The 2011 FanFooty AFL/VFL Trivia Quiz (The Winner is announced!!!)

[CrowsFan]

Haha question 3 you have given Essendon as option B and D :P

[c4v3m4n]

Haha question 3 you have given Essendon as option B and D :P

Lol. Oops. It's now changed. Thanks CF.

[c4v3m4n]

Done! Reckon Q2 is controversial

Okay, for that reason, I've reworded the question.

[hawk_88]

Think I did pretty well at the #1 draft selections. Was unsure about one....

[Holz]

Think I did pretty well at the #1 draft selections. Was unsure about one....

i got everyone besides 1 i had no idea for the 2003 but the rest were easy

[Zarts]

im pretty sure I got everyone... I did a huge table on it in pre season when trying to decide if I should get D Swallow or not :P

[bomberboy0618]

I failed epically this week.

[c4v3m4n]

Hey everyone,

For those who haven't entered this week, you've got until MIDNIGHT tonight to get your answers in!!

I'm going to tonight's game....so the leaderboard or answers wont be up until after I get home (after midnight, hence the extended deadline)

You'll also have to wait until after I get home before you get your own answers corrected. I ain't correcting them of my phone on the train ride in! So  :P

PS.

GO ROOS!!  ;D ;D

[MajorLazer]

Sorry I may have sent them in late C4. Have been at camp all week.

[c4v3m4n]

Sorry I may have sent them in late C4. Have been at camp all week.

It's ok ML. I accepted them. :)

PS. Damn Roos...

PPS. Everyone, I know what I said earlier ::) but I'm far too tired to correct the results now, really sorry but they definitely will be up tomorrow morning...

PPPS. Damn Carlton...

[Boomz]

Can't say I'm unhappy with my score :P Thought I'd get more wrong :-X

[bomberboy0618]

I got 28 points and that was me not bothering to answer one of the hard questions :D

[c4v3m4n]

Sorry for the delay in bringing you the answers but here they are!

Answers to Round 7: The New Millennium

Easy Questions (worth 1 point)

Question 1. The 2010 Grand Final saw the third draw in VFL/AFL history. Who won the replay?

Answer: Collingwood...  :-\

Question 2. Who was the first player since Tony Lockett to kick over 100 goals in a season? (in 22 home and away games, this does NOT include goals kicked in finals)

Answer: Lance "Buddy" Franklin kicked 102 goals in the 2008 season. Brendan Fevola got close in the same year; he became the first VFL/AFL player to kick 99 goals in a season.

Question 3. In 2002, which team became the last Victorian team to win a wooden spoon?

A. Carlton    B. Essendon      C. St. Kilda     D. North Melbourne

Answer: After 106 years of VFL/AFL football, Carlton won their first wooden spoon and became the last Victorian team to win their first wooden spoon.

Question 4. In Round 6, 2007, Geelong become the first team since 1995 to score more than 200 points in a game. Who did they beat?

Answer: Geelong (35.12.222) defeated Richmond (9.11.65). They also managed another 200-pointer today  ::)

Question 5. Which player got suspended for 7 weeks in 2008 for punching Brent Staker in the jaw?

A. Jonathan Brown    B. Scott Thompson    C. Dean Solomon   D. Barry Hall

Answer: In a punch that would make headlines overseas, Barry Hall also broke the record for the most weeks suspended since the shake-up of the tribunal.

Question 6. Adelaide's Ian Callinan made his AFL debut this year at the ripe old age of?

A. 26     B. 28        C. 30    D. 32

Answer: B. 28.

Question 7. Speaking of older players, which Essendon ruckman nicknamed "Fish", made a questionable comeback to AFL football in 2002, at the age of 37?

Answer: Paul Salmon. With Tony Lockett also making a comeback in 2002, other players like Warwick Capper and even Lou Richards joked about coming out of retirement.

Question 8. In 2006, the preseason cup changed from the Wizard Cup to the what Cup?

A. Commonwealth Bank Cup    B.  Westpac Cup    C. ANZ Cup     D. NAB Cup

Answer: D. NAB Cup. The naming rights were also renewed in 2010 for another 4 years.

Medium Questions (worth 2 points)

Question 9. Essendon's 2000 season is viewed by many as the best season ever by an AFL/VFL club. Who was the only team to beat them in the entire year (pre-season included)?

