Kiwi Sporting Greats Trivia Quiz

Answer: 'Snow' Lupton

The race that stops a nation, certainly did that in New Zealand in 1983, when the Waverley Wonder, Kiwi, came from last on the turn, to storm home and win the cup.

Ritchie trained Bonecrusher
McKee trained Sunline
Dreaper was an Irish trainer who trained Arkle.

Answer: Motorcycle Speedway

Ivan Mauger is the greatest speedway rider in New Zealands racing history. He won 6 World Championships in ten years (1968-69-70, 1972, 1977, 1979).

Ronnie Moore won 2 World Championships in the 1950s (1954 and 1959) and 4 NZ titles. Barry Briggs won 4 World Championships (1957-58, 1964, 1966).

Answer: Valerie Adams

Not only did Valerie Adams her second Olympic gold at London 2012, she had also won two Commonwealth Games gold medals (2006 and 2010) and three World championship gold medals (2007, 2009, 2011).

Answer: Berlin

Jack Lovelock was born in New Zealand in 1910 and died in an accident in New York city in 1949. In 1933 he set a world record in the mile with a run of 4:07.6, and his run in Berlin in 1936 before an audience of 110,000 set a world 1500m record with a run of 3:47.8.

Answer: Billiards

Clark McConachy was born in 1895 in Otago, New Zealand. He won the New Zealand Billiards Championship in 1915 and retained the title for his whole life. He developed into a very good player and was soon recognised as one of the world's best, along with Walter Lindrum and Joe Davis.

He was the first player to make two breaks of over 1,000 in consecutive matches and he achieved a personal best break of 1,943 against Joe Davis in 1932. A couple of years later, while playing Walter Lindrum, he made a break of 1,927. He won the World Billiards title in 1952 and kept it till 1969. Clark McConarchy passed away in 1980.

Answer: Ian Ferguson

Ian Ferguson won three Gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympic games in 1984 and then won a gold and a silver medal at the Seoul Olympics in 1988.

Answer: 1967

Denny Hulme, along with Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon, were the leading Kiwi drivers in the intense world of Formula One motor racing in the 1960s.

Answer: Woodchopping

Sonny Bolstad was a national icon in the 1960s and seventies, winning competions all over the country and the world. His son Dave carried on the legacy, winning numerous world championship titles in the 2000s.

Answer: Blackburn Rovers

Ryan Nelsen was born in Christchurch and started his overseas experience with DC United in the MLS in America in 2001. Four years later he moved to England and played with Blackburn Rovers. He played over 170 matches for the Rovers, before a couple of short stints at Spurs and QPR.
He played for the All Whites from 1999-2012, including captaining the team at the 2010 World Cup.

Answer: Black Ferns

The Silver Ferns are the NZ national women's netball team (the fern is a widely-recognised NZ symbol). The All Blacks are, of course, the national men's rugby team, while the Matildas are the Australian women's football team.

Answer: Boxing

Tom Heeney fought Gene Tunney for the World Heavyweight Championship Belt in 1928. David Tua fought Lennox Lewis for the heavyweight crown in 2000. Bob Fitzsimmons fought and won in three weight classes and defeated Jim Corbett in 1897.

Shane Cameron was crowned the Asia Pacific Heavyweight champion on 5th July 2012 in his 31st professinal fight (29 wins 2 losses). Ted Morgan won the welterwight Gold Medal at the 1928 Olympics.

Answer: Wests Tigers

Benji was born Benjamin Quentin Marshall in the Bay of Plenty on 25th February 1985. His Natinal Rugby League career began in 2003 when he secured a contract with the Tigers. He has also represented New Zealand in internatinal rugby league games.

Answer: Danyon Loader

Danyon Loader was born in Timaru in 1975. He won a Silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 (200m butterfly) and the two Gold Medals in Atlanta (200m and 400m freestyle).
He set two world short-course records -- 200m butterfly (in February 1993) and 400m freestyle (February 1995).

Answer: Yes

Martin Crowe is one of New Zealands finest batsman. He scored over 5,000 test runs and played in 77 test matches. In 1991, against Sri Lanka, Crowe with fellow batsman Andrew Jones, put on a world record partnership of 467 runs, with Crowe falling just short of 300 and Andrew Jones scoring 186.

Answer: Harness racing

The Maestro was born in 1909 and dominated New Zealand harness racing for over 50 years. He won 1666 races in his career from 1924 to 1974.

Answer: She was the first paraplegic to compete in the Olympic Games

Fairhall (1944-2006) was paralysed from the waist down as the result of a motorcycle accident in her early 20s. Although she did not place well in Los Angeles, she had won gold at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane and gained medals and titles at Archery World Championships and Paralympic Games from the 1970s until 2000.
The first woman to light the Olympic Cauldron was Enriqueta Basilio at the 1968 Mexico City Games.

Answer: Tennis

Tony Wilding born in 1883 at Christchurch, was acknowledged as one of the best tennis players in the world, before he was tragically killed in the first World War. He won the Australian Open twice (1906 and 1909) and FOUR straight Wimbledon FOUR times (1910 to 1913).

Chris Lewis was one of NZ's leading players in the late 1970s and early eighties; his best performance was in 1983 at Wimbledon, making the final against "the superbrat", John McEnroe. Chris started well and that triggered McEnroe to start performing like a childish brat, slowing the game down and wearing out everyone.

Onny Parun was one of the best and most loved players of the 1960s and 70s in New Zealand tennis. He made the final of the Australian Open in 1973, losing to John Newcombe. He also made the quarter finals of the US and French Opens and twice at Wimbledon. But he really grabbed the fans, with his brave efforts in so many Davis Cups matches.

Answer: Netball

Dame Lois Joan Muir coached New Zealand to two World Championships in 1979 and 1987. She was born in Southland in 1935 and played for the Tall Ferns (basketball) and the Silver Ferns (netball) , before coaching the the Silver Ferns for 15 years.

Answer: Hamish Carter

Hamish Carter won the bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth games and won the Gold medal at the 2004 games in Athens. He also won numerous races on the Ironman world series.

Answer: Horseracing

Lance O'Sullivan was one of New Zealands best jockeys, winning over 2400 races in the 1980s and 1990s. He won the NZ jockeys premiership on 12 occasions.

He won nearly all of New Zealands major races, as well as the 1991 Cox Plate in Australia and the Japan Cup on Horlicks in 1989.