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Welcome to the Wikipedia AFL quiz. The quiz is a general knowledge quiz centred around the sport of Australian rules football and particularly the Australian Football League that any Wikipedian can enter. It is run as a friendly competition to test and improve your knowledge of one of the world's most exciting games. Most importantly, it's supposed to be fun.

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[edit] Q201

What unique record does Les Leeds hold in VFL/AFL history? --Roisterer (talk) 03:56, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I can't find him on a list of players. Was he an umpire? If so, was he a grand final field, goal and boundary umpire (presumably different years)? --TheGrantley (talk) 00:57, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
The only player who actually plaed a game not to appear on official AFL player records? Jonesy (talk) 01:59, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Well, my source listed him as "Les Leeds" but we have him listed as "Billy Leeds". Anyway, while he was indeed a VFL player, the Grantley is actually closeish. --Roisterer (talk) 02:15, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
First player to both play in a grand final and subsequently umpire one? πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 02:22, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
getting even closer. --Roisterer (talk) 02:37, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
First (and only) player to play in a grand final and goal umpire one. πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 05:32, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
That is very close. He was a field umpire and there may be other people who played in a grand final and umpired a VFL match, what happened in 1904 which makes Leeds unique? --Roisterer (talk) 09:00, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Did he umpire and play in the same game sonehow? Maybe an umpire got injured and he got the call up? Jonesy (talk) 09:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
No. Can I say that he initially retired from playing at the end of 1903 but made a comeback? --Roisterer (talk) 09:34, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
the only player to have retired as a player, umpired, and then returned to play. πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 09:42, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
I'll pay that. Leeds retired at the end of 1903, took up umpiring in the VFL before Carlton lured him back where he played in the 1904 Grand Final, making him the only person to have umpired a VFL game and played in a VFL Grand Final in the same year. --Roisterer (talk) 10:55, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
That's very generous of you! I guess "the same year" was the critical part of the answer - but I imagine you weren't prepared to sit through dozens of variants of the answer before someone stumbled across the right one by some fluke! πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 11:16, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q202

This is a Who am I type of question. I start with a relatively obscure bit of info, and add to it each day till you get the answer (although I concede that it's not entirely out of the question that a smarty pants might get it first time).

Who am I? I was recruited by Melbourne in the early 70s for a reasonable amount of coin. I became one of the first in a long line of expensive flops that Melbourne was to recruit in the ensuing decade which would include Carl Ditterich and Kelvin Templeton. --πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 11:29, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

If I get this right, you may need to start more obscure, like his mmother's maiden name or something. Of course, if I get it wrong, please ignore. Diamond Jim Tilbrook. --Roisterer (talk) 11:51, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Bloody hell!! Smart arse!! (take that as a postive) πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 12:40, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q203

The father of which current AFL footballer is a former Mr South Australia bodybuilder? --Roisterer (talk) 07:14, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

First wild guess, probably of many: Matthew Pavlich? --TheGrantley (talk) 04:08, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I think Pavlich's father played football as well but he wasn't a bodybuilder. The player in question plays for a South Australian based team. --Roisterer (talk) 01:03, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Travis Boak? --TheGrantley (talk) 10:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
No. The player in question played for a non-South Australian side before returning to SA. --Roisterer (talk) 00:15, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
I imagine Hugh Minson's ol' man might be a pretty big bloke. πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 00:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
I try not to imagine Hugh Minson's old man. Also, it's not him. --Roisterer (talk) 01:18, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
For a further clue, the player in question played for the SA team that had a win this weekend, not the only the somehow construed to lose. --Roisterer (talk) 02:35, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Scott Thompson? Jonesy (talk) 03:25, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Aye, that's him. Scott's father Wayne (IIRC) was a Mr South Australia during the 70s. --Roisterer (talk) 04:00, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q204

Buddy Franklin kicked 11 benhinds in a game last year against the Western Bulldogs. Who is the only other player in the last 20 years to kick ten or more behinds in a single game? Jonesy (talk) 07:04, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I'll take a stab at Matty Richardson. Pippu d'Angelo (talk) 08:36, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter Sumich was also good for the odd point per game Gnangarra 08:43, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Nope, neither of those two. Jonesy (talk) 09:00, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Jako of the Allan variety?The-Pope (talk) 10:00, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
That's the correct Jakovich. Not afraid of showing a bit of brotherly love on the field either. Over to you Pontiff. Jonesy (talk) 10:08, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q205

A few weeks ago, Chocco said that Port was the best 0-4 team ever. Freo currently has 1 win, 11 losses with a % of just under 85%. This is an AFL record. Which club and year is the next highest % with a 1-10 start to the year? Hey, if we have to be bad, we might as well be the best bad team of all time. (And Choco was wrong, statistically, anyway - 20 teams have started the season 0-4 with a better % than Port's 77.6%, most recently Richmond last year). The-Pope (talk) 12:51, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Carlton 2002, Gnangarra 13:08, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Nope, a bit higher than the 73% the blooze had in 2002. The-Pope (talk) 15:16, 9 June 2008 (UTC)