50 free Blackhawks trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The Blackhawks are an Original Six team with six Stanley Cups, a made-up curse that lasted 40 years, and a goal song by a Scottish indie band. This quiz covers the whole story: Major McLaughlin naming the club after his army division, the Hull-Mikita years, Bobby Orr's brief stay, Dollar Bill Wirtz's TV blackout, and the Toews-Kane dynasty that brought three Cups in six seasons, right up to Connor Bedard. It works for a United Center pre-game, a Chicago sports bar quiz, or a hockey fan testing a friend. The first questions are easy for anyone who watched the 2010s teams; the later ones dig into 1930s goaltenders, the 1992 winning streak and the front office. Every answer was checked against the Wikipedia articles on the Blackhawks and their Stanley Cup Finals, and each question links to the sentence that supports it.
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Q 01How many Stanley Cups have the Blackhawks won?
Six
1934, 1938, 1961, 2010, 2013 and 2015.
Q 02Which arena have the Blackhawks called home since the 1994-95 season?
United Center
They share it with the NBA's Bulls; both teams previously played at the demolished Chicago Stadium across the street.
Q 03In what year were the Blackhawks founded?
1926
They are one of the Original Six alongside Detroit, Montreal, Toronto, Boston and the Rangers.
Q 04Until 1986, how was the team's name officially spelled?
Black Hawks (two words)
The one-word spelling was adopted from the original franchise documents.
Q 05Original owner Frederic McLaughlin named the team after what?
His WWI Army division
The 86th Infantry Division was nicknamed the Blackhawk Division after Black Hawk of the Sauk nation.
Q 06The original Black Hawks roster was bought for $100,000 from the Portland Rosebuds of which circuit?
Western Hockey League
Bruins owner Charles Adams brokered the deal with WHL president Frank Patrick.
Q 07Which fired coach supposedly cursed the team never to finish first?
Pete Muldoon
Sportswriter Jim Coleman later admitted he made the whole story up, but the 'Curse of Muldoon' lasted until 1967.
Q 08In which season did the Black Hawks finally finish first, breaking the so-called Curse of Muldoon?
1966-67
It was the last season of the six-team NHL, 23 years after McLaughlin's death.
Q 09Under McLaughlin, the Black Hawks were the first NHL team to do what?
Ice an all-American-born lineup
Doc Romnes, Taffy Abel, Mike Karakas and Cully Dahlstrom were among his American staples.
Q 10Which goaltender shut out Detroit in the deciding game of the 1934 Stanley Cup Final?
Charlie Gardiner
It was the franchise's first Stanley Cup.
Q 11Whom did the Black Hawks beat in the 1938 Stanley Cup Final?
Toronto Maple Leafs
They had stunned the Canadiens and Americans on overtime goals to get there.
Q 12Which owner turned the team around after taking control in 2007?
Rocky Wirtz
Three Cups followed in 2010, 2013 and 2015; his son Danny became chairman after Rocky's death in 2023.
Q 13Which policy earned owner Bill Wirtz the nickname "Dollar Bill"?
Refusing to televise home games locally
He claimed local TV was unfair to season-ticket holders; fans stayed away for years.
Q 21The 1991-92 Blackhawks set an NHL record with how many straight playoff wins?
11
Jeremy Roenick, Steve Larmer, Chris Chelios and Ed Belfour led the run before Pittsburgh swept them.
Q 22Which popular national-anthem singer did management fire in 1994?
Wayne Messmer
It was one of several moves that soured fans on the team through the 1990s.
Q 23Which future star goalie showed flashes for Chicago in the 1992 Final before starring elsewhere?
Dominik Hasek
Pittsburgh still won game 4 6-5 despite a natural hat trick from Dirk Graham.
Q 14Which two late-1950s prospects became the Hawks' most feared one-two punch in the league?
Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita
Defenseman Pierre Pilote and goalie Glenn Hall arrived around the same time; all four are Hall of Famers.
Q 15How many goals did Bobby Hull score in 1968-69 to break his own single-season record?
58
The Hawks still missed the playoffs that year for the first time since 1958.
Q 16Bobby Hull left the Black Hawks in 1972 for a million-dollar contract with which WHA team?
Winnipeg Jets
He had long resented being underpaid as the NHL's marquee star.
Q 17Which future superstar did Chicago trade to Boston along with Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield?
Phil Esposito
He set scoring records with the Bruins and won two Cups; Chicago got Pit Martin, Jack Norris and Gilles Marotte.
Q 18Which Blackhawks goalie, younger brother of a star traded to Boston, won the Calder Trophy?
Tony Esposito
He backstopped the Hawks to the 1971 Final against Montreal.
Q 19Which legendary defenseman played only 26 games for the Hawks after arriving from Boston in 1976?
Bobby Orr
Ill health kept him out and he retired in 1979.
Q 20Stan Mikita played 22 years for Chicago. Where does that rank among single-team careers in NHL history?
Third-longest
He retired the year after Bobby Hull's number was honoured.
Q 24Which player did the Blackhawks take third overall in 2006 after he led North Dakota to the Frozen Four?
Jonathan Toews
He was named captain at 20, the third-youngest in the league at the time.
Q 25Whom did the Blackhawks select first overall in 2007 from the OHL's London Knights?
Patrick Kane
He beat teammate Toews to the Calder Trophy after leading all rookies in points.
Q 26Which coach replaced Denis Savard four games into the 2008-09 season?
Joel Quenneville
Savard, a Hawks legend as a player, was later brought back as an ambassador.
Q 27Where did the Blackhawks host the 2009 Winter Classic?
Wrigley Field
Detroit won 6-4 in front of 40,818 fans on New Year's Day.
Q 28Which free agent signed a 12-year, $62.8 million deal with Chicago before the 2009-10 season?
Marian Hossa
A progressive skin disorder ended his career in 2017 and his contract was later dumped on Arizona.
Q 29Whom did the Blackhawks beat in six games to win the 2010 Stanley Cup?
Philadelphia Flyers
It ended a 49-year drought, then the longest active in the league.
Q 30Who was the first Blackhawk ever to win the Conn Smythe Trophy, in 2010?
Jonathan Toews
He also won Olympic gold that year and joined the Triple Gold Club.