SPORTS QUIZ 73 THE YEAR 2010

[magpie in the 80's]

RUGBY LEAGUE

1. Who scored the first try in this year's NRL Grand Final?
MARK GASNIER
2. What was the score in November's Four Nations final between Australia and New Zealand?

3. True or false? St George Illawarra won both the NRL minor premiership and premiership.
TRUE
4. Darren Lockyer needs only two caps to join who as the most capped Queenslander in State of Origin games?
ALAN LANGER
5. Who won the 2010 Dally M award?
TODD CARNEY
6. Which English club has disgraced centre Joel Monaghan joined for next season?
WARRINGTON WOLVES
7. Melbourne Storm had the premierships of which years stripped from them because of salary cap rorts?
2007 AND 2009
8. Who replaced Craig Bellamy as coach of NSW for next year?
RICKY ATUART
9. How many tries did Greg Inglis score for Melbourne in 2010?

10. Which NSW representative exited the Blues State of Origin camp after taking offence to comments made by rugby league great Andrew Johns?
TIMANA TAHU

GOLF

11. Which Australian finished highest on the 2010 PGA Tour money leaders list?

12. Who hit a hole in one on the fourth playoff hole to win the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open?

13. Tiger Woods went through 2010 winless, the first year he has done so since when?

14. Which Taiwanese female was the only winner of multiple majors on the LPGA Tour in 2010?

15. Four Australian men finished the year ranked in the world's top 50. Name them.
ROBERT ALLENBY - GEOFF OGILVY - ADAM SCOTT - JASON DAY
16. Which Australian tournament will be played during the week preceeding the 2011 President's Cup?

17. Which South Australian golfer lead the Australian Masters for almost its entirity before being trumped by Stuart Appleby on the final hole?
ADAM BLAND
18. Who captained Europe to its Ryder Cup victory this year?

19. Which Australian golfer regained his PGA Tour card by finishing fifth in qualifying school?

20. Karrie Webb finished the year as Australia's highest ranked female golfer. What is her world ranking?


AUSTRALIAN SOCCER

21. Name the two Melbourne Victory players who missed during the penalty shootout in the 2009/10 A-League grand final.
KEVIN MUSCAT AND ?
22. Melbourne Heart's first ever goal was an own goal conceded by which club?
NEWCASTLE JETS
23. A pre-season tournament between Sydney and which three European clubs took place in July?

24. Who was named Australian Footballer of the Year?

25.An A-League match between which two clubs was abandoned due to the state of the pitch in December?
GOLD COAST UNITED AND CENTRAL COAST MARINERS
26. What was to be the nickname of the now defunct Western Sydney team that was to debut in the 2011/12 A-League season?
ROVERS
27. Danny Allsopp recently returned to Melbourne Victory after stints with which two clubs?

28. Who scored the Socceroos' goals in their 2-1 win against New Zealand at the MCG prior to the World Cup?
BRETT HOLMAN AND ?
29. There has been one mid-season coaching change in the A-League. Name the club and the outgoing coach.
PERTH GLORY AND DAVID MITCHELL
30. Who won the 2009/10 Johnny Warren Medal?


TENNIS

31. Rafael Nadal was the winner of which 2010 grand slam events?
FRENCH - WIMBLEDON - US OPEN
32. Who defeated Sam Stosur in the final of the French Open?
FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE
33. Where did Stosur finish 2010 in the world rankings?
6TH
34. Who is the world's No.1 ranked men's doubles combination?
BOB AND MIKE BRYAN
35. John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played out the longest match of all-time at Wimbledon. What was the score in the fifth set and who won the match?
70 TO 68
36. An injury to what part of her body kept Serena Williams out of action for most of the second half of 2010?

37. A spat during a charity tennis match caused which player to serve the ball deliberately at Andre Agassi's head?

38. Wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer made a name for herself this year by doing what?

39. Which nation won its first Davis Cup this year?
SERBIA
40. What is the name of Lleyton and Bec Hewitt's third child, born in October?


AMERICAN SPORT

41. The roof of which NFL team caved in, causing it to move its next home game to another city?
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
42. LeBron James made a controversial move to which NBA club this year?
MIAMI HEAT
43. Dallas Braden became the 19th man in Major League Baseball history to do what this year?
PITVH THE PERFECT GAME ( NO HITS )
44. Who won ice hockey's gold medal game at this year's Winter Olympics?
CANADA
45. The brother of which English Premier League star will play in the Major League Soccer competition in 2011?
WAYNE ROONEY
46. Which NFL team recorded an emotional Super Bowl victory in February?
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
47. By how many points did the LA Lakers defeat the Boston Celtics in game seven of the 2009/10 NBA Finals?
4
48. Who became the youngest player to reach 600 career home runs in July?
ALEX RODRIGUEZ
49. Which team finished with the worst record in the 2009/10 NHL season?

