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60 questions that athletes can easily answer. And you?

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Many people are into sports, including sitting on the couch or podium and watching their favorite team or athlete. But it's one thing to know everything about your favorites, and quite another - about everything that relates to the topic of sports, from the Olympic Games to well-known facts.

 

Quiz. Questions and answers about sports that will baffle even a school teacher

 

Bemorepanda has compiled a list of questions that may interest sports fans and provide an opportunity to show off their knowledge in this area. Don't be afraid; we are not going to ask something very complicated, like what is the national sport in Bangladesh. Our questions relate to more widespread sports worldwide, such as basketball, football, and others, or the Olympics. Although, to be honest, some questions will surely make you break your head.

 

 

1. What is the length of the marathon distance?

Answer: 42 km 195 m.

 

2. The French Open is played at the stadium named after which World War I pilot?

Answer: Roland Garros.

 

3. Who was the first British player to win league titles in four countries?

Answer: David Beckham.

 

4. What is the only country that has taken part in all the World Cups?

Answer: Brazil.

 

5. How many disciplines are there in men's gymnastics?

Answer: Six - jump, rings, floor, crossbar, uneven bars, horse.

 

6. How many rings are on the Olympic flag?

Answer: 5.

 

7. What is the record for the most red cards in one football match?

Answer: 36.

 

8. What is the Tour de France?

Answer: Cycling.

 

9. Which African country was the first to qualify for the World Cup?

Answer: Egypt.

 

10. Which city was the first to host the Olympics twice?

Answer: Paris.

 

 

11. What is the last competition in the decathlon?

Answer: 1500 meter run.

 

12. What is the national sport in Canada other than hockey?

Answer: Lacrosse.

 

13. How many dimples are on the average golf ball?

Answer: 336.

 

14. What does NBA mean?

Answer: National Basketball Association.

 

15. What part of the body in football cannot touch the ball?

Answer: hands.

 

16. What sport uses net, racket and shuttlecock?

Answer: badminton.

 

17. In what year were women allowed to compete in the modern Olympics?

Answer: 1900.

 

18. What winter sport uses the terms "stale fish" and "mule kick"?

Answer: snowboarding.

 

19. How long was the longest point draw in tennis history?

Answer: 29 minutes.

 

20. How many Olympic Games have been held in countries that no longer exist?

Answer: 3 (USSR, Yugoslavia and West Germany).

 

21. Name the athlete of the century, announced in 1999 by both the prestigious American magazine Sports Illustrated and the BBC?

Answer: Muhammad Ali.

 

 

22. At the 1971 Olympics, Nadia Comaneci became the first gymnast to score the highest score. What country did she represent?

Answer: Romania.

 

23. What is the only city in the US that has won three of the four major professional sports championships in the same year?

Answer: Detroit won the NFL, NBA and NHL.

 

24. Who is the youngest heavyweight boxing world champion?

Answer: Mike Tyson - 20.

 

25. The Olympic Games are held once every how many years?

Answer: Technically every 2 years, because the Summer and Winter Olympics are no longer held in the same year, as they used to be after 4 years.

 

26. Who has won more Grand Slam tennis titles, Venus Williams or Serena Williams?

Answer: Serena Williams.

 

27. How many medals did China win at the Beijing Olympics?

Answer: 100.

 

28. How many players are on the baseball team?

Answer: 9.

 

29. Who was the youngest player to score 10,000 points in the NBA?

Answer: LeBron James.

 

 

30. How old was the youngest professional footballer?

Answer: 12.

 

31. What was the fastest goal in World Cup history?

Answer: 10.8 seconds.

 

32. What do the rings symbolize at the Olympic Games?

Answer: Continents of the world.

 

33. Where were the first ancient Olympic Games held?

Answer: In Greece.

 

34. In which sport is the strongest identified in a circle with a diameter of 4.5-5 meters?

Answer: Sumo wrestling.

 

35. Who is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as

Answer: Pele is a Brazilian soccer player.

 

36. Who has won the most heavyweight boxing world title fights?

Answer: Joe Louis.

 

37. What do Indianapolis 500 winners traditionally drink in the winning circle?

Answer: Milk.

 

38. How many dogs are in a dog race?

Answer: six.

 

 

39. Which sport is best known as the "King of Sports"?

Answer: Football.

 

40. In car racing, which flag is waved to announce the winner?

Answer: Checkered.

 

41. How many holes are played in an average round of golf?

Answer: 18.

 

42. How big is an Olympic size swimming pool in meters?

Answer: 50 meters long and 25 meters wide.

 

43. What kind of sport is called the "sport of kings"?

Answer: Polo.

 

44. Who has won the most consecutive Wimbledon singles titles?

Answer: Martina Navratilova - six.

 

45. How many Olympic Games have been held in Africa?

Answer: Zero.

 

46. ​​Which country last hosted the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in the same year?

Answer: Germany - 1936.

 

47. In cricket, how many points are scored if the ball hits the boundary without rebounding?

Answer: Six.

 

48. What is the only sport in which teams can be seen defending goals of different sizes?

Answer: Water polo.

 

 

49. What is the diameter of a basketball hoop?

Answer: 45 cm, and the maximum is 45.7 cm.

 

50. Which real-life boxer is the classic 1980 movie Raging Bull about?

Answer: About Jake LaMotta.

 

51. How long is a free program in figure skating?

Answer: Four and a half minutes for men, four minutes for women.

 

52. During the first modern Olympic Games, what were the first prize winners awarded with?

Answer: Silver medals.

 

53. Who won the first two FIFA Women's World Player of the Year awards?

Answer: Mia Hamm.

 

54. What is the name of the very center of the target in archery or darts?

Answer: Apple.

 

55. What were the first two women's sports included in the program of the modern Olympic Games?

Answer: Tennis and golf - 1900

 

56. Who is the youngest woman to ever win a tennis Grand Slam in singles?

Answer: Martina Hingis - 16 years 3 months.

 

57. At what Olympic Games did Mark Spitz win seven gold medals?

Answer: 1972 - Munich.

 

 

58. In what sport did famous pediatrician and writer Benjamin Spock win an Olympic gold medal?

Answer: Rowing.

 

59. What sports equipment is used to hit a tennis ball?

Answer: Tennis racket.

 

60. When an Olympic athlete wins first place, what color medal does he get?

Answer: Gold.

 

 

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50-interesting-and-fun-facts-about-the-2022-australian-open-tennis-championship

The Australian Open began its journey in 1905, but received recognition only in 1969, until that time the tournament was not professional and did not have such prestige. Since 1988, it has been played on hard, although grass was originally the main surface. For a long time the organizers could not decide on the time of the tournament. 


There was a time when the AO was held during the New Year holidays, which is why the leading tennis players sometimes preferred to skip the tournament in order to tritely spend Christmas at home and not the strongest ones won at all in those years. By the method of many trials and errors, changes of surface and venue, we now have one of the highest quality and most comfortable for tennis players, the first TSH of the year.


Bemorepanda collected some interesting facts about Australian Open.



1. In 1905, the first championship took place, which was called the "Championship of Australasia", in which athletes from Australia and New Zealand took part. The championship has been played in six cities in its history, leaving the Green Continent twice when the games were played in New Zealand.


2. In 1927, the tournament was renamed the "Australian Championship", and in 1969, when professionals were allowed to participate in the tournament, it changed its name to the "Australian Open Championship". In 1977, the championship was held twice - in January and December. This was caused by the transition of the tournament to December. After 10 years, the tournament was again postponed to the usual January, in connection with which the tournament was not held in 1986. Twice more the tournament was interrupted due to world wars. In 1988, the tournament moved to the new Melbourne Park Tennis Complex.


