Phoenix Suns Trivia
Phoenix Suns trivia highlights the history and identity of the NBA team based in Phoenix, Arizona, a Western Conference franchise that has been part of the league since 1968. From memorable players and playoff runs to fun facts about the Sunsâ place in the Pacific Division, it offers a quick way to explore both classic and lesser-known details.
Easy Phoenix Suns Trivia
13 questions
These easy Phoenix Suns trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
In what city and state are the Phoenix Suns based?
Answer: Phoenix, Arizona
The Phoenix Suns are based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Question 2
Which league do the Phoenix Suns compete in?
- A.NBA
- B.WNBA
- C.NFL
- D.MLB
Answer: National Basketball Association
The Suns compete in the National Basketball Association.
Question 3
The Phoenix Suns play in which NBA conference?
Answer: Western Conference
Phoenix plays in the Western Conference.
Question 4
What division are the Suns a member of?
- A.Atlantic Division
- B.Southeast Division
- C.Northwest Division
- D.Pacific Division
Answer: Pacific Division
Phoenix is a member of the Pacific Division.
Question 5
What year did the Phoenix Suns join the NBA?
Answer: 1968
The franchise joined the NBA in 1968.
Question 6
What is the name of the arena where the Suns play their home games?
Answer: Footprint Center
The Suns play their home games at Footprint Center.
Question 7
How many times have the Suns reached the NBA Finals?
- A.four
- B.3
- C.one
- D.two
Answer: three
The team has reached the NBA Finals three times.
Question 8
In which year did Phoenix win one of its Western Conference titles: 1976, 1993, or 2021?
- A.1984
- B.2005
- C.2010
- D.1976
Answer: 1976
Phoenix won Western Conference titles in 1976, 1993, and 2021.
Question 9
True or false: The Phoenix Suns have won an NBA championship.?
Answer: False
The Suns have never won an NBA championship.
Question 10
What two colors are the Phoenix Suns primarily known for?
Answer: purple and orange
The franchiseâs primary colors are purple and orange.
Question 11
What is the name of the Suns' longtime mascot?
Answer: The Suns Gorilla
The Sunsâ longtime mascot is named The Suns Gorilla.
Question 12
Which Suns player won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 1993?
- A.Devin Booker
- B.Kevin Johnson
- C.Charles Barkley
- D.Steve Nash
Answer: Charles Barkley
Charles Barkley won the NBA Most Valuable Player award with Phoenix in 1993.
Question 13
Who won back-to-back NBA MVP awards with Phoenix in 2005 and 2006?
Answer: Steve Nash
Steve Nash won back-to-back NBA MVP awards with the Suns in 2005 and 2006.
Phoenix Suns Family Trivia
12 questions
These family Phoenix Suns trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
What made the Phoenix Suns special in Arizona sports history when the team began?
Answer: They were Arizonaâs first major professional sports franchise.
The Suns hold an important place in state history is Arizonaâs first major professional sports franchise.
Question 2
Where did the Suns play their original home games?
Answer: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
The Suns originally played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Question 3
In what year did the Suns move into America West Arena?
Answer: 1992
The team moved into America West Arena in 1992.
Question 4
Who became the Sunsâ first general manager in 1968?
Answer: Jerry Colangelo
Jerry Colangelo became the franchiseâs first general manager in 1968.
Question 5
Which Suns player won NBA Rookie of the Year in 1976?
Answer: Alvan Adams
Alvan Adams won NBA Rookie of the Year while playing for Phoenix in 1976.
Question 6
Who had two Suns jobs at different times: first as a player and later as the teamâs coach?
Answer: Paul Westphal
Paul Westphal both played for the Suns and later coached the team.
Question 7
When Devin Booker was drafted in 2015, what was his overall pick number?
Answer: 13th overall
Devin Booker was selected 13th overall in the 2015 NBA draft.
Question 8
Steve Nash entered the NBA through the 1996 draft. What overall pick was he for Phoenix?
Answer: 15th overall
Steve Nash was drafted 15th overall by Phoenix in 1996.
Question 9
Which Suns star ran the point guard position in the late 1980s and 1990s?
Answer: Kevin Johnson
Kevin Johnson played point guard for the Suns in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Question 10
Who stayed with Phoenix for 11 seasons after being drafted in 1977?
Answer: Walter Davis
Walter Davis spent 11 seasons with the Suns after being drafted in 1977.
Question 11
Which early Suns standout was Connie Hawkins orbits away from being forgottenâwho starred in the franchiseâs early years?
Answer: Connie Hawkins
Connie Hawkins was one of the stars of the Sunsâ early years.
Question 12
What jersey number did the Suns retire for Steve Nash?
