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Footy Balls Up Trivia Quiz

Know a lot about footy or just good at multiple choice deduction? Try these questions about Australian football.

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

Author
Quacker

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
58,334

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
3 / 5

Plays
895

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Question 1 of 5

1. What VFA (now VFL) club did Barry Round captain-coach after retiring from the VFL (now AFL)? Hint

West Torrens

Williamstown

Coburg

Prahran

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Question 2 of 5

2. What tribunal defence did Rod Grinter give for striking Terry Wallace? Hint

Grinter thought Wallace's head was the ball

Grinter claimed to have been 'manhandled' and declined to elaborate

It was a response to racial vilification

Family problems

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Question 3 of 5

3. Why were Catholic school children in the 1950s sometimes admonished for supporting Essendon? Hint

John Coleman had described a timely snap to win a match as 'a bloody miracle' in the Argus newspaper

The half-forward line was known as the Holy Trinity

The traditional 'six-six-six' signal for a goal used by Windy Hill goal umpires was suspected to be

Essendon was considered the Freemasons' team

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Question 4 of 5

4. A hare-brained plot was hatched to train retired footballers to represent Australia at which sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympics? Hint

Australian Rules

Soccer

Handball

Water Polo

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Question 5 of 5

5. Hawthorn, Sydney and Collingwood star Dermott Brereton controversially donated money to which organisation? Hint

The Uniting Church

The NAACP

The IRA

The PLO

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What VFA (now VFL) club did Barry Round captain-coach after retiring from the VFL (now AFL)?

Answer: Williamstown

Round was to coach the Seagulls quite successful, displaying shades of the form that once won him a Brownlow.

2. What tribunal defence did Rod Grinter give for striking Terry Wallace?

Answer: Grinter thought Wallace's head was the ball

A sickening blow. Wallace was a great player and Grinter wasn't so bad either, when he wasn't suspended.

3. Why were Catholic school children in the 1950s sometimes admonished for supporting Essendon?

Answer: Essendon was considered the Freemasons' team

Ironically, Essendon took their red and black strip from the Paradians, a Catholic school originally in East Melbourne.

4. A hare-brained plot was hatched to train retired footballers to represent Australia at which sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?

Answer: Handball

As host nation, Australia was entitled to enter a team in every sport on the program. Australia's regular handball representatives (who never qualify for the Olympics) were not impressed.

5. Hawthorn, Sydney and Collingwood star Dermott Brereton controversially donated money to which organisation?

Answer: The IRA

Dermott Brereton is also a member of almost every AFL club.

Source: Author Quacker

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