Test your knowledge with the ultimate sports quiz on 2018
Who kicked the first goal in the AFL Grand Final? Who was the Bulldogs’ leading goalkicker? If you think you know your footy — and a few other sports — take our quiz to see how well you were paying attention in 2018.
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AFL
1 Who kicked the first goal in the 2018 Grand Final?
2 How many times was St Kilda recruit Dan Hannebery named an All-Australian during a decade at Sydney?
3 Which team suffered the most 100-point-plus losses in 2018 with three?
4 Who kicked the most goals in the 2018 AFLW season?
5 Who is the oldest player in the AFL entering 2019?
6 Hawthorn’s Tom Mitchell won the 2018 Brownlow Medal. Who finished second?
7 Who won the AFL Rising Star award for 2018?
8 Which club has Champion Data rated as having the most talented list entering 2019?
9 Who was the No.1 pick in the 2018 AFLW draft?
10 Name the two previous clubs North Melbourne recruit Jared Polec has played for?
11 Sydney’s Lance Franklin is 10 goals away from topping Essendon’s Matthew Lloyd and taking which spot on the all-time goalkickers list?
12 Which Adelaide forward is scheduled to join the 300-game club in Round 5 in 2019?
13 Who won Gold Coast’s best-and-fairest award for the first time in 2018?
14 What was Collingwood’s biggest lead over West Coast during the 2018 Grand Final?
15 Which team dropped out of finals in straight sets in 2018 after finishing top-four?
16 Before 2018, when was the last year Melbourne qualified for finals?
17 Carlton won the wooden spoon in 2018. How many games did the Blues win?
18 Collingwood has won 15 premierships. How many times have the Magpies finished runner-up?
19 In what year did Sydney last miss finals?
20 Who won Greater Western Sydney’s best-and-fairest award in 2018?
21 In what position did Adelaide finish on the ladder in 2018, after winning the minor premiership the previous year?
22 Who kicked the most goals for the Western Bulldogs in 2018?
23 How many times has Richmond forward Jack Riewoldt won the Coleman Medal?
24 Where did first-year Geelong midfielder Tim Kelly place in the club’s best-and-fairest?
25 Who did Carlton select with Pick 1 in the 2018 national draft?
MOTORSPORT
26 Who will be Sebastian Vettel’s new teammate at Ferrari in 2019?
27 Who won last year’s Supercars championship?
28 Craig Lowndes has how many Bathurst 1000 crowns after claiming the 2018 endurance classic with Steven Richards?
29 The Ford Falcon will be replaced by which car on the Supercars grid this year?
NETBALL
30 Who will coach the Magpies’ netball team in 2019?
31 Who scored the most goals in the 2018 Super Netball season?
32 Which sisters will be playing alongside each other at the Magpies in 2019?
33 Diamonds captain and star goaler Caitlin Bassett will play with which Super Netball team in 2019?
BASKETBALL
34 Who did Golden State Warriors defeat in the 2018 NBA Finals?
35 Name the five NBA teams Andrew Bogut played for?
36 Who won last year’s NBL most valuable player?
37 Which former AFL player made his debut for the Australian Boomers last year?
RUGBY LEAGUE
38 Who won last year’s Clive Churchill Medal?
39 Billy Slater announced his retirement from the NRL in 2018. How many games did he play for Melbourne Storm?
40 Who won the 2018 Dally M Medal?
HORSE RACING
41 Flamboyant owner Dr Marwan Koukash (below) never got the chance to enact his pre-Cup promise of doing what if his horse Magic Circle won the Melbourne Cup?
42 Name the four horses that finished runner-up to Winx in her quartet of Cox Plate wins?
43 Which trainer was the most successful of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, with six winners?
GOLF
44 What was Marc Leishman’s year-end PGA world ranking?
45 Tiger Woods won his first PGA Tour title since 2013 last year. What was the tournament and where was it held?
46 American Patrick Reed won last year’s US Masters. Who finished second?
TENNIS
47 Who was the official at the centre of the Serena Williams US Open controversy?
48 Who won the 2018 Newcombe Medal?
49 Australian Nick Kyrgios was defeated in the round of 32 at Wimbledon by which player?
50 Which Australian reached the quarter-finals of the US Open?
ANSWERS:
1. Travis Varcoe. 2. Three times. 3. Carlton. 4. Brooke Lochland (WB — 12 goals). 5. Shaun Burgoyne (36). 6. Steele Sidebottom.7. Jaidyn Stephenson. 8. Melbourne. 9. Nina Morrison (Geelong). 10. Port Adelaide and Brisbane. 11. Seventh. 12. Eddie Betts.13. Jarrod Harbrow. 14. 29 points. 15. Hawthorn. 16. 2006. 17. Two. 18. 27 times. 19. 2009. 20. Lachie Whitfield. 21. 12th. 22. Billy Gowers (26). 23. Three times. 24. Equal second with Patrick Dangerfield. 25. Sam Walsh. 26. Charles Leclerc 27.Scott McLaughlin 28. Seven. 29. Ford Mustang. 30. Rob Wright 31. Jhaniele Fowler 32. Madi Robinson and Kelsey Browne 33. The Giants. 34. Cleveland Cavaliers. 35. Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers. 36. Bryce Cotton. 37. Craig Moller. 38. Luke Keary. 39. 319. 40. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck. 41. Running down the straight in a G-string. 42. Criterion (2015), Hartnell (2016), Humidor (2017) and Benbatl (2018). 43. Darren Weir. 44. 20. 45. The 2018 Tour Championship at East Lake. 46. Rickie Fowler. 47. Carlos Ramos. 48. Ash Barty and Alex de Minaur. 49. Kei Nishikori. 50. John Millman.
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