Q 01/05

The franchise began play in the NHL's first season, 1917-18, under what name?

A) St. Patricks

B) Arenas

C) Blueshirts

D) Marlboros

Answer · why

B) Arenas

The team won the Stanley Cup that first season, though the Leafs do not count the earlier Blueshirts' history as their own.

Q 02/05

The Toronto St. Patricks wore what colour from 1919 until Conn Smythe took over?

A) Red

B) Blue

C) Green

D) Gold

Answer · why

C) Green

Babe Dye scored four in the 1922 Cup clincher over the Vancouver Millionaires under the St. Pats banner.

Q 03/05

Conn Smythe's group bought the St. Patricks in 1927, beating a rival who wanted to move the team where?

A) Montreal

B) Chicago

C) Detroit

D) Philadelphia

Answer · why

D) Philadelphia

C. C. Pyle had offered $200,000; Smythe argued civic pride mattered more than money.

Q 04/05

Conn Smythe said he chose the maple leaf as a logo because of his experience as what?

A) A lumber merchant in northern Ontario

B) A First World War officer and prisoner of war

C) A University of Toronto hockey coach

D) A Boy Scout troop leader in Toronto

Answer · why

B) A First World War officer and prisoner of war

He called it a badge of courage worn by Canadian soldiers; a Toronto baseball club had used the name since 1895.

Q 05/05

Conn Smythe said the Leafs' colours meant sky and snow, but they also matched what?

A) The colours of the Union Jack flag

B) The colours of his old university team

C) The trucks of his gravel and sand business

D) The Argonaut Rowing Club's racing flag

Answer · why

C) The trucks of his gravel and sand business

Blue had long been associated with Toronto teams, going back to the Argonaut Rowing Club.