Question 1

True or false: Kobe never scored 60 points in a single NBA game.

Accepted Answer

False. He scored 60 in his final game against the Utah Jazz in 2016, the highest ever for a farewell game.

Question 2

True or false: Kobe never won an NBA MVP award during his career.

Accepted Answer

False. He won the MVP in 2008, averaging 28.3 points per game that season.

Question 3

True or false: Kobe never played in the NBA All-Star Game after turning 30.

Accepted Answer

False. He played in 18 All-Star Games total, including several after turning 30, winning MVP in 2011 at age 32.

Question 4

True or false: Kobe won an Oscar for the short film 'Dear Basketball' in 2018.

Accepted Answer

True. The animated short, based on a poem he wrote, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Question 5

True or false: Kobe’s number 24 was chosen because it’s one more than Michael Jordan’s 23.

Accepted Answer

True. Kobe admitted the choice was symbolic, representing a step beyond Jordan’s legacy.

Question 6

True or false: Kobe Bryant’s middle name was 'Bean' after his father’s nickname.

Accepted Answer

True. His father, Joe 'Jellybean' Bryant, passed along the nickname; Kobe's full name is Kobe Bean Bryant.

Question 7

True or false: Kobe spoke fluent Italian because he lived in Italy as a child.

Accepted Answer

True. He moved to Italy at age 6 and learned Italian, later using it to trash-talk opponents.

Question 8

True or false: Kobe was the first guard drafted directly out of high school in NBA history.

Accepted Answer

False. Moses Malone was the first high-school-to-pro guard, drafted in 1974; Kobe was the first guard from high school in the modern era (1996).

Kobe Bryant Trivia Questions