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49 free Toronto Raptors trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Toronto Raptors trivia quiz starts with the Huskies hosting the first NBA game in 1946, the record $125 million expansion fee, the nationwide naming contest that Jurassic Park won, Isiah Thomas as GM and Damon Stoudamire being booed at the SkyDome, then covers the Vince Carter years — the dunk contest, the graduation-day Game 7 — and Chris Bosh's era. It then covers Masai Ujiri's rebuild, DeRozan and Lowry, Dwane Casey's firing weeks after Coach of the Year, the trade for Kawhi Leonard, the first Game 7 buzzer-beater in playoff history, the 2019 title over Golden State, the season in Tampa, Scottie Barnes and the return of Jurassic Park — plus Drake, We The North, the Huskies throwbacks and the retired numbers. Questions run from easy to hard with the difficulty shown on each one. Every answer has been checked against a primary reference and each question carries its citation.
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Q 01Which defunct Toronto team hosted the Knickerbockers in the NBA's first game in 1946?
The Huskies
The Huskies folded after one season; the Raptors wear their blue-and-white kit on throwback 'Huskies Nights'.
Q 02With which other Canadian expansion team did the Raptors join the NBA in 1995?
Vancouver Grizzlies
The Grizzlies moved to Memphis in 2001, leaving Toronto as the league's only Canadian franchise.
Q 03What was the then-record expansion fee paid for the Raptors franchise in 1993?
US$125m
The Raptors paid a then-record US$125m expansion fee; John Bitove's group won the league's 28th franchise, and Ontario's Pro-Line lottery had to drop NBA games as part of the deal.
Q 04Why did the Raptors not revive the name of Toronto's 1946 BAA team in 1994?
Any logo would resemble the Timberwolves'
Minnesota's wolf logo made a husky design impossible to distinguish, so the contest was held instead.
Q 05Which Hall of Fame point guard was the Raptors' first general manager?
Isiah Thomas
Isiah Thomas, the Pistons great, ran Toronto's basketball operations from 1994 with an option to buy a stake in the team; he resigned in November 1997.
Q 06Which uniform colour was chosen to honour the Canadian inventor of basketball?
'Naismith' silver
The shade was branded 'Naismith' silver after James Naismith, the Ontario-born inventor of basketball; it joined bright red, purple and black in the original 1995 scheme.
Q 07Which point guard, booed by fans on draft night in 1995, went on to win Rookie of the Year for Toronto?
Damon Stoudamire
Damon Stoudamire, nicknamed 'Mighty Mouse', averaged 19 points and 9.3 assists as a rookie; the draft-night crowd had wanted UCLA's Ed O'Bannon.
Q 08Who was the Raptors' first pick in the 1995 expansion draft, only to refuse to report?
B. J. Armstrong
B. J. Armstrong, the Bulls' sharpshooting guard, never played for Toronto; he was traded to Golden State for Carlos Rogers, Victor Alexander and other pieces.
Q 09Where did the Raptors play their first four seasons before the Air Canada Centre opened?
SkyDome
SkyDome, the cavernous baseball stadium, was the Raptors' home from 1995 until the Air Canada Centre opened in February 1999; it was renamed Rogers Centre in 2005.
Q 10Vince Carter came to Toronto in a 1998 draft-day trade for which fourth overall pick?
Antawn Jamison
Antawn Jamison went fourth to Toronto and was swapped for Vince Carter, taken fifth by Golden State; the two had been teammates at North Carolina.
Q 11Vince Carter's Game 7 miss against Philadelphia in 2001 came hours after he did what that morning?
Attended his university graduation
Carter attended his University of North Carolina graduation in Chapel Hill that morning, then shot 6-for-18 in the Game 7 loss; the trip was widely criticised.
Q 12In 2004 the Raptors traded Vince Carter to which team?
New Jersey Nets
He was booed on every return for years; the deal launched a Nets–Raptors rivalry that reached the playoffs in 2007 and 2014.
Q 13Which future Hall of Famer did the Raptors draft fourth overall in 2003?
Chris Bosh
Q 21The Raptors trailed which team 0–2 in the 2019 Eastern Conference Finals before winning four straight?
Milwaukee Bucks
Toronto lost the first two games in Milwaukee, then beat the Bucks four straight times for the franchise's first conference title and first Finals appearance.
