Quick Quiz: On The Ice

Question: What game, similar to ice hockey, is played almost exclusively in the Scandinavian countries, the Baltic states, and Mongolia?

Answer: Bandy, also called banty, is a game similar to ice hockey. It is played almost exclusively in Scandinavia, the Baltic countries, and Mongolia. Bandy originated in England in the late 18th century, and the modern game of ice hockey probably developed from it.

Question: Who holds the record for most career goals in the National Hockey League?

Answer: Canadian ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky is considered by many to be the greatest player in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL). He holds the record for most career goals in the NHL.

Question: Who was the first Soviet athlete to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame?

Answer: Soviet ice hockey player Vladislav Tretiak is considered one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of the sport, and in 1989 he became the first Soviet athlete inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Question: Nearly all the members of Canada’s 1920 Olympic gold-medal-winning ice hockey team traced their ancestry to what country?

Answer: Although Iceland has never won a gold medal at the Olympics, nearly all the players on the gold-medal-winning Canadian ice hockey team at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, were of Icelandic origin.

Question: What term describes the ice hockey feat of registering a goal and an assist and getting in a fight in a single game?

Answer: A typical game for Canadian American ice hockey player Gordie Howe included a goal, an assist, and a fight, a combination that came to be known as a Gordie Howe hat trick.