HIST 2280 ALL EXAM’S QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
The most sought-after hockey sticks at the end of nineteenth century and into the early part of
twentieth century were produced by: - CORRECT ANSWER -Mi'kmaq
Hockey at the end of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century was officially an "on-
side" game (ex.
The puck could not be passed forward); an element that was directly borrowed from: - CORRECT
ANSWER -rugby
Lord Stanley's daughters name: - CORRECT ANSWER -Isobel Stanley
True or False: Working class men were a central part of the first modern game in Montreal -
CORRECT ANSWER -False
During Montreal's Winter Carnivals of 1880s, hockey became organized and: - CORRECT
ANSWER -institutionalized
He organized the first "modern" game and also drafted the first official rules of hockey: -
CORRECT ANSWER -James Creighton
Teams like the Dartmouth Jubilees, Halifax Eurekas and the afrcaville Seasides competed in
Nova Scotias: - CORRECT ANSWER -The Colored Hockey League
Which folk game did NOT inform hockey's evolution?
• Several folk games directly informed the gradual evolution of what we know as ice hockey.
• These games included:
,• Ricket: popular in Halifax which used a cricket ball on ice.
• Shinty: from the Scottish Highlands played with a ball and sticks (If you've seen the Disney
movie Brave, this is the game that Merida is playing at the beginning of the movie).
• Hurling: A Gaelic game played in Ireland with a ball and sticks.
• Bandy: An ancient Northern European game of 11 aside. - CORRECT ANSWER -None of the
above
True or False: Lord Stanleys appearance at a game during Montreal's Winter Carnival forced play
to stop so that
"God Save the Queen" could be sung in his honour - CORRECT ANSWER -True
The first modern game was played on March 3, 1875 at: - CORRECT ANSWER -Montreal's
Victoria Skating Rink
Conn Smythe and the rest of the University of Toronto Varsity Hockey team enlisted only four
days after they had won the ontario championship. This was a good example of: - CORRECT
ANSWER -Pals Battalions
Rudyard Kiplings line - "There is one track for all, one life for each to give. Who stand if freedom
fall? Who die if England live?" - was quoted by this former Allan Cup Champion just before he
died at the front during WW.
His brother later donated the Memorial Cup: - CORRECT ANSWER -George Richardson
True or False: The Winnipeg Falcons - a team made up mostly by players of Icelandic heritage -
won Canada's first olympic gold medal in hockey at the 1920 summer olympic games in
Antwerp, Belgium. - CORRECT ANSWER -True
In 1909, this team shelled out a fortune to obtain star players such as the Patrick brothers,
Newsy Lalonde and Fred "Cyclone" Taylor: - CORRECT ANSWER -The Renfrew Creamery Kings
, This town was the smallest community ever to win the Stanley Cup: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Kenora Thistles
Canadians were left to defend themselves when the British Garrison left Canada in: - CORRECT
ANSWER -1871
Electricity was hugely important for the growth of the game and became available for majority
of Canadians by the: - CORRECT ANSWER -1910s
When the Stanley Cup became property of the professionals, the best amateurs in Canada
began to compete
for: - CORRECT ANSWER -The Allan Cup
While playing at the Montreal Shamrocks, this player wrote Hockey: Canadas Royal Winter
Game, in 1899 - CORRECT ANSWER -Arthur Farrell
Allan Loney hit Alcide Laurin in the left temple with his stick. Laurin was pronounced dead on
the ice. Loney was sentenced to: - CORRECT ANSWER -Nothing: all charges were dropped
By the end of the 1930s, the Hockey Night in Canada radio broadcast regularly attracted:
A) 100,000 listeners
B) 250,000 listeners
C) 1,000,000 listeners
D) 2,000,000 listeners
E) 5,000,000 listeners - CORRECT ANSWER -D) 2,000,000 listeners
This arena was not erected during the NHL's building-craze of the 1920s and 1930s:
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
The most sought-after hockey sticks at the end of nineteenth century and into the early part of
twentieth century were produced by: - CORRECT ANSWER -Mi'kmaq
Hockey at the end of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century was officially an "on-
side" game (ex.
The puck could not be passed forward); an element that was directly borrowed from: - CORRECT
ANSWER -rugby
Lord Stanley's daughters name: - CORRECT ANSWER -Isobel Stanley
True or False: Working class men were a central part of the first modern game in Montreal -
CORRECT ANSWER -False
During Montreal's Winter Carnivals of 1880s, hockey became organized and: - CORRECT
ANSWER -institutionalized
He organized the first "modern" game and also drafted the first official rules of hockey: -
CORRECT ANSWER -James Creighton
Teams like the Dartmouth Jubilees, Halifax Eurekas and the afrcaville Seasides competed in
Nova Scotias: - CORRECT ANSWER -The Colored Hockey League
Which folk game did NOT inform hockey's evolution?
• Several folk games directly informed the gradual evolution of what we know as ice hockey.
• These games included:
,• Ricket: popular in Halifax which used a cricket ball on ice.
• Shinty: from the Scottish Highlands played with a ball and sticks (If you've seen the Disney
movie Brave, this is the game that Merida is playing at the beginning of the movie).
• Hurling: A Gaelic game played in Ireland with a ball and sticks.
• Bandy: An ancient Northern European game of 11 aside. - CORRECT ANSWER -None of the
above
True or False: Lord Stanleys appearance at a game during Montreal's Winter Carnival forced play
to stop so that
"God Save the Queen" could be sung in his honour - CORRECT ANSWER -True
The first modern game was played on March 3, 1875 at: - CORRECT ANSWER -Montreal's
Victoria Skating Rink
Conn Smythe and the rest of the University of Toronto Varsity Hockey team enlisted only four
days after they had won the ontario championship. This was a good example of: - CORRECT
ANSWER -Pals Battalions
Rudyard Kiplings line - "There is one track for all, one life for each to give. Who stand if freedom
fall? Who die if England live?" - was quoted by this former Allan Cup Champion just before he
died at the front during WW.
His brother later donated the Memorial Cup: - CORRECT ANSWER -George Richardson
True or False: The Winnipeg Falcons - a team made up mostly by players of Icelandic heritage -
won Canada's first olympic gold medal in hockey at the 1920 summer olympic games in
Antwerp, Belgium. - CORRECT ANSWER -True
In 1909, this team shelled out a fortune to obtain star players such as the Patrick brothers,
Newsy Lalonde and Fred "Cyclone" Taylor: - CORRECT ANSWER -The Renfrew Creamery Kings
, This town was the smallest community ever to win the Stanley Cup: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Kenora Thistles
Canadians were left to defend themselves when the British Garrison left Canada in: - CORRECT
ANSWER -1871
Electricity was hugely important for the growth of the game and became available for majority
of Canadians by the: - CORRECT ANSWER -1910s
When the Stanley Cup became property of the professionals, the best amateurs in Canada
began to compete
for: - CORRECT ANSWER -The Allan Cup
While playing at the Montreal Shamrocks, this player wrote Hockey: Canadas Royal Winter
Game, in 1899 - CORRECT ANSWER -Arthur Farrell
Allan Loney hit Alcide Laurin in the left temple with his stick. Laurin was pronounced dead on
the ice. Loney was sentenced to: - CORRECT ANSWER -Nothing: all charges were dropped
By the end of the 1930s, the Hockey Night in Canada radio broadcast regularly attracted:
A) 100,000 listeners
B) 250,000 listeners
C) 1,000,000 listeners
D) 2,000,000 listeners
E) 5,000,000 listeners - CORRECT ANSWER -D) 2,000,000 listeners
This arena was not erected during the NHL's building-craze of the 1920s and 1930s:
