The Quiz: test your sporting knowledge

Which team has won the most titles in the NBL? Which two Australians have won the women’s 400m at the Olympics?

Two NSW cricketers toured England in the 1993 Ashes tour. See Question 16.

Our resident trivia master Stephen Samuelson tests your sporting knowledge.

Questions

1. Which team has won the most titles in the NBL?

2. Which surf lifesaving race was founded because it was the plot of a film in 1984?

3. Which two Australians have won the women’s 400m at the Olympics?

4. Who has scored more goals in league football? Messi or Ronaldo?

5. Which boxer did Jeff Fenech fight three times in his professional career?

Footballer Tony Modra (l) kicking over Stephen Paxman (r).ALF Football - Port Adelaide Power vs Fremantle match at Football Park 18 Mar 2000. a/ct/Football/AFL

6. Which multiple winner of the AFL Mark of The Year awards, pictured above, has achieved it with two clubs?

7. Which two coaches have taken the Wallabies to two World Cup tournaments?

8. Who has played in grand finals with three NRL clubs in the past decade?

9. How long is the run leg in an Olympic triathlon?

10. From which land-based sport is water polo derived? Polo, rugby or soccer?

11. Which Hobart Hurricane is the only player to score a century and take five wickets in an innings in Big Bash cricket?

12. What name is given to the sport that combines ski jumping and cross-country skiing?

13. Which AFL player won the Norm Smith Medal in neither the winning nor losing side?

14. Which horse race is longer? Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate or VRC Derby?

15. Which Brit is the only driver to win the Australian Grand Prix in both Adelaide and Albert Park?

16. Name the two NSW players pictured below who toured England in the 1993 Ashes tour

Q 16. Who are these two NSW cricketers?

17. Which two WTA world No 1 players shared the same first name?

18. Which five teams with United in their name have played in the English Premier League?

19. Which two cities have had three different venues host rugby league’s State of Origin?

20. Which two AFL players have made the All Australian team in the past three seasons?

21. Which three Australian golfers have finished runner-up to Ernie Els at the British Open?

22. Of the 13 players with more than 10,000 Test runs, which Sri Lankan has the highest average and which Englishman the lowest?

Can you name this swimmer from Question 23?

23. Name the Australian swimmer pictured who is one of three people to win 10 Commonwealth Games gold medals

24. Which Australian side was the last to win a Super Rugby title?

25. Which Australian basketballer in 2017 set a WNBA record for most points in a game?

26. Which NSW Origin player made his debut in 2011, just 16 years after his father?

27. Which sport beginning with W means martial arts in Mandarin?

28. True or false? Baseball and softball teams are comprised of the same number of players?

29. Which country won the World Netball Championship last year?

30. During the 1990s which two brands of football were used in the AFL?

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Answers

1. Perth Wildcats (10 titles)

2. The Coolangatta Gold

3. Betty Cuthbert (1964) and Cathy Freeman (2000)

4. Ronaldo (440 to 438)

5. Azumah Nelson (1991, 1992 and 2008)

6. Tony Modra (Adelaide – 1993 and 1997, Fremantle 2000)

7. Bob Dwyer (1991, 1995) and Michael Cheika (2015, 2019)

8. James Maloney (Warriors 2011, Roosters 2013, Sharks 2016)

9. 10km

10. Rugby

11. D’Arcy Short

12. Nordic combined

13. Lenny Hayes (St Kilda, tied grand final 2010)

14. VRC Derby (2500m, Caulfield Cup 2400m, Cox Plate 2040m)

15. Damon Hill (1995 and 1996)

16. Michael Slater and Wayne Holdsworth

17. Martina Navratilova and Martina Hingis

18. Leeds United, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Sheffield United and West Ham United

19. Sydney (ANZ Stadium, Allianz Stadium and SCG) and Melbourne (MCG, Marvel Stadium and Olympic Park)

20. Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong) and Jeremy McGovern (West Coast Eagles)

21. Stuart Appleby and Steve Elkington (2002), Adam Scott (2012)

22. Kumar Sangakkara (57.40) and Alistair Cook (45.35)

23. Susie O’Neill (Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones are the others)

24. NSW Waratahs (2014)

25. Liz Cambage (53 for Dallas Wings against New York Liberty)

26. Will Hopoate (John Hopoate)

27. Wushu

28. True (nine each)

29. New Zealand (beat Australia 52-51)

30. Sherrin and Ross Faulkner