Partizan Belgrade: basketball quiz

26 October 2026 · A hall named after a legend, a coaching debut that ended with a trophy and eight more stories about Belgrade's black-and-white club.

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Quiz questions

Partizan's fans have their own nickname, which translates as 'the gravediggers'. What is it?
- Delije
- Grobari
- Gate 7
- Ultras Sur
Belgrade's Pionir hall, Partizan's home for decades, was renamed in 2016. It now carries the name of the coach known as the father of Yugoslav basketball. Whose?
- Aleksandar Nikolić
- Ranko Žeravica
- Dušan Ivković
- Svetislav Pešić
Whose career is this? This point guard grew up and made his name at Partizan.
- Predrag Danilović
- Žarko Paspalj
- Aleksandar Đorđević
- Dejan Bodiroga
Whose career is this? This powerful centre was one of the hardest big men to stop in the EuroLeague.
- Nenad Krstić
- Kosta Perović
- Boban Marjanović
- Nikola Peković
In spring 1991 he was still playing guard for Partizan. The next season he was already in charge of the team, and it won the European title straight away. Who is he?
- Željko Obradović
- Dušan Ivković
- Božidar Maljković
- Svetislav Pešić
Three of these Yugoslav players played for Partizan. Which one never wore the Partizan shirt?
- Vlade Divac
- Žarko Paspalj
- Toni Kukoč
- Predrag Danilović
This Australian was the fifth pick of the 2014 NBA draft. After several injuries he moved to Barcelona and Partizan, and in 2023 he returned to the NBA with Dallas. Who is he?
- Ben Simmons
- Dante Exum
- Josh Giddey
- Matisse Thybulle
In the 2023 EuroLeague quarter-finals Partizan won the first two games away, yet still lost the series 2-3. Their opponents went on to win the title. Who were they?
- Olympiacos
- Barcelona
- Monaco
- Real Madrid
In 1988, not yet 30, he took a young Partizan side with Vlade Divac to the Final Four in Ghent. More than twenty years later, in 2010, he reached the Final Four with Partizan again, this time in Paris. Who is he?
- Duško Vujošević
- Dejan Radonjić
- Igor Kokoškov
- Andrea Trinchieri
Ghent 1988, Barcelona 1998, Paris 2010. What links these cities in Partizan's history?
- Partizan won European trophies there
- Partizan played at the Final Four there but did not win the title
- Partizan played friendlies against NBA teams there
- Partizan players had their farewell games there

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