Q 01/05

Which Toronto Raptors star won the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest by hanging from the rim by his elbow?

A) Damon Stoudamire

B) Morris Peterson

C) Vince Carter

D) Chris Bosh

Answer · why

C) Vince Carter

Vince Carter's elbow-in-the-rim move is known as the honey dip, and his 2000 show is often called the most memorable contest ever. He never entered an...

Q 02/05

Which rookie won the 2011 Slam Dunk Contest in Los Angeles by leaping over the hood of a car?

A) Blake Griffin

B) DeMarcus Cousins

C) Eric Bledsoe

D) Evan Turner

Answer · why

A) Blake Griffin

Blake Griffin took the lob from a Clippers teammate, Baron Davis, and then won the final with 68 percent of the fan vote.

Q 03/05

Which Atlanta Hawks rookie guard became the shortest Slam Dunk Contest champion ever in 1986?

A) Muggsy Bogues

B) Earl Boykins

C) Calvin Murphy

D) Spud Webb

Answer · why

D) Spud Webb

Spud Webb beat his own teammate, the defending champion, in the final. Webb said that teammate had never even seen him dunk before.

Q 04/05

Which Los Angeles Lakers rookie became the youngest Slam Dunk Contest champion, winning in 1997 at age 18?

A) Derek Fisher

B) Kobe Bryant

C) Nick Van Exel

D) Elden Campbell

Answer · why

B) Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant was only months out of high school, and he also played in the Rookie Challenge that same weekend in Cleveland.

Q 05/05

Which Orlando Magic center won the 2008 Slam Dunk Contest after putting on a Superman cape for one dunk?

A) Dwight Howard

B) Shaquille O'Neal

C) Rony Seikaly

D) Nikola Vucevic

Answer · why

A) Dwight Howard

Dwight Howard took 78 percent of the fan vote, in the first final ever decided by fans rather than a panel of judges.