3. Tournament record holders are Australian tennis players. Roy Emerson won 6 times in singles, among women Margaret Smith Court became 11 times champion. She also owns the absolute record for the number of titles in all categories - 22 wins.



After changing from grass to hard, they started using rubber, but with the advent of high temperatures, the rubber melted, began to stick, stink, which led to big health problems for athletes and general well-being. After that, in the early 90s, Australia changed the manufacturer to the Plexicushion brand, which is still used today. The coating belongs to ITF Category 4 - Pace: Medium-Fast, in other words, the category is medium, but is classified as fast. This coating option is definitely faster than the previous one, but at the same time it allows tennis players of any style to play comfortably and, most importantly, does not turn into a sticky, hot "frying pan". Now the organizers have gone even further, in 2017 the tournament should be held on innovative courts! The Australian Open team presented the updated Rod Laver arena with a wooden surface!


4. The longest matches in the championship are: for men - (314 min.) Rafael Nadal - Fernando Verdasco 6:7, 6:4, 7:6, 6:7, 6:4 (2009), and for women - (259 min.) Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova - Regina Kulikova 7:6, 6:7, 6:3 (2010)


5. 19 years separate Australian Ken Rosewall's first and last singles title. In 1953 Ken won his first title, in 1972 his fourth. The Australian is both the youngest and oldest men's champion.


6. In December 1977, 6 months after the birth of her daughter, Yvonne Goolagong became the champion in singles for the fourth time. Thus, the Australian tennis player became the first mother who managed to win the BS tournament in the Open Era.


7. The last Australian tennis player to win at home was Chris O'Neill. By the time of her victory, she was ranked 111th in the world rankings, thus becoming the winner of the lowest rank in the history of the Open Era SH tournaments.


8. In 1984, AO began to gain international interest, and for the first time, the television company ESPN broadcast matches in the United States.



The end of January for us is the time of the year for a few warm sweaters and knitted socks, while in Australia during this period of time there is a record heat. The Australian summer is actually very sultry, life is further complicated by the hot wind from the desert, sometimes even the spectators feel bad, what can we say about tennis players. In 2014, a record was set, the heat kept at 41 degrees for several days. In that year, the record for the number of refusals in one round was set, 8 men and 1 woman. So Dantsevich in a match with Per just fainted. In this regard, a high temperature policy has been introduced, so the match can be stopped if the heat threatens the health of the athletes.


9. Winning in 1985 in succession at three tournaments - Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, Martina Navratilova became the only tennis player in history who managed to make a hat-trick on the Green Continent.


10. Winning in 1997, Martina Hingis became the youngest GS champion of the 20th century.


11. To qualify for the second round of the AO-97 men's doubles event, Australians Wayne Arthurs and John Island had to play the longest set in Australian Open history. Their match against Italians Christian Brandi and Filippo Messori ended with the score 6:3, 3:6, 29:27. The entire match lasted 4 hours and 36 minutes of "clean" time - this is without taking into account the more than two-hour break due to rain, which the judge on the tower was forced to announce with the score of 25:25.



12. On January 21, 1997, due to the incessant heat that heated the courts to 60 degrees, chief arbiter Peter Bellenger agreed for the first time in the history of Grand Slam tournaments due to the heat to cover Center Court with a retractable roof.


13. The first official match between the Williams sisters took place on the Melbourne courts. In two sets, the elder sister Venus won.



The shortest match in time was not recorded, but this is definitely one of the matches won in a clean sheet with a score of 6-0; 6-0; 6-0. There were 6 of them, although all of them were played at a non-professional level. As for the longest match, it's more transparent here. 2012, Novak Djokovic - Rafa Nadal, tennis players spent 5 hours 53 minutes on the court, by the way, this match is also the longest final of the Australian Open tournament in history.


14. 21-year-old Nicolas Escude in 1998 set a record for professional Open Era tournaments: no one has ever managed to win three five-set matches in one competition, losing the first two games in each of them. The French defeated Magnus Larsson, Richie Reneberg and Nicholas Kiefer.


15. The 2001 AO was the first Grand Slam to feature a "royal" tie-break instead of a full-fledged third set in mixed doubles.


16. In 2002, Melbourne set a record among all the BS for the number of wins won by players who lost the first two sets. 13 tennis players managed to do this 14 times - Dominic Hrbaty, Fernando Vicente, Julien Buttier, Stefan Kubek (twice), Byron Black, Jose Acasuso, Ivan Lubicic, Carlos Moya, Jiri Novak, Nicolas Escude, Rainer Schuttler, Nicolas Lapentti and Wayne Ferreire. Before that, no BS tournament had more than 10 such victories.



17. Martina Navratilova, along with Leander Paes of India, set the all-time record in 2003 by winning a Grand Slam tournament at the age of 46 years and 3 months. Australian Norman Brooks, when he won the Australian Open in men's doubles in 1924, was a month younger than Martina. In Navratilova's career, this is already the 57th Grand Slam title, in the future Martina will double her achievement.


18. Right at the beginning of the 2005 AO, a doping scandal erupted in the tennis world, provoked by the Minister of Sports of Belgium, who at first stated that a prohibited drug was found in one of the samples of the participants in the demonstration tournament (Henin, Deshi, Dementieva and Kuznetsova), and already on The next day, the minister named Kuznetsova's name. As a result, the Belgian was not able to back up his words with anything, which caused even more bewilderment from such behavior of a member of the government of a European country.


19. In 2005, Marat Safin and Serena Williams, having played match points (1 and 3 respectively) in the semifinal matches against Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova, eventually became champions.



20. Russian tennis players became Australian champions nine times - Kafelnikov, Safin and Sharapova won in singles, Kournikova (twice) and Kuznetsova - in pairs, and Olkhovsky, Bovina and Likhovtseva in mixed doubles.


21. Aslan Karatsev performed superbly at AO, becoming the first and, so far, only Open Era tennis player to reach the semi-finals at his debut Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, Aslan beat the Italian Gianluca Mager 6:3, 6:3, 6:4, in the second round he defeated the Belarusian Egor Gerasimov 6:0, 6:1, 6:0. In the third round, he sensationally defeated the ninth racket of the world, Argentinian Diego Schwartzman 6:3, 6:3, 6:3. Karatsev actively won 50 goals in this match, and Shvartsman only 5. Karatsev also won 10 out of 11 breakpoints.


22. In the 1/8 finals, Aslan defeated the 19th racket of the world, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in five sets 3:6, 1:6, 6:3, 6:3, 6:4 . In the quarterfinals, he defeated the 21st racket of the world and 18th seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 2:6, 6:4, 6:1, 6:2. In the semi-finals, Karatsev lost to the world number one and 8-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic with a score of 3:6, 4:6, 2:6. According to the results of the tournament, Karatsev entered the top 50 of the world ranking and earned more prize money for this tournament than in his entire previous career.



23. In general, the tournament was not very successful for Nadal, until the quarterfinals Rafa swept over his rivals, but stumbled in the quarterfinals, the Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas was still able to put the squeeze on the Spaniard in a difficult game: the match lasted a whole 5 sets. The first two took Nadal - 6:2, 6:2, but the next 3 were left for Tsitsipas - 7:6, 6:4, 7:5.


24. In the second round match against the American Michael Mmo, Rafa had an interesting situation. In the middle of the game, during Nadal's serve, the woman sitting in the stands began to make loud noises and interfere with the Spaniard in every possible way. When the referee asked her to calm down, she gave the player the middle finger. This greatly surprised Nadal, who asked: "Is this for me?". Nevertheless, the tennis player reacted to the situation with a smile.


