SPORT SUPER QUIZ
Sporting and trivia buffs, put yourselves to the test with these 60 questions
1. In which regional Australian city would you find Mount Panorama? 2. Which Australian sportsman is most readily associated with Mount Panorama? 3. Who plays the white man in the movie White Men Can’t Jump?
4. Jason Akermanis once threatened to leave the Brisbane Lions and take up which other code? 5. With which sport do you associate Bill the Bastard?
6. Which AFL club’s song contains just 14 words including I, the, in and oh? 7. What does Shane Warne call his former fiancee Liz Hurley?
8. Which Australian Test cricketer used to regularly dye his hair bright colours? 9. Which English Test batsman used to dye his hair weird colours?
10. George Harrison of The Beatles toured the world to follow which sport? 11. With which sporting event do you associate Ragamuffin 100?
12. Which pacing legend has a statue erected in his honour in Temora, NSW? 13. Which racehorse has a statue erected in his honour in Goondiwindi, Queensland? 14. Australia’s Geoff Hunt was a legend in which sport?
15. With which two sports would you associate Saverio Rocca?
16. In which sports movie does Brad Pitt play Billy Beane?
17. Who wrote the lyrics “where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?”
18. Name the Australian war hero who represented the Wallabies?
19. Conor McGregor was charged with throwing a steel trolley against what form of transport?
20. With which sport would you associate Ivan Drago?
21. What accessory do you associate with former Chicago Bulls player Horace Grant?
22. Which outlandish former AFL player once worked as a meter maid on the Gold Coast?
23. Name the former world leader who once referred to coloured US athletes as “black auxiliaries”?
24. Adam Scott dated which glamorous tennis player?
25. Where would you find a statue of Malcolm Blight?
26. What was Geoffrey Edelsten’s second wife’s first name?
27. And after which Carlton player did she name her dog?
28. The line “Well you work to earn a living” comes from which Australian sports song?
29. Who plays Randy “The Ram” Robinson in The Wrestler?
30. With which sport is the Queen associated?
31. And what dog breed does she prefer?
32. In 2009, Serena Williams threatened to do “what” with a ball to a lineswoman?
33. Which club does entertainer Sam Pang barrack for?
34. Who is the last AFL premiership captain to have been born in South Australia?
35. What was Helen D’Amico wearing when she burst on to the MCG in 1982?
“Pele” for kicking golf balls into better lies?
37. Whose eyes had a killer gleam in
C’mon Aussie C’mon?
38. In the movie Ocean’s 11, what sports event at the Grand was interrupted by a power outage?
39. On a par five, what would a quadruple bogey be?
40. In which Australian city would you find Kooyonga Golf Club?
41. Gillon McLachlan and Prince Charles have which sport in common?
42. Before Ash Barty, who was the last Australian woman ranked in the top 10?
43. Ash Barty is a passionate supporter of which AFL team?
44. What is INXS star Kirk Pengilly’s connection to Australian sporting greatness?
45. How many pounds was Banjo Patterson’s “colt from Old Regret” worth?
46. What sport did Johnny Weissmuller (of Tarzan fame) compete in with distinction at the Olympics?
47. What city is former Formula One driver Mark Webber from?
48. Which US wrestler became Governor of Minnesota?
49. Who doesn’t have a statue at the MCG? Kevin Bartlett, Jack Dyer or John Coleman?
50. Which rugby league great once considered becoming a jockey?
51. How many Olympic medals did Anna Meares win?
52. Which city is scheduled to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
53. Brian Lara scored the highest individual score (400 not out) in Test cricket in 2004. Which country was it against?
54. Which team won the 2020 Super Bowl?
55. Who is the current coach of the Matildas? 56. Which two grand slam singles titles did Lleyton Hewitt win? 57. Gai Waterhouse has trained one Melbourne Cup winner. What was its name? 58. How many rugby league premiership does coach Wayne Bennett have to his name? 59. Sir Donald Bradman finished with a career Test batting average of 99.94. Which Australian is second on the all-time list (not including current players) with a career Test average of 61.87? 60. How many points did Liverpool record in the 2019-20 Premier League season before football was postponed due to COVID-19?