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1.
  Collingwood Football Club    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For Collingwood fans this is easy! For everyone else it will be very difficult.
Tough, 10 Qns, Mick Malthouse, Dec 26 10
Tough
Mick Malthouse
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  Go The Pies!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the history of the Collingwood Football Club.
Average, 10 Qns, ElusiveDream, Apr 15 12
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ElusiveDream
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  Good Old Collingwood Forever    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is the club that neutrals love to hate. But we are one eyed! One is black and the other is white!
Average, 10 Qns, zambesi, Mar 01 12
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zambesi
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  Collingwood 1990 Grand Final    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Just tell me who wore the jumper in the 1990 Grand Final.
Average, 10 Qns, wildwog, Dec 26 10
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wildwog
252 plays
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  Collingwood FC    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here is a quiz on Collingwood FC.
Average, 10 Qns, grossn, Dec 26 10
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grossn
703 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Dick Lee was the first to win the VFL Goal Kicking Award on eight occassions. What were the most goals he kicked in any one season?

From Quiz "Good Old Collingwood Forever"





Collingwood Magpies Trivia Questions
1. In what year was the Collingwood Football Club established?

From Quiz Go The Pies!

Answer: 1892

The Collingwood Football Club was established on February 12th, 1892. Three months later, on May 7th, they played their first game against Carlton.

2. Dick Lee was the first to win the VFL Goal Kicking Award on eight occassions. What were the most goals he kicked in any one season?

From Quiz Good Old Collingwood Forever

Answer: 66

In 17 seasons, 230 games and 707 goals, his highest seasonal total was 66 in 1915. His eight awards were received in the following years: 1907, 1908, 1909:, 1910 (joint with Percy Martini, Geelong), 1914, 1916, 1917 and 1919.

3. In 2007, who was Collingwood's captain?

From Quiz Collingwood FC

Answer: Nathan Buckley

Nathan Buckley was their captain even though he hasn't played all season.

4. Using the jumper numbers of 2002, who was Anthony Rocca minus Paul Licuria, times Shane Woewodin, plus Alan Didak, divided by Jarrod Molloy?

From Quiz Collingwood Football Club

Answer: Shane Woewodin

Shane Woewodin #2 was traded by the Dees in 2002 for the pies no. 17 draft pick. Buckley 5# was traded by the Bears in 1993. Crow #40 is still a rookie. Didak #4 is a star in the making. Rocca 23- Licuria 18=5 Woewodin 2=10 +Didak 4=14 divided by Molloy #7=2 = Woewodin #2.

5. Who wore number 27?

From Quiz Collingwood 1990 Grand Final

Answer: Craig Starcevich

Ended his playing career at Brisbane.

6. What are the first names of the brothers on the Collingwood 2007 team?

From Quiz Collingwood FC

Answer: Heath & Rhyce

Severio and Anthony used to be on the Collingwood team. Cameron and Travis also used to be on the Collingwood team, and Leon and Harry are not related.

7. When was Nathan Buckley born?

From Quiz Collingwood Football Club

Answer: 26th July 1972

He is a Leo and was born in 1972.

8. Who wore number 2?

From Quiz Collingwood 1990 Grand Final

Answer: Tony Francis

Tony ended up going to St Kilda after Collingwood.

9. Which tragic event marred Collingwood's 1990 Premiership victory?

From Quiz Go The Pies!

Answer: The death of a Premiership player in a car accident

Exactly one year after Collingwood claimed victory over Essendon in the 1990 Grand Final, 26-year-old Darren Millane was killed in a car accident. Millane joined Collingwood in 1984, playing 147 games.

10. "Good Old Collingwood Forever" is the club theme song. It is sung to the tune of which song?

From Quiz Good Old Collingwood Forever

Answer: Goodbye Dolly Gray

"Goodbye Dolly Gray" was a popular Boer War and WWI song.

11. What was James Clement's position in 2007?

From Quiz Collingwood FC

Answer: Backman

Arguably one of the best backman in the game.

12. Who was the last Collingwood captain before Nathan Buckley?

From Quiz Collingwood Football Club

Answer: Gavin Brown

Brown became captain in 1995 after Shawn retired and became coach. Daicos was vice captain before that, and Monkhorst never had anything to do with being a captain.

13. Who wore number 17?

From Quiz Collingwood 1990 Grand Final

Answer: Doug Barwick

Doug came to Collingwood after playing at Fitzroy.

