Sharks Gameday: Quiz Kids
by Megalodon on Dec 16, 2010 6:00 AM PST
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The Sharks are a puzzling, infuriating, confusing team this season. They've had modest winning and losing streaks. They've beaten some of the top teams in the league while also having a terrible tendency to surrender leads at the worst possible times. They shoot a lot but often have problems scoring, and they have defensive troubles but don't let their opponents take many shots on net. Both of the team's goalies have put up respectable numbers and yet the Sharks still hover around the bottom of the highly-competitive Pacific division.
The San Jose Sharks are a riddle wrapped in an enigma and smothered in secret sauce*. They've sent my mind off on a strange journey to the land of brainteasers, trivia, and puzzles, and you people are going to reap the rewards/suffer the consequences.
Keep your eyes on your own monitor, please - and no chewing gum.
Identify the unifying theme of each list of players or teams for one point and fill in the blank for another point.
1. Staal, van Riemsdyk, BLANK, Hedman, Seguin.
2. Gretzky, Howe, Hull, Dionne, BLANK.
3. Oilers, BLANK, Nordiques, Jets.
4. Bourque, Dionne, BLANK, Gartner, Gretzky, Shanahan.
5. Red Wings, Panthers, Flyers, BLANK, Sabres.
6. Tkaczuk, BLANK, Hecht, Krupp, Ehrhoff.
7. Rangers, Stars, Avalanche, Red Wings, BLANK.
8. Howe, Bourque, BLANK, Mahovlich.
9. Devils, BLANK, Canucks, Flyers, Penguins.
10. Bruins, BLANK, Canadiens, Senators, Leafs.
Guess away in the comments section below. Answers will (probably) be posted later today.
Prediction: The Stars flunk this quiz and the game. The Sharks win 4-1. Goals by Vlasic, Marleau, Heatley, and Nichol.
* = Name the source of this quote without looking it up and win...respect. Or something.
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3. Oilers, BLANK, Nordiques, Jets.
Canadian teams that were once relevant? Blank = Maroons?
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1) Doughty
2) Francis
3) Senators
10) Sabres
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This season is all a terrible dream brought on by too much Penne a la Pesto.
by Kevin Sellathamby on Dec 16, 2010 6:25 AM PST reply actions
each list has a black caps lettered “BLANK” in it..thank you..thank you…Ill accept no prize..im to humble for that
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Dec 16, 2010 7:07 AM PST reply actions 6 recs
/slow clap
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This season is all a terrible dream brought on by too much Penne a la Pesto.
by Kevin Sellathamby on Dec 16, 2010 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
6. Heatley, they’re all born in germany!
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
Rauhallista joulua. Ja aivan vitun railakasta uutta vuotta
also
2. Esposito
10. Sabres
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
Rauhallista joulua. Ja aivan vitun railakasta uutta vuotta
There’s a little bit more about #6, but that’s pretty much it. Heatley’s not the answer though, though he probably would be near the top of this list if he was included in “German” players.
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Sturm!
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
Rauhallista joulua. Ja aivan vitun railakasta uutta vuotta
career leaders in points for german hockey players
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
Rauhallista joulua. Ja aivan vitun railakasta uutta vuotta
1. Doughty (2nd overall draft pick 2006-2010).
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
5. Sabres (Stanely Cup losers 1995-2000)
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
1) Doughty (second overall picks)
2) Esposito (Career Goal Leaders)
3) Whalers (WHA teams that played every year without moving)
5) Capitals (Stanley cup losers)
6) Sturm, but i cannot figure out a category here that excludes Dany Heatley (i mean, even “German players who weren’t jerks” doesn’t work because of Uwe Krupp, and “German olympians” doesn’t work because of Tzachuk)
10) Sabres (NE division)
I’d totally do the rest of them but i’m at work.
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
Correct on ever one. Great job. Number 6 excludes Heatley because NHL.com doesn’t consider him German I guess. Highest scoring German players of all time.
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(not named Willie Huber)
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
I only got the panthers one because that was the only useful thing the panthers ever did.