25. Aslan Karatsev performed superbly at AO, becoming the first and, so far, only Open Era tennis player to reach the semi-finals at his debut Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, Aslan beat the Italian Gianluca Mager 6:3, 6:3, 6:4, in the second round he defeated the Belarusian Egor Gerasimov 6:0, 6:1, 6:0. In the third round, he sensationally defeated the ninth racket of the world, Argentinian Diego Schwartzman 6:3, 6:3, 6:3. Karatsev actively won 50 goals in this match, and Shvartsman only 5. Karatsev also won 10 out of 11 breakpoints.



26. In the 1/8 finals, Aslan defeated the 19th racket of the world, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in five sets 3:6, 1:6, 6:3, 6:3, 6:4 .. In the quarterfinals, he defeated the 21st racket of the world and 18th seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 2:6, 6:4, 6:1, 6:2. In the semi-finals, Karatsev lost to the world number one and 8-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic with a score of 3:6, 4:6, 2:6. According to the results of the tournament, Karatsev entered the top 50 of the world ranking and earned more prize money for this tournament than in his entire previous career.


27. In general, the tournament was not very successful for Nadal, until the quarterfinals Rafa swept over his rivals, but stumbled in the quarterfinals, the Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas was still able to put the squeeze on the Spaniard in a difficult game: the match lasted a whole 5 sets. The first two took Nadal - 6:2, 6:2, but the next 3 were left for Tsitsipas - 7:6, 6:4, 7:5.


28. In the second round match against the American Michael Mmo, Rafa had an interesting situation. In the middle of the game, during Nadal's serve, the woman sitting in the stands began to make loud noises and interfere with the Spaniard in every possible way. When the referee asked her to calm down, she gave the player the middle finger. This greatly surprised Nadal, who asked: "Is this for me?". Nevertheless, the tennis player reacted to the situation with a smile.



29. The main Russian star at the Australian Open, of course, was Daniil Medvedev. He went strong throughout the tour, beating even a very charged Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-finals, and was really close to getting Russia's first win in 16 years at the Australian Open in men's singles.


30. Djokovic calmly started the final meeting, taking the first set, after which Danya slowed down in the game at the beginning of the second set, and in the end he completely broke his racket out of anger. At that moment, it became clear that the Russian had finally lost the match - at least mentally. Result: Novak's victory, 7:5, 6:2, 6:2. But still! In his youth (25 years old), Medvedev is already quite deservedly considered a tennis star and he has every chance to take his first “Slam” in the next year or two, which of course we wish him.


31. The main female sensation of the Australian Open was the Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, who at the age of 23 has already won the fourth Grand Slam tournament in her career. In 2019, she won the Australian Open, and in 2018 and 2020, Naomi won the US Open.



32. In the semi-finals, Osaka beat the infamous 27-time Grand Slam winner, American Serena Williams, with a score of 6:3, 6:4. And in the final, she dealt with another American Jennifer Brady - 6:4, 6:3. Thus, the Japanese woman rises in the rankings and becomes the second racket of the world and this, we recall, at the age of 23!


33. Of all the Baltic athletes at the AO, two Estonians, Kaia Kanepi and Anett Kontaveit, performed the best. Yes, they only got to the third round, but they showed themselves very worthy and showed great will to win. Kanepi beat Latvian tennis player Anastasia Sevastova in the first round - 6:3, 6:1, in the second round she sensationally outperformed last year's Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin - 6:3, 6:2, in the third round she lost to Croatian Donna Vekic in a close fight - 7: 5, 6:7, 4:6.


34. Kontaveit defeated Belarusian Alexandra Sosnovich in the first round - 7:5, 6:2, in the second round Heather Watson from Britain - 6:7, 6:4, 6:2, in the third she lost to American Shelby Rogers - 4:6, 3:6.


35. For the ninth time in a row, no one can beat Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final. The Russian Daniil Medvedev did not succeed either. The entire tournament was dictated by Novak, none of the opponents could compete with him sensibly. Here are some facts from the final meeting.



36. Medvedev made 4 double faults against Djokovic's 2.

The percentage of accuracy of the first serve is better for the Serbian - 69% versus 65%.

Djokovic won 73% of the points on the first serve, the Russian tennis player has 68%.


37. Novak saved 2 break points out of 4. Medvedev saved 4, but the Serb had 11 chances.

Daniil made almost twice as many unforced errors - 30. Djokovic has 17 of them.

Thus, the Serbian tennis player won the 18th Grand Slam tournament in his career. According to this indicator, he is second only to Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, who won 20 tournaments each.


38. Over the past three years, 12 women's Grand Slams have been won by 10 different players; only Simona Halep and Naomi Osaka have won twice in that time span.


39. Djokovic won his seventh Australian Open in 2019 - the most titled male in the history of the tournament. He won the Australian Open every time he reached the semi-finals.



40. Of the last 14 Australian Open tournaments, 12 have been won by Djokovic (7) or Roger Federer (5). And Rafael Nadal (2009) and Stan Wawrinka (2014) only once each.


41. Victoria Azarenka (2012, 2013), Serena Williams (2009, 2010) and Jennifer Capriati (2001, 2002) are the only women to have won two consecutive Australian Open titles since 2000.


42. Federer won his sixth Australian Open in 2018, 14 years after his first win at the tournament. No tennis player has won multiple Australian Opens in such a long period of time.


43. Since 2005, only Serena Williams (2010, 2015) and Azarenka (2013) have won the title of the best tennis player at the Australian Open.


44. Serena Williams has not won any of the last 11 Grand Slams. The last win at the Australian Open came in 2017 when she was pregnant - the longest period of time without a major title for an American.



45. Petra Kvitova lost in the final of the Australian Open last year, the only time she has gone past the quarter-finals in her last 19 Grand Slam appearances since winning Wimbledon in 2014.


46. Nadal and Andy Murray have finished runners-up in 9 of the last 10 Australian Open men's finals. Murray lost five times and Nadal four times. Marin Cilic in 2018 is the only other tennis player to lose in an Australian Open final during that period.


47. The last Australian to reach the Australian Open men's final was Lleyton Hewitt in 2005 and the last Australian to win the title was Mark Edmondson in 1976 (against fellow countryman John Newcomb).


48. Another interesting record belongs to Mark Edmondson, the Australian in 1976, being 212 in the ranking, thus, being a non-seeded player, became the champion of the AO, setting an absolute record of all 4 TBSH and at the same time is the last Australian who managed to win at home major. Rosewall and Edmondson are the main heroes of their country, but we hope that at least one record will be updated soon.


49. In 2002, in the semi-final doubles match, Julien Boutier fought so selflessly on the court that in one of the episodes, with a powerful blow from the forehand, he killed a flying swallow, judging by the reaction of the audience, this only amused them.


50. Beetles on the courts are already a common thing, but what about the Heron?) The fauna of Australia is more interesting, so in one of the matches between Troicki - Muñoz de la Nava in 2016, the match had to be suspended a bit due to the appearance of a bird on the court.


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A startup that started in June 2009 and has changed the way the world deals with the queries they have and the unanswered questions they have is Quora. Being a top-notch Q&A site is the core of the Quora business model.


On the Quora platform, Internet users ask, answer, and edit questions using real facts, knowledge, or sharing their opinions. Quora's mission, shared by co-founder Adam D'Angelo on the Quora website itself, is to "share and grow the world's knowledge."


The Quora community is a close-knit circle that provides questions, answers, and up and down votes to create a platform for those who need answers to various questions.


This post will help you understand Quora's business model that it adopted to succeed and become one of the "unicorn startups" with a whopping $1.8 billion valuation. We will understand how Quora distributes its features and how revenue streams help it make money.


Quora is a Q&A site that allows people to ask any question and have real people answer it. Initially, Quora did not have a revenue model. He started making money from advertising.


Bemorepanda collected the most searched questions.


