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Footy trivia night questions

Running a trivia night at the club or the pub? Here are six rounds of ten, ready to read out. Answers are folded under each round, and the page prints cleanly. Or skip the pen and paper and run the whole night on Sin Bin, with everyone answering on their own phone.

Round 1

  1. The Canberra Raiders won the 1989 grand final in extra time against ______.
  2. Sam Burgess played almost all of the 2014 grand final with a broken ______.
  3. Andrew Johns' older brother, who also played for Newcastle, is ______ Johns.
  4. Wally Lewis played his last State of Origin series in ______.
  5. Greg Inglis started his career at the ______ before joining Souths.
  6. The first premiership season in Sydney was played in ______.
  7. The Dolphins played their first season in the top grade in ______.
  8. The 2003 grand final was won by the ______.
  9. Darren Lockyer played his final season in ______.
  10. Andrew Ettingshausen was better known as ______.
Round 1 answers
  1. Balmain. It was the first grand final won by a team from outside Sydney.
  2. Cheekbone. He still won the Clive Churchill Medal as Souths ended a 43 year drought.
  3. Matthew. Matty Johns played in the Knights' first premiership side in 1997.
  4. 1991. He captained Queensland for most of the 1980s.
  5. Storm. He won the Clive Churchill Medal there in 2007.
  6. 1908. South Sydney were the first premiers.
  7. 2023. They became the 17th club in the comp.
  8. Penrith Panthers. They beat the Roosters, with Scott Sattler's famous cover tackle on Todd Byrne.
  9. 2011. His last game was a preliminary final against Manly.
  10. ET. He played over 300 games for Cronulla.

Round 2

  1. The NRL ran its first season in ______, after the Super League war.
  2. Commentator Ray Warren is known as ______.
  3. Hazem El Masri was born in ______.
  4. Allan Langer was nicknamed ______.
  5. Paul Vautin's nickname is ______.
  6. In 2010 the Melbourne Storm were stripped of two premierships for ______.
  7. New Zealand's national rugby league team is nicknamed the ______.
  8. The round where every game is played at one ground in Brisbane is called ______ Round.
  9. Steve Mortimer is better known by the nickname ______.
  10. Starting in 2006, Queensland won ______ State of Origin series in a row.
Round 2 answers
  1. 1998. The ARL and Super League clubs came back together in one competition.
  2. Rabbits. He called State of Origin for decades.
  3. Lebanon. He moved to Australia as a child.
  4. Alfie. He was famously flown home from England for the 2001 Origin decider.
  5. Fatty. He went on to coach Queensland.
  6. Salary cap breaches. They lost the 2007 and 2009 titles.
  7. Kiwis. The Silver Ferns are the netball team.
  8. Magic. It started in 2019 at Suncorp Stadium.
  9. Turvey. He led New South Wales to their first Origin series win in 1985.
  10. 8. The streak ran from 2006 to 2013.

Round 3

  1. Andrew Johns is better known by the nickname ______.
  2. Hollywood actor Russell Crowe became a co-owner of the ______.
  3. The 1999 grand final was won by the ______.
  4. The Gold Coast Titans joined the competition in ______.
  5. The six again rule for ruck infringements came in during ______.
  6. Nicho Hynes won the Dally M Medal in ______.
  7. The two point field goal from 40 metres out was brought in for the ______ season.
  8. Mark Geyer's nickname is ______.
  9. Brad Fittler won an Origin series for New South Wales in his first year as coach, in ______.
  10. The Newcastle Knights won their first premiership in 1997, beating ______ with a try in the dying seconds.
Round 3 answers
  1. Joey. He played his entire NRL career at Newcastle.
  2. Rabbitohs. He bought into Souths in 2006.
  3. Melbourne Storm. They came from behind to beat the Dragons.
  4. 2007. They played their first games at Carrara before moving to Robina.
  5. 2020. It arrived when the season restarted after the COVID break.
  6. 2022. He won it in his first season at Cronulla.
  7. 2021. Field goals from closer in still count for one.
  8. MG. He played for Penrith and Balmain.
  9. 2018. His young Blues side won the series 2 to 1.
  10. Manly. Darren Albert scored the winner with only seconds left on the clock.

