GEELONG CATS MEGA QUIZ
1. Who was the only player named in Geelong’s best in each of the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 grand finals? 2. Which group has the most AFL premiership medals, Geelong’s playing list or the eight-man coaching team? 3. Who coached Geelong in the 1967 VFL Grand Final loss to Richmond? 4. Name the Irish county from which Zach Tuohy hails. 5. Which Cats player is poised to become a father within days of this year’s grand final? 6. Who kicked the first and last goals of the 2009 AFL Grand Final? 7. Who kicked the first and last goals of the 2008 AFL Grand Final? 9. A notice in the Geelong Advertiser on July 16, 1859, foreshadowed the meeting that led to the formation of the Geelong
Football Club.
Where was the meeting held? 10. Which famous Cats fan and Hollywood star had his breakout performance in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert? 11. Which father and son duo was named in Geelong’s team of the 20th century? 12. Which player registered his 50th AFL game in the preliminary final against Brisbane Lions? 13. How many Abletts have played senior footy for the Cats? 14. When did Ford first sponsor Geelong? 15. In which year did Geelong play in a drawn preliminary final? 16. Who was the first Geelong player to kick 100 goals in a season? 17. John Newman was named back-up ruckman to Graham Farmer in the team of the 20th century. What position was he named in? 18. Name the three current Geelong players who have played one more game for the Cats than the 84 chalked up by Zach Tuohy? 19. Geelong has had the first pick in the VFL/ AFL draft only once. Name the player and the year he was taken. 20. Who was the most recent senior coach sacked by Geelong? 21. Deadeye Doug Wade was Geelong’s leading goal kicker for 11 of 12 seasons between 1961 and 1972, but was cruelled by injury in 1965. Who won the award that year? 22. Geelong kicked the AFL record score of 37 goals 17 behinds against the Brisbane Bears in 1992. What does that score amount to? 23. AFL greats Gary Ablett Sr and Greg Williams played their first game for the Cats against Fitzroy in Round 1, 1984. Name the three others who wore the club’s colours for the first time that day at Kardinia Park. 24. Which well-known entertainer famously performed in the Geelong rooms before the 1963 grand final and ran on to the MCG with the players before the game? 25. Who had the No 14 guernsey at Geelong immediately before Joel Selwood? 26. Which 52-game Cats player is credited with writing the team song? 27 What is the lowest score the club has recorded? 28. Which Cats coach — and former Richmond player — was considered the first “nonGeelong person” to coach the Cats? 29. Name the three players who each notched their 100th game for Geelong this year. 30 Spell No 8 Jake’s surname. 31. Which 191cm recruit arrived at Geelong on a £1000-a-year salary in 1962? 32. Almost two decades later — halfway through the 1981 season — another hyped recruit arrived at the Cattery from WA, reportedly on the same salary.
What was his name, and what was peculiar about his arrival? 33. “Polly” Farmer played only 101 games for the Cats but made a huge impact.
His total number of senior games, including WAFL and interstate games ended at 393. Name his two WAFL clubs. 34. This one’s for the commentators, how many Ns are there in Sam Menegola’s surname? 35. The Cats defeated three teams with birds as mascots in the 2011 finals series. Which teams were they? 36. How many times has Geelong got the wooden spoon for finishing on the bottom of the ladder in the VFL/AFL competition? 37. Name the two players Geelong sent to the Brisbane Bears for their inaugural season in 1987. 38. Despite playing only seven games for Geelong, Garry Sidebottom became part of club’s folklore for a game he did not play when he infamously missed the team bus. What game did he miss? 39. Who was the bike-loving defender subjected to Malcolm Blight’s wrath against Hawthorn at Waverley Park in 1990? 40. Name the man who played 67 games for Geelong in the 1970s, and later saw his son win a Brownlow Medal. 41. Geelong was the only team to sit out of the VFL because of World War II. What years did the Cats miss? 44. Only two players with a surname that starts with “Z” have represented Geelong. Name them. 45. Stalwart Charles Brownlow was immortalised when the VFL named its best and fairest award after him, but only played about 80 games for Geelong. In what role did he make his name? 46. Spell No 17 Esava’s surname. 47. Which Geelong player won the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924? 48. How many times did Gary Ablett Sr kick 10 goals or more in a game? 49. Name Geelong’s Brownlow medallists? 50. To the nearest thousand, what is the official capacity of Kardinia Park? 52. Name Geelong’s premiership coaches? 53. Which number did Harry Taylor wear in the 2008 heritage game against Melbourne when he twice had to change his jumper due to the blood rule? 54. In which year did Peter Riccardi kick the matchwinner against Carlton? 55. Who was the Carlton player on the mark who was adamant he touched it?
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