1.How hard has puberty hit you? 90000-95000 searches


2.How lonely are you? 60000-65000 searches


3.How strict are your parents? 50000-55000 searches


It took a full nine months to complete the development phase, and the portal got everything it needed, which employees told their friends, who in turn told their friends, and the vine method of communicating helped Quora get her views.


The startup has gained so much in such a short amount of time thanks to its easy accessibility and friendly user interface, which includes an intelligent and knowledgeable community of people who are able to answer any questions that arise in a concise but meaningful and informative way.


Quora has a great concept for engaging your target audience with the right content. It usually has answers to most of the frequently asked questions that people ask. Here are some examples of common questions:


  • Career advice
  • Medicine and healthcare
  • Life advice
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4.When did you realize small things matter? 40000-50000 searches


5.What disgusts you? 90000-100000 searches


6.What are some of the most awesome psychological facts? 85000-90000 searches


Every person has some questions they want to answer but can't decide due to judgment or some other reason. Quora, being an online blog, completely eliminates human interaction, but still provides accurate answers to the questions asked.


Various well-known public figures also participate in Q&A sessions at a time when they need the support of a wider audience. This helps reduce the barriers to seeing these people on a higher pedestal. This increases the likelihood of Quora being successful.


The Palo Alto, San Francisco-based startup was founded by former Facebook employees Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever. They spent hours thinking about the name of the site, discussing with friends and deleting those that they did not like. They eventually settled on Quora, but co-founder Charlie Cheever mentioned that the second closest competitor to the company name was Quiver.


It took them nine months to develop the Quora business model. Oddly enough, the startup was their brainchild, and a lot of love, care, and effort was put into it so that it could drive traffic online.


Quora joined a start-up accelerator called Y Schemer in 2014 and, with the help of 14 investors and four rounds of funding, managed to raise $226 million in capital.


In March 2016, the website acquired the political discussion platform Palio. To date, this has been their first and only acquisition.


7.What is something that needs to be said? 45000-50000


8.What is the dark secret in your life? How do you deal with it? 45000-50000 searches


9.What are the best ways to lose weight? 15000-20000 searches


10.How do you know when someone really loves you? 9000-10000


As a commercial company, Quora initially had no source of income and survived on venture capital that the company raised through four rounds of funding.


Its main goal, as a unique business model, was to create a database of questions and answers for website users. They have made sure that the answers to the questions are of high quality, meaningful, informative and extremely effective, which has resulted in these answers being always at or near the top of any search engines when they are asked a question.


Quora's business model has a real name policy. This means that the site user must register original names, not pseudonyms. They do not require signature verification, but fictitious names may be removed by the community. This tactic boosts the brand value of a site like big names like Mark Zuckerberg, Hillary Clinton, etc. are also part of this site.


Investors chose to put so much money into Quora's business model because they knew they would benefit from this business test.


Answering questions, we approached and gave details or information without wasting time. This led to more success and visibility as users didn't have to skim through lengthy articles or flip through magazines to find the content they needed.


The company, having received the proceeds, can conduct an IPO, which is very valuable for a startup. The result of many years of hard work will bear fruit, as well as become one of the largest databases for information and knowledge transfer to those who need it.


This was one of the sites that had very few pop-ups.


Quora has also developed its own algorithm for ranking responses.


Quora's business model allows people to connect with other people instead of chatting with chatbots. Suggested tips are based on real experience, which makes them more practical than the logic that can be provided by an artificial intelligence source.


11.How has the coronavirus affected you? 8500-9000 searches


12.How do you know if someone is mature or not? 7500-8000 searches


13.How can you identify intelligent people? 7000-8000 searches


14.What's the easiest way to make money online? 7000-8000 searches


15.How do top students study? 6000-7000 searches


16.How can you learn faster? 7000-7500 searches


17.What books should entrepreneurs read? 6000-7000 searches


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20.When will the COVID-19 virus end? 15000-20000 searches


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An interview is one of the things that makes us pretty nervous. Therefore, in order to appear fully armed in front of a potential employer, experts advise you to sleep well and prepare. There are a number of standard questions that are asked to candidates in many companies.

 

50 questions you might be asked in an interview

 

In addition to asking you to tell us about your strengths and weaknesses and your desired salary, you may be asked a number of other questions about the scope of the company or previous employer. Based on many interviews, we have compiled a list of the most frequently asked questions for you, answering which in advance will make you feel much more confident when applying for the job of your dreams.

 

 

1. What are your strengths?

 

A great chance to talk about your abilities and skills that are not reflected in the resume.

 

2. What are your weaknesses?

 

If you have been asked this question, there is no room for panic. Avoid the phrase "I work too hard" and stuff like that. Experts advise mentioning minor shortcomings that are not critical for future work.

 

3. Why do you want to work in our company?

 

Be completely honest, but still omit things like "great vacation system" or "free lunches."

 

4. Where and where do you see yourself in 5 or 10 years?

 

Often such a question introduces everyone into a stupor. What can I say, some do not know what will happen tomorrow. Dale Kurow, an executive HR coach in New York, says that your answer to this question can tell a potential employer about your attitude towards life and work and your intention to be a good employee in the long run.

 

5. Why did you leave your previous job?

 

Whatever your reasons for leaving, never berate your former employer and company.

 

 

6. Why do you have such a break between jobs?

 

Be honest and sincere. Use this question as an opportunity to talk about the skills you acquired when you left the job market. Perhaps you received a degree, which will only positively affect your image.

 

7. Can you offer the company something that no one else can?

 

This is your chance to tell the employer what makes you different from everyone else.

 

8. What 3 things would a former employer want to improve in you?

 

This looks like a question related to weaknesses. Keep it up: Focus on skills or traits that won't affect your ability to do future work.

 

9. Are you ready to move?

 

Adequately assess your capabilities, weigh all the pros and cons, otherwise you will regret it.

 

 

10. Are you ready for business trips?

 

If you are satisfied with this prospect, be sure to specify how much you have to travel.

 

11. Tell me about an achievement you are most proud of.

 

Choose from your arsenal the project that the employer will accurately evaluate. Naturally, it must be up to date.

 

12. Tell me about a situation where you made a mistake.

 

There is no need to be afraid of this question, proceed with caution. Tell more not about the error itself, but about what this experience has taught you.

 

13. What is a “dream job” for you?

 

When describing your dream job, link it to the position you are applying for. Otherwise, we advise you to apply for another vacancy.

 

14. How did you hear about this position?

 

It's time to talk about your connections. For example, “My friend works in your accounting department and always speaks highly of your company. It was she who told me about the opening of the vacancy.

 

 

15. What would you like to achieve in the first 30 days / 60 days / 90 days in a new location?

 

Don't be too ambitious, but still come up with some creative ideas and tell us what you will bring to the company's workflow.

 

16. Tell us about your resume

 

No need to read the information from the sheet: the employer or HR manager has already read the data presented in the resume. In general terms, tell us about how you got to where you are today.

 

17. Tell us about your education

 

Same point: don't list schools or courses. Instead, explain why you chose this or that specialty and how knowledge has helped in your work.

 

18. Tell us about yourself

 

Presenting yourself in a favorable light without using a lot of words can be difficult enough. In answer to this question, of course, there should not be stories from childhood and adolescence. We advise you to leave this for your friends and relatives. Skip Freeman, CEO of Hire to Win, recommends a 3-part answer that won't bore the manager or employer with unnecessary details. Start with a brief overview of your career history, then move on to a description of a specific accomplishment and complete your answer with a few sentences about what you hope to achieve in your career.

 

19. Tell us how you handled a difficult situation.

 

Share with an HR manager or employer about a difficult moment you handled with dignity in your previous job. For example, subdue an angry customer or serve all the customers in a crowded store if you are applying for a position in the retail industry.

