 1982 NCAA championship game against which team?

A) Houston

B) Kentucky

C) Georgetown

D) Indiana

Answer · why

C) Georgetown

Georgetown still had time to answer, but guard Fred Brown threw a pass straight to Jordan's teammate James Worthy, and the 63-62 lead held.

Q 04/05

At which pick did the Chicago Bulls select Jordan in the 1984 NBA draft?

A) First

B) Third

C) Sixth

D) Twelfth

Answer · why

B) Third

Third: Houston took Hakeem Olajuwon, and the next team, having drafted guard Clyde Drexler a year earlier, chose center Sam Bowie and left Jordan to t...

Q 05/05

Which sports drink launched its 'Be Like Mike' commercials with Jordan in 1991?

A) Powerade

B) Gatorade

C) All Sport

D) Lucozade

Answer · why

B) Gatorade

Gatorade wanted the Jungle Book song 'I Wan'na Be Like You' for the ad, but Disney asked too much for it, so the agency wrote its own jingle instead.