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Trivia Challenge #1 Solutions

22 June 1999


#1:   Which team was among the original four teams in 1987, but is the only one from that group to have since folded?   Washington Wave. The Wave folded after the 1989 season; The other three options (Charlotte, New England, and Pittsburgh) were expansion franchises.
 
#2:   This team won the first league championship, in 1987.   Baltimore Thunder. The Thunder beat the Washington Wave, 11-10, at Capital Centre.
 
#3:   Who is the single-season goal-scoring record holder?   Gary Gait. Gait scored fifty-seven goals in 1998.
 
#4:   This team won the 1988 championship.   New Jersey Saints. After the season, the team moved to Long Island, and became the New York Saints.
 
#5:   What retired Philadelphia Wing has played in more Eagle/MILL/NLL games than anyone else?   Scott Gabrielson. "Gabe" played 106 games in his career, the only player ever to reach triple digits.
 
#6:   This goaltender topped the NLL in save percentage in 1998.   Steve Dietrich. Dietrich had 319 saves on 411 shots, for a 0.779 save percentage.
 
#7:   In feet, this is the diameter of the goaltender's crease.   Nine.
 
#8:   True or False? In the 1970s, the was a National Lacrosse League, with teams in such current NLL cities as Philadelphia, Syracuse, Rochester, and Toronto.   True. The league operated in the summers of 1974 and 1975.
 
#9:   What team had the best regular-season road record in 1998?   Philadelphia Wings. Philadelphia was 6-0 away from home, the most road victories ever in a single season.
 
#10:   One of NLL's more embarrassing moments in 1998 came when what team lost more than half its players for one game due to work visa difficulties?   Rochester Knighthawks. Surprisingly, the Knighthawks won that game, a 15-14 win at Baltimore.


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