 

 

20. Why should we take you?

 

When interviewers ask this question, they expect you to convince them that you are the best candidate for the position.

 

21. Why are you looking for a new job?

 

Be honest, but don't insult your former boss or company.

 

22. Are you willing to work weekends?

 

When answering this question, show loyalty to the company, but do not forget about your own boundaries.

 

23. How would you deal with an irritated or irate client?

 

This is a very important question. Convince the manager that you are capable of handling any difficult situation professionally.

 

24. What are your salary requirements?

 

Talking about money is always awkward and very difficult. What you say can have a significant impact on whether you can get the job done and how much you get offered. Try to adequately evaluate your experience and offers on the labor exchange: do not exaggerate the requirements, but at the same time maintain your dignity. Name your range, or say you're more interested in the opportunity than the salary itself.

 

 

25. Tell me about a time you went outside of a project.

 

It is important to show the potential employer what you are willing to do to achieve the best result.

 

26. Name our competitors

 

By correctly answering this question, you will demonstrate that you are aware of the company's field of activity.

 

27. Tell us about your biggest failure.

 

When answering this question, keep a positive attitude. Again, focus on how you got things in order and what lessons you learned from the experience. Explain how it has helped you in your personal and professional growth.

 

28. What motivates you?

 

Let your answer to this question show the interviewer that you are passionate about your field.

 

29. When will you be able to work?

 

In the interview, it is important to indicate the hours in which you can definitely work. Most of the vacancies already have a schedule, so make sure in advance that it matches your capabilities.

 

 

30. Who is your mentor?

 

Your story can tell a lot about who and what you value. So be sincere.

 

31. Tell me about a time when you disagreed with a former boss.

 

Of course, you do not need to talk about how you quarreled. Share a time when you suggested taking an alternative route. This will clearly demonstrate your leadership abilities.

 

32. How do you deal with pressure?

 

Your interviewer will want to make sure you handle stressful situations well.

 

33. What is the name of our CEO?

 

Another question that will illustrate your knowledge of the company. Therefore, read all the information about the place where you are going to work in advance.

 

34. What are your career goals?

 

This is the perfect time to talk about how you see yourself as a successful employee at this company and perhaps moving up the career ladder.

 

 

35. What makes you get up in the morning?

 

Be sure to mention things related to the position that excite and motivate you.

 

36. What report would you make about yourself?

 

Naturally, focus on the positives, but be realistic and honest.

 

37. What are the strengths/weaknesses of your previous bosses?

 

The rule remains the same: be honest, but don't speak too badly of your former boss.

 

38. If I called your ex-boss right now and asked him what needs to be fixed in you, what would he / she say (a)?

 

Having this information will show the HR manager that you care about your job and are getting feedback from your boss to improve your results.

 

39. Are you a leader or a follower?

 

Both categories have both advantages and disadvantages. Speak the way you think. You should not assume that one of them will impress the manager and the other will not. Just be prepared to explain your answer.

 

 

40. What was the last book you read?

 

This is a great way for an HR manager to learn more about you outside of your professional life and perhaps be pleasantly surprised to learn that the book is related to a future position.

 

41. What annoyed you about your colleagues?

 

When answering this question, remember that in the eyes of the interviewer you should not look like a sneak or a person who is easily offended or pissed off.

 

42. Tell me about your hobby

 

By asking this question, the hiring manager wants to better understand who you are, so it's important to think ahead about which hobbies will best showcase your strengths and skills.

 

43. What is your favorite site?

 

And here be extremely careful. For example, if you want to get a job at Yandex, you don't have to say that your favorite search engine is Google.

 

44. What makes you feel uncomfortable?

 

Focus on what will not be part of your daily life if you get the coveted position.

 

 

45. What is your leadership experience?

 

Do not list managerial positions, because they are already listed on your resume. Instead, choose a few that you are particularly proud of and describe how you successfully led a team or led a project.

 

46. ​​How would you fire an employee?

 

Describe the process to the manager, but be sure to add that you would first consult with your supervisor or Human Resources employee to see if there are any specific steps you need to take.

 

47. What do you like most and least about this industry?

 

Be honest about what attracts you to the work process and what repels you, without offending the employer or HR manager.

 

48. Are you willing to work more than 40 hours a week?

 

Explain that you are willing to work more than 40 hours a week if necessary, but also value your personal time with friends and family.

 

49. What questions didn't you get asked?

 

If there is something that you expected to answer and are ready to talk about, it's time to discuss it.

 

50. Do you have any questions?

 

Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity. Asking follow-up questions is the best way to determine whether you would be happy to work for this employer and whether your expectations meet their requirements. You can ask about what prospects await you in case of a positive decision or ask about the corporate culture of the company.

 

 

 

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The 2022 NHL Winter Classic between the St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild took place on January 1, 2022 at the Minnesota Twins' Target Field, Major League Baseball team, in Minneapolis. The match, originally scheduled for the first day of 2021, will continue the tradition of outdoor play begun in 2008. 2022 will mark the 14th anniversary of the first "Winter Classic" in Buffalo.


The 2022 Honda All-Star NHL Weekend will take place in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena on February 4-5. Skill contests will take place on Friday, February 4, and the next day will be the "All-Star Game".


On February 26, as part of the 2022 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series, the Nashville Predators will play Tampa at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville, home of the NFL Tennessee Titans. This will be the second open-air match for the Predators and the first for the Lightning, who will be the 27th team to play outdoors.


Each team in the 2021-22 season will play 82 matches, and there will be a total of 1,312 matches. The last day of the regular season will be Friday, April 29, when 30 out of 32 teams will take to the ice.


Bemorepanda prepared some interesting facts about NHL.



1. Olympic Break: To date, no final decision has been made on the participation of NHL hockey players in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Negotiations are ongoing. If the players' union and the International Ice Hockey Federation agree to resolve all issues, including insurance for hockey players on COVID-19, as agreed in the collective agreement, then the calendar will provide a pause between February 7 and 22. 


2. If conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic deteriorate or the health and safety of players is threatened, the NHL and the players' union will refuse to participate in the Games. If NHL players compete in the 2022 Olympics, the regular season will resume on February 23rd. If, for any reason, hockey players do not play at the Olympics, the NHL will publish a revised regular season schedule.


3. The National Hockey League is considered the most prestigious, popular and professional league in the world of ice hockey. The most loyal fans, the most spectacular matches and the most prestigious awards are directly related to the NHL. 


4. The history of the league is very long, because during its existence there have been many truly significant events, let alone the number of really talented athletes who have made their careers in the NHL. We have already talked about the strongest players in the NHL, talked about the best clubs and even recalled the history of the main hockey attributes, but now we want to talk about a few interesting facts that will help you learn hockey even better. 


5. The history of the league dates back to the late 19th century, when in 1892 the Governor General of Canada, Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley, established the country's main hockey trophy - the Challenge Hockey Cup. 



6. The devoted fans of Canada fought for the cup. Any team could challenge the current trophy holder, and he had to accept it. After the death of the Governor-General, the prize was named in his honor - the Stanley Cup. 


7. Now  the Stanley Cup is considered the most prestigious of those that a professional hockey player can win in his career, which is why many athletes tag in the NHL in order to try their luck in the championships. It is worth noting that we talked about the history of hockey in more detail in one of our previous articles.


8. As for the first official goal, which marked the beginning of professional hockey, it was scored by Dave Ritchie, who was a player of the Montreal Wanderers. The puck flew into the net on December 19, 1917, and it was the first official match in NHL history, followed by a huge number of sports fans. Then on the ice against "Montreal" came "Toronto Arenas", which conceded the same goal.


