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Detroit Pistons 2004-05 Trivia Quiz

This quiz will have one question about each player on the 2005 playoff roster. Then I will fill in the remaining three questions with questions about other players that played in Detroit in 2004-05. All multiple choice.

A multiple-choice quiz by shadowmyst2004. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
shadowmyst2004

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
208,990

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
1343

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. I played for both Toronto and Denver in my rookie year. Hint

Rip Hamilton

Chauncey Billups

Lindsay Hunter

Ben Wallace

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Question 2 of 15

2. I have played for the Pistons on three separate occasions. Hint

Lindsay Hunter

Rasheed Wallace

Ben Wallace

Ronald Dupree

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Question 3 of 15

3. The Pistons were my fourth career team in 04-05. Hint

Rasheed Wallace

Darko Milicic

Ben Wallace

Daerrick Coleman

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Question 4 of 15

4. I was undrafted out of college, but won my third NBA Defensive Player of the Year award in 2005. Hint

Horace Jenkins

Rasheed Wallace

Ben Wallace

Carlos Delfino

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Question 5 of 15

5. At 19, I was the youngest player on the team for the second straight year. Hint

Elden Campbell

Antonio McDyess

Lindsay Hunter

Darko Milicic

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Question 6 of 15

6. I came over midseason in a trade with Utah. Hint

Carlos Delfino

Chauncey Billups

Rip Hamilton

Carlos Arroyo

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Question 7 of 15

7. Detroit traded me to Utah, but I ended up on Detroit's playoff roster anyway. Hint

Ben Wallace

Carlos Arroyo

Rasheed Wallace

Elden Campbell

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Question 8 of 15

8. I blocked Reggie Miller's potentially game winning shot in the '04 Conference Finals during the waning seconds in game five. In 2005, I was in my third season with the Pistons. Hint

Antonio McDyess

Ben Wallace

Tayshaun Prince

Rasheed Wallace

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Question 9 of 15

9. I had played with Phoenix, Denver, and New York before signing on in Detroit. Hint

Ben Wallace

Antonio McDyess

Tayshaun Prince

Elden Campbell

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Question 10 of 15

10. I was traded by Washington in a deal for Jerry Stackhouse. Hint

Ronald Dupree

Rasheed Wallace

Rip Hamilton

Darvin Ham

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Question 11 of 15

11. I missed the play-off roster because of a knee problem that sidelined me most of the year Hint

Carlos Arroyo

Carlos Delfino

Derrick Coleman

Anthony Goldwire

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Question 12 of 15

12. The Pistons are my sixth different team during the first eight years on my career. Hint

Darko Milicic

Chauncey Billups

Rip Hamilton

Darvin Ham

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Question 13 of 15

13. The Pistons lured me away from Chicago with an offseason contract. Hint

Antonio McDyess

Carlos Delfino

Ronald Dupree

Darko Milicic

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Question 14 of 15

14. I was one of only two rookies on the Pistons roster. Carlos Delfino was the other, neither of us made the play-off roster. Hint

Ben Wallace

Rasheed Wallace

Darko Milicic

Horace Jenkins

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Question 15 of 15

15. I decided to retire after the Pistons released me five games into the season. Hint

Derrick Coleman

Reggie Miller

Anthony Goldwire

Michael Jordan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. I played for both Toronto and Denver in my rookie year.

Answer: Chauncey Billups

Billups was in his eighth season in 2005. He played in 80 games for the Pistons.

2. I have played for the Pistons on three separate occasions.

Answer: Lindsay Hunter

Hunter played with the Pistons for seven seasons before being traded to Milwaukee. He returned in the 03-04 season and was traded again to Boston. After being cut by Boston he re-signed with Detroit.

3. The Pistons were my fourth career team in 04-05.

Answer: Rasheed Wallace

R. Wallace played for Washington, Portland, Atlanta, and Detroit. He led Detroit to the NBA title after the trade that brought him there. He averaged 14.5 ppg for Detroit in 2005.

4. I was undrafted out of college, but won my third NBA Defensive Player of the Year award in 2005.

Answer: Ben Wallace

The DPOTY award was his third in four seasons. Ben was the third player in history to win the award three.

5. At 19, I was the youngest player on the team for the second straight year.

Answer: Darko Milicic

The others were all at least 30.

6. I came over midseason in a trade with Utah.

Answer: Carlos Arroyo

Arroyo was the only player on the team to be traded to Detroit in 2005. He was in his fourth season.

7. Detroit traded me to Utah, but I ended up on Detroit's playoff roster anyway.

Answer: Elden Campbell

EC was traded to Utah, then cut by Utah and signed by New Jersey. Then New Jersey released him and he ended up with Detroit again. Campbell was in his 15th season and averaged 11 minutes per game.

8. I blocked Reggie Miller's potentially game winning shot in the '04 Conference Finals during the waning seconds in game five. In 2005, I was in my third season with the Pistons.

Answer: Tayshaun Prince

Many commentators said that that was the turning point of the series, which the Pistons eventually won in six games. In 2005, Prince average 37 minutes per game and averaged 14.7 points.

9. I had played with Phoenix, Denver, and New York before signing on in Detroit.

Answer: Antonio McDyess

'Dyce had missed two full seasons with knee problems, but Detroit took the chance anyway. He ended up being one of the leagues top sixth men.

10. I was traded by Washington in a deal for Jerry Stackhouse.

Answer: Rip Hamilton

Hamilton was traded by Washington in 2002 because he did not get along well with teammate Michael Jordan.

11. I missed the play-off roster because of a knee problem that sidelined me most of the year

Answer: Carlos Delfino

Arroyo was on the playoff roster. Coleman and Goldwire both played with the Pistons early in the year, but not during the play-offs.

12. The Pistons are my sixth different team during the first eight years on my career.

Answer: Darvin Ham

Ham's mother is the former mayor Novi, a city in Michigan.

13. The Pistons lured me away from Chicago with an offseason contract.

Answer: Ronald Dupree

Dupree played in only 47 games in each of his first two seasons. One season each with Detroit and Chicago.

14. I was one of only two rookies on the Pistons roster. Carlos Delfino was the other, neither of us made the play-off roster.

Answer: Horace Jenkins

Jenkins played only 15 games during his rookie year. He took three years off after college and became a carpenter and started a family.

15. I decided to retire after the Pistons released me five games into the season.

Answer: Derrick Coleman

Both Coleman and Goldwire had played in Detroit. Goldwire signed a 10 day contract that the Pistons let expire. Coleman was released because he was averaging only 1.8 points a game.

Source: Author shadowmyst2004

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