Q 01/05

The St. Louis Blues are named after a song by which composer?

A) Scott Joplin

B) W. C. Handy

C) Louis Armstrong

D) Chuck Berry

Answer · why

B) W. C. Handy

W. C. Handy said his 1914 song grew out of a chance meeting on the streets of St. Louis with a woman grieving over her absent husband, whose lament be...

Q 02/05

The original Ottawa Senators moved to St. Louis in 1934 and played one money-losing NHL season under what name?

A) St. Louis Bombers

B) St. Louis Eagles

C) St. Louis Braves

D) St. Louis Flyers

Answer · why

B) St. Louis Eagles

St. Louis Eagles were left in the NHL's Canadian Division to keep the divisions balanced, so costly rail trips to their Canadian rivals sank them afte...

Q 03/05

Which city lost out to St. Louis for the last 1967 expansion slot at the insistence of Chicago's owners?

A) Baltimore

B) Buffalo

C) Cleveland

D) Vancouver

Answer · why

A) Baltimore

Baltimore had applied and St. Louis had not, but the Black Hawks' owners also owned the run-down St. Louis Arena and pressed the league to put a team ...

Q 04/05

Which American power forward, a Blue for most of the 2000s, scored his 500th NHL goal in 2008?

A) Keith Tkachuk

B) Doug Weight

C) Bill Guerin

D) Scott Young

Answer · why

A) Keith Tkachuk

Keith Tkachuk got it on the final day of the season, into an empty Columbus net, to become the 41st player to reach 500.

Q 05/05

Which assistant took over as Blues coach in November 1967 after Lynn Patrick resigned?

A) Scotty Bowman

B) Al Arbour

C) Red Berenson

D) Emile Francis

Answer · why

A) Scotty Bowman

Scotty Bowman took the expansion Blues to the Cup Final in each of his first three seasons, left in 1971 after a dispute with the owners, and went on ...