South African Sport Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jannie de Beer - 5 drops

Jannie de Beer "dropped" 5 goals in the 1999 World Cup,against England in Paris. South Africa won the match 44 - 21.

Answer: Errol Tobias

Errol Tobias made his debut for South Africa on 30th May 1981, against Ireland at Newlands. South Africa won the match 23-15. He went on to win six caps between 1981 and 1984.

Answer: Geoff Griffin.

Geoff Griffin, in the second test match against England at Lords in June 1960 -- he dismissed Mike Smith, caught by the wicket-keeper, then bowled Peter Walker and Freddy Trueman. England went on to win the game by an innings and 73 runs. He never played another test match after that, due to his continually being called no-ball for alleged throwing.

Answer: Rudi Koertzen.

Rudi Koertzen officiated his 200th ODI on 11th July 2009. He went on to stand in 206 ODIs, as well as 108 tests, and 14 T20s. His way of dismissing batsmen, by slowly raising his finger, gave him the nickname of "slow death".

Answer: Reggie Walker.

South African Reggie Walker won the Olympic 100m track event in London in 1908. He set a new Olympic record of 10.8 seconds in his semi final, and equalled it in the final. He was just 19yrs and 128 days old when he won the gold medal.
Paul Nash equalled the then world record of 10.0 seconds four times in 1968.

Answer: Jody Scheckter.

Jody Scheckter's F1 debut was with McLaren in 1972. He then had his first full season in F1 with Tyrell in 1974. In 1977 & 1978 he drove for Wolf. In 1979 he drove for Ferrari, going on to win the F1 championship that year. He also won his tenth and last GP, the Italian that year. He was one of only two drivers to ever race with the number 0, the other being Damon Hill.

Answer: Gary Player.

Gary Player won The Open in 1959, 1968, and 1974. He went on to win 9 majors. He also set a record for playing in the most US Masters, with his 52nd in 2009.
He was part of the big three in golf, playing in the 1960s together with Jack Nicklaus and Arnie Palmer. He is also known for his famous quote: "The harder you practice the luckier you get."

Answer: Penny Heyns.

She won both the 100m and 200m breaststroke events at the 1996 Olympics, the first woman to do so. She broke the world and Olympic records for the 100m breaststroke and broke the Olympic record for the 200m breaststroke. In 1999 she held 5 out of a possible 6 world breaststroke records, the first time this had ever been achieved (50m, 100m and 200m, plus same distances in 25m short course pool) -- the one she "missed" was the 200m short course.

Answer: Bill Perry for Blackpool

Bill Perry scored an injury time winner, for Blackpool in the 1953 FA Cup Final.
Stan Mortensen scored a hat trick, and Perry scored the winner, as Blackpool, 1-3 down after 55 minutes, came back to beat Bolton Wanderers 4-3 in the final.

Answer: Swimming, at the age of 12.

On 10th August 1965, Karen Muir aged 12 years, 10 months, and 25 days broke the 110yds backstroke world record in a time of 1min 8.7secs. This was achieved in an age group swimming event. She was the youngest person to break a world record in any sporting discipline.

Over her short career she set 15 world records in the backstroke, but due to South Africa's sporting isolation at that time, never got to compete in the Olympics. At one point she was the world record holder in the 100m and 200m as well as the 110yd and 220yd events.