# 🏀 The Harlem Globetrotters Trivia Set

**Used:** 2025-06-13

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## 📌 REGULAR QUESTIONS

### 1. Despite their name, where were the Harlem Globetrotters actually founded?  
**Answer:** Chicago  
**Taglines:**  
- Harlem in name, Windy City in origin  
- Not from Harlem, and proud of it  
- Chicago said “let’s fake geography”  
- More jazz hands than jazz clubs  
- Lies, dunks, and showbiz  

### 2. What is the signature theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters?  
**Answer:** “Sweet Georgia Brown”  
**Taglines:**  
- Bounce to this  
- Whistle while you dunk  
- More iconic than the actual game  
- Theme song of mischief  
- Harlem's anthem of antics  

### 3. Who is the all-time most famous Globetrotter, known for his hook shots and antics?  
**Answer:** Meadowlark Lemon  
**Taglines:**  
- The clown prince of the court  
- More laughs than layups  
- Trick shots, slick shots, comic gold  
- NBA who?  
- Lemon, but never a dud  

### 4. What traditional opponent do the Globetrotters always play (and beat)?  
**Answer:** Washington Generals  
**Taglines:**  
- Professional punching bags  
- The world’s longest losing streak  
- Generals? More like General Failure  
- The Harlem Globetrotters’ favorite victims  
- They showed up... that’s about it  

### 5. What was the Globetrotters’ original purpose before they focused on comedy?  
**Answer:** Competitive basketball team  
**Taglines:**  
- Before jokes, they broke ankles  
- Actually good at the game, shocker  
- B-ball with bite  
- When winning was serious  
- From fierce to farce  

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## 🧩 FILL-IN-THE-BLANK QUESTIONS

### 1. The Harlem Globetrotters are known for combining basketball with ______.  
**Answer:** Comedy  
**Taglines:**  
- Basketball meets clown college  
- Slam dunks and slapstick  
- Ballin’ with a side of LOL  
- Where fouls become punchlines  
- NBA who? We’ve got bits  

### 2. The Globetrotters wear red, white, and ______ uniforms.  
**Answer:** Blue  
**Taglines:**  
- Patriotic pranksters  
- America’s least subtle color palette  
- Stars, stripes, and spin moves  
- Uncle Sam’s all-star team  
- The USA, but funnier  

### 3. The Globetrotters have played in over ______ countries.  
**Answer:** 120  
**Taglines:**  
- Ballers without borders  
- World tour, same victims  
- Dunks in different time zones  
- Passport stamps and layups  
- International embarrassment for the Generals  

### 4. In 2002, the Globetrotters were inducted into the ______ Hall of Fame.  
**Answer:** Basketball  
**Taglines:**  
- Jokes + skill = legend status  
- They laughed their way into history  
- Funny, but official  
- The clown car made it to the hall  
- Legit as LeBron  

### 5. The Globetrotters were officially formed in the year ______.  
**Answer:** 1926  
**Taglines:**  
- Pre-Great Depression dunks  
- Roaring Twenties razzle-dazzle  
- Basketball in black and white  
- Old-school cool  
- Before sliced bread—literally  

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## 📝 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

### 1. [Difficulty: 1] What is the primary function of the Harlem Globetrotters today?  
A) Competing in the NBA  
B) Youth outreach  
C) Comedy basketball performances ✅  
D) Political commentary  
**Taglines:**  
- Hoops and hijinks  
- Ball meets buffoonery  
- The only team that travels... and it’s okay  
- Laughter with layups  
- Points optional  

### 2. [Difficulty: 2] What animated series featured the Harlem Globetrotters solving mysteries?  
A) The Jetsons  
B) Scooby-Doo ✅  
C) The Flintstones  
D) Batman: The Animated Series  
**Taglines:**  
- Zoinks! Dunk that ghost  
- Mystery, madness, and alley-oops  
- Cartoon crossover chaos  
- The Globetrotters: ghostbusters with sneakers  
- Ruh-roh... they dunked again  

### 3. [Difficulty: 3] What former NBA star played for the Globetrotters before joining the league?  
A) Wilt Chamberlain ✅  
B) Michael Jordan  
C) LeBron James  
D) Magic Johnson  
**Taglines:**  
- Wilt went wild with whistles  
- 100 points, and some laughs  
- Towering trickster  
- Dunked before it was cool  
- MVP with a comedic past  

### 4. [Difficulty: 4] What company purchased the Globetrotters in 2021?  
A) ESPN  
B) Disney  
C) Herschend Family Entertainment ✅  
D) Warner Bros.  
**Taglines:**  
- From courtside to theme park  
- Buy low, dunk high  
- Herschend: now with more hijinks  
- Corporate crossover chaos  
- Mickey who?  

### 5. [Difficulty: 2] How do the Globetrotters usually end their shows?  
A) With a buzzer-beater  
B) With a song  
C) With fan interaction ✅  
D) By forfeiting  
**Taglines:**  
- High-fives > high scores  
- Crowd participation or bust  
- Dunk, joke, handshake  
- Ballin’ with the people  
- Hoop dreams with hugs
