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Aussie Sporting Disasters II Trivia Quiz

As a tribute to Samo's quiz here is more times when our sporting teams have not quite reached the dizzying heights of their fans' expectations.

A multiple-choice quiz by Wallos. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Wallos

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
65,114

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
691

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which batsman top scored for Australia in both innings of the 1981 Ashes Test at Leeds? Hint

Grahame Wood

John Dyson

Kim Hughes

Alan Border

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which yacht lost the Americas Cup in 1987? Hint

Kookaburra II

Australia II

Kookaburra III

Australia

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which Socceroo scored in the first leg of the World Cup 2002 qualifier against Uruguay? Hint

Paul Agostino

Mark Viduka

Kevin Muscat

Harry Kewell

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the French tennis player who defeated both Lleyton Hewitt and Wayne Arthurs to win the 2001 Davis Cup? Hint

Nicolas Escude

Stefan Grosjean

Cedric Pioline

Arnaad Clement

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the top scorer in Australia's disasterous second innings against India at Calcutta in 2001? Hint

Mark Waugh

Micheal Slater

Steve Waugh

Matthew Hayden

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which country beat the Wallabies 16-11 at Ballymore, Brisbane on June 30th, 1973? Hint

New Zealand

Wales

Fiji

Tonga

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the score in the first Rugby League test between Great Britain and Australia in 2001? Hint

20-12

28-8

40-12

19-18

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the last Australian to win the Australian Open Men's tennis singles title in the 20th century? Hint

John Newcombe

Mark Edmonson

Pat Cash

Pat Rafter

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who is the only Australian male golfer to win the US Open championship during the 20th century? Hint

Greg Norman

Wayne Grady

David Graham

Steve Elkington

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Question 10 of 10

10. Collingwood won the VFL-AFL premiership in 1990. When was their previous premiership? Hint

1971

1960

1958

1964

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which batsman top scored for Australia in both innings of the 1981 Ashes Test at Leeds?

Answer: John Dyson

England won by 18 runs after following on in the first innings. Ian Botham scored 50 and 149 not out and Bob Willis took 8 wickets in the second innings.

2. Which yacht lost the Americas Cup in 1987?

Answer: Kookaburra III

After 132 years we finally took the Cup away from the Americans only to lose it four years later 4-0 to Dennis Conner's 'Stars and Stripes'.

3. Which Socceroo scored in the first leg of the World Cup 2002 qualifier against Uruguay?

Answer: Kevin Muscat

Muscat, a defender slammed home a penalty to give us a 1-0 lead only to see Uruguay humble the socceroos 3-0 in Montevideo.

4. Who was the French tennis player who defeated both Lleyton Hewitt and Wayne Arthurs to win the 2001 Davis Cup?

Answer: Nicolas Escude

Escude beat newly crowned World No.1 Lleyton Hewitt and then Wayne Arthurs (who replaced Pat Rafter) to defeat Australia 3-2, in a final Australia were odds-on to win.

5. Who was the top scorer in Australia's disasterous second innings against India at Calcutta in 2001?

Answer: Matthew Hayden

Making India follow on VVS Laxman scored 281 and R Dravid 180 to set Australia 384 runs to win. With four ducks and losing the last 8 wickets for 97 the Australian lost, ending their streak of 16 consecutive Test wins. India went on to win arguably the best three test series in history 2-1 with a nailbiting 2 wicket win at Chennai.

6. Which country beat the Wallabies 16-11 at Ballymore, Brisbane on June 30th, 1973?

Answer: Tonga

The first and only time the Pacific nation has defeated the reigning Wiiliam Webb Ellis trophy holders.

7. What was the score in the first Rugby League test between Great Britain and Australia in 2001?

Answer: 20-12

Great Britain won 20-12 upsetting the raging favourite Kangaroos, who went on the win the series 2-1 (40-12 in the 2nd test, 28-8 in the 3rd).

8. Who was the last Australian to win the Australian Open Men's tennis singles title in the 20th century?

Answer: Mark Edmonson

Winning in 1976 and ranked outside the top 200 Edmonson surprised everyone by beating Newcombe. Unfortunately the 1980s came and went, the 1990s came and went, and we were still counting the years since an Aussie male has won our own Grand Slam. Cash won Wimbeldon in 1987, Rafter the US Open in 1998.

9. Who is the only Australian male golfer to win the US Open championship during the 20th century?

Answer: David Graham

In 1981. Norman was runner up twice and has won two British opens. Elkington and Grady have both won the US PGA title.

10. Collingwood won the VFL-AFL premiership in 1990. When was their previous premiership?

Answer: 1958

Losing Grand finalists in 1960, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1979, 1980 and 1981 during those 32 years, from 1958 to 1990. I almost felt sorry for them ... Not.

Source: Author Wallos

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