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1. Who scored the winning goal for Australia in the 1999 netball World Cup final against New Zealand, with only 1 second left on the clock?
2. Before Cathy Freeman won the 400 metres at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, it had been a while since Australia had won a track gold medal at an Olympics. Who was Australia's last Track and Field gold medalist before Cathy?
3. Cricket: in 1996, the West Indies cricket team made another tour of Australia and naturally played in the World Series of one-dayers. On the New Year's Eve match at the SCG, Australia needed 4 runs off the final delivery to snatch victory. Which Aussie batsman stepped up and hit the winning boundary?
4. Which sporting event did David Hill (former President of Soccer Australia) describe as the 'saddest day in Australian sport, any sport, in this country'?
5. Who was the first Australian race horse to win {$1.0m} in prizemoney on Australian soil?
6. In what has been described ever since as the 'greatest Rugby League grand final in history' the 1989 grand final was won by the Canberra Raiders in extra-time. With only minutes of regular time remaining, which Canberra veteran crossed for the try that sent the game into extra-time?
7. According to many Aussie Rules historians, one of the most memorable sporting moments was the Preliminary Final of 1997, when St Kilda defeated reigning premiers North Melbourne. This match was won mid-way through the second quarter when Steven Sziller put a hip-and-shoulder on which Kangaroos champion, forcing him to leave the game with a dislocated shoulder?
8. Basketball: who has won more NBL MVPs than any other player in Australian basketball history?
9. According to reports which filtered out after the event, which Aussie sport legend declined the invitation to light the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, leaving the door open for Cathy Freeman to light the flame?
10. Australian Rules Football: South Melbourne Swans FC moved north of the border to Sydney for the 1982 season. Who was the first Swans player to win the Brownlow Medal after the relocation?
11. Which Wallaby was voted 'Player of the Tournament' in the 1991 Rugby World Cup?
12. Between these four Aussie golfers, they have won 9 total golf majors with 8 British Opens, plus 1 U.S. PGA. Which of these won the U.S. PGA?
13. Which female Aussie squash player didn't lose a single match for over 18 years?
14. Which Aussie billiards player was so good that they needed to change the rules of the game to stop his domination?
15. During the 1997 Melbourne Cup a spectator jumped the fence and ran onto the track as the horses were coming down the final straight. What happened then?
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