Q 01/05

Which team left Milwaukee for St. Louis in 1955, 13 years before the Bucks arrived?

A) Pistons

B) Warriors

C) Hawks

D) Nationals

Answer · why

C) Hawks

Hawks. They finished last in their division in all four of their Milwaukee seasons, yet within three years of the move to St. Louis they were NBA cham...

Q 02/05

Which name, shared with Wisconsin's state bird, topped the 1968 fan vote before judges chose Bucks instead?

A) Cardinals

B) Robins

C) Loons

D) Goldfinches

Answer · why

B) Robins

Robins. Bucks was only the fans' second choice, but the judges overruled the vote and rewarded a fan who argued that bucks are "spirited, good jumpers...

Q 03/05

In 1972 the Bucks made Wayne Embry the first Black person in major US pro sports to hold which job?

A) Head coach

B) Scouting director

C) General manager

D) Assistant coach

Answer · why

C) General manager

General manager. Embry had been the Bucks' centre in their first season, and three years into the job it fell to him to trade away Kareem Abdul-Jabbar...

Q 04/05

Which team did the Bucks beat in a 1969 coin flip for the right to draft Lew Alcindor?

A) Chicago Bulls

B) Seattle SuperSonics

C) San Diego Rockets

D) Phoenix Suns

Answer · why

D) Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns. Milwaukee had won 11 more games than its fellow expansion team, but each finished last in its division, so a coin toss decided who got A...

Q 05/05

Which eventual champion knocked Lew Alcindor's 56-win Bucks out of the 1970 playoffs?

A) New York Knicks

B) Philadelphia 76ers

C) Cincinnati Royals

D) San Francisco Warriors

Answer · why

A) New York Knicks

New York Knicks. Alcindor's rookie season had lifted Milwaukee from 27 wins to 56, and the Bucks answered the defeat by trading for a veteran star gua...