A year of living famously

Only two summer sport quizzes left! If you missed the first two, then try your hand here

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1. WHO WAS THE MVP OF THE 2022-23 WNBL SEASON?

2. HOW MANY WNBA CHAMPIONSHIPS HAS AUSTRALIAN BASKETBALL GREAT LAUREN JACKSON WON?

Three

Five

Two

3. WHICH THREE PLAYERS HOLD THE RECORD FOR THE MOST KOOYONG CLASSIC MEN’S TENNIS SINGLES TITLES?

Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt

Michael Chang, Andy Roddick and Andre Agassi

Bernard Tomic, Michael Chang and Andre Agassi

4. WHO HAS THE FASTEST RECORDED SERVE SPEED OUT OF THE FOLLOWING TENNIS PLAYERS?

Ana Ivanovic Naomi Osaka Serena Williams

5. WHICH AUSTRALIAN WON SILVER IN THE MEN’S TENNIS SINGLES AT THE 2010 DELHI COMMONWEALTH GAMES?

Matthew Ebden Greg Jones John Peers

6. WHO HAS WON THE PAST TWO MEN’S WORLD SURF LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS?

Kelly Slater Filipe Toledo Ethan Ewing

7. WHO IS AUSTRALIA’S MOSTCAPPED INTERNATIONAL NETBALLER?

Catherine Cox

Liz Ellis

Kathryn Harby-Williams

8. FOR WHICH FORMULA ONE TEAM DID DANIEL RICCARDO GET A SEAT DURING THE 2023 SEASON?

AlphaTauri Mercedes Williams

9. HOW MANY FORMULA ONE CONSTRUCTORS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS HAS WILLIAMS WON?

Ten

Nine

Eleven 10. WHO WON THE 2023 MEN’S ROAD RACE AT THE UCI CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS?

Mads Pedersen Tadej Pogacar Mathieu van der Poel

11. WHO WON CYCLING’S TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES IN 2023?

Demi Vollering Annemiek van Vleuten Grace Brown

12. WHO ARE THE FOUR AUSTRALIANS TO HAVE CAPTAINED INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE SIDE KINGS XI PUNJAB?

Michael Clarke, Brad Hodge, Shane Warne and David Warner

Josh Hazlewood, Mike Hussey, James Hopes and Cameron White George Bailey, Adam Gilchrist, David Hussey and Glenn Maxwell

13. HOW MANY CONSECUTIVE MAIDEN OVERS DID INDIAN LEFTARMER BAPU NADKARNI BOWL AGAINST ENGLAND AT CHENNAI IN 1963-64?

14. HOW MANY RUNS DID GEORGE BAILEY HIT OFF A SINGLE JIMMY ANDERSON OVER DURING THE THIRD ASHES TEST AT THE WACA GROUND IN 2013?

15. WHO SAID THIS FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN SPORTING QUOTE: “I KNOW I’LL REGRET THIS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE”?

Nathan Buckley James Magnussen Steve Smith

16. WHO WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE SIGNING AT THE INAUGURAL WOMEN’S PREMIER LEAGUE AUCTION IN 2022?

Ash Gardner Alyssa Healy Ellyse Perry

17. WHO WAS NAMED PLAYER OF THE SERIES WHEN THE ICC WORLD XI PLAYED AUSTRALIA IN THREE ODIS AND ONE TEST IN 2005?

Adam Gilchrist

Jacques Kallis Muttiah Muralitharan

18. WHICH BBL FRANCHISE CLAIMED ONE OF THE SIX CHAMPIONS LEAGUE T20 TITLES?

Brisbane Heat Perth Scorchers Sydney Sixers

19. WHICH MAN HAS THE HIGHEST ALL-TIME ICC RANKING AS AN ALL-ROUNDER IN TEST CRICKET?

Ian Botham Jacques Kallis Garfield Sobers

20. WHICH AFL TEAM KICKED THE MOST GOALS IN 2023?

Collingwood GWS Giants Brisbane Lions

21. GEELONG ANNOUNCED POSTSEASON THAT ITS NEW NORTHERN STAND WOULD BE NAMED AFTER CATS GREAT JOEL SELWOOD. WHAT WAS THE PREVIOUS NAME OF THAT STAND?

The Hickey Stand The Ablett Stand The Ford Stand

22. COLLINGWOOD DUO JOSH AND NICK DAICOS WERE NAMED IN THE AFL’S ALL-AUSTRALIAN SIDE IN 2023, MARKING THE FIRST TIME BROTHERS WERE BOTH SELECTED SINCE WHICH PAIR?

