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Hockey Quiz

  Team USA Team USA celebrates its 4-3 win over Russia in the 1980 Winter Olympics. Steve Powell/Allsport

1. Which two sports are the parents of ice hockey?
Speedskating and soccer
Field hockey and lacrosse
Curling and basketball
Football and figure skating

2. When did the U.S. win its first gold medal in hockey?
1920
1960
1980
1998

3. What is the United States' 1980 upset of the Soviet Union's men's team known as?
Miracle on Ice
Union Upset
Amazing Americans
Greaty Eighty

4. When did women's ice hockey make its Olympic debut?
1920
1960
1980
1998

5. What is a breakaway?
Scoring opportunity
Fight
Part of the helmet
Upset

6. What is the name for the method used to start play?
Jump
Power Play
Slap start
Face-off

7. What does "freezing the puck" do?
Makes the puck travel faster
Slows the game down
Creates a stoppage of play
Send the puck into the stands

8. What is a hat trick?
Player scores three goals in one game
Goalie stops puck with his/her head
Trick scoring play
Part of the goal

9. When did ice hockey debut at the Olympics?
1920 Summer Games
1936 Winter Games
1960 Winter Games
1976 Winter Games

10. What is it called when one team has more players on the ice because of a penalty against the opponent?
Puck Play
Penalty Play
Push Play
Power Play

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