Q 01/05

Which arena did the Knicks move into in 1968?

A) Meadowlands Arena

B) Barclays Center

C) Nassau Coliseum

D) Madison Square Garden

Answer · why

D) Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, the fourth arena of that name, was built over Penn Station; the outcry at losing the old station building led New York to creat...

Q 02/05

The Knicks and which team are the NBA's only charter franchises still in their original cities?

A) Philadelphia 76ers

B) Boston Celtics

C) Detroit Pistons

D) Golden State Warriors

Answer · why

B) Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics. Both clubs date from the league's first season in 1946; the third surviving charter team, the Warriors, started out in Philadelphia be...

Q 03/05

The 'Knickerbocker' name traces back to a pen name used by which American writer?

A) Walt Whitman

B) Herman Melville

C) Edgar Allan Poe

D) Washington Irving

Answer · why

D) Washington Irving

Washington Irving published his 1809 satire A History of New York as 'Diedrich Knickerbocker', and the name came to mean a descendant of the city's Du...

Q 04/05

Which big man joined the Knicks in July 2010 for about $100 million over five years?

A) Eddy Curry

B) Amar'e Stoudemire

C) Zach Randolph

D) Antonio McDyess

Answer · why

B) Amar'e Stoudemire

Amar'e Stoudemire left Phoenix after eight seasons, and in his first year in New York the Knicks reached the playoffs for the first time since 2004.

Q 05/05

The Knicks played the first game in BAA history on November 1, 1946, against which team?

A) Providence Steamrollers

B) Chicago Stags

C) Philadelphia Warriors

D) Toronto Huskies

Answer · why

D) Toronto Huskies

Toronto Huskies. To sell the league's first game, the club let in free any fan taller than its tallest player, 6-foot-8 George Nostrand; the Knicks wo...