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Quiz about Sportsmen That Made Croatia Famous

Sportsmen That Made Croatia Famous Quiz

Here are some questions on Croatian sportsmen and women who made Croatia famous.

A multiple-choice quiz by kratos18. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
kratos18

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
249,275

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the Croatian "Snow Queen", both Olympic and World Champion? Hint

Ana Jelusic

Anja Parson

Janica Kostelic

Nicole Hosp

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Question 2 of 10

2. This 1.96 m tall basketballer was born on 22nd October 1964. In his glowing career he played for Sibenik, Cibona, Real Madrid, Portland Trail Blazers and New Jersey Nets. He also won 3 Olympic medals with the Croatian national basketball team and was one of the best 3-PT shooters of all times. He died in a car crash in 1993. Hint

Gordan Giricek

Steve Nash

Zoran Planinic

Drazen Petrovic

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the nickname of a Croatian prize fighter who won the 2006 Fight Grand Prix, and was a cop before he became a fighter? Hint

Cro Cop

Cro Police

Croatian S.W.A.T.

Mr. Cro

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who is missing in Croatian national hanball team first line-up? Or in other words who is the best handball player in the world? This is the first line-up that won the world championship in Portugal 2003: Sola, Kaleb, Lackovic, Sulic, Dzomba, Metlicic and _____ ? Hint

Balic

Anusic

Horvat

Vugrinec

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 1998 the Croatian national football team won 3rd place at the FIFA World Cup in France. Which Croatian player was the top scorer of the tournament? Hint

Zoran Mamic

Zvonimir Boban

Petar Krpan

Davor Suker

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Question 6 of 10

6. Duje Draganja is a Croatian swimmer who won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Athens 2004. After that result he got an offer to swim for another country, which he fortunately didn't take. Which country made the offer? Hint

Qatar

Japan

Saudi Arabia

Cameroon

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which three football clubs are related with these 3 Croatian players: Prso/Srna/Niko Kranjcar? (The clubs are in the same order as players) Hint

Fiorentina / Real Madrid / Dinamo Moscow

Chelsea / PSG / Arsenal

Glasgow Rangers / Shakhtar Donetsk / Portsmouth

FC Barcelona / AC Milan / Bayer Leverkusen

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Question 8 of 10

8. Croatian table tennis player Tamara Boros has Serbian roots. Or does she?

Yes

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Croatian tennis player appeared in the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final 3 times, and then won it at the fourth attempt in 2001? Hint

Ivan Ljubicic

Mario Ancic

Ivo Karlovic

Goran Ivanisevic

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Question 10 of 10

10. Croatia won the Davis Cup in 2005. Ljubi�i� won one and lost one match, Ancic did the same, so the match that made Croatia winners was the doubles. Which doubles pair brought Croatia a memorable victory over Slovakia? Hint

Ljubicic-Ancic

Ancic-Tuskar

Ivanisevic-Ljubicic

Karlovic-Tuskar

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the Croatian "Snow Queen", both Olympic and World Champion?

Answer: Janica Kostelic

Janica won 4 Olympic gold medals (3 in the 2002 Winter Olympics and one in 2006) and 2 silver medals (Winter Olympics of 2002 and 2006), and was a multiple World Champion.

Answer: Drazen Petrovic

His great career would have been even greater if his life ended on 7th June 1993 in Germany, in a carcrash. He won olympic medals on 3 occassions - bronze in 1984, silver in 1988, and silver in 1992.

3. What is the nickname of a Croatian prize fighter who won the 2006 Fight Grand Prix, and was a cop before he became a fighter?

Answer: Cro Cop

He was a S.W.A.T. member before he found his true calling. He beat Josh Barnett in in finals and won the 2006 Grand Prix. He is famous for devestating left high kick which knocks out his opponents instantly.

Answer: Balic

Balic is one of the best hanball players in the world and was declared player of the year in 2003, and MVP of the Euro Cup 2004.

5. In 1998 the Croatian national football team won 3rd place at the FIFA World Cup in France. Which Croatian player was the top scorer of the tournament?

Answer: Davor Suker

Croatia won 2-1 against the Netherlands in the 3rd place match. Goals were scored by Prosinecki and Suker. With this goal Suker became the topt scorer of FIFA World Cup France 1998 with 6 goals, followed by Batistuta and Vieri with 5. Suker also won the Golden Shoe award.

Answer: Qatar

Qatar offered Duje 5 million euros to swimm under their flag and he almost agreed, because he didn't have the proper training conditions in Croatia, but he stayed in the end when the government promised him better conditions.

7. Which three football clubs are related with these 3 Croatian players: Prso/Srna/Niko Kranjcar? (The clubs are in the same order as players)

Answer: Glasgow Rangers / Shakhtar Donetsk / Portsmouth

Prso has been playing for Rangers since 2004, he arrived after playing in the Champions League Final with AS Monaco, and Srna and Kranjcar both arrived at Shakhtar and POrtsmouth from Hajduk Split.

8. Croatian table tennis player Tamara Boros has Serbian roots. Or does she?

Answer: Yes

Yes, Tamara was born in Senta, a town in Serbia.

9. Which Croatian tennis player appeared in the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final 3 times, and then won it at the fourth attempt in 2001?

Answer: Goran Ivanisevic

Goran Ivanisevic came to the the final 3 times. He was beaten in 1992 by Andre Agassi, and then twice by Pete Sampras (in 1994 and 1998), but he got his satisfaction in 2001 against Patrick Rafter winning with a result 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7.

Answer: Ljubicic-Ancic

Croatia won the final 3-2. Ljubicic won against Beck, but lost against Hrbaty, Ancic won against Mertinak, but lost to Hrbaty, so the match that brought Croatia world fame was Ljubicic/Ancic vs. Hrbty/Mertinak, which ended 7-6, 6-3, 7-6.

Source: Author kratos18

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