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50 free St. Louis Blues trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
The St. Louis Blues were dropped into the NHL because Chicago's owners wanted to unload a decrepit arena, reached the Stanley Cup Final in each of their first three seasons, and then waited 49 years to get back. This Blues trivia quiz covers the whole ride: the W. C. Handy song behind the name, Scotty Bowman's first job, Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante, the Plager brothers, Ralston Purina and the Checkerdome, the sale to Saskatoon the league killed, Harry Ornest's 26-man payroll, the Monday Night Miracle, Brett Hull's 86 goals, Keenan and Gretzky, the 25-year playoff streak and Jordan Binnington's run from last place to the 2019 Cup. There are questions on the arena, the Blue Note, the trumpet logo, Louie the polar bear, the Towel Man, 'Gloria', the organist and the day Missouri made the Blues its official hockey team. Easy questions for casual fans sit beside genuinely hard ones about the 1983 lawsuit and the Eagles who came before. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedic and reference sources before publishing, and each question carries a citation. For more, try our NHL trivia and hockey trivia pages.
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Q 01The Blues are named after a song by which composer?
W. C. Handy
The organist still plays a Glenn Miller arrangement of 'St. Louis Blues' before every home game.
Q 02The old Ottawa Senators moved to the city in 1934 and played one money-losing season under what name?
St. Louis Eagles
They were the former Ottawa Senators, kept in the Canadian Division with ruinous travel costs.
Q 03Which city lost out to St. Louis for the last 1967 expansion slot at the insistence of Chicago's owners?
Baltimore
St. Louis had not even submitted a formal bid, but the Norris and Wirtz families owned its arena and wanted rid of it.
Q 04Which Cardinals great was part of the 16-man group that applied for the Blues franchise?
Stan Musial
His business partner 'Biggie' Garagnani died before the team ever played.
Q 05Which assistant took over as Blues coach in November 1967 after Lynn Patrick resigned?
Scotty Bowman
He reached three straight Finals before leaving in a power dispute with Sid Salomon III.
Q 06Whom did the Blues face in the Stanley Cup Final in both 1968 and 1969?
Montreal Canadiens
Boston swept them in 1970; all three Finals ended without a Blues win.
Q 07Which veteran goaltending tandem won the 1969 Vezina Trophy for St. Louis?
Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante
Bob and Barclay Plager and captain Al Arbour anchored the defense in front of them.
Q 08Which center, acquired for Red Berenson, scored 30 goals in eight straight seasons and set the iron-man record?
Garry Unger
He came from Detroit in the early 1970s.
Q 09Which St. Louis pet-food giant bought the Blues, their arena and $8.8 million of debt in 1977?
Ralston Purina
It renamed the arena the Checkerdome after its logo.
Q 10Under the pet-food company's ownership, the St. Louis Arena was renamed what?
The Checkerdome
Harry Ornest changed it straight back in 1983.
Q 11Which WHA founder tried to buy the Blues in 1983 and move them to Saskatoon?
Bill Hunter
Owners voted 15-3 against; brochures titled 'Saskatchewan in the NHL' had already been handed out at a game.
Q 12What did the Blues forfeit in 1983 when Ralston refused to send anyone to the league's player selection?
All their draft picks
The NHL 'terminated' the team days later and ran it until Harry Ornest bought it.
Q 13Under thrifty owner Harry Ornest, how many players did the Blues typically have under contract?
26
Most teams had more than 60; the farm team was the Montana Magic.
Q 21How many consecutive seasons did the Blues make the playoffs from 1980 to 2004?
25
It is the third-longest streak in North American pro sports, yet included no Cup Final.
Q 22Wal-Mart heir Nancy Walton Laurie's husband Bill was suspected of neglecting the Blues because he wanted what?
An NBA team in St. Louis
He nearly bought the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1999.
Q 23Which former Rangers goalie became Blues president of hockey operations in 2006?
John Davidson
Head scout Jarmo Kekalainen ran the development program.
Q 14Whose overtime goal in Game 6 of the 1986 conference finals is known as the 'Monday Night Miracle'?
Doug Wickenheiser
The Blues lost Game 7 to Calgary 2-1; several ex-Blues later won the Cup with the Flames.
Q 15Which two players did the Blues send to Calgary in March 1988 for Brett Hull and Steve Bozek?
Rob Ramage and Rick Wamsley
Hull became the Golden Brett; the Flames won the Cup a year later anyway.
Q 16How many goals did Brett Hull score in 1990-91, a record for right wingers?
86
Only Gretzky has topped it, twice; Hull won the Hart Trophy that season.
Q 17Which university did Brett Hull play for, scoring 52 goals in 1985-86?
Minnesota-Duluth
The school retired his No. 29 in 2006.
Q 18Which two aging stars did Mike Keenan acquire from a declining West Coast club in the mid-1990s?
Wayne Gretzky and Grant Fuhr
Keenan then criticised Gretzky publicly, and the Great One left for the Rangers.
Q 19Which defenseman came from Hartford in 1995 in the trade that sent Brendan Shanahan away?
Chris Pronger
He later won the Hart and Norris trophies in the 114-point 1999-2000 season.
Q 20Which team stunned the Presidents' Trophy-winning Blues in the first round of the 2000 playoffs?
San Jose Sharks
St. Louis had set a franchise record with 114 points.
Q 24Which coach, hired in November 2011, took the Blues to their first 100-point season in years?
Ken Hitchcock
David Backes was named captain the same day.
Q 25Which team swept the Blues in the 2012 second round and beat them again in 2013?
Los Angeles Kings
Both years the Kings went on to be or had been champions.
Q 26Whom did the Blues receive from Washington in 2015 for T. J. Oshie?
Troy Brouwer
Brouwer left for Calgary a year later.
Q 27Which defending champion did the Blues finally beat in Game 7 in 2016 to end a first-round losing streak?
Chicago Blackhawks
They then beat Dallas in seven before San Jose ended the run.
Q 28Which forward came from Buffalo in the 2018 offseason and won the 2019 Conn Smythe Trophy?
Ryan O'Reilly
Pat Maroon, a St. Louis native, signed the same summer.
Q 29Which interim coach replaced Mike Yeo in November 2018 and won the Cup that June?
Craig Berube
The 'interim' tag was removed two weeks after the championship.
Q 30Which rookie goalie's emergence powered the 2019 run from last place on January 1 to the Cup?
Jordan Binnington
The Blues were only the seventh team since 1967-68 to make the playoffs from last place at New Year.