9. Many will wonder why the Stanley Cup was established almost at the very beginning of the 20th century, and the first puck was hammered only 20 years later? The fact is that the NHL was just beginning to develop, many teams did not immediately reach the professional level, and the championships were not held as cool as we see in this picture now. It is difficult to say at what point it is worth starting a report on the existence of the National League, but here everyone decides for himself.


10. Selling and buying players is quite a fun process. Of course, now popular players cost a lot of money, and many clubs go broke just to take possession of the legend of big sports. But in the history of the NHL there was a case when a player was bought for only one dollar. 


11. We are talking about one Canadian ice hockey player, Chris Draper, who was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in 1993 under the general number 62. The athlete had practically no playing practice and had zero experience in the NHL, which is why he was sold to the famous Detroit for just one American dollar.



12. Moving to a new team, Chris was not left without an inverse nickname - "man for one dollar." But the nickname did not humiliate the athlete at all, and even brought its own benefit. Perhaps it's all about motivation and the desire to prove to the majority of his worth, but Draper was able to quickly advance to the main team, and then take the post of the leader of Krasnye Krylia. He became one of the club's top players at the time, significantly increasing his value in professional sports. It is worth noting that Draper played 1137 games for Detroit, scored 128 goals in them and helped the team win four Stanley Cups.


13. We have already talked about the origin of this trophy, but the award deserves special attention for several more reasons. Interestingly, the original height of the Stanley Cup was 18 centimeters, now it is much larger. It is also worth noting that there is a certain tradition according to which each member of the team that won the Stanley Cup has the right to personally own the cup for one day in the summer off-season after the victory. This happened for the first time in 1997, after the victory of the Detroit Red Wings, where the Russian Five played. 


14. Often the practice of giving away the cup for a day to the players led to curiosities. In 1996, Colorado defender Sylvain Lefebvre christened his little daughter Alexanna in a cup. Now Aleksanna Lefebvre plays for the university's hockey team. In 2008, the Stanley Cup was again used as a cup for infant baptism: Thomas Holmstrom baptized his nephew in it. In general, they didn’t fill the cup with anything during the celebrations. Ice cream, melted chocolate, soup, chili sauce, applesauce, and even dog food. 


15. Goalkeeper Martin Brodeur, after winning the New Jersey Devils in 2003, went to the cinema with the kids and took a goblet with him to fill it with popcorn. Here is such an interesting trophy.


16. The best hockey player in the history of the National Hockey League! Wayne became the leader in almost all offense-related indicators: points (2857), goals (894), assists (1963), points in equal squads (1818), majority (890), minority (149) and goals in an empty net (57). 



17. Wayne also became the only NHL player to score more than 200 points per season in 1982 (212 points), 1984 (205), 1985 and 1986 (208 and 215 points, respectively). It's hard to find a hockey fan who hasn't heard of this athlete. This hockey player is truly unique and is a legend in the National Hockey League. 


18. Despite the unique records, the athlete did not differ in versatility, often lost in speed indicators to his rivals and did not always demonstrate decent defense. But he could always competently choose his position on the court, defeating the opponent with perfect technique and a strong throw. Interestingly, many note the fact that even if Wayne had not scored a single goal, he would still have been the leader in terms of the number of points scored in his career. Here is such an interesting character, famous all over the world.


19. The first goalkeeper to score an unusual goal against an opponent was New York Islanders goalkeeper Billy Smith. 


20. Philadelphia Flyers goalkeeper Ron Hextall became the second goalkeeper to score, and the first to score. Most of the goals against rivals are on the personal account of Martin Brodeur. He was able to score as many as three goals. In general, a rather unusual situation when the puck flies into the goal from the goalkeeper of another team, but often this is due to the unpredictability of hockey. 


21. There are times when the goalkeeper repels a strong attack from the opponent, and then the incomprehensible force of the rebound comes into play, and it happens that the goalkeeper himself wants to take the initiative into his own hands, like the above-described hockey players.



22. This interesting fact can be noted in as many as two matches in the history of the National Hockey League. The first happened in the third season of the NHL, when the Montreal players were able to beat their age-old opponents from Toronto with a score of 14-7. The second-highest scoring match in league history came in 1985 when the aforementioned Wayne Gretzky's Edmonton fired on Chicago. 


23. In this meeting, "Edmonton" was able to win with a score of 12-9, while the legendary Gretzky, without scoring a single goal, gave his teammates seven assists. It is worth noting that in each season of the NHL you can see many interesting, spectacular and memorable matches that make the history of the league unique.


24. Theoren Fleury is a truly great ice hockey player from Canada, born in 1968. His height was only 168 cm, but this did not stop him from achieving unprecedented heights in sports. The hockey player scored 1,088 points in the NHL, won the Stanley Cup, became a gold medalist at the Olympic Games, a silver medalist in the World Championship and received the honorary title of "Player of the Year" in the NHL.


25. And the tallest player in the history of the NHL was born in Slovakia. In his 44 years, Zdeno has also broken a large number of prejudices. With a height of 206 cm, the defender continues to play for the Washington Capitals to this day. The good news is that such a truly unique player does not lose heart and does not even think about the end of his career. On account of his 1608 games in the NHL, for which he was able to score 207 goals. 



26. Zdeno Hara, which we wrote about above, also set another record worthy of attention. The hockey player has one of the most powerful shots in NHL history. Zdeno Hara was able to throw the puck at 105.4 mph (169.6 km / h) in 2009. By the way, Hara liked to break records - and he did it a couple more times, reaching 107 mph (172.2 km / h) in 2012. But here it is worth noting another athlete who achieved higher numbers. 


27. The incredible Bobby Hull was able to break absolutely all the records of big sport, accelerating the hockey puck to 193 km / h with his powerful click. Experts also say that the athlete could make a throw with a maximum puck speed of 169 km / h using a wrist technique. 


28. Bobby Hull was one of the best strikers in the NHL in the 1960s. The player was awarded the title of best sniper of the regular season between 1959 and 1969 as many as seven times, making him the second strongest hockey player in this indicator. Bobby Hull was able to score 54 goals in 1965/66, making him the only player to score over 50 goals in the NHL regular season. Throughout his career, the athlete took part in 1,063 matches of the regular season and in 119 playoffs. But now the legend of world hockey is already 82 years old, and it is simply impossible to check or refute his records. 


29. Thus, the National Hockey League contains in its history many unique moments that will be of interest to every fan of big sport. It is these facts and records that are the basis of interesting hockey, a professional sport that has a huge number of fans. Important events are remembered by many, making hockey even more popular and even more spectacular, which is why this sport quickly gained worldwide popularity and annually indulges us with legendary events.


30. On November 26, 1917, representatives of four Canadian clubs (Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs) decided to create the National Hockey League. A little later, Toronto Arenas joined the organizers.



31. The first NHL matches took place on December 19, 1917. There are currently 30 teams in the world's strongest professional hockey league.


32. In 1943, the Hockey Hall of Fame was opened in Toronto, where the names of the best hockey players on the planet were entered. Currently, more than 300 world hockey legends have been awarded this honor, including 6 of our compatriots: Anatoly Tarasov, Vladislav Tretyak, Vyacheslav Fetisov, Valery Kharlamov, Igor Larionov and Pavel Bure.


33. On February 14, 1934, the Toronto Maple Leafs permanently assigned the number 6 jersey to team star Ace Bailey. Later, the tradition of removing the numbers of great hockey players from circulation gained wide popularity in the NHL. Pavel Bure was the only Russian to be awarded such an honor. In 2013, the Vancouver Canucks secured form with number 10.


34. In 1959, the Montreal Canadiens goalkeeper Jacques Plant began wearing a mask. Not everyone liked this novelty, and many even called Plant a coward. But after a few years, the mask became a common attribute of the goalkeeper's uniform.


