SPORTS QUIZ NO. 26 2007 MIXED SPORTS

[Baron Greenback]

David Neitz?
I'm sure it was a Melbourne player.

correct CN he was the 1st . now the 2nd part of the Q was who was the last?"

Aaron Davey?

the last game was the AFL grand final CN. dont think i saw aaron playing

Haha. Good call. Was thinking minor round.

What about Paul Champan?

[magpie in the 80's]

INCORRECT CN

[magpie in the 80's]

CRICKET
1. What number Test player for Australia did Mitchell Johnson become when Glenn McGrath presented him with his baggy green cap before the Brisbane Test in November?
397
2. Which country won the inaugural Twenty20 world championship?
INDIA
3. Whose wicket did Sri Lankan spinner Muthiah Muralidaran take to break Shane Warne's world record?
PAUL COLLINGWOOD
4. Who was named Australia's Bradman Emerging Cricketer of the Year at the Allan Border Medal count in February?
BEN HILFENHAUS
5. Who was voted best non-international Twenty20 bowler in Australia by his peers?
SHANE HARWOOD

TENNIS
6. He's never completed the full grand slam, but this year Roger Federer won three of the four tournaments comprising the grand slam for the first, second, third or fourth time?
3RD TIME
7. What was the best Australian performance in a grand slam singles tournament in 2007?
QUARTERS BY LLEYTON HEWITT
8. Who made up the only Australian team to have ever won the Hopman Cup?
MAR PHILIPPOUSOUS AND JELENA DOKIC
9. Who will be inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame on Australia Day, 2008?
PAT RAFTER
10. Who won the men's doubles at the 2007 Australian Open?
MIKE AND BOB BRYAN

AFL
11. Port Adelaide lost the grand final to Geelong by a record 119 points. Who was the only player to put them in front on the day?
BRETT EBERT
12. Essendon in 2000 and Geelong in 2007 both had dominant finals' series, playing three games, winning all three. Which team had the greater winning aggregate over its three finals?
NEITHER THEY BOTH HAD 230 POINTS
13. The Coleman Medal is for most goals in the home-and-away season, but the winner usually comes from a team that makes the finals. Jonathan Brown (2007) and Brendan Fevola (2006) broke that rule. Who was the next most recent exception?
GARY ABLETT SNR. 1993
14. Who kicked the first, and last, goals of the 2007 Afl season?
DAVID NEITZ AND SHAUN BURGOYNE
15. Before Geelong this year, what was the most recent side to win the flag having not played finals the previous year?
ADELAIDE

SOCCER
16. Archie Thompson scored five goals in Melbourne Victory's 6-0 A-League grand final drubbing of Adelaide United. Who scored Melbourne's sixth? And where is he playing now?
KRISTIAN SAKIES
17. Australia lost to Japan in the quarter finals of the Asian Cup. Which Socceroo was sent off and what was the final score?
VINCE GRELLA / 4 - 3 ON PENALTIES AFTER 1 ALL DRAW AT FULLTIME
18. Pim Verbeek has been appointed the new national team coach. Which two high-profile coaches did he work with as assistant coach of the South Korean national team?
GUUS HIDDINK AND DICK ADVOCAAT
19. Chelsea parted company with Jose Mourinho this season, Tottenham with Martin Jol, and England with Steve McLaren. Who replaced them in their respective jobs?
AVRAM GRANT / JUNADE RAMOS / FABIO CAPELLO
20. In the past five years Real Madrid has replaced two title-winning coaches shortly after it has secured the Spanish championship. Who are they?
VICENTE DEL BOSQUES (2003) / FABIO CAPELLO (2007)

GOLF
21. Which Australian equalled the course record at Carnoustie during the British Open, shooting 64 in the final round and finishing fourth?
RICHARD GREEN
22. Who was the only Australian to win a tournament on the PGA Tour in 2007?
AARON BADDELEY
23. Who is the player who overtook Annika Sorenstam to become the No.1 player in women's golf in 2007?
LORENA OCHOA
24. Greg Norman was elevated to “legend” status in the Australian Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. Who is the only other golfer categorised as a legend?
PETER THOMPSON
25. What was the venue for the 2007 Australian Open?
THE AUSTRALIAN (SYDNEY)

HORSE RACING
26. Equine Influenza was identified, for the first time, in Australia on August 23 with confirmation that a shuttle stallion tested positive to the disease in quarantine in Eastern Creek. Name the stallion.
ENCOSTA DE LAGO
27. Jockey Damien Oliver completed racing's grand slam this year with victory in the Golden Slipper Stakes in Sydney at his 11th attempt. Who did he ride?
FORENSICIS
28. Name the two horses and their riders that were involved in the sensational scratchings at the barrier before this spring's Caulfield Cup.
MALDIVIAN - MICHAEL RODDAND ESKIMO QUEEN - CRAIG NESBITT
29. Efficient's Melbourne Cup victory provided his owner Lloyd Williams with his third success in Australia's premier race. Name his other two winners and the years they won.
JUSTA A DASH (1981) AND WHAT A NUISANCE (1985)
30. The 2006-2007 Australian Horse Of The Year, Miss Andretti, began her racing days in Western Australia. Name the other two WA horses to win the title since it began in 1968-69
NORTHERLY (2002/3) AND PLACID ARK (21986/7