14. The club's Team of the Century features some goal kicking wizards. By excluding G. Coventry (1299 career goals) and Dick Lee (707 career goals), who kicked the most career goals behind these two famous goal kicking machines?

From Quiz Good Old Collingwood Forever

Answer: Peter Daicos

Peter Daicos kicked 549 goals from 250 games. Wayne Richardson 323 from 277 games. Des Fothergill 337 from 111 games and Murray Weideman 262 from 180 games.

15. How many Premierships did Collingwood win between 1897 and 1990?

From Quiz Collingwood Football Club

Answer: 14

Carlton and Essendon both had 16 and Collingwood was second with 14.

16. Who wore number 35?

From Quiz Collingwood 1990 Grand Final

Answer: Peter Daicos

He was nicknamed 'The Marvel'.

17. Collingwood has traditionally been known as The Magpies. Another AFL team were also called The Magpies, but were forced to change their team's nickname by the footballing authorities. Who were they?

From Quiz Good Old Collingwood Forever

Answer: Port Adelaide Power

Port Adelaide had been known as the Magpies since 1902, however, when they entered the AFL in 1997, they were asked to change their nickname, thus becoming "The Power". Brunswick in the VFA, also wore the same guernsey as Collingwood and were known as The Magpies, but they never played in the VFL or AFL (they left the VFA in 1990).

18. From Round 11-13 in 2007, where was Collingwood on the ladder?

From Quiz Collingwood FC

Answer: 4th

They won their Round 11 match and still ended up as 4th. Lost Round 12 and still fourth, and then won Round 13 and were fourth.

19. Who wore jumper no. 31 in 2003?

From Quiz Collingwood Football Club

Answer: Luke Shackleton

Luke Shackleton was a second round pick and had not yet played a game of AFL football.

20. Who wore number 3?

From Quiz Collingwood 1990 Grand Final

Answer: Michael Gayfer

21. What is Collingwood's team motto?

From Quiz Go The Pies!

Answer: 'Floreat Pica'

According to www.stars21.com/translator/english_to_latin, a rough translation of 'Floreat Pica' is 'Blossoms in the Pie'. Hawthorn's motto is 'Spectemur agendo' which means 'Let us be judged by our acts'. Carlton's motto is 'Mens Sana in Corpore Sano' which means 'A sound mind in a healthy body.' Essendon's motto is 'Suaviter in Modo, Fortiter in Re' which means 'Gentle in manner, resolute in execution.'

22. Traditionally the club has worn a white guernsey with black stripes. In what year did the club switch to a mostly black guernsey with white stripes?

From Quiz Good Old Collingwood Forever

Answer: 2001

From 2011 onwards, and only against North Melbourne Kangaroos, the guernsey is black with two vertical white stripes instead of the traditional three white stripes (the Kangaroos guernsey is white with three blue vertical stripes).

23. Who did Collingwood lose their 1980 grand final to?

From Quiz Collingwood FC

Answer: Richmond Tigers

They lost by 81 points.

24. Which Eagle did Collingwood receive in the 2002 post season for Damien Adkins?

From Quiz Collingwood Football Club

Answer: Andrew Williams

Missed Mick Malthouse and came to Collingwood after the finals in 2002.

25. Who wore number 22?

From Quiz Collingwood 1990 Grand Final

Answer: Tony Shaw

The Captain.

26. Collingwood were once part of the VFA (Victorian Football Association). How many other teams were already part of the VFA at that time?

From Quiz Go The Pies!

Answer: 12

The other teams were Essendon, Williamstown, Fitzroy, North Melbourne, Geelong, Footscray, Melbourne, St. Kilda, Carlton, Richmond, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne. In 1897 Collingwood, St. Kilda, Essendon, South Melbourne, Carlton, Geelong, Fitzroy and Melbourne left the VFA and formed the VFL (Victorian Football League).

27. Where did Collingwood end up on the ladder in 2006?

From Quiz Collingwood FC

Answer: 5th

West Coast Eagles 1st, Adelaide Crows 2nd, Fremantle Dockers 3rd, Sydney Swans 4th, Collingwood Magpies 5th, St Kilda 6th, Melbourne Demons 7th, and 8th were the Western Bulldogs.

28. Which year was Nathan Buckley traded to Collingwood from the Brisbane Bears?

From Quiz Collingwood Football Club

Answer: 1993

He was traded for a draft pick which ended up to be Chris Scott.

29. Who wore number 23?

From Quiz Collingwood 1990 Grand Final

Answer: Craig Kelly

Subsequently became a player-manager.

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