Round 4

  1. The first ever Queensland Origin captain was ______.
  2. The grand final man of the match medal is named after ______.
  3. When Cronulla won the 2016 premiership, they ended a drought of ______ years.
  4. The premiership trophy is based on a photo of Norm Provan and Arthur Summons after the 1963 grand final, both covered in ______.
  5. The North Queensland Cowboys play their home games in ______.
  6. Nathan Cleary's dad, who coached him at Penrith, is ______ Cleary.
  7. Greg Inglis' famous try celebration imitated a ______.
  8. The 2015 grand final was decided in golden point by a Johnathan Thurston ______.
  9. Benji Marshall's famous flick pass in the 2005 grand final set up a try for ______.
  10. The Brisbane Broncos played their first season in the Sydney competition in ______.
Round 4 answers
  1. Arthur Beetson. Artie Beetson led Queensland in the very first Origin game in 1980.
  2. Clive Churchill. Churchill was a champion South Sydney fullback, nicknamed "The Little Master".
  3. 49. The Sharks joined the comp in 1967 and finally got there in 2016, beating the Storm 14 to 12.
  4. Mud. The photo became known as "The Gladiators".
  5. Townsville. They moved into a new stadium in the city centre in 2020.
  6. Ivan. Ivan coached the Panthers through their run of premierships.
  7. Goanna. The goanna crawl became one of the most copied celebrations in the game.
  8. Field goal. The Cowboys beat the Broncos 17 to 16 for their first ever premiership.
  9. Pat Richards. The Wests Tigers beat the Cowboys for their first premiership.
  10. 1988. Gold Coast and Newcastle joined in the same year.

Round 5

  1. Johnathan Thurston won the Dally M Medal a record ______ times.
  2. Prop Glenn Lazarus was nicknamed "The ______".
  3. The 2004 grand final was won by the Bulldogs over the ______.
  4. Cameron Smith retired holding the record for most first grade games, with ______.
  5. Because of COVID, the 2020 State of Origin series was played in the month of ______.
  6. The Penrith Panthers won their first premiership in ______.
  7. The Melbourne Storm played their first season in ______.
  8. Josh Addo-Carr is nicknamed "The ______".
  9. Peter Sterling's nickname is ______.
  10. Laurie Daley coached New South Wales to end Queensland's run of eight straight series in ______.
Round 5 answers
  1. 4. He won it in 2005, 2007, 2014 and 2015.
  2. Brick with Eyes. He won premierships with three different clubs.
  3. Roosters. The final score was 16 to 13.
  4. 430. All of them for the Melbourne Storm.
  5. November. Queensland won it 2 to 1.
  6. 1991. They beat the Raiders in the decider.
  7. 1998. They won the premiership in just their second year, 1999.
  8. Foxx. He is one of the fastest players in the game.
  9. Sterlo. He was the halfback in Parramatta's great early 80s side.
  10. 2014. It was the Blues' first series win since 2005.

Round 6: name the grand final

Read out the score. Teams get a point for the winner, a point for the loser and a point for the year.

  1. 16 to 13
  2. 28 to 12
  3. 15 to 8
  4. 14 to 4
  5. 32 to 8
  6. 21 to 6
  7. 24 to 10
  8. 26 to 8
  9. 26 to 18
  10. 34 to 8
Round 6 answers
  1. 2004: Bulldogs beat the Roosters
  2. 2022: Panthers beat the Eels
  3. 2006: Broncos beat the Storm
  4. 2012: Storm beat the Bulldogs
  5. 2010: Dragons beat the Roosters
  6. 2018: Roosters beat the Storm
  7. 2011: Sea Eagles beat the Warriors
  8. 1997: Broncos beat the Sharks
  9. 2013: Roosters beat the Sea Eagles
  10. 2007: Storm beat the Sea Eagles

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