Australian Sports by HightB

Champion(s):

CoenM
And, it's moist!


Runner(s)-Up:

WeikleB
I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. More, I cannot say.


Quiz Description

Questions about Australian athletics, athletes, events and famous opponents.

Full Results:

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1 CoenM 413 97 15
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2 WeikleB 411 91 15
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3 RalliP 401 86 15
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4 GrahamJ 383 80 15
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5 PolinskyL 341 75 15
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6 QuintongJ 337 69 00
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7 Commodore 320 63 00
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8 SchroederS 310 58 00
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9 WellsW 285 52 00
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10 ConnorA 276 47 00
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11 DaviesML 266 41 15
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12 BeningoS 259 36 00
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13 JordanG 250 30 15
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14 FryedBetaKappa 212 25 00
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15 RoseM 195 19 00
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16 BoyerA 172 13 00
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17 MercureT 92 8 00
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18 HoH 42 2 00
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Questions:

This legend of cricket finished with a career test average of 99.94, accumulated between 1928 and 1948.

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Sir Donald George "Don" BRADMAN

Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova are among the Australian players who have played for this West Coast Conference school as part of a pipeline of players developed by coach Randy Bennett.

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ST. MARY'S (California)

Two Australians have been named to Major League Baseball All-Star teams. One is a relief pitcher added as a late addition to the 2013 American League team, the other a Brewers catcher who made the NL squad in 1999. Name either player.

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Grant BALFOUR, Dave NILSSON

This forward/midfielder became the first player to score a Men’s World Cup goal for Australia, doing so in 2006, and he currently holds the all-time Socceroo record for career national team goals scored.

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Tim CAHILL

In 1983, Australia II became the first non-U.S. winner of the America’s Cup, rallying from a 3-1 deficit to defeat Liberty, which was captained by this famous American skipper, who would regain the cup four years later.

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Dennis CONNOR

This tennis star became the first woman of the Open Era to win a yearly Grand Slam, doing so in 1970. In 1971, she would lose an all-Australian Wimbledon final to Evonne Goolagong.

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Margaret COURT (Margaret Smith Court)

The final day of the 1996 Masters saw Greg Norman lose a six-shot lead over this eventual winner, who would hold a five-stroke lead over runner-up Norman by the end of the day en route to his 3rd green jacket.

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Nick FALDO

This swimmer holds the Australian record for Olympic gold medals with 5, including 3 earned during the 2000 Sydney games, including his role as the anchor leg swimmer in the 4 x 100 relay.

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Ian THORPE

Geopolitical tensions reached a head in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, which was marred by the “Blood in the Water” water polo match between these two nations.

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HUNGARY and SOVIET UNION/USSR

This former member of the West Coast Eagles and Melbourne Demons joined the NFL in 1995 and was named to two Pro Bowl squads as a punter with the San Diego Chargers, as well as ushering in an era of Australian-style punters into the NFL.

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Darren BENNETT

Although born in New Zealand, this horse gained fame for his victories in the 1930 Melbourne Cup and a win in Tijuana’s Agua Caliente Handicap in 1932, although he mysteriously died in California days later. He was also the subject of a 1983 Australian feature film and he is memorialized in multiple Australian museums.

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PHAR LAP

Captained by Luke Hodge, and coached by Alastair Clarkson the brown and gold-clad Hawks of this side have won the past two Australian Football League Grand Finals and a total of 12 titles since 1961. Interestingly, their theme song is to the tune of “The Yankee Doodle Boy”.

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HAWTHORNE Football Club