Australian Sporting Legends

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1. Who did AFL fans refer to as God in the 1990s?
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2. What is unusual about Australian climber Paul Hockey who conquered Mt Everest?
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3. Which famous Australian sportsman escaped the Twin Towers terrorist attack by returning to his hotel for his camera?
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4. Who skippered the Australia II to America’s Cup victory in 1983?
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5. Which Australian sportsman became the first cricketer to sign a $1 million sponsorship deal?
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6. What Australian marathon swimmer was the first person to successfully swim from Cuba to the United States?
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7. What sport was Australian Harry Hopman associated with?
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8. What former Australian cricketer accepted the job of coaching Indias national team in 2005?
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9. Name the Australian yacht that took the Americas Cup off the Yanks for the first time in 130 years in 1983.
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10. In what sport did Australias Geoff Hunt compete?
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11. What size are swimmer Ian Thorpes feet?
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12. Born in 1938, which tennis player was the first to win the Grand Slam twice?
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13. For what sport was Walter Lindrum the world champion from 1933 to 1950?
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14. In what sport did tuna fisherman Dean Lukin win a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics?
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15. What Australian, from 1979 to 1982, was the first sportsperson to win four consecutive world surfing titles?
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16. In 1996, what golfer won the Rookie of the Year and became the first woman player to win more than $1 million American dollars in a season?
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17. What tennis player held the position of number 1 player in the world from July 26th to August 1st, 1999?
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18. Which Queensland-born netballer retired in 1999, with 99 international caps to her credit?
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19. Which Rugby League player kicked 7 goals from 7 attempts to help Queensland win the inaugural State of Origin game?
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20. Which Sydney-born legend took up swimming to help overcome asthma, then became the first athlete to win the same event at three successive Olympics?
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21. Which touring car driver was known as the King of the Mountain?
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22. Who became the first alpine World Champion in the Southern Hemisphere when she won gold in the womens slalom event at the 1999 World Skiing Championships?
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23. Who broke 3 world records in 3 days during the 2000 Australian Olympic swim trials?
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24. Who was the first Australian Aboriginal to win a world title, in any sport?
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25. Who was the first woman to sail solo and non-stop around the world?
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26. In what country was the boxer Johnny Famechon born?
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27. What sportsman was born in 1908 at Cootamundra, New South Wales?
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28. Which equestrian rider won Olympic team gold for Australia in 92, 96, and 2000?
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29. Which Australian was the first to score 60 tries in international rugby union?
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30. Who was Young Australian of the Year in 2003?
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31. How many gold medals had Ian Thorpe won after the Athens Olympics, making him the most successful Australian Olympian ever?
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32. What Australian Olympic Gold Medallist was known as the Lithgow Flash?
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33. Who was the Olympic torchbearer at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics?
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34. Who was the 2004 Australian of the Year?
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35. According to Sponsorship Solutions what Aussie sports star was the top earner from sponsorship deals in 2003, pipping Lleyton Hewitt at the post?
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36. Aussie Stuart OGrady is associated with which sport?
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37. Australian Kerry Saxby set 27 national records and held 32 world titles in what sport?
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38. How old was Shane Gould when she won three gold medals at the 1972 Munich games?
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39. On January 15th 1965, who became the youngest person to be named Australian of the Year, at the age of 27?
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40. Socceroo Harry Kewell plays for which English club?
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41. What Australian won the World Driving Championships in 1959, 1960, and 1966?
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42. What was Australian athlete Debbie Flintoff-Kings specialist Olympic event?
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43. What year did Pat Cash win the mens singles championships at Wimbledon?
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44. Which Aussie sports star answers to the nickname Flip, along with a few others?
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45. Which Aussie surfer was the first male or female surfer in history to win six consecutive world titles?
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46. Who did Australian Pat Cash beat in the 1987 Mens Final at Wimbledon?
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47. Who retired from swimming in 2000 with 35 Australian titles?
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48. Who was Australias first Olympian, and also Australias first Olympic gold medallist?
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49. Who was the first Australian to be invited to play for the Womens National Basketball Association in the USA. .
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50. Who was the first Australian woman to win a Wimbledon Singles title?
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51. Who won the first 500cc race at Phillip Island?
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52. What Australian champion swimmer in the 1920s had the nickname ‘Boy’?
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53. Who was the first person to be both Young Australian and Australian of the Year?
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54. What Australian was the first female swimmer to win gold medals in three consecutive Olympic Games?
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55. Who broke the world cricket test wicket record on October 15, 2004, after claiming his 533rd wicket?
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