2017 SPORTS QUIZ
It has been another year of triumphs, tragedies, trauma and tantrums in this wide world of sport. But have you been paying attention? ROY O’REILLY has compiled a truly challenging Boxing Day quiz — so see how many you can score out of 50
1. To commemorate its rugby sevens gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics, Fiji issued a banknote with a value of (a)$7(b) $77 (c) $777? 2. Two months before winning the US Open women’s tennis singles title, the world ranking of Sloane Stephens was (a) 57 (b) 457 (c) 957? 3. A Sydney court was told which MasterChef judge punched a 19-year-old soccer fan and unleashed a foulmouth tirade because he believed he insulted his mother? 4. Which country won the netball Quad Series? 5. Which controversial former player-coach presented the Norm Smith Medal? 6. In which place did Usain Bolt finish in his final 100m sprint at the 2017 world athletics championships? 7. In which event did Australia’s Emily Seebohm win a gold medal at the world swimming championships (a) 50m freestyle (b) 100m butterfly (c) 200m backstroke? 8. Which cities agreed to host the 2024 and 2028 Olympics? 9. Which Melbourne Cupwinning jockey was suspended for a month after taking a weight-loss drug that included the banned substance phentermine? 10. Which Australian spinner took 8-50 in a Test innings against India? 11. Why was Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo banned for five matches? 12. In which US sports competition did some players kneel during the playing of the national anthem? 13. In which weight division did Australia’s Jeff Horn win the WBO title? 14. The father of which Australian said he was “ashamed” of his son’s “disrespectful” Wimbledon performance? 15. For the second time in two years, which Australian surfing star was involved in a shark scare during a competition at Jeffreys Bay in South Africa? 16. Which A-League soccer club was fined more than $17,000 for failing to provide adequate “international buffetstyle” meals to five referees and a match official during AFC Champions League matches? 17. Which St George Illawarra Dragons star was dumped from the team for a match against the Penrith Panthers after missing the team bus? 18. Which German F1 star was given a 10-second, stop-and-go penalty for angrily banging wheels with Lewis Hamilton during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix? 19. Which team won the first Suncorp Super Netball final? 20. The Australia A cricket tour to which country was called off because of a pay dispute? 21. The 2017 Australian version of which board game permits the use of the names of the sports venues Gabba and WACA? 22. Which US tennis star appeared pregnant and nude on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine? 23. Which Spanish golfer said he was “deeply embarrassed” by his behaviour during the US Open when he kicked clubs, hurled a bunker rake and punched a tee marker? 24. In an A-League match, which Socceroo received a red card even though he was not on the field of play? 25. Why was Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga given a suspended one-year ban and a 50 per cent match fee fine? 26. Which Canadian Olympic drugs cheat appeared in a TV commercial for gambling giant Sportsbet? 27. How many New Zealand teams were in the final four of the 2017 Super Rugby competition? 28. Dying at the age of 95 was which US former world middleweight boxing champion whose life inspired the Oscar-winning movie Raging Bull? 29. Richmond Tigers star Shaun Hampson went down on one knee to propose at a beach to which supermodel? 30. For the first time, Australia lost a Test cricket match against which country? 31. Which Olympic hockey gold medallist unsuccessfully challenged John Coates for the presidency of the Australian Olympic Committee? 32. Jelena Ostapenko, winner of the French Open women’s tennis singles title, is from which country? 33. Before a FIFA World Cup qualifier against the Socceroos in Adelaide, which country’s team refused to join in a minute’s silence for victims of the London terror attacks?
34. Which major horse race was declared a no-race after one horse broke down and two jockeys were dislodged (a) Golden Slipper (b) Perth Cup (c) Sydney Cup? 35. Why did Swimming Australia banish dualOlympian Thomas FraserHolmes from the national team, cut his funding and order him to leave the team hotel in Monaco? 36. Cricket Australia announced that the national women’s team would no longer be officially known by which name? 37. Ned Wieland, a 16-year-old from North Bondi, became the youngest male to swim across which body of water? 38. Which West Australian 24-time grand slam tennis singles winner said she would stop using Qantas “where possible” in protest at the airline’s promotion of samesex marriage? 39. Which West Australian lost $32,000 when she was disqualified for forgetting to sign her scorecard in a LPGA tournament? 40. Which country won the 2017 America’s Cup? 41. Which Parramatta Eels winger was granted an exemption to wear his wedding ring during matches because he was unable to remove it from his finger? 42. Dying aged 47 when he crashed his car after suffering a heart attack was which Queensland former ironman star? 43. Which tennis star revealed she had lost 30kg and plans to lose another 30kg after a thyroid problem caused her weight to balloon to 120kg? 44. Who was selected in the Australian Test cricket team after playing one first-class match in six years? 45. AFL legend Garry Lyon claimed which Channel 9 rugby league guru was leading a campaign from the NRL media against the Melbourne Storm? 46. Fast Fella was the winner of which Queensland Outback horse race? 47. In which Chinese city did Port Adelaide and Gold Coast play an AFL premiership match? 48. Which Australian mining chief appeared in a wheelchair at the world swimming championships? 49. Who won his 10th French Open tennis singles title? 50. Which Queenslander scored a hat-trick of tries in State of Origin 3?