I scored a proud zero. The question is not properly explained. There's no such thing as "the big four sports" since which are big is purely subjective and your explanation used four unexplained TLAs none of which I knew. For the record my big four sports are athletics, rugby union, rowing and volleyball in that order. Sorry, but this is the worst quiz that I've yet come across on jetpunk.
What's it like refusing to interpret language in its social context? Does it help you understand people, or make yourself understood? Are you a hit at parties?
Las Vegas reached the Stanley Cup finals in its first year in the league (2017-2018) but lost to Washington. They did win in 2022-2023 by beating Florida.
Taking this quiz and I just realized I'm here before you update St. Louis' NHL championships from 0 to 1! Not a fan of them but it's awesome that they won their first Stanley Cup.
The Leafs have 13 Stanley Cups in the NHL era. 1917-18, 1921-22, 1931-32, 1941-42, 1944-45, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1950-51, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, and, 1966-67.
I too am confused as to why the quiz starts counting Stanley Cups from 1927. Is that when the Stanley Cup became exclusive to the NHL and was no longer competed for by teams of other leagues? Doesn't quite make sense to me.
Because until then the Stanley Cup was a cross-league championship. The 1916 Canadiens weren't in the NHL at all (which, heck, didn't even exist then), and while the 1924 Canadiens were in the NHL, they won against the WCHL Calgary Tigers, not another NHL team.
1927 is when the Stanley Cup became a purely NHL affair.
You'd think Montreal is a great sports city or just a big city with a lot of teams, with their 23 (24) championships, but it was just the Canadiens wrecking for 100 years
There were as many as 10 teams in the late 20s and into the 30s. Such as the original Ottawa Senators and a second New York team (the Americans). Many of the later cups (70s and 80s) were won in the league when there was 16 or more teams.
I also understand that teams got to automatically retain players that came from their city limits... meaning that Montreal had a stacked team consistently throughout the Original Six era.
I didn't know this. Very neat! Adds a lot of context to their dominance and is frankly better for bragging rights than "the team that plays in our city paid guys from all over the world to beat the team that plays in your city." Good stuff.
If beating only five other teams makes it so easy to win the Stanley Cup, how come Boston and New York failed to win even one Cup during the 25 years of the Original 6? In fact, Montreal, Toronto and Detroit won 24 of the 25 Cups during that span. Chicago's 1961 win was the lone exception.
Wow, thanks for catching that one! It's not like you're the fourth person to point that out in this comment section! I don't know what we would do without your error-catching help!
I was never going to get Rochester or Syracuse, so I don't feel bad about missing those. Also, it is really weird seeing Detroit with 4 NFL titles. They were such a long time ago, and the Lions have been basically awful my entire life...my dad was a small kid when they won the last one. Ugh.
I'm confused as to why you allow NFL championships but not AFL ones. The NFL officially recognizes both as a result of the 1970 merger. Also, by not going back to 1920, you are disregarding the league champions that existed prior to a championship game.
I really feel like if this website wants to gather to an international public, it should rename quizzes like these to something like "Big 4 North American Sports Championships Cities". How you can call it the big 4 without including the most popular sport in the entire world is just odd. No one outside the US and maybe Canada know what these "Big 4" even are. Baseball and American Football (and probably ice hokcey too) wouldn't even make the top 20 in most places.
If your target audience is only Americans, sure, keep this as it is. If it's not, maybe QM can think about this. It's just a suggestion.
Good to know that you included the 1904 World Series as a championship for the Red Sox, even though it was never played due to the (now San Francisco) Giants backing out
I feel like the title should have "US" in it somewhere given said sports aren't as big in most of the rest of the world, Other than that though great quiz!
Pittsburgh Steelers fan here for the sole purpose of removing an NFL championship from the Cleveland Browns. They've got 4 from the pre- Super Bowl era - 1950, 1954, 1955, 1964. Their championships prior to 1950 were in the AAFC.
They haven't won a championship. It's a list of cities with championships, not just a list of cities where teams play. San Diego and Buffalo aren't here either, even though they have been home to several teams each.
2. And in any case, Canadian teams definitely exist in the NBA and (even including Montréal, historically) the MLB.
1927 is when the Stanley Cup became a purely NHL affair.
Big 4 US Sports Championship Cities
If your target audience is only Americans, sure, keep this as it is. If it's not, maybe QM can think about this. It's just a suggestion.
Big thanks from a Red Sox diehard
Thank you
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