50. What is the Heisman Trophy?
TROPHY FOR THE BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR

RACING

61. Who crossed the line last in this year's Melbourne Cup?

62. So You Think won four Group 1 races during the spring. Name them.
UNDERWOOD - MACKINNON - COX PLATE - ?
63. This year marked the 150th running of the Melbourne Cup. Who won the first?
ARCHER
64. The racing industry was was rocked by the death of which champion jockey this year?
STATHI KATSIDIS
65. How many kilograms did topweight Shocking carry in the Melbourne Cup?

66. Which horse claimed his fourth consecutive Sandown Classic in November?
ZIPPING
67. Exported Australian horse Starspangledbanner won which two G1 races during the British summer?

68. Which two Group 1 races were delayed by a week after a freak Melbourne storm forced the abandonment of Flemington's Super Saturday meeting?

69. Which jockey won his first Scobie Breasley Medal for the 2009-10 season?

70. At what time was the 2010 Cox Plate run?
5.35PM AEST

ATHLETICS

81. David Rudisha, a 21-year-old Kenyan, twice in one week broke which world record that had previously stood for 13 years?

82. What is the nickname of the Australian athletics team?

83. Who defeated Usain Bolt over 100m in this year's Stockholm Diamond League meeting?
TYSON GAY
84. How many track and field gold medals did Australia win at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi?

85. After pulling out of the New York marathon, which track and field legend announced his retirement only to change his mind days later?
HAILE GEBRSELASSIE
86. Controversy surrounded Sally Pearson's run in the 100m final of the Commonwealth Games. Why?
SHE CROSSED THE LINE 1ST ONLY TO BE DISQUALIFIED HOURS LATER FOR A FALSE START
87. A man from which country this year became the first white person to run the 100m in under 10 seconds?

88. How many jumps did Steve Hooker need to win the pole vault competition at the Commonwealth Games?

89. Disgraced Olympic champion Marion Jones now plays which professional sport?
BASKETBALL
90. What is the name of the Australian discus world champion who decided to boycott the Commonwealth Games due to safety concerns?


BASKETBALL

91. Which team won the 2009-10 NBL title?
PERTH WILDCATS
92. Which team won the 2009-10 WBNL title?
CANBERRA CAPITALS
93. How many games in a row did the Melbourne Tigers lose to start the 2010-11 NBL season?
6
94. Which country won the 2010 men's basketball world championships?
USA
95. Where did Australia finish in the same tournament?

96. Which NBL franchise was revived for the 2010-11 season after a year in the wilderness?
SYDNEY KINGS
97. Name the WNBA team champion Australian basketballer Lauren Jackson plays for.
SEATTLE STORM
98. Which NBA team does 22-year-old Australian point guard Patrick Mills play for?
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
99. Who is the coach of the Boomers?
BRETT BROWN
100. Who was the NBL's MVP for the 2009-10 season?
COREY "HOMICIDE" WILLIAMS

INTERNATIONAL SOCCER

101. Who scored the winning goal for Spain the 2010 World Cup final?
ANDRAACAACES INIESTA
102. Who was the leading goal scorer in the 2009-10 English Premier League season?
DIDIER DROGBA
103. Which former powerhouse of Dutch soccer was defeated 10-0 in a league game this year?
FEYENOORD
104. How many points did the Socceroos accrue from the group stage of the World Cup?
4
105. Which team did Inter Milan defeat to win the 2010 Club World Cup?

106. Name the Australian defender who plays for current Asian Champions League holders Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.
SASA OGNENOVSKI
107. Australia scored three goals at the World Cup. Who scored them?
BRETT HOLMAN (2) AND TIM CAHILL
108. Which three teams were promoted to the English Premier League for the current season?
WEST BROMWICH ALBION - BLACKPOOL - NEWCASTLE
109. How many of Spain's starting 11 from the World Cup final play club soccer for Barcelona?
7
110. Which nation shocked the world by finishing fourth at the World Cup?
URUGUAY

CRICKET

111. Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to do what in the current series against South Africa?
SCORED HIS 50TH TEST CENTURY
112. How many players, not including 12th men or substitute fielders, played a Test match for Australia in 2010?

113. Australia played 11 Tests in 2010. In how many of those did they bat first?

114. Which country won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament?
ENGLAND
115. Who was the world's leading Test wicket-taker in 2010?
GRAEME SWANN
116. Who hit the most sixes in international Twenty20 matches in 2010?

