SUPER SPORT QUIZ
Time to test your sporting knowledge with our tough teasers
1 – With which movie do you associate “Italian tenor” Enrico Pallazo?
2 – Name the only country to have competed under its own flag at every modern Olympic Games?
4 – Which team won the 1996 AFL grand final?
6 – True or false — live pigeons were once shot at the Olympics?
8 – In which Asian country is kite flying the national sport?
10 – In what country was disgraced Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson born?
12 – When Clarke’s engagement dissolved, where did the ring allegedly end up?
14 – Which club was that soccer star playing for at the time?
16 – In which US city do all major sporting teams wear black and gold?
18 – If Victoria’s sporting colours include navy blue, what blue does NSW wear?
19 – Which colour do you typically associate with the West Indies in sport?
20 – And what colours do you associate with Argentina in sport?
21 – Name the Australian sportsman who had a catchcry starting with “Ring a ding-ding”?
22 – Which team in the 1970s employed cheerleaders as “icons of wholesome sex appeal”?
23 – Which male athletic world record has been broken just once in 52 years?
24 – At least one of the Olympic colours of black, blue, green, red and yellow can be found on what flags?
25 – Australian swim sensation Ariarne Titmus is the arch rival of which US legend?
26 – In the 1970s, which golfer played all 40 majors and missed the cut just once?
27 – Which Australian golfer did 28 – Cristiano Ronaldo was named after which US president?
29 – Who is credited with having been the key factor in the Australian development of rugby league?
30 – What type of vehicle do you associate with Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe?
31 – Hawthorn legend John Kennedy Sr answers to what nickname?
32 – And what nickname does John Kennedy’s grandson Josh carry?
33 – Kevin Rudd claimed to follow which NRL and AFL teams?
34 – Name the Australian golfer who answers to “DOG”?
35 – What sport did Tony Abbott successfully pursue at Oxford University? 36 – Paul Simon referred to which sport when he wrote “in the clearing stands a ... ”?
37 – Which St Kilda Australian Football Club great was nicknamed “Doc”?
38 – Which Australian cricket captain raced greyhounds?
39 – Which Australian cricket captain raced pigeons?
40 – The name of which great racehorse was said to mean “lightning”?
41 – What sport do you associate with the Three Musketeers?
42 – Name the cricketer who added Dylan to his name to honour Bob Dylan?
43 – Bob Dylan once wrote a song to help free which imprisoned boxer?
44 – In which decade did South Melbourne become the Sydney Swans? 45 – In which decade did Fitzroy last play in the AFL? 46 – Which former Australian tennis player was nicknamed “Rabbit”?
47 – Which underwear company did Pat Rafter advertise?
48 – And which AFL player advertises the same product?
49 – Which two English soccer clubs does Sir Paul McCartney support?
50 – In what sport did David Warner’s wife Candice excel?
51 – Which NRL team is the most successful in terms of percentage of games won during their debut year?
52 – With which club did Brad Fittler make his first grade debut with?
53 – How many times have Arsenal won the FA Cup?
54 – In Major League Baseball, which team was associated with the curse of the billy goat?
55 – For which NRL team did Channel 9 commentator Peter Sterling play?
56 – How many perfect scores for artistic impression did ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean receive for their Bolero performance at the 1984 Winter Olympics?
57 – Kogarah Oval is the “spiritual” home of which NRL team?
58 – What is the nickname of English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur?
59 – Who scored the final try in the 1989 NRL grand final?
60 – Which Australian track athlete won the silver medal in the 200m final at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City?
QUESTION TIME: Ariarne Titmus, training at the Australian Women's 200m freestyle and relay camp on the Sunshine Coast, is the subject of question 25. Former prime ministers Tony Abbott (inset, top) and Kevin Rudd (inset, bottom) feature in questions 35 and 33 respectively.