HIST 2280 - HOCKEY IN CANADIAN
HISTORY EXAM WITH CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
The most sought-after hockey sticks at the end of the 19th century were produced by... -
CORRECT-ANSWERSMi'kmaq
Hockey at the end of the 19th century and early 20th was officially an "on-side" game (ex. The
puck could not be passed forward); an element that was directly borrowed from: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSRugby
Lord Stanley's daughters name - CORRECT-ANSWERSIsobel Stanley
True or False: Working class men were a central part of the first modern game in Montreal -
CORRECT-ANSWERSFalse
During Montreal's Winter Carnivals of the 1880's hockey became organized and... - CORRECT-
ANSWERSInstitutionalized
He organized the first "modern" game and also drafted the first official rules of hockey. -
CORRECT-ANSWERSJames Creighton
,Teams like the Dartmouth Jubilees, Halifax Eurekas, and the afrcaville Seasides competed in
Nova Scotias: - CORRECT-ANSWERSThe Colored Hockey League
Which folk game did NOT inform hockey's evolution?
- Several folk games directly informed the gradual evolution of what we know as ice hockey.
- These games included...
A. Ricket: Popular in Halifax which used a cricket ball on ice.
B. Shinty: From the Scottish Highlands played with a ball and sticks
C. Hurling: A Gaelic game played in Ireland with a ball and sticks
D. Brandy: An ancient Northern European game of 11 aside.
E. None of the above - CORRECT-ANSWERSE. None of the Above
True or False: Lord Stanleys appearance at a game during Montreal's Winter Carnival forced
play to stop so that "God Save the Queen" could be sung in his honour - CORRECT-
ANSWERSTrue
The first modern game was played on March 3, 1875 at... - CORRECT-ANSWERSMontreal's
Victoria Skating Rink
, Conn Smythe and the rest of the University of Toronto Varsity Hockey team enlisted only four
days after they had won the ontario championship. This was a good example of: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSPals' Battalions
Rudyard Kiplings line - "There is one track for all, one life for each to give. Who stand if freedom
fall? Who die if England live?" - was quoted by this former Allan Cup Champion just before he
died at the front during WWI. His brother later donated the Memorial Cup: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSGeorge Richardson
True or False: The Winnipeg Falcons - a team made up mostly by players of Icelandic heritage -
won Canada's first olympic gold medal in hockey at the 1920 summer olympic games in
Antwerp, Belgium. - CORRECT-ANSWERSTrue
In 1909, this team shelled out a fortune to obtain star players such as the Patrick brothers,
Newsy Lalonde and Fred "Cyclone" Taylor: - CORRECT-ANSWERSRenfrew Creamery Kings
This town was the smallest community ever to win the Stanley Cup: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSKenora Thistle
Canadians were left to defend themselves when the British Garrison left Canada in: - CORRECT-
ANSWERS1871
HISTORY EXAM WITH CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
The most sought-after hockey sticks at the end of the 19th century were produced by... -
CORRECT-ANSWERSMi'kmaq
Hockey at the end of the 19th century and early 20th was officially an "on-side" game (ex. The
puck could not be passed forward); an element that was directly borrowed from: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSRugby
Lord Stanley's daughters name - CORRECT-ANSWERSIsobel Stanley
True or False: Working class men were a central part of the first modern game in Montreal -
CORRECT-ANSWERSFalse
During Montreal's Winter Carnivals of the 1880's hockey became organized and... - CORRECT-
ANSWERSInstitutionalized
He organized the first "modern" game and also drafted the first official rules of hockey. -
CORRECT-ANSWERSJames Creighton
,Teams like the Dartmouth Jubilees, Halifax Eurekas, and the afrcaville Seasides competed in
Nova Scotias: - CORRECT-ANSWERSThe Colored Hockey League
Which folk game did NOT inform hockey's evolution?
- Several folk games directly informed the gradual evolution of what we know as ice hockey.
- These games included...
A. Ricket: Popular in Halifax which used a cricket ball on ice.
B. Shinty: From the Scottish Highlands played with a ball and sticks
C. Hurling: A Gaelic game played in Ireland with a ball and sticks
D. Brandy: An ancient Northern European game of 11 aside.
E. None of the above - CORRECT-ANSWERSE. None of the Above
True or False: Lord Stanleys appearance at a game during Montreal's Winter Carnival forced
play to stop so that "God Save the Queen" could be sung in his honour - CORRECT-
ANSWERSTrue
The first modern game was played on March 3, 1875 at... - CORRECT-ANSWERSMontreal's
Victoria Skating Rink
, Conn Smythe and the rest of the University of Toronto Varsity Hockey team enlisted only four
days after they had won the ontario championship. This was a good example of: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSPals' Battalions
Rudyard Kiplings line - "There is one track for all, one life for each to give. Who stand if freedom
fall? Who die if England live?" - was quoted by this former Allan Cup Champion just before he
died at the front during WWI. His brother later donated the Memorial Cup: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSGeorge Richardson
True or False: The Winnipeg Falcons - a team made up mostly by players of Icelandic heritage -
won Canada's first olympic gold medal in hockey at the 1920 summer olympic games in
Antwerp, Belgium. - CORRECT-ANSWERSTrue
In 1909, this team shelled out a fortune to obtain star players such as the Patrick brothers,
Newsy Lalonde and Fred "Cyclone" Taylor: - CORRECT-ANSWERSRenfrew Creamery Kings
This town was the smallest community ever to win the Stanley Cup: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSKenora Thistle
Canadians were left to defend themselves when the British Garrison left Canada in: - CORRECT-
ANSWERS1871