Q 22Who did the Raptors beat 4–2 in the 2019 NBA Finals for their first championship?
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors, two-time defending champions, fell in six games; Stephen Curry's father Dell had played three seasons for Toronto, and Kawhi Leonard was Finals MVP.
Q 23Kawhi Leonard left Toronto after one season to sign with which team?
Los Angeles Clippers
Chris Bosh went fourth in 2003, one pick after Carmelo Anthony; he made five All-Star teams in Toronto before leaving as a free agent in 2010.
Q 14Who was the Raptors' 2006 first overall pick, the first European ever taken number one?
Andrea Bargnani
Andrea Bargnani, an Italian forward from Benetton Treviso, went first overall in 2006; Toronto traded him to the Knicks in 2013.
Q 15Which GM, hired in 2013, built the Raptors team that won the 2019 NBA title?
Masai Ujiri
Masai Ujiri, born in England to Nigerian and Kenyan parents, had scouted for Orlando and Denver before taking over Toronto's front office in 2013.
Q 16Lowry arrived from Houston in 2012 after which free agent picked the Lakers over Toronto?
Steve Nash
Steve Nash chose the Lakers in July 2012; days later Toronto sent Houston a future first-round pick for Kyle Lowry, who became a six-time All-Star with the Raptors.
Q 17Which point total set the Raptors' single-game scoring record against Milwaukee in January 2018?
52
The 52-point night on New Year's Day 2018 beat the 51 that Vince Carter and Terrence Ross had each scored for Toronto.
Q 18Which award did the Raptors' freshly fired bench boss collect in June 2018?
NBA Coach of the Year
The coach was fired on 11 May 2018 after a second straight playoff sweep by LeBron's Cavaliers, then collected the NBA Coach of the Year award in June.
Q 19Whom did the Raptors trade to San Antonio in July 2018 for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green?
DeMar DeRozan
Jakob Pöltl and a protected first went too; DeRozan felt betrayed after being assured he would stay.
Q 20Kawhi Leonard's 15-footer to beat Philadelphia 92–90 in 2019 was the first what in NBA playoff history?
Buzzer-beater to decide a Game 7
The corner jumper bounced four times on the rim before dropping at the horn, the first buzzer-beater ever to decide a Game 7 in NBA playoff history; Toronto won 92–90.
Leonard signed with the Los Angeles Clippers in July 2019, joining Paul George; the fear that he was a one-year rental had hung over the whole championship season.
Q 24Pascal Siakam won which award in 2019, the first man to pair it with an NBA title in the same season?
Most Improved Player
Pascal Siakam, the 27th pick in 2016, won Most Improved Player in 2019 after jumping to 16.9 points a game; he was traded to Indiana in January 2024.
Q 25Fred VanVleet, who went undrafted in 2016 and started for the 2019 champions, played college ball where?
Wichita State
Fred VanVleet ran the point for Wichita State, reaching the 2013 Final Four; his 'Bet on Yourself' mantra paid off with an $85 million deal in 2020, then a record for an undrafted player.
Q 26Where did the Raptors play their 'home' games during the 2020–21 season?
Tampa, Florida
Canadian border restrictions during the pandemic forced them to Amalie Arena; they returned to Scotiabank Arena in September 2021.
Q 27Which Florida State forward, drafted fourth overall in 2021, was the 2022 NBA Rookie of the Year?
Scottie Barnes
Scottie Barnes beat Evan Mobley for the 2022 Rookie of the Year and made his first All-Star team in 2024, becoming the face of the franchise after Siakam's departure.
Q 28Which former Grizzlies assistant replaced Nick Nurse as head coach in June 2023?
Darko Rajaković
Darko Rajaković, a Serbian who had been an assistant in Memphis, took over in June 2023 after Nurse and his staff were fired following a play-in loss to Chicago.
Q 29Which forward did the Raptors get from New Orleans in February 2025 for Olynyk, Bruce Brown and a first-round pick?
Brandon Ingram
Brandon Ingram, the 2020 All-Star, came from the Pelicans for Kelly Olynyk, Bruce Brown and draft picks, then signed a three-year extension with Toronto.
Q 30Which centre did the Raptors acquire from Memphis at the 2019 trade deadline?
Marc Gasol
Marc Gasol, the 2013 Defensive Player of the Year, arrived from Memphis on 7 February 2019 and started every Finals game of the championship run.