REVENGE QUESTION: BLANK, Edmonton, Anaheim, Philadelphia. (Hint: year of events: 1995, 2005, 2006, 2009)
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
As a revenge question, its basically impossible to guess.
Related sequence: Shanahan, Brewer, Smid, Sbisa.
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
It’s not a guess, I how gotten it to what I thought were the Rangers and Canucks. Must be the Rangers…
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Indeed.
You see, i was supposed to put BLANK, St. Louis, Edmonton, Anaheim… so then the answer would be Hartford and therefore really really hard.
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
Actually i messed it up so the answer is actually an NHL team, but neither of those is correct.
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
I was confused, thanks to the asshole getting revenge he took the later 3 teams to the finals the following year. That’s why I got stuck on Canucks and Rangers. Blues didn’t make it that far.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Even after you guys talking about it a bunch I still have no idea what it is.
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Teams that traded for Chris Pronger.
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
Also correct: Teams that sold their souls.
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
On the #3, another possible answer would be Ottawa Nationals (WHA teams in Canada). It fits the pattern.
Yeah. My actual answer was “WHA teams that entered the NHL in ’79-80.”
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4. Bourque, Dionne, BLANK, Gartner, Gretzky, Shanahan.
7. Rangers, Stars, Avalanche, Red Wings, BLANK.
8. Howe, Bourque, BLANK, Mahovlich.
9. Devils, BLANK, Canucks, Flyers, Penguins.
No one has guessed these yet. Some of them are pretty tough.
Chet Couture is a great man.
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Thinking about the ’90s would probably be a good start.
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Number 7… I was thinking someone who played for all those teams, but not so sure…
"Hey, Luongo: YOU SUCK!"
It’s almost Pat Verbeek, Whalers, but he never played for the Avalanche.
It could be Pittsburgh (non-Canadian Cup champs from the ’90s).
Pittsburgh is a good idea, but the theme I’m thinking of goes in a specific order.
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Another hint: it’s a team achievement, not related to specific players.
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There’s only one year the Rangers achieved anything notable, and there’s nothing else for the others that fits in…
Oh, President’s Trophy winners that won the Cup.
"Hey, Luongo: YOU SUCK!"
There you go. Who’s the blank then?
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Yeah the Red Wings again. It’s the last five teams to do so, in order.
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i gave my 5 minutes to 4, 7, and 8 and didn’t get anywhere. if you start a line with # it assumes you want a numbered list.
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
Oh, another question:
which Mahovlich? There were two, i assumed the one that was in the HoF, but the other one played 15 years or so also.
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
Frank. Mark Messier and Paul Coffey are actually tied with him on this list.
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Hmm… i have figured out criteria that gets all those players on a list together, but hockey-reference doesn’t go back far enough for me to figure out the remaining guy
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
I’m glad I managed to put together at least a couple that puzzle you. You’re like a damned machine.
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What annoys me about #7 is i knew what list those players came from right away (once you gave me two more members of it), but i still can’t figure what statistic you are measuring.
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
Here’s a hint: Mahlovich, Messier, and Coffey are tied with 15.
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Gretzky if its all-star appearences, though i think Coffey only has 14.
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
Correct. According to Wikipedia they all have 15, though that could be wrong.
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Hockey-reference has 14, but its about as likely to be wrong.
Mike Weber: Free to roam the ice and take stupid boarding penalties once more.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
On Coffey’s actual Wiki-page I only count 14, so I think that’s right. The NHL records Wiki-page is wrong. Good work.
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Off-topic, yesterday was the worst day I have ever had playing fantasy hockey. I had seven players playing games, several of whom were on teams that scored five goals, and I did not get a single goal or assist and I was a 0 for plus minus. It’s insane.
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Without looking at the other people’s comments…
1) Doughty (2nd-overall picks)
3) Whalers (former-WHA teams)
5) Capitals (losers in the Finals, 95-99)
10) Sabres (Northeast division teams)
That’s all I have… now, I’m gonna look at the other comments, and see that the stupid contest is probably already over
"Hey, Luongo: YOU SUCK!"
by Kevin Y on Dec 16, 2010 10:21 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Nice. Got all those right.
