Toastrack
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* Bolshie Aussie mode on *
G’day, ya Pommie bastards!
So ya think ya know about Oceania sport? Do ya? Then give these a whirl.
I’m as busy as a one-armed taxi-driver with crabs today, so give me a break, I’ll stick the answers on early evening.
* Bolshie Aussie mode off *
1 Two South Africa-born players appeared for Liverpool in the 1986 FA Cup final but both played for other nations. Bruce Grobbelaar represented Zimbabwe; who played for Australia?
2 Plenty of rugby union players have switched allegiances in the past — but Joeli Vidiri is the only man to have won caps for which specific combination of two countries?
3 New Zealand were the only unbeaten team at the men’s football World Cup in which year?
4 Which Papua New Guinean is head coach of Wigan Warriors?
5 Which former Premier League player appeared for Western Samoa at the age of 14?
6 What is Sir Don Bradman’s middle name?
7 The Canberra-born Josip Simunic was finally sent off after receiving three yellow cards when playing for which nation against Australia at the 2006 World Cup?
8 Which country — in the midst of a global pandemic — made headlines for its first broadcast of live cricket in April?
9 Which footballer played for England against Australia at Upton Park in 2003, 23 years after his father faced them in Sydney?
10 In 1986, Vai Sikahema became the first Tongan to play in which sports league?
11 Christian Karembeu, who won the football World Cup with France in 1998, was born on which Pacific island?
12 New Zealand’s Mahé Drysdale is the Olympic champion in which event?
13 Which Australian striker scored four goals in a 4-3 Premier League win over Liverpool in 2000?
14 Fuahea Semi competed in the luge for Tonga at the 2010 Winter Olympics as Bruno Banani, so named due to an endorsement deal with a marketing firm. What is the company Bruno Banani known for?
15 Which is the only country aside from Australia and New Zealand to have won the Oceania Nations Cup men’s football tournament?
16 Four Australians have won a Formula One grand prix. Who has won the most?
17 Which Englishman managed the Australia men’s football team in their defeat on away goals by Iran in a 1998 World Cup play-off?
18 Which golfer, born in South Korea, has won two women’s major titles representing New Zealand?
19 Which New Zealand striker faced Scotland at the 1982 World Cup and scored for Werder Bremen ten years later in their Cup Winners’ Cup final victory over Arsène Wenger’s Monaco?
20 Which France lock, who recently retired from international rugby union, was born in New Caledonia?
21 In 2001 Australia beat American Samoa by what international record score?
22 Inatio Akaruru, who served as deputy prime minister of the Cook Islands for 15 years, twice represented his country at the Commonwealth Games. What was the sport?
23 Which is the only non-Australian team in the A-League (the men’s football competition)?
24 Before Ashleigh Barty won the 2019 French Open, which Australian had most recently won a women’s grand-slam singles title?
25 Which striker from Oceania has scored double-figure Premier League goal tallies for each of the past three seasons?
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Answers
1 Craig Johnston
2 Fiji (1994-95) and New Zealand (1998)
3 2010 – they drew all three group matches
4 Adrian Lam
5 Tim Cahill – he later played for Australia
6 George
7 Croatia
8 Vanuatu
9 Frank Lampard – his father is also Frank Lampard
10 NFL
11 New Caledonia
12 Men’s single sculls
13 Mark Viduka, for Leeds United
14 It is a German fashion brand selling mainly underwear
15 Tahiti, in 2012
16 Jack Brabham (14), ahead of Alan Jones, Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo
17 Terry Venables
18 Lydia Ko
19 Wynton Rufer
20 Sébastien Vahaamahina
21 31-0
22 Bowls
23 Wellington Phoenix
24 Samantha Stosur (2011 US Open)
25 Chris Wood, of Burnley and New Zealand
G’day, ya Pommie bastards!
So ya think ya know about Oceania sport? Do ya? Then give these a whirl.
I’m as busy as a one-armed taxi-driver with crabs today, so give me a break, I’ll stick the answers on early evening.
* Bolshie Aussie mode off *
1 Two South Africa-born players appeared for Liverpool in the 1986 FA Cup final but both played for other nations. Bruce Grobbelaar represented Zimbabwe; who played for Australia?
2 Plenty of rugby union players have switched allegiances in the past — but Joeli Vidiri is the only man to have won caps for which specific combination of two countries?
3 New Zealand were the only unbeaten team at the men’s football World Cup in which year?
4 Which Papua New Guinean is head coach of Wigan Warriors?
5 Which former Premier League player appeared for Western Samoa at the age of 14?
6 What is Sir Don Bradman’s middle name?
7 The Canberra-born Josip Simunic was finally sent off after receiving three yellow cards when playing for which nation against Australia at the 2006 World Cup?
8 Which country — in the midst of a global pandemic — made headlines for its first broadcast of live cricket in April?
9 Which footballer played for England against Australia at Upton Park in 2003, 23 years after his father faced them in Sydney?
10 In 1986, Vai Sikahema became the first Tongan to play in which sports league?
11 Christian Karembeu, who won the football World Cup with France in 1998, was born on which Pacific island?
12 New Zealand’s Mahé Drysdale is the Olympic champion in which event?
13 Which Australian striker scored four goals in a 4-3 Premier League win over Liverpool in 2000?
14 Fuahea Semi competed in the luge for Tonga at the 2010 Winter Olympics as Bruno Banani, so named due to an endorsement deal with a marketing firm. What is the company Bruno Banani known for?
15 Which is the only country aside from Australia and New Zealand to have won the Oceania Nations Cup men’s football tournament?
16 Four Australians have won a Formula One grand prix. Who has won the most?
17 Which Englishman managed the Australia men’s football team in their defeat on away goals by Iran in a 1998 World Cup play-off?
18 Which golfer, born in South Korea, has won two women’s major titles representing New Zealand?
19 Which New Zealand striker faced Scotland at the 1982 World Cup and scored for Werder Bremen ten years later in their Cup Winners’ Cup final victory over Arsène Wenger’s Monaco?
20 Which France lock, who recently retired from international rugby union, was born in New Caledonia?
21 In 2001 Australia beat American Samoa by what international record score?
22 Inatio Akaruru, who served as deputy prime minister of the Cook Islands for 15 years, twice represented his country at the Commonwealth Games. What was the sport?
23 Which is the only non-Australian team in the A-League (the men’s football competition)?
24 Before Ashleigh Barty won the 2019 French Open, which Australian had most recently won a women’s grand-slam singles title?
25 Which striker from Oceania has scored double-figure Premier League goal tallies for each of the past three seasons?
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Answers
1 Craig Johnston
2 Fiji (1994-95) and New Zealand (1998)
3 2010 – they drew all three group matches
4 Adrian Lam
5 Tim Cahill – he later played for Australia
6 George
7 Croatia
8 Vanuatu
9 Frank Lampard – his father is also Frank Lampard
10 NFL
11 New Caledonia
12 Men’s single sculls
13 Mark Viduka, for Leeds United
14 It is a German fashion brand selling mainly underwear
15 Tahiti, in 2012
16 Jack Brabham (14), ahead of Alan Jones, Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo
17 Terry Venables
18 Lydia Ko
19 Wynton Rufer
20 Sébastien Vahaamahina
21 31-0
22 Bowls
23 Wellington Phoenix
24 Samantha Stosur (2011 US Open)
25 Chris Wood, of Burnley and New Zealand
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