Question 1

True or false: Gretzky's 215 points in one season is still the NHL single-season record by over 30 points.

Accepted Answer

True. 215 points (1985-86) is the record; Mario Lemieux's 199 is second. No one has topped 200 since Gretzky.

Question 2

True or false: Gretzky's number 99 was retired league-wide by the NHL.

Accepted Answer

True. The NHL retired 99 for all teams in 2000—the only league-wide jersey retirement in major North American sports.

Question 3

True or false: Gretzky won the Hart Trophy as MVP in eight consecutive seasons.

Accepted Answer

True. He won the Hart from 1980 to 1987—eight straight, a record no other player has come close to matching.

Question 4

True or false: Gretzky's 92 goals in a single season came during his rookie year.

Accepted Answer

False. His 92 goals were in 1981-82, his third season. He scored 51 as a rookie in 1979-80.

Question 5

True or false: Gretzky has more career assists than any other player has total points.

Accepted Answer

True. He had 1,963 assists; second-place Jaromir Jagr had 1,921 points. No one else has more total points than Gretzky's assists.

Question 6

True or false: Wayne Gretzky never won an Olympic gold medal as a player.

Accepted Answer

False. Gretzky won gold as executive director in 2002, not as a player. He played in Nagano 1998 but Canada got no medal.

Question 7

True or false: Gretzky never played a full season with a team other than the Oilers or Kings.

Accepted Answer

False. He played parts of three seasons with the St. Louis Blues (1996) and two full seasons with the New York Rangers (1997-1999).

Question 8

True or false: Gretzky was traded from Edmonton because the Oilers needed salary cap room.

Accepted Answer

False. He was traded in 1988 due to owner Peter Pocklington's financial troubles, not a salary cap—the cap didn't exist until 2005.

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