From which defunct professional league did the NHL absorb four teams in 1979?
Answer
World Hockey Association
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Who was the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season?
Answer
Maurice Richard
Which goaltender popularized the regular use of the goalie mask?
Answer
Jacques Plante
Who scored the 'Golden Goal' for Canada in the 2010 Olympic men's hockey final?
Answer
Sidney Crosby
Which NHL team originally played in Quebec City before moving to Colorado?
Answer
Colorado Avalanche
Which goaltender has the most career shutouts?
Answer
Martin Brodeur
What is the name of the line that divides the rink in half?
Answer
Red line
Which NHL team has the longest active Stanley Cup championship drought?
Answer
Toronto Maple Leafs
What is the term for a goal scored when a player is shorthanded?
Answer
Shorthanded goal
In what year did the NHL expand to 30 teams?
Answer
2000
What is the largest river basin in the world?
Answer
Amazon basin
What is the most populous country in the European Union?
Answer
Germany
What is the world's largest national park?
Answer
Northeast Greenland National Park
What is the largest river by discharge volume?
Answer
Amazon
What is the most populous island in the world?
Answer
Java
Which country has the largest proven oil reserves?
Answer
Venezuela
What is the world's largest coral reef system?
Answer
Great Barrier Reef
Which country has the largest total area of land?
Answer
Russia
What is the longest river entirely within one country?
Answer
Yangtze
What is the world's largest salt flat?
Answer
Salar de Uyuni
What is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust?
Answer
Aluminum
What is the driest inhabited continent?
Answer
Australia
Which country spans all four hemispheres?
Answer
Kiribati
What is the only sea without coasts?
Answer
Sargasso Sea
Which two countries share the longest international border?
Answer
Canada and United States
What is the longest river in Europe?
Answer
Volga
Which strait separates Asia from North America?
Answer
Bering Strait
What is the lowest point on Earth's land surface?
Answer
Dead Sea
Which country is credited with inventing paper?
Answer
China
What is the largest desert in the world?
Answer
Antarctic Desert
Which river flows through London?
Answer
Thames
What is the capital of Australia?
Answer
Canberra
Finish the lyric: 'I want to hold...'
Answer
your hand
Finish the lyric: 'Can't read my, can't read my, no he can't read my...'
Answer
poker face
Finish the lyric: 'Billie Jean is not my...'
Answer
lover
Which German Renaissance painter is known for his self-portrait at age 28?
Answer
Albrecht Dürer
Which artist created the readymade sculpture 'Fountain'?
Answer
Marcel Duchamp
Which French painter created 'The Raft of the Medusa'?
Answer
Théodore Géricault
What is the technique of applying paint thickly to canvas?
Answer
Impasto
Which American painter is known for his 'Flag' paintings?
Answer
Jasper Johns