35. According to statistics, 68% of professional hockey players lost at least one tooth during a match.



36. The legendary Gordie Howe was distinguished not only by high performance, but also by an aggressive game. Therefore, if one hockey player manages to throw the puck in a match, make an assist and take part in a fight, then such a result is called "Gordie Howe's hat-trick."


37. Since 1993, every hockey player who has won the Stanley Cup, the NHL's premier trophy, can take it home for a day. But there is one secret: the athletes are given a copy of the prize, and the original is kept in the Hockey Hall of Fame.


38. April 16, 1999 ended the sports career of the most famous hockey player in the history of the NHL - Wayne Gretzky. In NHL games, Gretzky has scored 894 goals and made 1,963 assists. Its result has not been surpassed so far.


39. Bobby Hull had the most powerful shot among the pros. After his impact, the puck flew at a speed of 190.4 kilometers per hour.


40. In the entire long history of the NHL, the Stanley Cup has not been played twice. In 1919, the tournament was stopped due to the flu epidemic, and in 2005 the championship was canceled due to a hockey strike.



41. In the first month of the 2017-18 season, 212 matches were played. On average, the teams scored 6.1 goals in them (excluding 18 goals in shootouts). This is significantly more than the figure for the same period of the last championship - 5.6. On average, NHL teams scored 5.45 goals per game that season.


42. The last time NHL clubs managed to cross the line of six goals per game in the 2005-06 championship was 6.05 in 1230 games. And the level of 6.1 goals per game was exceeded for the last time in the regular championship of 1995-96 - 6.29.


43. This figure may be impressive, but it is still significantly less than 25 years ago, when NHL clubs averaged 7.25 goals per game.


44. There is another indicator of the increased performance: all 24 top scorers in the league (as of Saturday) are gaining an average of points per match. Last season, only eight of the top 24 played as effectively.


45. Pittsburgh have won all four games between Crosby and McDavid: two in regulation, one in overtime and one in shootouts. Now they can meet again at best only in the playoffs. Or next season.


46. “Islanders” figured out the game in the majority: “New York Islanders” for three weeks to establish the game in the majority and, apparently, the team was able to find the cause of failure and draw the right conclusions.



47. The first took place during the third season of the NHL - Montreal beat Toronto (St. Patrick's) with a score of 14-7, but then such a score was the norm.


48. The second such a productive match had to wait for more than 60 years - until the end of 1985, when Edmonton, led by the inimitable Gretzky, staged a shootout with Chicago and won 12-9. At the same time, Wayne did not score a single (!) Washer, but he helped his partners as much as seven (!) Times, which became a record for transfers in one game.


49. Andrew Hammond, who defended the gates of Ottawa and Colorado, got his nickname "The Hamburglar" (ie "Burgervor") long before the NHL during one of the varsity games for Bowling Green State University (NCAA). First, one of his teammates, Wade Finegan, began calling Hammond "Robber" for his ability to "steal" victories for his team. Then the nickname evolved into "Burglar" ("Thief"), then simply "Burgs". The result of this chain is the nickname "The Hamburglar", which is the name of a friend of Ronald McDonald, and this friend, as you might guess, loves to steal burgers on the sly. It was he who was depicted on the mask of the Canadian when he played for Ottawa.


50.Eighteen-year-old Alec Regula was selected by Detroit in the third round of the 2018 NBA Draft pick as # 67.

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The Stanley Cup is the most famous sports trophy in the world. The goblet is a huge silver vase with a massive cylindrical base 89.54 centimeters (35.25 inches) high and weighs 15.5 kilograms. No trophy in professional sports, other than the Stanley Cup, is engraved with the names of all the players, coaches, managers, and technical staff of the team that won the title.

 

Originally, the Cup was a decorative bowl made of silver, 18.5 centimeters (7.28 inches) high and 29 centimeters (11.42 inches) in diameter. Until 1924, the appearance of additional rings to the bowl and their filling proceeded in a "chaotic" mode. At first, additional rings appeared on the bowl with the engraved name of the team and the year of its championship. In 1907, the Montreal Wanderers were the first club to have their team's name printed on the inside of the ball, as well as engraving the names of all of their team's players. 

 

For unknown reasons, many clubs simply did not engrave their team names on the bowl, and in three cases the names were incorrectly recorded - this was in 1915, 1916 and 1918, when teams winning their championships put their names on the Cup despite the fact that it has already been played under the new system between the champions of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA).

 

Bemorepanda collected more interesting facts about Stanley Cup Finals

 

 

1. The cup was also a prize for the winner of the league in which the champion team played.

 

2. The cup does not become the property of the champion team, but was only transferred to it for a while.

 

3. The trustees of the Cup have the right of the last word in any dispute related to the presentation of the Cup.

 

4. Contenders for the Cup must win the championship of their league.

 

5. Series of matches for the possession of the Stanley Cup must consist of one-, two- or three-match series by mutual agreement of the contenders.

 

  Since 1924, it has become an annual tradition for teams to put on their names and the names of all their players. As a result, the cup became too bulky and, due to its similarity to a chimney, was called the "Chimney Cup" (Stovepipe Cup). In 1948, it was decided to redesign the Cup and take into account all the mistakes and shortcomings made in the early years. In 1958, the Cup underwent minor changes and since that time has a modern design. In 1991, when there was no room for names on the Cup hoops, they were removed and placed in the Hall of Fame, replaced with clean ones. All of the old tapes are in the Hall except for one: the tape with the names of the Boston players of the 1928/1929 season is missing.

 

     Prior to 1977, only players who played in the Stanley Cup playoffs were eligible to have their name immortalized on the Cup. Currently, in order for a player's name to be engraved on the Stanley Cup, they must have played at least 41 games in the NHL regular season (and must be on the team when it wins the Cup) or play at least one game in the Stanley Cup Finals . However, since 1994, teams have been allowed to petition the NHL commissioner to be allowed to engrave a player's name, who reviews various specific cases and circumstances that prevented players from being immortalized on the Stanley Cup. So in 1998, the Detroit Red Wings received special permission from the NHL to engrave the name of Vladimir Konstantinov, whose career ended after a car accident on June 13, 1997.

 

 

6. All matches were to be played at the applicants' home arenas, although the Cup custodians had the right to set the date and time of the matches.

 

7. If the applicants for the Cup do not agree with the appointment of judges for the series, then the guardians have the right to appoint any referee.

 

8. Tickets for matches must be equally distributed among the applicant teams.

 

9. The league cannot qualify for the Cup twice in a season.

 

10. The champion team is obliged to return the Cup to the guardians in good condition and when they request it.

 

11. The champion team has the right to add a commemorative inscription about their victory to the silver circle of the Cup.

 

   It is also worth noting that an interesting fact is that 12 women were honored to engrave their names on the Stanley Cup, and it takes 13 years to fill in the teams of champions of each Cup ring. The Stanley Cup winning team has the right to take the trophy for 100 days at its disposal. Since 1994, each of the hockey players who won the Cup has the right to take it to his home for one day and dispose of it at his own discretion within 24 hours.

 

     Unknown to many, there are actually three versions of the Stanley Cup - the original Cup, a certified replica of the Stanley Cup, and a replica of the Stanley Cup. The original Bowl, bought by Lord Stanley and awarded to the champion until 1970, is kept in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. In 1963, one of the walls of the original was worn out and damaged, then NHL President Clarence Campbell decided to get a certified copy of the Cup, the production of which was kept secret and the copy of the Cup was not known until three years later. A certified copy of the Stanley Cup is also called a presentation or "Presentation Cup" (Presentation Cup), since it is this version that is used at ceremonies and handed over to hockey players after the final series of the playoffs. A certified copy is stored in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, being an exhibition exhibit only, and the Cup holders have the right only to touch it. Traveling is a replica of the Stanley Cup, which was created in 1993 and is used as an inductee in the Hockey Hall of Fame whenever the "Performance Cup" is used at any celebrations and is not available for display. An exact copy can be distinguished from a certified copy only by the seal of the Hall of Fame, which is located on the underside of the base of the Cup. There is another difference: there are no grammatical errors on an exact copy of the Cup, unlike a certified copy, on which errors were made, both grammatical in the spelling of player names and team names, and curious ones - in 1984, Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington includes to the list of winners of his father Basil, who is not connected with the team in any way and his name is engraved on the Cup.