117. Shane Warne was captain-coach of which Indian Premier League franchise in 2010?
RAJASTHAN ROYALS
118. Which state won the 2009/10 Ford Ranger Cup competition?
TASMANIA
119. The 2010/11 Ryobi One Day Cup operates in a split innings format. How many overs do teams bat in their first innings?
20 OVERS
120. Which state currently tops the Sheffield Shield table?


CYCLING

121. What is the name of the Australian racing team which failed to secure a ProTeam or Pro Continental licence from the International Cycling Union?
PEGASUS RACING
122. Who won the 2010 Tour de France?
ALBERTO CONTADOR
123. Which Australian cyclist landed himself in hot water for his two fingered salute to officials for disqualifying him from the final of keirin at the 2010 Commonwealth Games?

124. How many gold medals did the Australian cycling team win in New Delhi?

125. How many gold medals did Anna Meares win at the same competition?

126. Which Australian city hosted the 2010 Road Cycling World Championships?
GEELONG
127. Which nation topped the medal tally at the 2010 Track Cycling World Championships?

128. Which team does Lance Armstrong ride for?
RADIO SHACK
129. Cadel Evans fractured which bone in his body while riding at this year's Tour de France?
ELBOW
130. How many kilometers is the cycling leg of an Olympic distance triathlon?


NETBALL

131. Which team won the 2010 ANZ Championship?
ADELAIDE THUNDERBIRDS
132. Where did the Melbourne Vixens finish on the ladder?

133. Name the Vixens co-captains for season 2011.

134. What is the nickname of the Australian netball team?
THE DIAMONDS
135. Maria Tutaia broke Australia's hearts by doing what this year?
SCORING THE WINNING GOAL FOR NEW ZEALAND
136. Australia defeated which netballing minnow 113-18 in a pool game at the Commonwealth Games?

137. Which two countries contested the World Netball Series final in England in November?

138. Where did Australia finish in that tournament?

139. Victorians Shae Bolton, Jo Curran and Ashlee Howard play for which ANZ Championship team?

140. In what country are the 2011 Netball World Championships to be held?


MOTOR SPORT

141. Which four grands prix did Mark Webber win in 2010?
SPAIN - BRITAIN - MONACO - HUNGARY
142. How many times did he start a race from pole position?
5
143. Who won the 2010 Australian Grand Prix?
JENSON BUTTON
144. Who won the 2010 MotoGP title?
JORGE LORENZO
145. How many times in a row has Casey Stoner now won the Phillip Island round of the MotoGP?

146. V8 Supercar champion James Courtney defected to which team after his 2010 success?
TOLL HOLDEN RACING
147. Name the co-drivers who won Bathurst this year?
CRAIG LOWNDES AND MARK SKAIFE
148. France's Saacaacebastien Loeb has now won how many consecutive World Rally Championships?

149. Australian Jason Crump is a three-time world champion in which motor racing discipline?
MOTORCYCLE SPEEDWAY
150. In what position did former V8 Supercar driver Marcus Ambrose finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this year?
26TH

MISCELLANEOUS

151. Who scored one of Australian boxing's greatest upsets by knocking out Anthony Mundine in early December?
GARTH WOOD
152. Which nation did Australia defeat 59-16 during their European tour?
FRANCE
153. The surfing world was rocked by the death of which three-time world champion in November?
ANDY IRONS
154. Geoff Huegill completed the fairytale comeback of 2010 by winning which individual event at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games?

155. How many gold medals did Australia win at the rowing world championships this year?

156. Australian Emma Moffatt is the current world champion in which sport?
TRIATHLON
157. Who were Australia's two gold medalists at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver?
TORAH BRIGHT AND LYDIA LASSILA
158. Who is the current unified IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight champion of the world?
VLADIMIR KLITSCHKO
159. What is the nickname of the Victorian team set to debut in the Super 15 competition in 2011?
THE REBELS
160. The current world's strongest man title holder hails from which country?

[Thiele]

70. 5pm
119. 20
127. Geelong Melbourne
128. Elbow
129. Radio shack
131. Adelaide Thunderbirds
134. Diamonds
146. Holden
147. Lowndes and Skaife
153. Andy Irons
156. Triathlon

[Phantom Gossiper]

1. Mark Gasnier
3. True
4. Allan "Alfie" Langer
5. Todd Carney
7. 2007 & 2009, and the minor premierships of 2006,07,08.
8. Ricky Stuart
10. Timana Tahu

111. Hit 50 test centuries
114. England
115. Graham Swann
117. Rajistan(sp) Royals
118. Tasmania?
119. 20 overs
151. Garth Wood
158. Vladamir Klitchsko
159. Rebels

[grant j]

152. France

[magpie in the 80's]

