Our 2020 sports quiz – Le Manic

1 – At the very beginning of the year, the management of the Drakkar exchanged its captain, Gabriel Fortier, in order to begin the reconstruction of the team. Which club was he traded to?

1. The Gatineau Olympics
2. Moncton Wildcats
3. The Halifax Mooseheads
4. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

2 – For two years, four sports organizations in Baie-Comeau have been working together to build a multidisciplinary sports center. This project includes the athletics club, the gymnastics club and the judo club. What is the fourth?

1. The karate club
2. The pétanque club
3. Le club de soccer
4. Le club de cheerleading

3 – Les Nord-Côtiers pee-wee hockey club, which brings together the best players in this category in the region, won the honors of an important provincial tournament at the beginning of 2019. Which tournament is it?

1. The Quebec tournament
2. The Bernières-Saint-Rédempteur (BSR) tournament
3. The Drummondville tournament
4. The Jonquière tournament

4 – At the age of 72, Ghislaine Girard bowled a perfect game of 300, on lanes 7 and 8 of the Salon Laflèche. Was this the perfect first part of Madame Girard?

1. Yes
2. Non

5 – During the COVID-19 pandemic, a former Drakkar player, Félix Girard, contracted the coronavirus while he was operating in Europe. What country was he playing in?

1. France
2. Italy
3. Hungary
4. Suisse

6 – In the QMJHL draft, the Drakkar had no first-round pick, but spoke three times in the next round. Who was the team’s first choice?

1. Leo St-Michel
2. Olivier Ciarlo
3. Anthony Lavoie
4. Felix Gagnon

7 – A former Drakkar player has been named head coach of the Saint-Eustache Vikings in the midget AAA league. Who is it?

1. Raphael Bussieres
2. Joel perrault
3. Pascal Pelletier
4. Benoit Mondou

8 – Hockey player Samuel Vigneault has signed a new one-year contract with an American Hockey League team. Which club are we talking about here?

1. Laval Rocket
2. Admirals de Milwaukee
3. Monsters de Cleveland
4. Americans de Rochester

9 – A young boy from Baie-Comeau, Matt Lemieux, hit the ground running on the provincial motocross circuit, winning despite his young age. How old was Matt during this 2020 season?

1. 8 years
2. 9 years
3. 6 years
4. 7 years

10 – Baie-Comois Liam Simard made a name for himself in 2020 on the provincial athletics scene. He has also signed some provincial records in a discipline. Which?

1. Discus throw
2. Javelin throw
3. Shot put
4. Hammer throw

11 – Thunderclap a week before the opening of the Drakkar training camp. Head coach Jon Goyens has resigned from his post. Why?

1. He found a job elsewhere
2. He feared the consequences of the pandemic
3. He no longer got along with the staff of the team
4. He suffered a serious injury during the summer

12 – In early September, Baie-Comeau presented the Quebec Road Cycling Championships. Of the 220 registered runners, how many cyclists from the municipality took part in the event?

1. 6
2. 8
3. 10
4. 12

13 – Marc-Antoine Mercier is the only player from the Côte-Nord to have found a place aboard the Drakkar in 2020-2021. What locality does he come from?

1. Forestville
2. Baie-Comeau
3. Les Escoumins
4. Port-Cartier

14 – Raivis Kristians Ansons was the only Drakkar player to catch the attention of an NHL team during his draft. Which team has selected the Latvian?

1. Colombus
2. Minnesota
3. Pittsburgh
4. San Jose

15 – In addition to having to do without competitions, Laurence Côté had to recover from an injury suffered this fall. She has now resumed her training 100%. The 800-meter runner was injured where?

1. In the hamstring
2. To one knee
3. To the rib cage
4. One foot

Responses

1 – b) In return, Moncton gave up Julien Hébert and five draft picks

2 – d) The infrastructures of each of these clubs did not then meet the new standards.

3 – d) They concluded a perfect week by winning 4-1 in the final.

4 – a) Yes

5 – c) It was then evolving with the formation of Fervéhar.

6 – d) Gagnon, of the Élites de Jonquière, was selected at 24^e rank, followed by Lavoie (25^e) and Ciarlo (32^e)

7 – b) Perrault is also co-owner of the Académie de hockey des pros with another QMJHL alumnus, Danny Groulx.

8 – a) Vigneault signed a one year contract with the Rocket. He had previously played 190 games in the Cleveland uniform.

9 – c)

10 – d) For Liam, this was a second Quebec record in as many weeks in this discipline.

11 – b) Goyens feared for his family. He was replaced by Jean-François Grégoire.

12 – b) Six of them had formed a team in order to better impose themselves in the peloton.

13 – a) The defender was acquired from Shawinigan against a pick of 6^e round and 2022.

14 – c) Ansons represented the Penguins’ fifth round pick on 149^e au total.

15 – d) Laurence took advantage of this injury to diversify her training.