Brad and Chris Scott Chad and Kane Cornes Nathan and Ryan Lonie

23. ERIN PHILLIPS RETIRED FROM THE AFLW AFTER A STELLAR FOOTBALL CAREER. BEFORE THAT, WHICH OF THESE WNBA TEAMS DID SHE NOT PLAY FOR?

Phoenix Mercury Indiana Fever New York Liberty

24. LANCE FRANKLIN OVERTOOK DOUG WADE TO MOVE INTO FIFTH FOR ALL-TIME VFL/AFL GOALS AND FINISHED HIS CAREER ON 1066. HOW MANY DID WADE KICK? 1061 1034 1057

25. THE MARATHON FIRST ROUND OF THE 2023 AFL NATIONAL DRAFT WENT FOR HOW MANY PICKS?

26. WHICH TEAM WAS ON TOP OF THE AFL LADDER AFTER ROUND 1 OF THE 2023 SEASON? Collingwood

Melbourne

Essendon

27. COLLINGWOOD EQUALLED ESSENDON AND CARLTON ON 16 GRAND FINAL WINS IN 2023. THE MAGPIES ALSO HAVE THE MOST GRAND FINAL LOSSES WITH HOW MANY?

28. GEELONG’S GRYAN MIERS BROKE THE RECORD FOR MOST GOAL ASSISTS IN A HOME-ANDAWAY SEASON IN 2023. HOW MANY DID MIERS END UP WITH? 38

29. ST KILDA IS IN THE MIDST OF THE LONGEST PREMIERSHIP DROUGHT IN THE AFL, HAVING NOW WAITED 57 YEARS SINCE ITS ONLY FLAG. WHICH TWO CLUBS ARE TIED IN SECOND FOR THE MOST SEASONS WITHOUT A PREMIERSHIP?

Carlton and Fremantle

North Melbourne and Port Adelaide Adelaide and Gold Coast

30. WHO WON THE FIRST GAME OF THIS YEAR’S GATHER ROUND?

Carlton Fremantle Adelaide

31. WHICH US STATE DID NOTORIOUS FIGURE SKATER TONYA HARDING HAIL FROM?

Washington Oregon Texas

32. AUSTRALIAN SPEED SKATER STEVEN BRADBURY IS FAMOUS FOR HIS GOLD-MEDAL WIN IN THE MEN’S 1000M AT THE 2002 WINTER OLYMPICS IN SALT LAKE CITY. HE IS LESS KNOWN FOR CLAIMING BRONZE AT THE 1994 GAMES IN LILLEHAMMER. IN WHAT EVENT DID HE ACHIEVE THAT OTHER SUCCESS?

5000m relay

500m

1000m

33. WHICH ITALIAN SOCCER CLUB IS REIGNING SERIE A CHAMPION?

Juventus Napoli AC Milan

34. INTER MIAMI, THE MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER CLUB CO-OWNED BY DAVID BECKHAM, SACKED WHICH OF BECKHAM’S FORMER MANCHESTER UNITED TEAMMATES AS MANAGER IN MID-2023?

Nicky Butt

Dwight Yorke

Phil Neville

35. WHAT MEDAL DID AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL PAIR TALIQUA CLANCY AND MARIAFE ARTACHO DEL SOLAR CLAIM AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS IN 2021?

Gold Silver Bronze

36. WHICH AUSTRALIAN HAS COMPETED AT THE MOST OLYMPIC GAMES?

Andrew Hoy, equestrian Russell Mark, shooting Jian Fang Lay, table tennis

37. ALONG WITH IAN THORPE, WHICH AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER HAS WON THE MOST OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS OF ALL TIME?

Dawn Fraser Susie O’Neill Emma McKeon

38. PARALYMPIC GREAT LIBBY KOSMALA ATTENDED A PHENOMENAL 12 GAMES FROM 1972 THROUGH TO 2016. IN WHAT SPORT DID SHE WIN NINE GOLD MEDALS?

