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Harlem Globetrotters Back in Orlando with an AMAZING game!

We have a winner!

By Brooke Frizzell February 25, 2015

The Harlem Globetrotters will be in Orlando this month. Congrats to Heidi E. of Sorrento, you have won a family 4 pack of tickets to see the Harlem Globetrotters!

Tickets are still available for purchase for the game in Orlando. Purchase yours today! Don't forget to use the Coupon Code: TROTTER to receive $5 off each ticket when ordering up to 8 tickets.


Saturday, February 28 12:30 pm – Amway Center, Orlando ·
Tickets for all shows are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com
Use the coupon code:
TROTTER to receive $5 off per ticket on up to 8 tickets.



Read below to find out all about the Harlem Globetrotters and what fun the game will be for your family.

GAME INFO:

The world famous Harlem Globetrotters have been thrilling families and millions of fans for 88 years, all the while innovating the game in exciting new ways.

As one of the most versatile athletes in the world, which current Globetrotter made it to the finals of “American Ninja Warrior” on NBC and previously had a tryout with the New York Jets? (Bull Bullard)

o Which Globetrotter is the shortest player in team history? (current Globetrotter Too Tall Hall at 5’2”)

o Who are the only Globetrotters to have their jersey numbers retired? (Wilt Chamberlain [13], Marques Haynes [20], Curly Neal [22], Meadowlark Lemon [36], and Goose Tatum [50])

o How far from the basket is the Harlem Globetrotters’ 4-point shot? (35 feet, nearly 12 feet further than the NBA’s 3-point arc.)

o What Harlem Globetrotter holds the Guinness World Records for the longest basketball shot from 109’ 9”? (Thunder Law)

o When was the last time the Washington Generals organization beat the Globetrotters? (January 5, 1971, in Martin, Tennessee, Harlem Globetrotters lost in overtime by a score of 100-99.)

o What is the Globetrotters’ theme song? (Sweet Georgia Brown)

o How many popes have the Harlem Globetrotters performed for in their history? (4: Pope Pius XII-1952; Pope John XXIII-1959; Pope Paul VI-1963; Pope John Paul II-1986 and 2000.)

o Name the people who have the distinction of being official Honorary Harlem Globetrotters: (Jackie Joyner Kersee, Whoopi Goldberg, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Bob Hope, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Nelson Mandela, Pope John Paul II, Rev. Jesse Jackson.)

o In what year did the Globetrotters become the first sports team to be honored with a star on the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame? (1982)

o On what spacecraft did the Harlem Globetrotters send a basketball in 2009, becoming the first team to ever send a ball into space? (The Space Shuttle Atlantis.)

o Where, and in what year, did the Harlem Globetrotters play their first game? (Hinckley, Illinois, in 1927.)

o What World Championship team did the Globetrotters defeat in both 1948 and 1949? (Minneapolis Lakers, led by Hall of Famer George Mikan.)

o What is the largest crowd for which the Globetrotters have ever played? (Over 75,000 in Berlin, Germany, in 1951.)

o Which Globetrotter was the first African-American to sign an NBA contract? (Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, who signed with the New York Knicks in 1950.)

o What year were the Harlem Globetrotters inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a team? (2002)  

  
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