Answer: Just two games from the final series, Essendon lost their only game of the year of Western Bulldogs by just 11 points.

Question 10. Which club was involved in the "Roostergate" scandal of 2009?

A. North Melbourne    B. Fremantle      C. Western Bulldogs     D. Gold Coast

Answer: A. North Melbourne. In what was also known as "Chookgate" or "Chickengate", senior North Melbourne players Adam Simpson and Daniel Pratt along with 7 other players made a sex video involving a rubber chicken.

Question 11. Name the first three draftees from the 2001 "Superdraft".

Answer: The first three draftees were: Luke Hodge, Luke Ball and Chris Judd. Other notable players in this draft: Jimmy Bartel, Nick Dal Santo, Steve Johnson, Sam Mitchell, Leigh Montagna, Gary Ablett and Dane Swan.  :o

Question 12. At season's end in 2006, the top 4 teams were all non-Victorian; the first and only time this has occurred in the history of the AFL. Who were they?

A. West Coast, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney                  B. West Coast, Adelaide, Fremantle, Sydney
C. Adelaide, Brisbane, Port Adelaide, Sydney                D. West Coast, Brisbane, Port Adelaide, Fremantle

Answer: B. West Coast, Adelaide, Fremantle and Sydney made up the top 4 in an incredible year for interstate football.

Question 13. The 2003 Brownlow Medal saw the 2nd three-way tie in the medals history. Which three players shared the medal?

Answer: In the closest Brownlow Medal count in history, Nathan Buckley, Adam Goodes and Mark Ricciuto each came away with a medal. Amazingly, Ben Cousins, Gavin Wanganeen and Shane Crawford all finished just one point behind.  :(

Question 14. Robert Harvey became the first ever AFL/VFL player to play how many consecutive seasons?

A. 15        B. 17      C. 19       D. 21

Answer: D. 21. In comparison, Kevin Bartlett played in 19 seasons and Michael Tuck, the games record holder, played in 20 seasons.

Hard Questions (worth 3pts)

Question 15. How many players won all 3 premierships with Brisbane from 2001 - 2003?

A. 12               B. 14          C. 16           D. 18

Answer: Only 16 players from Brisbane have three premiership medals.

Question 16. The 2001 game between North Melbourne and Essendon saw the greatest ever comeback in VFL/AFL history. They trailed by 69 points twelve minutes into the 2nd quarter and came back to win the game by how many points?

Answer: As a North Melbourne fan, I can't stand it when my friends who barrack for Essendon bring this up...

....the answer is 12 points.

Question 17. The attendance of the 2008 AFL Grand Final was 100,012. It was the largest AFL Grand Final crowd since when?

A. 1986     B. 1984     C. 1982   D. 1980

Answer: The 1986 VFL Grand Final was witnessed by 101,861 people.

Question 18. The highest ever odds for a VFL/AFL game came when Melbourne played Geelong in Round 3, 2008. What were the odds offered for a Melbourne win?

A. $28   B. $30    C. $32   D. $34

Answer: It's pretty hard to believe that when the 16th placed Melbourne played the reigning premiers Geelong, that bookmakers were offering odds of...

...$34 for a Melbourne win. Anyone know what the odds were for today's match?  ;) :P

Super-Hard Question (worth 5 points)

Question 19. Name each of the Number 1 draft picks from 2000-2009.

Answer: In order, Nick Riewoldt (2000), Luke Hodge (2001), Brendon Goddard (2002), Adam Cooney (2003), Brett Deledio (2004), Marc Murphy (2005), Bryce Gibbs (2006), Matthew Kreuzer (2007), Jack Watts (2008) and Tom Scully (2009).

Question 20. In 1998, Katrina Pressley became the first female to umpire at AFL level; as a goal umpire. Since then, there has been only one other female umpire. What's her name?

Answer: Chelsea Roffey and interestingly, both her and Katrina Pressley both came from Queensland.



I'll post the leaderboard after I've had my dinner :P

But I'll let you know that one person  ::) got  all the questions right...

[bomberboy0618]

At half time is was 13-1 for melbourne. WAY TOO SHORT!

[Boomz]

:P

I guessed the brisbane & crowd attendance one though :-X