Question 1

True or false: The New York Knicks have won three NBA championships.

Accepted Answer

False. The Knicks have won exactly two NBA titles: in 1970 and 1973. They have not won a championship since 1973.

Question 2

True or false: The New York Knicks were originally named the New York Highlanders.

Accepted Answer

False. The team was founded as the New York Knickerbockers in 1946, a name derived from the Dutch settlers. The Highlanders is a former baseball team name.

Question 3

True or false: The New York Knicks fielded the first all-Black starting five in NBA history in 1964.

Accepted Answer

False. The Boston Celtics started the first all-Black five on Dec 23, 1964, with Bill Russell, Satch Sanders, Sam Jones, K.C. Jones, and Willie Naulls. The Knicks did it three days later.

Question 4

True or false: The New York Knicks once had a player score 81 points in a regulation game.

Accepted Answer

False. The Knicks' single-game scoring record is 62 points by Carmelo Anthony in 2014. No Knick has ever reached 81 points.

Question 5

True or false: The New York Knicks' 1970 championship team included future U.S. Senator Bill Bradley.

Accepted Answer

True. Bill Bradley played forward for the Knicks from 1967 to 1977, winning two titles, and later served as a U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1979 to 1997.

Question 6

True or false: The New York Knicks' all-time leading scorer is Carmelo Anthony.

Accepted Answer

False. Patrick Ewing holds the franchise scoring record with 23,665 points. Carmelo Anthony is second with 10,186 points as a Knick.

Question 7

True or false: The New York Knicks had a player, Gene Conley, who also pitched in Major League Baseball.

Accepted Answer

True. Gene Conley played for the Knicks from 1961 to 1964 and was also a pitcher for the Milwaukee Braves, winning the 1957 World Series.

Question 8

True or false: The New York Knicks retired the number 613 in honor of coach Red Holzman.

Accepted Answer

True. The Knicks retired a banner with 613, representing the number of regular-season wins Red Holzman achieved as their head coach. It hangs alongside player jersey numbers.

The New York Knicks Trivia Questions