 

 

12. In 1896 "Winnipeg Victorias" for the first time drinking champagne from the Stanley Cup won - a century-old tradition that has preserved to this day.

 

13. In 1920, victory celebrations end with a brawl between the Ottawa Senators and the Stanley Cup players lying in the gutter all night.

 

14. In 1932, the Stanley Cup was first awarded immediately after the end of the final on the ice hockey rink.

 

15. On March 24, 1936, the match between the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Maroons took place, which became the longest match in the history of the Stanley Cup.

 

16. The first and only puck in this match was abandoned by the players, “Detroit” only in the 17th minute of the sixth (!) Additional period.

 

17. The match began at half past nine in the evening and ended at half past three in the night. The meeting lasted 176 minutes 30 seconds of pure time.

 

18. In 1950, for the first time, Detroit Red Wings captain Ted Lindsey lifted the Stanley Cup over his head and swept it around the rink.

 

 

19. So another tradition appeared - each member of the team, starting with the captain, makes a circle of honor around the site, holding the Cup over his head.

 

 

20. In 1961, a Montreal fan wanted to steal the Cup from a display case in a stadium in Chicago. He broke the glass, but was captured by security.

Then in court he said: "Your Honor, I just wanted to return the Cup back to Montreal, where it belongs."

 

21. In 1962, celebrating their victory, the Toronto players dropped the Stanley Cup into the fire, the Cup was badly damaged and restored at the expense of the team.

 

22. In 1968, after the assassination of prominent black rights activist Martin Luther King, three 1/4 playoff series were canceled at once.

 

23. The pause caused by mourning lasted 2 days.

 

24. In 1970, one of the rings of the stand disappeared from the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was found later in the yard of the nearest dry cleaners.

 

 

25. In 1980, after the presentation of the first Stanley Cup by the New York Islanders, Brian Trottier took the trophy home and settled into bed with it.

He later told a reporter, "I just wanted to wake up and see him around."

 

26. In 1982, Clark Gillies filled the Cup with dog food so that his dog could celebrate the New York Islanders' third consecutive championship.

 

27. In 1984, Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington included his father, Basil, who had nothing to do with the team, as one of the winners.

His name is engraved on the Cup, and when the NHL notices a "mistake", they are ordered to replace the ring, but the "error" is not corrected on the certified copy of the Cup.

 

28. In 1986, the Cup sinks into the pond of Patrick Roy, from where one of the fans got it.

 

29. In 1987, Edmonton Oilers players take the Stanley Cup with them to a strip bar.

 

30. In 1991, the legendary Mario Lemieux tied a heavy Cup to his leg and threw it into the pool.

Of course, the athlete, like a tugboat, flies after him. As a result, the trophy is torn into two parts and then restored for a long time.

 

31. In 1992, for the first time in the history of Stanley Cup matches, the result was determined by watching a video replay.

 

 

32. Doubt caused a throw, as it turned out to assist, the Russian striker “Detroit” Sergei Fedorov, who shook the gates of “Minnesota” in overtime.

 

33. In 1993, for the first time, the captain of the team did not raise the Stanley Cup first from the team, but passed it to another member of the team.

Thus, the captain of “Montreal” Guy Karbanno honored the merits of Denis Savard, who during his career did not even have a chance to play in the Cup final.

 

34. None of the 7 free throws awarded in the history of the Cup finals were taken.

Last on the list is Pavel Bure, who failed to outplay New York Rangers goaltender Mike Richter in 1994.

 

35.In 1996, Sylvain Lefevre christens his daughter in the cup.

 

36. In 1998, the Cup receives some recognition from prime-time TV: in the television series The Simpsons, Krusty the Clown vomits into it.

 

37. In 1998, the captain of “Detroit” Steve Yzerman did not lift the Cup over his head, but passes it to Vladimir Konstantinov, whose career was cut short.

 

 

38. The Detroit Red Wings received special permission from the NHL to engrave the name of Vladimir Konstantinov, who was involved in a car accident, on the Stanley Cup.

 

39. In 1999, Finn Jere Lehtinen decides to attach the trophy to his national traditions and takes a steam bath with it.

 

40. In 2000, New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur takes the Stanley Cup to the movies, where he fills it with popcorn.

 

41. In 2001, Colorado's captain won the Cup and captain Joe Sakic passed it on to Ray Burke.

For Bourque, this was the last game of his 22-year NHL career and the only Stanley Cup to be won.

 

42. Not a single "dry" series in the 2002 playoffs - 16 teams participated in the Cup, which played 90 matches.

This happened only once - in 1959, when the Cup was contested by 4 teams who played a total of 18 matches.

 

43. In 2002, the Cup came to Asia for the first time. Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk brings him to his native Yekaterinburg.

 

44. Only 2 times in history, in 1919 and in 2005, the Stanley Cup did not find its owner - in 1919, due to the flu epidemic, the final series was interrupted.

And in 2005, the Stanley Cup was not played due to the lockout, because the players' association (NHLPA) did not agree with the pay cut proposed by the NHL.

 

 

45. Toronto Maple Leafs (1942 - final), New York Islanders (1975 - 1/4 finals), Philadelphia Flyers (2010 - 1/4 finals).

Three teams losing 0-3 in the National Hockey League playoffs and eventually winning the series 4-3.

Moreover, “Philadelphia” failed “double comeback” – in the seventh match of the series, she bounced back from a score of 0-3, set by the 15th minute of the first period.

 

46. In 1915, the Cup began to bear its usual name for us - the Stanley Cup. The fight for the trophy was now between the champions of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). The meetings took place in March after the end of the regular seasons of both leagues, and the venue for the decisive matches changed from year to year - one season in the East, the other in the West. Moreover, due to the differences in the rules of the NHA and PCHA, it was decided that the game rules would alternate from game to game.

 

47. On November 26, 1916, the National Hockey League (NHL) was formed to replace the National Hockey Association (NHA). The purpose of the formation, the NHL, was to get rid of the team from Toronto, or rather from its owner, who was pretty annoying to everyone. The following entered the league: Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanders, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Arenas (the owner of the team had already changed by that time) and the Quebec Bulldogs club, which took part in the league only two seasons later due to his financial problems in 1917-1918.

 

 

48. Back in 1914, the first American team "Portland Rosebuds" was accepted into the PCHA, since then the organizers have made a statement that the Stanley Cup is a trophy for the best professional team not only in Canada, but in the whole World. Two years later, the Portland Rosebuds played in the finals, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens. And in 1917, the first American team won the Stanley Cup - "Seattle Metropolitans" beat the same "Montreal Canadiens" in the final.

 

49. In 1919, the Stanley Cup was left without its owner for the first time, as the final series of the Seattle Metropolitans - Montreal Canadiens was stopped due to the Spanish flu epidemic. The series was tied after five games played (the teams had two wins and one draw), there was one playoff game left, which was eventually canceled, as a large number of Montreal Canadiens players and their manager were hospitalized with the flu, four days after the canceled game, one of the players died...

 

50. From the 1921-1922 season, another league appeared in the West, the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). In 1922, the winners of the PCHA and WCHL faced each other, after which the Western champion met in the Stanley Cup final with the champion of the National Hockey League (NHL). 

 

   

 

 

 

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