Swimming

Shooting

Athletics

39. THE NEWEST FRANCHISE TO PLAY IN ICE HOCKEY’S NHL JOINED IN 2021. WHAT IS ITS NAME?

Indiana Blue Musketeers Houston WildKatz Seattle Kraken

40. WHO WAS THE LAST AUSTRALIAN MALE TO WIN GOLF’S BRITISH OPEN?

Cameron Smith Greg Norman Ian Baker-Finch

A year of living famously

Only two summer sport quizzes left! If you missed the first two, then try your hand here

1. WHO WAS THE MVP OF THE 2022-23 WNBL SEASON?

3. WHICH THREE PLAYERS HOLD THE RECORD FOR THE MOST KOOYONG CLASSIC MEN’S TENNIS SINGLES TITLES?

4. WHO HAS THE FASTEST RECORDED SERVE SPEED OUT OF THE FOLLOWING TENNIS PLAYERS?

5. WHICH AUSTRALIAN WON SILVER IN THE MEN’S TENNIS SINGLES AT THE 2010 DELHI COMMONWEALTH GAMES?

6. WHO HAS WON THE PAST TWO MEN’S WORLD SURF LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS?

7. WHO IS AUSTRALIA’S MOSTCAPPED INTERNATIONAL NETBALLER?

8. FOR WHICH FORMULA ONE TEAM DID DANIEL RICCARDO GET A SEAT DURING THE 2023 SEASON?

11. WHO WON CYCLING’S TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES IN 2023?

12. WHO ARE THE FOUR AUSTRALIANS TO HAVE CAPTAINED INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE SIDE KINGS XI PUNJAB?

15. WHO SAID THIS FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN SPORTING QUOTE: “I KNOW I’LL REGRET THIS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE”?

16. WHO WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE SIGNING AT THE INAUGURAL WOMEN’S PREMIER LEAGUE AUCTION IN 2022?

18. WHICH BBL FRANCHISE CLAIMED ONE OF THE SIX CHAMPIONS LEAGUE T20 TITLES?

19. WHICH MAN HAS THE HIGHEST ALL-TIME ICC RANKING AS AN ALL-ROUNDER IN TEST CRICKET?

20. WHICH AFL TEAM KICKED THE MOST GOALS IN 2023?

21. GEELONG ANNOUNCED POSTSEASON THAT ITS NEW NORTHERN STAND WOULD BE NAMED AFTER CATS GREAT JOEL SELWOOD. WHAT WAS THE PREVIOUS NAME OF THAT STAND?

22. COLLINGWOOD DUO JOSH AND NICK DAICOS WERE NAMED IN THE AFL’S ALL-AUSTRALIAN SIDE IN 2023, MARKING THE FIRST TIME BROTHERS WERE BOTH SELECTED SINCE WHICH PAIR?

23. ERIN PHILLIPS RETIRED FROM THE AFLW AFTER A STELLAR FOOTBALL CAREER. BEFORE THAT, WHICH OF THESE WNBA TEAMS DID SHE NOT PLAY FOR?

29. ST KILDA IS IN THE MIDST OF THE LONGEST PREMIERSHIP DROUGHT IN THE AFL, HAVING NOW WAITED 57 YEARS SINCE ITS ONLY FLAG. WHICH TWO CLUBS ARE TIED IN SECOND FOR THE MOST SEASONS WITHOUT A PREMIERSHIP?

30. WHO WON THE FIRST GAME OF THIS YEAR’S GATHER ROUND?

33. WHICH ITALIAN SOCCER CLUB IS REIGNING SERIE A CHAMPION?

35. WHAT MEDAL DID AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL PAIR TALIQUA CLANCY AND MARIAFE ARTACHO DEL SOLAR CLAIM AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS IN 2021?

36. WHICH AUSTRALIAN HAS COMPETED AT THE MOST OLYMPIC GAMES?

37. ALONG WITH IAN THORPE, WHICH AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER HAS WON THE MOST OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS OF ALL TIME?

39. THE NEWEST FRANCHISE TO PLAY IN ICE HOCKEY’S NHL JOINED IN 2021. WHAT IS ITS NAME?

40. WHO WAS THE LAST AUSTRALIAN MALE TO WIN GOLF’S BRITISH OPEN?

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A year of living famously

Only two summer sport quizzes left! If you missed the first two, then try your hand here