70. 5pm
119. 20
126. Geelong Melbourne
129. Elbow
128. Radio shack
131. Adelaide Thunderbirds
134. Diamonds
146. Holden
147. Lowndes and Skaife
153. Andy Irons
156. Triathlon

CORRECT / CLOSE ENOUGH JT

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Mark Gasnier
3. True
4. Allan "Alfie" Langer
5. Todd Carney
7. 2007 & 2009, and the minor premierships of 2006,07,08.
8. Ricky Stuart
10. Timana Tahu

111. Hit 50 test centuries
114. England
115. Graham Swann
117. Rajistan(sp) Royals
118. Tasmania?
119. 20 overs
151. Garth Wood
158. Vladamir Klitchsko
159. Rebels

CORRECT PG

[magpie in the 80's]

152. France

[FattyLumpkin]

41 Minnesota
42 Miami Heat
46 N'Awlins Saints
50. Trophy for best College American Football player
91 Perth Wildcats
96 Sydney Kings
97 Seattle
98 Portland
154 50m butterfly?

[Mr Beefy]

61 Descarado
62 Cox Plate, Mackinnon Stakes, Toorak and Underwood
63 Archer
64 Stathi Katsidis
65 58.5
66 Zipping
68 Turnbull

[CK]

11. Geoff Ogilvy
12. Adam Bland
13. Geoff Ogilvy, Adam Scott, Stuart Appleby, Jason Day
91. Perth Wildcats
93. Six
96. Sydney Kings
98. Portland Trailblazers
100. Corey "Homicide" Williams

[7-Dog]

41. Minnesota Vikings

42. Miami Heat

43. Pitch a no hitter

44. Canada

46. New Orleans Saints

47. 20?

48. Alex Rodriguez

50. The best player in College football

63. Archer

83. Asafa Powell

86. Another runner false started, Pearson allowed to run, protest that Pearson false as well (protest from the Poms I believe)

89. Basketball

[Grahaml]

31: US open, French Open, Wimbledon
32: Francesca Sciavone
33: 6
34: Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
39: Serbia
83: Tyson Gay
85: Haille Gabresellesie
99: Brett Brown
101: Iniesta
106: Sasa Ognenovski
122: Alberto Contador
157: Lydia Lassilla, Torah Bright

[JK]

21. Think Muscat was one
64. Stathi Katsidis
65. 7?
66. Zipping

[Peterxtc]

25. Gold Coast v ?
29. Perth Glory
108. Blackpool, West Brom & Wolverhampton.

[magpie in the 80's]

41 Minnesota
42 Miami Heat
46 N'Awlins Saints
50. Trophy for best College American Football player
91 Perth Wildcats
96 Sydney Kings
97 Seattle
98 Portland
154 50m butterfly?

ALL OTHERS CORRECT FL

[magpie in the 80's]

61 Descarado
62 Cox Plate, Mackinnon Stakes, Toorak and Underwood
63 Archer
64 Stathi Katsidis
65 58.5
66 Zipping
68 Turnbull

ALL OTHERS CORRECT MB

[magpie in the 80's]

11. Geoff Ogilvy
12. Adam Bland
15. Geoff Ogilvy, Adam Scott, Stuart Appleby, Jason Day
91. Perth Wildcats
93. Six
96. Sydney Kings
98. Portland Trailblazers
100. Corey "Homicide" Williams

ALL OTHERS CORRECT CK

[RustyCage]

MOTOR SPORT

141. Which four grands prix did Mark Webber win in 2010? Spain, Monaco, Silverstone, Hungary

142. How many times did he start a race from pole position? 4?

143. Who won the 2010 Australian Grand Prix? Jensen Hutton

144. Who won the 2010 MotoGP title? Jorge Lorenzo

145. How many times in a row has Casey Stoner now won the Phillip Island round of the MotoGP? 3?

149. Australian Jason Crump is a three-time world champion in which motor racing discipline? Speedway Motorcycle

[magpie in the 80's]

41. Minnesota Vikings
42. Miami Heat
43. Pitch a no hitter
44. Canada
46. New Orleans Saints
47. 20?
48. Alex Rodriguez
50. The best player in College football
63. Archer
83. Asafa Powell
86. Another runner false started, Pearson allowed to run, protest that Pearson false as well (protest from the Poms I believe)
89. Basketball

ALL OTHERS CORRECT 7D

[magpie in the 80's]

31: US open, French Open, Wimbledon
32: Francesca Sciavone
33: 6
34: Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
39: Serbia
83: Tyson Gay
85: Haille Gabresellesie
99: Brett Brown
101: Iniesta
106: Sasa Ognenovski
122: Alberto Contador
157: Lydia Lassilla, Torah Bright

ALL CORRECT GRAHAM