FOOTBALL QUIZ

Mitchell, you have chosen to study the Hawthorn Football Club and the year 2015 as your focus topics for this year’s Legend of Footy. Included in this quiz are ten general questions relating to football that will be the same for every student competing this year. Good luck!

1. Who did Hawthorn defeat to win the 2015 Premiership?

A Geelong

B Sydney

C West Coast

D Fremantle

2. How many points has a team won by if it kicks 23 goals and 14 behinds to the opposition’s score of 17 goals and 9 behinds?

A 31 points

B 6 points

C 41 points

D 37 points

3. Which two of the following teams did not compete in the 2015 finals series?

A Geelong and GWS

B Geelong and North Melbourne

C Port Adelaide and North Melbourne

D GWS and Adelaide Crows

4. How many players are allowed inside the centre square before the ball is bounced to start a game?

A 4

B 6

C 8

D Unlimited

5. Up to the end of the 2016 calendar year, who has played the most games for Hawthorn?

A Leigh Matthews

B Shane Crawford

C Luke Hodge

D Michael Tuck

6. Who won the Norm Smith medal in 2015?

A Luke Hodge

B Cyril Rioli

C Jordan Lewis

D Sam Mitchell

7. What happens if a fullback kicks the ball in after a behind has been scored and no player touches the ball before it goes out of bounds?

A A free kick to the opposition

B A boundary throw in

C Fullback takes the kick again

D None of the above

8. How many Victorian AFL Women’s teams were involved in the first season of competition?

A 4

B 5

C 8

D 6

9. How long is a quarter of AFL football?

A 20 minutes plus time on

B 25 minutes plus time on

C 30 minutes plus time on

D 30 minutes

10. Who won the wooden spoon in 2015 for finishing last on the AFL ladder?

A Brisbane Lions

B Carlton

C Essendon

D Gold Coast

11. What position are you playing if you are on the same side of the ground as a halfback flank, but closer to the goals you are defending?

A Halfback flank

B Back pocket

C Fullback

D Forward pocket

12. Which of the following styles of kicking is regarded as the first to have disappeared from the game?

A The stab pass

B The place kick

C The drop kick

D The torpedo punt

13. Up to the end of the 2016 AFL Premiership season, how many premierships have Hawthorn won?

A 11

B 12

C 13

D 14

14. Who knocked Hawthorn out of the 2016 finals series?

A Western Bulldogs

B Sydney

C GWS

D Geelong

15. Who plays in the traditional ANZAC Day blockbuster match at the MCG each year?

A Collingwood and Essendon

B Collingwood and Carlton

C Melbourne and Essendon

D Collingwood and Melbourne

16. Which of the following teams played in the first AFL Women’s competition?

A Richmond

B Carlton

C Essendon

D Geelong

17. How would a field umpire signal that a player has been caught holding the ball?

A By wrapping arms around his/her chest

B By holding two arms in the air

C By making a pushing motion with his/her hands

D By unfolding arms away from his/her body

18. In 2006, Hawthorn moved its training to Waverley Park. What was the name of the oval they’d been training at before this time?

A Windy Hill Oval

B Moorabbin Oval

C Junction Oval

D Glenferrie Oval

19. Who has kicked the most goals for Hawthorn?

A Dermott Brereton

B Leigh Matthews

C Jason Dunstall

D Peter Hudson

20. Who won the 2015 Brownlow Medal?

A Matt Priddis

B Nathan Fyfe

C Sam Mitchell

D Patrick Dangerfield