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Caps General Trivia Quiz

A test of your knowledge about the Washington Capitals.

A multiple-choice quiz by sparkles920. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
sparkles920

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
177,867

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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478

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Question 1 of 10

1. With two points in the last game of the 2002-2003 regular season, which player became the Caps career leading scorer? Hint

Peter Bondra

Sergei Gonchar

Calle Johansson

Steve Konowalchuk

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Question 2 of 10

2. Coming to the team in 1982, which player won the Norris Trophy twice while with the Caps? Hint

Scott Stevens

Brian Engblom

Larry Murphy

Rod Langway

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which player is the only Capital to have ever worn number 7? Hint

Rod Langway

Yvon Labre

Peter Bondra

Dale Hunter

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Caps were so bad in their first season that they only won eight games. Which goalie won all those games for the Caps? Hint

Michel Belhumeur

Ron Low

John Adams

Bernie Wolf

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the first Capital to win the Vezina Trophy? Hint

Olaf Kolzig

Jim Carey

Bill Ranford

Pete Peeters

6. As the Caps leader in career penalty minutes and a major part of the Caps lineup for many years, which player was given the penalty box from the old Caps Center when the Capitals moved into MCI center? Hint

Scott Stevens

Craig Berube

Chris Simon

Dale Hunter

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Question 7 of 10

7. In which season did the Capitals set the NHL record for highest single-season penalty kill rate with a rate of 89.2%? Hint

1999-00

1990-91

1983-84

1997-98

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which player lead the Caps and the league in assists in 2000-01? Hint

Peter Bondra

Sergei Gonchar

Adam Oates

Michal Pivonka

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the first captain of the Capitals? Hint

Yvon Labre

Doug Mohns

Bill Clement

Ace Bailey

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which coach replaced his own brother as coach of the Caps? Hint

Terry Murray

Gary Green

Bryan Murray

Ron Wilson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. With two points in the last game of the 2002-2003 regular season, which player became the Caps career leading scorer?

Answer: Peter Bondra

Bondra passed long time leader Mike Gartner when he scored his 780th point.

2. Coming to the team in 1982, which player won the Norris Trophy twice while with the Caps?

Answer: Rod Langway

He won in 82-83 and again in 83-84.

3. Which player is the only Capital to have ever worn number 7?

Answer: Yvon Labre

Labre was on the original Caps team, and because of his contributions, the Caps retired his #7 on November 22, 1980.

4. The Caps were so bad in their first season that they only won eight games. Which goalie won all those games for the Caps?

Answer: Ron Low

Low went 8-36-2, Belhumeur went 0-24-3, and Adams went 0-7-0. Wolf did not play until the next season (75-76) where he went 5-23-7.

5. Who was the first Capital to win the Vezina Trophy?

Answer: Jim Carey

Carey won it in 95-96. Kolzig would win go on to win it in 99-00.

Answer: Dale Hunter

Hunter had 2003 PIMs as a Cap. They gave him the old penalty box figuring that he knew his way around in there!

7. In which season did the Capitals set the NHL record for highest single-season penalty kill rate with a rate of 89.2%?

Answer: 1997-98

Pretty impressive. They led the league as well in 90-91 (86.0) and in 83-84 (86.7). In 99-00 they were 7th in the league at 86.2.

8. Which player lead the Caps and the league in assists in 2000-01?

Answer: Adam Oates

Oates had 69 which tied him with Jaromir Jagr for the league lead. The next closest Cap was Gonchar with 38, then Bondra with 36. Pivonka, although the Caps career leader in assists, had already retired by then.

9. Who was the first captain of the Capitals?

Answer: Doug Mohns

Mohns was the captain in 74-75. Clement and Labre shared the captaincy in 75-76. Bailey was never captain of the Caps.

10. Which coach replaced his own brother as coach of the Caps?

Answer: Terry Murray

After a bad (18-24-4) start, Bryan was released and Terry was hired. A new spin on sibling rivalry.

Source: Author sparkles920

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