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Eleven Straight Titles Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge on the great achievements of some amazing people, teams, animals and things who made it eleven straight.

A multiple-choice quiz by bubbatom1. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
bubbatom1

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
351,367

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
560

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Question 1 of 10

1. This make of car won the Australian Formula Ford Championship eleven times straight. What was the make of car? Hint

Tasmania

Victoria

Queensland

Van Diemen

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Question 2 of 10

2. The rivalry between these two players was well known throughout the world. Both dominated the world of tennis, and they won eleven consecutive titles between them, from the 2005 French Open through to the 2007 US Open. Who are these two great tennis players? Hint

Pat Cash and Pat Rafter

Rod Laver and Jimmy Connors

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal

Stefan Edberg and Ivan Lendl

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Question 3 of 10

3. This English football team had eleven straight wins in the 1999-2000 season and the 2008-09 season. Name this great football team. Hint

Dundee United

Motherwell

Glasgow Rangers

Manchester United

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 1945, this great American golfer had eleven wins in a row on the US PGA Tour. What was the name of this golfer? Hint

Tiger Woods

Byron Nelson

Ernie Els

Greg Norman

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Question 5 of 10

5. Poethlyn was a great UK racehorse born in 1910 and dying in 1940. He won eleven straight horse races. What type of horse race was it? Hint

Ascot

Melbourne Cup

Grand National

Steeplechase

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Question 6 of 10

6. Now for an unusual event that happened in sport, not to a team, but to a spectator. What happened to Jiang Xiaoshan, after he stayed up for eleven consecutive nights to watch Euro 2012? Hint

He slept for a week

He went out for a night on the town

He smashed his TV because his team didn't win

He died

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Question 7 of 10

7. This great team nicknamed "The Dragons" won the Australian Rugby League Premiership an amazing eleven times in a row. What is the name of this team? Hint

St John

St Mark

St George

St Christopher

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Question 8 of 10

8. The United States won the Men's 3 metre Springboard Diving Competition for the first time in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. The country went on to win it eleven consecutive times. What was the name of the games in which the United States won this medal? Hint

North American Games

Commonwealth Games

Olympic Games

Pan Pac Games

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Question 9 of 10

9. Keith Hernandez won eleven consecutive Gold Glove awards in which sport? Hint

Baseball

Boxing

Basketball

Ice Hockey

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Question 10 of 10

10. This Canadian ice hockey player was the seventh player to score thirty goals in eleven consecutive seasons. What is his name? Hint

Jarome Iginla

Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Lewis

Julio Iglesias

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This make of car won the Australian Formula Ford Championship eleven times straight. What was the make of car?

Answer: Van Diemen

Van Diemen International Ltd was started in Norfolk, England in 1973 by Ross Ambrose and Ralph Firman. The company was called Van Diemen as that is the former name of Tasmania, where Ambrose was born and lived before he moved to England.

Answer: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer was born in Switzerland in 1981, and Rafael Nadal was born in Spain in 1986. They played their first match against each other at the Miami Masters in 2004, and have since played each other many times. Between July 2005 and August 2009, an amazing 211 weeks, they held the world number one and two ranks.

3. This English football team had eleven straight wins in the 1999-2000 season and the 2008-09 season. Name this great football team.

Answer: Manchester United

Motherwell, Glasgow Rangers, and Dundee United are all football teams based in Scotland. Manchester United is based at the Old Trafford ground in England. The team was formed in 1878. The team has had many great players including George Best (my personal favourite) and Wayne Rooney.

4. In 1945, this great American golfer had eleven wins in a row on the US PGA Tour. What was the name of this golfer?

Answer: Byron Nelson

Byron Nelson (1912-2006) had a record breaking year in 1945 winning 18 out of 35 PGA Tournaments. In 1997 Nelson became the second recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award.

5. Poethlyn was a great UK racehorse born in 1910 and dying in 1940. He won eleven straight horse races. What type of horse race was it?

Answer: Steeplechase

Poethlyn won eleven steeplechase races in a row and is remembered today by having a row of houses named after him in Overton, Hampshire. School Lane was renamed Poethlyn Terrace in the horse's honour.

6. Now for an unusual event that happened in sport, not to a team, but to a spectator. What happened to Jiang Xiaoshan, after he stayed up for eleven consecutive nights to watch Euro 2012?

Answer: He died

Jiang Xiaoshan died of exhaustion after staying up a staggering eleven days to watch all the Euro 2012 Football matches. His favourite teams were England and France, so he certainly wouldn't have been happy with the result! Spain defeated France 2-0.

7. This great team nicknamed "The Dragons" won the Australian Rugby League Premiership an amazing eleven times in a row. What is the name of this team?

Answer: St George

St George won the Premiership from 1956 to 1966. The team first entered the competition in 1921. It has had many great players who went on to play for Australia, including Rod "Rocket" Reddy and Craig Young. In 1999 the team merged with the Illawarra Steelers and became St George Illawarra Dragons.

Answer: Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are held every four years, and this event was dominated by the United States until 1972 in Munich. The United States could then only manage third place, and the event was won by Vladimir Vasin of the Soviet Union.

9. Keith Hernandez won eleven consecutive Gold Glove awards in which sport?

Answer: Baseball

Hernandez won the Gold Glove, also known as the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, in baseball when he played first base for the St Louis Cardinals and, later, for the New York Mets. These amazing feats were accomplished between 1978 and 1988. After baseball, he became a sportscaster for SNY, and also appeared in a couple of episodes of 'Seinfeld'.

10. This Canadian ice hockey player was the seventh player to score thirty goals in eleven consecutive seasons. What is his name?

Answer: Jarome Iginla

Iginla has played for the Calgary Flames since 1995 and also a member of the Canadian Ice Hockey team which won the gold medal in the 2002 and 2010 Olympic Games. On 7 January, 2012, Iginla scored his 500th goal against the Minnesota Wild, becoming the 42nd player in history to achieve this feat.

Source: Author bubbatom1

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