Q 01/05

By which nickname is the Ottawa team that held the Stanley Cup from 1903 to 1906 remembered?

A) Silver Seven

B) Super Six

C) Flying Frenchmen

D) Millionaires

Answer · why

A) Silver Seven

Silver Seven. In 1905 they saw off challengers who had travelled from Dawson City in the Yukon by dog sled, ship and train, with one-eyed Frank McGee ...

Q 02/05

The original Ottawa Senators moved in 1934 to become which short-lived NHL team?

A) Cleveland Barons

B) St. Louis Eagles

C) Philadelphia Quakers

D) Pittsburgh Pirates

Answer · why

B) St. Louis Eagles

St. Louis Eagles. The move lasted one season: the long trips to play eastern rivals deepened the losses, and the NHL bought the franchise back and dis...

Q 03/05

Which Ottawa real estate developer led the campaign that won the modern Senators franchise in 1990?

A) Terry Matthews

B) Rod Bryden

C) Bruce Firestone

D) Michael Cowpland

Answer · why

C) Bruce Firestone

Bruce Firestone. His firm could not afford a team, so the plan was to buy farmland in Kanata, win the franchise and let the new arena multiply the val...

Q 04/05

Under which slogan did Ottawa's bidders campaign for an NHL expansion franchise in 1989 and 1990?

A) Senators for the Capital

B) Hockey Belongs in Ottawa

C) Put Ottawa on Ice

D) Bring Back the Senators

Answer · why

D) Bring Back the Senators

Bring Back the Senators. Some 11,000 fans mailed in $25 pledges toward season tickets, even as the head of the players' union scoffed that Ottawa woul...

Q 05/05

The Senators won their first game, on October 8, 1992, 5-3 over which team?

A) Toronto Maple Leafs

B) Montreal Canadiens

C) Boston Bruins

D) Quebec Nordiques

Answer · why

B) Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens. The expansion team beat the club that would lift the Stanley Cup that spring, then managed only nine more wins all season.