Test your knowledge of sport in a 30-year special edition of Brainwaves with Marty Smith

Could remember the answer to a trivia question you were asked 12 months ago? Find out in this themed quiz Marty Smith created last year to celebrate 30 years of Brainwaves. Marty's 10 quizzes from last year were such a hit we have dragged them out again to test your long-term memory. The theme for the following quiz is sport.

Which opponent did American boxer Mike Tyson notoriously bite?

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** To celebrate 30 years of Brainwaves, Marty Smith and advertiser.com.au have produced 10 for this summer, made up of some of his best questions. This quiz’s theme is: Sport. Decide your answer then click on the answer button to see if you were correct. We’ll tally your score as you go. **

question: In the men’s decathlon, what is the second event on day one?

option: Long jump

answer: 1

question: Which country won the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 1998?

option: France

answer: 1

question: Which former world chess champion died in Iceland in 2008?

option: Bobby Fischer

answer: 1

question: A criterium is what kind of race?

option: Cycling (several laps around a closed circuit)

answer: 1

question: What was the name of the mascot bear at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow?

option: Misha

answer: 1

question: In which Asian city were the 1998 Commonwealth Games held?

option: Kuala Lumpur

answer: 1

question: Which horse won the 1930 Melbourne Cup?

option: Phar Lap

answer: 1

question: US sisters Serena and Venus Williams play which sport?

option: Tennis

answer: 1

question: Which was the last year to have both a Summer and Winter Olympics in the same calendar year?

option: 1992

answer: 1

question: In which year were the Olympic Games held in Melbourne?

option: 1956

answer: 1

question: Which former Australian Test cricket captain is nicknamed Pup?

option: Michael Clarke

answer: 1

question: What is a bump or mound on a ski run called?

option: Mogul

answer: 1

question: In athletics, “metric mile” is a colloquial term used in some countries for which event?

option: 1500m

answer: 1

question: How did Michael Angelow make news in London on August 4, 1975?

option: He was the first streaker during a cricket match at Lord’s

answer: 1

question: Chris Fagan is head coach of which AFL club?

option: Brisbane Lions

answer: 1

question: Who won the 1992 Brownlow Medal?

option: Scott Wynd

answer: 1

question: Whose ear did US boxer Mike Tyson bite in a much publicised fight in 1997?

option: Evander Holyfield’s

answer: 1

question: Wearing No. 2 for Adelaide, who played their 250th AFL game on May 10, 2003?

option: Wayne Carey

answer: 1

question: The Espirito Santo Trophy is won by the winning team in the biennial world amateur championship for women in which sport?

option: Golf

answer: 1

question: How many Australian Test cricketers have been knighted?

option: One (Sir Donald Bradman)

answer: 1

question: What sport do the Detroit Pistons play?

option: Basketball

answer: 1

question: Which team did the Crows defeat in their first official trial game at Football Park on February 1, 1991?

option: Essendon

answer: 1

question: In which Austrian city were the 1976 Winter Olympics held?

option: Innsbruck

answer: 1

question: Who is No. 8 for AFL club Port Adelaide?

option: Hamish Hartlett

answer: 1

question: Who was the first Indigenous Australian to win a world boxing title?

option: Lionel Rose (bantamweight, 1968)

answer: 1

question: In which sport do teams compete for the Thomas and Uber Cups?

option: Badminton

answer: 1

question: In cricket, what is a maiden over?

option: An over in which no runs are made

answer: 1

question: Name the English model who caused a stir by wearing a miniskirt to the 1965 Melbourne Cup.

option: Jean Shrimpton

answer: 1

question: In which sport has Indonesia won seven Olympic gold medals?

option: Badminton

answer: 1

question: How many gold medals did Australia win at the Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada, in 1976?

option: None

answer: 1

question: Name the last Australian to win the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships.

option: Mark Edmondson (1976)

answer: 1

question: Which SANFL team is nicknamed the Tigers?

option: Glenelg

answer: 1

question: Which former athlete was born in Mackay, Queensland, on February 16, 1973?

option: Cathy Freeman

answer: 1

question: In which city were the first modern Olympic Games held in 1896?

option: Athens

answer: 1

question: The Melbourne Cup trophy has how many handles?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: In golf, a bogey is a score of how many strokes over par on a single hole?

option: One

answer: 1

question: In which two years did Rod Laver, of Australia, win the tennis Grand Slam in singles?

option: 1962, 1969

answer: 1

question: What are the colours of the five Olympic interlocking circles?

option: Black, yellow, red, green, blue

answer: 1

question: Who captained England’s victorious 1966 FIFA World Cup team?

option: Bobby Moore

answer: 1

question: At which racecourse is the Melbourne Cup run annually in November?

option: Flemington

answer: 1

question: Which country uses the Olympic abbreviation EST?

option: Estonia

answer: 1

question: Manuka Oval is in which Australian capital city?

option: Canberra

answer: 1

question: The dolphin kick is usually performed in which swimming stroke?

option: Butterfly

answer: 1

question: How many furlongs are in a mile?

option: Eight

answer: 1

question: Which Australian won the men’s singles final at Wimbledon in 2002?

option: Lleyton Hewitt

answer: 1

question: Which world heavyweight boxing champion was nicknamed the Manassa Mauler?

option: Jack Dempsey

answer: 1

question: Yokozuna is the highest rank in which Japanese sport?

option: Sumo wrestling

answer: 1

question: What was the name of the platypus, one of the three mascots for the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000?

option: Syd

answer: 1

question: What was the nickname of US tennis player Maureen Connolly?

option: Little Mo

answer: 1

question: In which year did Makybe Diva win the Melbourne Cup for the first time?

option: 2003

answer: 1