Q 01/05

What was Gordie Howe's famous nickname?

A) Mr. Hockey

B) The Big M

C) The Golden Jet

D) The Rocket

Answer · why

A) Mr. Hockey

Mr. Hockey. His wife Colleen, who ran the family business, registered the nickname as a trademark, along with her own, Mrs. Hockey.

Q 02/05

In which 1986 teen comedy does a main character wear Gordie Howe's Red Wings jersey for most of the film?

A) Pretty in Pink

B) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

C) Peggy Sue Got Married

D) One Crazy Summer

Answer · why

B) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Cameron wears it even though the film is set in Chicago, home of the rival Blackhawks, and Howe said he sent the filmmakers ...

Q 03/05

In which Canadian province was Gordie Howe born?

A) Alberta

B) Manitoba

C) Saskatchewan

D) British Columbia

Answer · why

C) Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan. He was born in a farmhouse at Floral and grew up in Saskatoon, and at 15 he walked out of his first NHL training camp because he was hom...

Q 04/05

Which exercise did doctors prescribe the teenage Gordie Howe, fearing a calcium deficiency had weakened his spine?

A) Push-ups

B) Sit-ups

C) Chin-ups

D) Squats

Answer · why

C) Chin-ups

Chin-ups. Together with the concrete he hauled on building sites beside his father, they gave him the sloping shoulders and powerful forearms of his p...

Q 05/05

Which perk persuaded Howe to take sweater number 9 in 1947?

A) A lower Pullman berth on road trips

B) A private hotel room on trips

C) First pick of the team's sticks

D) A higher salary and a bonus

Answer · why

A) A lower Pullman berth on road trips

A lower Pullman berth on road trips. On the team's overnight trains the lower sweater numbers got the bottom bunks, so he gave up the 17 he wore as a ...