Answer: No. 13
Phoenix retired Steve Nashâs No. 13 jersey.
Fun Phoenix Suns Trivia
13 questions
These fun Phoenix Suns trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
What fairy-tale-style nickname did Phoenixâs 1976 team earn during its unexpected run?
Answer: The âSunderella Suns.â
The 1976 Suns were famously nicknamed the âSunderella Suns.â.
Question 2
How many overtimes did Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals between Phoenix and Boston need before everyone could finally catch their breath?
- A.Double overtime
- B.Quadruple overtime
- C.triple overtime
- D.One overtime
Answer: Triple overtime.
Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals between the Suns and Celtics went to triple overtime.
Question 3
What spotless record did the Suns post in the 2020 Orlando bubble?
Answer: They went 8â0.
Phoenix finished the 2020 Orlando bubble undefeated at 8â0.
Question 4
True or false: Phoenix made the 2020 playoffs after going undefeated in the Orlando bubble.?
Answer: False
Despite finishing 8â0 in the bubble, Phoenix still missed the 2020 playoffs.
Question 5
How many regular-season wins did Phoenix rack up for its franchise record in 2021â22?
Answer: 64 wins.
The Suns set a franchise record with 64 regular-season wins in 2021â22.
Question 6
When Phoenix reached the 2021 NBA Finals, how did it start the series?
Answer: By winning the first two games.
The Suns opened the 2021 NBA Finals with wins in Games 1 and 2.
Question 7
Steve Nash was basically an assist machine in Phoenix. How many times did he lead the NBA in assists per game as a Sun?
Answer: Five times.
Nash led the league in assists per game five times while playing for Phoenix.
Question 8
Which Suns big man took home NBA Rookie of the Year in 2003?
Answer: Amarâe Stoudemire.
Amarâe Stoudemire won Rookie of the Year with Phoenix in 2003.
Question 9
Who gave the Suns a turbo boost off the bench by winning Sixth Man of the Year in 2007?
Answer: Leandro Barbosa.
Leandro Barbosa won NBA Sixth Man of the Year with Phoenix in 2007.
Question 10
Which Phoenix player picked up the NBAâs Most Improved Player award in 2014?
Answer: Goran DragiÄ.
Goran DragiÄ won Most Improved Player with the Suns in 2014.
Question 11
During All-Star Weekend, Devin Booker turned into a flamethrower and won which event in 2018?
Answer: The NBA Three-Point Contest.
Booker won the NBA Three-Point Contest in 2018.
Question 12
When Booker dropped 70 in 2017, what age-related scoring distinction did he claim in NBA history?
Answer: He became the youngest player to score 60 points in a game.
Booker became the youngest player in NBA history to score 60 points in a game when he scored 70 in 2017.
Question 13
What rare scoring trick did Devin Booker pull off for Phoenix in March 2019 on back-to-back outings?
Answer: Back-to-back 50-point games.
Booker scored 50 or more in consecutive games for Phoenix in March 2019.
Funny Phoenix Suns Trivia
13 questions
These funny Phoenix Suns trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
For a team named after a giant ball of fire, what animal somehow ended up as the Phoenix Sunsâ mascot?
- A.A coyote
- B.A sunbeam
- C.A roadrunner
- D.gorilla
Answer: A gorilla
Despite the team name, the Sunsâ mascot is a gorilla.
Question 2
What unexpected bit of entertainment accidentally launched the Suns Gorilla character in 1980?
- A.singing telegram
- B.A halftime magic show
- C.A radio contest
- D.A mascot audition
Answer: A singing telegram
The Suns Gorilla began after a singing telegram appeared at a game in 1980.
Question 3
The Suns Gorilla was born from what at a game in 1980: a singing telegram or a costume contest?
Answer: A singing telegram
The characterâs origin traces back to a singing telegram appearing at a Suns game in 1980.
Question 4
Who was the original performer behind the Suns Gorilla, the man under the fur before it was cool?
Answer: Henry Rojas
Henry Rojas was the original performer behind the Suns Gorilla.
Question 5
If you could hand one person a banana-shaped thank-you trophy for the original Suns Gorilla performance, who gets it?
- A.Henry Rojas
- B.Devin Booker
- C.Charles Barkley
- D.Deandre Ayton
Answer: Henry Rojas
The original Suns Gorilla performer was Henry Rojas.
Question 6
The Sunsâ wild 1976 triple-overtime Finals game is often called one of the greatest games in the history of which league?
- A.The ABA
- B.The WNBA
- C.NCAA basketball
- D.NBA
Answer: The NBA
That 1976 triple-overtime Finals game is often regarded is one of the greatest in NBA history.