1. WHO WAS THE MVP OF THE 2022-23 WNBL SEASON?

3. WHICH THREE PLAYERS HOLD THE RECORD FOR THE MOST KOOYONG CLASSIC MEN’S TENNIS SINGLES TITLES?

4. WHO HAS THE FASTEST RECORDED SERVE SPEED OUT OF THE FOLLOWING TENNIS PLAYERS?

5. WHICH AUSTRALIAN WON SILVER IN THE MEN’S TENNIS SINGLES AT THE 2010 DELHI COMMONWEAL­TH GAMES?

6. WHO HAS WON THE PAST TWO MEN’S WORLD SURF LEAGUE CHAMPIONSH­IPS?

7. WHO IS AUSTRALIA’S MOSTCAPPED INTERNATIO­NAL NETBALLER?

8. FOR WHICH FORMULA ONE TEAM DID DANIEL RICCARDO GET A SEAT DURING THE 2023 SEASON?

11. WHO WON CYCLING’S TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES IN 2023?

12. WHO ARE THE FOUR AUSTRALIAN­S TO HAVE CAPTAINED INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE SIDE KINGS XI PUNJAB?

15. WHO SAID THIS FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN SPORTING QUOTE: “I KNOW I’LL REGRET THIS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE”?

16. WHO WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE SIGNING AT THE INAUGURAL WOMEN’S PREMIER LEAGUE AUCTION IN 2022?

18. WHICH BBL FRANCHISE CLAIMED ONE OF THE SIX CHAMPIONS LEAGUE T20 TITLES?

19. WHICH MAN HAS THE HIGHEST ALL-TIME ICC RANKING AS AN ALL-ROUNDER IN TEST CRICKET?

20. WHICH AFL TEAM KICKED THE MOST GOALS IN 2023?

21. GEELONG ANNOUNCED POSTSEASON THAT ITS NEW NORTHERN STAND WOULD BE NAMED AFTER CATS GREAT JOEL SELWOOD. WHAT WAS THE PREVIOUS NAME OF THAT STAND?

22. COLLINGWOO­D DUO JOSH AND NICK DAICOS WERE NAMED IN THE AFL’S ALL-AUSTRALIAN SIDE IN 2023, MARKING THE FIRST TIME BROTHERS WERE BOTH SELECTED SINCE WHICH PAIR?

23. ERIN PHILLIPS RETIRED FROM THE AFLW AFTER A STELLAR FOOTBALL CAREER. BEFORE THAT, WHICH OF THESE WNBA TEAMS DID SHE NOT PLAY FOR?

29. ST KILDA IS IN THE MIDST OF THE LONGEST PREMIERSHI­P DROUGHT IN THE AFL, HAVING NOW WAITED 57 YEARS SINCE ITS ONLY FLAG. WHICH TWO CLUBS ARE TIED IN SECOND FOR THE MOST SEASONS WITHOUT A PREMIERSHI­P?

30. WHO WON THE FIRST GAME OF THIS YEAR’S GATHER ROUND?

33. WHICH ITALIAN SOCCER CLUB IS REIGNING SERIE A CHAMPION?

35. WHAT MEDAL DID AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL PAIR TALIQUA CLANCY AND MARIAFE ARTACHO DEL SOLAR CLAIM AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS IN 2021?

36. WHICH AUSTRALIAN HAS COMPETED AT THE MOST OLYMPIC GAMES?

37. ALONG WITH IAN THORPE, WHICH AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER HAS WON THE MOST OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS OF ALL TIME?

39. THE NEWEST FRANCHISE TO PLAY IN ICE HOCKEY’S NHL JOINED IN 2021. WHAT IS ITS NAME?

40. WHO WAS THE LAST AUSTRALIAN MALE TO WIN GOLF’S BRITISH OPEN?

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5. WHICH AUSTRALIAN WON SILVER IN THE MEN’S TENNIS SINGLES AT THE 2010 DELHI COMMONWEALTH GAMES?

6. WHO HAS WON THE PAST TWO MEN’S WORLD SURF LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS?

7. WHO IS AUSTRALIA’S MOSTCAPPED INTERNATIONAL NETBALLER?

12. WHO ARE THE FOUR AUSTRALIANS TO HAVE CAPTAINED INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE SIDE KINGS XI PUNJAB?

22. COLLINGWOOD DUO JOSH AND NICK DAICOS WERE NAMED IN THE AFL’S ALL-AUSTRALIAN SIDE IN 2023, MARKING THE FIRST TIME BROTHERS WERE BOTH SELECTED SINCE WHICH PAIR?

29. ST KILDA IS IN THE MIDST OF THE LONGEST PREMIERSHIP DROUGHT IN THE AFL, HAVING NOW WAITED 57 YEARS SINCE ITS ONLY FLAG. WHICH TWO CLUBS ARE TIED IN SECOND FOR THE MOST SEASONS WITHOUT A PREMIERSHIP?