Bethany's Quiz of Doom

Alright, so this off season is absolutely ridiculous. It's so slow...I went to the book store and purchased this little gem. And, have decided we are having a hockey trivia contest. Here are the rules:
1. No googling the answers. Use the first answer that pops into your head.
2. E-mail the answers to me at BethanysHockeyRants@gmail.com
3. I will be keep track of winners and losers at the end of the Trivia Time the losers will have to write a nice post about the winners favorite team. With all that being said here's the first quiz.

Hockey Trivia Quiz 1

1. Which NHLer has played in the most regular-season wins during his career?

A) RAY BOURQUE
B) SCOTT STEVENS
C) MARK MESSIER
D) LARRY ROBINSON

2. Nashville's Jordin Tootoo is the first NHL prospect from what race of people?

A) TOOTOO IS AN AMERICAN ABORIGINAL
B) TOOTOO IS A POLYNESIAN
C) TOOTOO IS AN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE
D) TOOTOO IS A CANADIAN INUIT

3. Which 1960s player first made waving to the crowd at centre ice popular after receiving a star of the game?

A) JEAN BELIVEAU
B) JOHNNY BOWER
C) EDDIE SHACK
D) GUMP WORSLEY

4. When Dany Heatley scored four goals at the 2003 All-Star game he unseated Wayne Gretzky as the youngest All-Star to score a hat trick. How much younger was Heatley than Gretzky?

A) ONE DAY
B) ONE WEEK
C) ONE MONTH
D) ONE YEAR

5. In February 2003 a group of 40 amateur players from Alberta set a new record for the world's longest hockey game. How long did they play?

A) 40 HOURS
B) 60 HOURS
C) 80 HOURS
D) 100 HOURS

6. Who finally overtook Mike Gartner as the NHL's fastest skater?

A) SAKU KOIVU
B) SERGEI ZUBOV
C) JASON CHIMERA
D) MARIAN GABORIK

7. When Canadian-born Hayley Wickenheiser joined the Kirkkonummi Lightning of the Finnish league in 2002-2003 she became the second woman to play in a men's pro league. How many games did she play before she scored her first goal?

A) WICKENHEISER NEVER SCORED A GOAL IN 2002-2003
B) ONE GAME
C) THREE GAMES
D) SIX GAMES

8. What is the greatest number of NHL teams one player has been acquired by without playing a single NHL game?

A) TWO TEAMS
B) THREE TEAMS
C) FOUR TEAMS
D) FIVE TEAMS

9. Who is Tim Hurlbut?

A) A CALGARY STREAKER
B) THE ZAMBONI DRIVER AT TORONTO'S AIR CANADA CENTRE
C) A CONTROVERSIAL VANCOUVER RADIO HOST
D) THE NEW OWNER OF THE BUFFALO SABRES

10. Which elite NHLer is a Star Wars fanatic?

A) PETER FORSBERG
B) PAUL KARIYA
C) JAROMIR JAGR
D) DANY HEATLEY

11. How many games did it take Cliff Ronning before he scored his first empty-net goal?

A) RONNING HAS NEVER SCORED AN EMPTY NETTER
B) 100 GAMES
C) 500 GAMES
D) MORE THAN 1,000 GAMES

12. What is the greatest number of career games played by an NHLer who was drafted and then traded in the same summer?

A) 64 GAMES
B) 364 GAMES
C) 664 GAMES
D) 964 GAMES

13. What is the most number of times one player has been through successive expansion drafts?

A) NO PLAYER HAS BEEN THROUGH MORE THAN ONE EXPANSION DRAFT
B) TWO STRAIGHT EXPANSION DRAFTS
C) THREE STRAIGHT EXPANSION DRAFTS
D) FOUR STRAIGHT EXPANSION DRAFTS

14. At the 2003 trade deadline a new record was set for most deals. How many transactions took place to break the old record of 20 deals in 1999?

A) 22 DEALS
B) 24 DEALS
C) 28 DEALS
D) 32 DEALS

15. As of 2002-03 how many sets of twins have been drafted into the NHL?

A) TWO SETS OF TWINS
B) FOUR SETS OF TWINS
C) SIX SETS OF TWINS
D) EIGHT SETS OF TWINS

16. Who are the first twins to play in the NHL?

A) PETER AND CHRIS FERRARO
B) RON AND RICH SUTTER
C) PATRIK AND PETER SUNDSTROM
D) DANIEL AND HENRIK SEDIN

17. In what year did a defenseman last win the Lady Byng Trophy as the league's most gentlemanly player?

A) 1953-54
B) 1963-64
C) 1973-74
D) 1983-84

18. What is the highest penalty-shot count by a player who failed to score a goal?

A) THREE PENALTY SHOTS
B) FOUR PENALTY SHOTS
C) FIVE PENALTY SHOTS
D) SIX PENALTY SHOTS

19. Which old timer was the first NHLer to score two penalty-shot goals in one season?

A) CHARLIE CONACHER OF THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
B) SID ABEL OF THE DETROIT RED WINGS
C) PAT EGAN OF THE BROOKLYN AMERICANS
D) MAURICE RICHARD OF THE MONTREAL CANADIENS

20. Who was the first player to break one of Wayne Gretzky's 61 NHL records?

A) BRETT HULL
B) RAY BOURQUE
C) JOE SAKIC
D) RON FRANCIS

21. Who is Jay North?

A) THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER DRAFTED BY AN NHL TEAM
B) THE FIRST FULL-BLOODED NATIVE NHL PLAYER
C) THE FIRST NHLER ASSESSED A FIGHTING MAJOR
D) THE FIRST GOAL-SCORING LEADER NOT ELECTED AN ALL-STAR

22. Who won the face-off that led to Mario Lemieux scoring the winning goal in the 1987 Canada Cup?

A) WAYNE GRETZKY
B) DOUG GILMOUR
C) DALE HAWERCHUK
D) MARK MESSIER

23. Bobby Orr is synonymous with No. 4, but the Bruins' great actually wanted another number when he joined Boston in 1966-67. Which number?

A) NO. 2
B) NO. 6
C) NO. 9
D) NO. 13

24. What is the highest sweater number worn by an NHLer since Wayne Gretzky retired?

A) NO. 95
B) NO. 96
C) NO. 97
D) NO. 98

**THE DEADLINE TO HAVE THE ANSWERS IN FOR QUIZ 1 IS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8TH**