Question 7
Phoenixâs 1976 playoff charge got what fairy-tale-style nickname, because apparently basketball needed a bedtime story?
- A.The Glass Slipper season
- B.The Midnight Miracle
- C.The Storybook sweep
- D.Cinderella run
Answer: The Cinderella run
The Sunsâ 1976 run is remembered is a Cinderella run.
Question 8
What nickname is commonly attached to the Sunsâ memorable 1976 run: Cinderella run or Empire State run?
Answer: Cinderella run
The 1976 Suns were memorable enough to earn the fairy-tale label of a Cinderella run.
Question 9
Charles Barkley won MVP in Phoenix, but his Finals hopes ran into which superstarâs Bulls that same year?
Answer: Michael Jordan
Barkleyâs MVP season in Phoenix ended with a Finals loss to Michael Jordanâs Bulls.
Question 10
In the year Barkley grabbed MVP with the Suns, whose Bulls ruined the championship party?
Answer: Michael Jordan
The Suns lost the Finals that year to Michael Jordanâs Bulls.
Question 11
A franchise built on desert heat somehow picked what kind of mascot instead of, say, a toasted sunbeam?
- A.A lizard mascot
- B.gorilla mascot
- C.A dragon mascot
- D.A firebird mascot
Answer: A gorilla mascot
A famous-for-heat franchise chose a gorilla is its mascot.
Question 12
Which topic could give longtime Suns fans whiplash because it includes America West Arena, US Airways Center, Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix Suns Arena, and Footprint Center?
Answer: The teamâs arena naming history
Those names are all part of the Sunsâ arena naming history.
Question 13
If a Suns fan says, 'Iâve survived America West, US Airways, Talking Stick, Phoenix Suns Arena, and Footprint,' what are they talking about?
- A.Preseason tournaments
- B.arena naming history
- C.Different practice facilities
- D.Mascot costume versions
Answer: The arena naming history
Those are successive names in the franchiseâs arena naming history.
Hard Phoenix Suns Trivia
14 questions
These hard Phoenix Suns trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
How old was Jerry Colangelo when he became Phoenixâs first general manager in 1968?
Answer: 28 years old
Jerry Colangelo was 28 years old when he became the Sunsâ first general manager in 1968.
Question 2
Phoenixâs 1992-93 regular season win total stopped at what number?
Answer: 62 games
The Suns won 62 games in the 1992-93 regular season.
Question 3
What exact record did the Suns post in 2013-14 despite missing the playoffs?
Answer: 48-34
Phoenix finished 48-34 in 2013-14 and still missed the playoffs.
Question 4
Which team did Phoenix eliminate to reach the 2021 Western Conference Finals?
Answer: Denver Nuggets
The Suns defeated the Denver Nuggets to reach the 2021 Western Conference Finals.
Question 5
Against Denver in the 2021 Western Conference semifinals, what was the exact series result for Phoenix?
Answer: 4-0
Phoenix swept Denver 4-0 in the 2021 Western Conference semifinals.
Question 6
Walter Davis entered Phoenix through which draft slot in 1977?
Answer: 5th overall pick
The Suns selected Walter Davis with the 5th overall pick in the 1977 NBA draft.
Question 7
In what year did Walter Davis win NBA Rookie of the Year with Phoenix?
Answer: 1978
Walter Davis won NBA Rookie of the Year with Phoenix in 1978.
Question 8
Devin Booker passed into the Suns record book as the franchiseâs all-time leading scorer in what year?
Answer: 2024
Devin Booker became the Sunsâ all-time leading scorer in February 2024.
Question 9
How many All-Star teams did Shawn Marion make while with Phoenix?
Answer: Four All-Star teams
Shawn Marion made four All-Star teams with the Suns.
Question 10
Dan Majerleâs Suns All-Star total landed on which number?
Answer: Three All-Star teams
Dan Majerle made three All-Star teams with Phoenix.
Question 11
What was the first year of Mike DâAntoniâs coaching run in Phoenix?
Answer: 2003
Mike DâAntoni coached Phoenix from 2003 to 2008.
Question 12
Name the first Western Conference finals season Phoenix reached during the Steve Nash era.?
Answer: 2005
During the Steve Nash era, Phoenix reached the Western Conference finals in 2005, 2006, and 2010. The first was 2005.
Question 13
Who ended Phoenixâs 2005 Western Conference finals run?
Answer: San Antonio Spurs
The Suns lost the 2005 Western Conference finals to the San Antonio Spurs.
Question 14
Which opponent beat Phoenix in the 2006 Western Conference finals?
Answer: Dallas Mavericks
The Suns lost the 2006 Western Conference finals to the Dallas Mavericks.
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