And there is no prize for this, so I don’t know if it qualifies as a contest.
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Sweet. A Winner is You!
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9. Devils, BLANK, Canucks, Flyers, Penguins.
This is the only one left that no one has answered.
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Teams that I absolutely can’t stand… Ducks?
"Hey, Luongo: YOU SUCK!"
by Kevin Y on Dec 16, 2010 10:54 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hint: The list continues: Bruins, Red Wings, Canadiens, Sharks.
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There you go. They’ve all been solved now.
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Way to beef up the comment count, Meg. You’d think this would be counter productive, taking a quiz and all. Weird lot these BOCers are.
Yeah I figured there were enough puzzle/trivia nerds in our audience to make this worthwhile.
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And where’s your damn “s”?
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Yeah, check your e-mail, ScottyKnow(s). SBN sent me a solution for you, but I can’t try it myself.
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I guess I slightly mis-quoted. The real quote:
I am cipher, a cipher….wrapped in an enigma, smothered in secret sauce…
Is from Jimmy James, from Newsradio.
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The cast of NewsRadio was banned from the SAG Awards after one appearance because of their bad behavior. They took their shoes off, stole wine off of the other tables and Andy Dick allegedly asked for Helen Hunt’s autograph on his penis.
Haha, awesome.
by RudyKelly on Dec 16, 2010 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
underrated show no doubt
~como estas...bitches~
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Dec 18, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Answers!
1. Jordan Staal, James van Riemsdyk, BLANK, Victor Hedman, Tyler Seguin.
Drew Doughty. Second-round draft picks from 06-10.
2. Gretzky, Howe, Hull, Dionne, BLANK.
Esposito. Most career goals.
3. Oilers, BLANK, Nordiques, Jets.
Whalers. WHA teams that merged with the NHL in ’79-80.
4. Bourque, Dionne, BLANK, Gartner, Gretzky, Shanahan.
Macinnis. Most career shots in NHL history.
5. Red Wings, Panthers, Flyers, BLANK, Sabres.
Washington Capitals. Stanley Cup losers from 95-99.
6. Tkaczuk, BLANK, Hecht, Krupp, Ehrhoff.
Marco Sturm. Highest scoring German players of all time.
7. Rangers, Stars, Avalanche, Red Wings, BLANK.
Red Wings. Last five teams to win both the President’s Trophy and the Stanley Cup.
8. Howe, Bourque, BLANK, Mahovlich.
Gretzky. Most all-star game appearances.
9. Devils, BLANK, Canucks, Flyers, Penguins.
Flames. Highest salary spending, according to capgeek.
10. Bruins, BLANK, Canadiens, Senators, Leafs.
Sabres. Northeast division. Duh.
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Fuck the Sharks. They’re dead to me…until the puck drops tonight. I hate everyone.
..:Fear The Fin:..
Taylor Morgan: "My abortion was botched!"
Teemu Selanne: "Wow. That sounds awesome."
by DodgerBlueBalls on Dec 16, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
hahahahahahahahaha
~como estas...bitches~
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Dec 16, 2010 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
Wait, who is this Setoguchi character? Is he new?
Go Sharks!
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by Megalodon on Dec 16, 2010 6:12 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Fuck! Late in the period goal against again?
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by Megalodon on Dec 16, 2010 6:15 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Please Sharks, win this game!
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by Megalodon on Dec 16, 2010 7:46 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Not to worry any one … but if they do, the Sharks will be the only Pacific team to win today … of course, if they don’t … I’m jumping off a bridge
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
ugh … 90 seconds … I don’t want to watch
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
oh! PP … can they do it this time!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
WIN!!!!
tho we gave them a damn point … ugh!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
Mike Ribiero is a piece of shit and Logan Couture is awesome! Yay!
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by Megalodon on Dec 16, 2010 8:14 PM PST via mobile reply actions
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