MOTOR
31. The V8 Supercar championship went down to the wire, with four drivers still in the hunt at the beginning of the final round. Who were they, and who took the title?
GARTH TANDER (TITLE)- CRAIG LOWNDES - RICK KELLY - JAMIE WHINCUP
32. Which Australian became the country's latest motor sport world champion when he took out the MotoGP title? And for what team does he ride?
CASEY STONER - DUCATI
33. Mark Webber is Australia's only current formula one driver. For which team did he race in 2007? In which grand prix did he score his only podium finish that year?
RED BULL RACING / GERMAN G. P.
34. Will Power flies the Australian flag in the Champ Car World Series. How many races did he win this season and where did he finish in the championship?
2 WINS AND 4TH IN THE CHAMPOINSHIP
35. Chris Atkinson has been in the World Rally Championship for three seasons now. For which team does the NSW-born driver compete and how many podium finishes has he achieved in his career?[/b]
SUBARU / ONE AT JAPAN

SWIMMING
36. Which Australian won five gold medals at this year's world championships in Melbourne? And in which events?
LIBBY LENTON / 50, 100 FREESTYLE - 100 BUTTERFLY - 4 X 100M MEDLEY - 4 X 100M FREESTYLE
37. At this year's world titles, who became the first swimmer in close to a decade other than Grant Hackett to win a 1500- metre freestyle world title?
POLAND'S MATEUSZ SAWEYMOWICZ
38. How many gold medals did American superstar Michael Phelps win and how many world records did he set at this year's world titles?
7 GOLD AND 5 WORLD RECORDS
39. What was the unofficial world record that Libby Lenton set during the Duel in the Pool that was not ratified by governing body FINA?
100M FREESTYLE IN 52.99 SEC.
40. Who broke Tracey Wickham's 29-yearold national record for the 400-metre freestyle at the Japan Open in August?
BRONTE BARRATT


ATHLETICS
41. Lance Brauman coached Tyson Gay to a 100-200 metres double at the world championships and Veronica Campbell to a 100 gold medal. What special challenge did Brauman face?
HE WAS IN JAIL
42. Jana Rawlinson and Nathan Deakes won world championships gold medals for Australia in Osaka. When was the last time Australia had two gold medallists at an Olympic Games or world championships?
MEXICO CITY 1968
43. Asafa Powell is the world's fastest man, on the clock. On the result of the world championships final, he is not even the fastest man in his (extended) family. Who is?
DERRICK ATKINS
44. Which world youth champion became the youngest ever Australian world championships representative in Osaka?
VICKY PARNOV (POLE VAULTER)
45. Which Australian world championships representative got as much support from the locals as from home? And why?
SEAN WROE BECAUSE HIS MOTHER IS JAPANESE


NRL
46. Who was the recently retired star who famously confessed to his inner demons after being busted with an ecstasy tablet when on a holiday in London?
ANDREW JOHNS
47. How many games did the Melbourne Storm lose during the 2007 season?
THREE
48. Who was named Australian captain for the end-of-season Test against New Zealand?
CAMERON SMITH
49. Who was named the NRL's Dally M player of the year?
JONATHON THURSTON
50. Who was appointed the NSW state-of-origin coach after Graham Murray led the Blues to their second series loss in a row?
CRAIG BELLAMY

OTHER SPORTS
51. Apart from Bells Beach at Easter, where and when is the other men's world championship tour event held in Australia?
GOLD COAST IN FEB
52. What number world women's surfing title was Layne Beachley after in 2007?
8
53. Which Australian basketballer won her second MVP award in the Women's National Basketball Association competition in the US?
LAUREN JACKSON
54. How many losses, combined, from a total of 82 fights did Floyd Mayweather jnr and Ricky Hatton have before they fought each other in early December?
ZERO
55. And who won the fight?
FLOYD MAYWEATHER JNR.
56. What are the nicknames of Australia's national men's and women's water polo teams?
SHARKS AND STINGERS
57. What is the nickname of the world champion Australian netball team?
IT DOESN'T HAVE ONE
58. Who won The Age Sports Performer of the Year award?
CADEL EVANS
59. Which team eliminated Australia from this year's rugby World Cup in France?
ENGLAND
60. Australia's new rugby coach Robbie Deans coaches which team in the Super 14s competition?
CRUSADERS

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