Think you know your cricket, footy and everything else in between? Test your knowledge with Daily Mail Australia’s HUGE 2024 Aussie sports trivia quiz

To celebrate an incredible 12 months of action, Daily Mail Australia has compiled a huge quiz so you can see how well you recall some of the year’s biggest matches, most controversial moments and the stars who excelled in their field… or made headlines for all the wrong reason.  

How many can you get right? (Answers at bottom.)

1. Which AFL team had the best defensive record in season 2024 going by points allowed? 

A) Sydney Swans

B) Geelong Cats

C) Brisbane Lions 

D) Port Adelaide Power

2. How many points did the judges award Raygun for her infamous performance at the Paris Olympics?

A) 12

B) 8

C) 10

D) Zero 

3. Who was the NRL’s top point scorer in 2024?

A) Nathan Cleary

B) James Tedesco

C) Reuben Garrick

D) Valentine Holmes 

4. Which NRL team announced it will cut back its Welcome to Country ceremonies from next season? 

A) Melbourne Storm 

B) Sydney Roosters

C) Brisbane Broncos

D) Canberra Raiders

5. Who kicked the first goal in this year’s AFL grand final?

A) Tom Papley, Sydney

B) Joe Daniher, Brisbane

C) Hugh McCluggage, Brisbane

D) Will Hayward, Sydney 

6. David Warner’s baggy green cap made headlines when it went missing just before his final Test for Australia in January. Where was it found?

A) The team’s room in a hotel in the Sydney suburb of Double Bay 

B) Warner’s home in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra

C) The lost baggage area at Sydney Airport

D) The lost baggage area at Melbourne Airport

7. Which NSW star was sent off in the opening minutes of the first State of Origin game for knocking Reece Walsh senseless with a high shot?

A) Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii 

B) Liam Martin

C) Jarome Luai

D) Payne Haas

8. Aussie star Oscar Piastri won recorded his first Formula One race win this year. Which grand prix did he take the chequered flag at? 

A) The Monaco GP

B) The British GP

C) The Las Vegas GP

D) The Hungarian GP 

9. Tim Tszyu suffered the first knockout loss of his professional boxing career back in October. Who sent him crashing to the canvas?

A) Sebastian Fundora

B) Bakhram Murtazaliev 

C) Brian Mendoza

D) Takeshi Inoue

10. Who won Australia’s first gold medal at the Paris Olympics?

A) Swimmer Ariarne Titmus 

B) Cyclist Grace Brown  

C) Canoeist Jess Fox

D) Swimmer Kaylee McKeown

11. AFLW great turned footy commentator Abbey Holmes made headlines when she kissed one of the game’s biggest stars on the cheek after their post-match interview. Who was the star?

A) Darcy Moore

B) Nick Daicos

C) Jack Ginnivan

D) Lachie Neale 

12. What did new Brisbane Broncos coach Michael Maguire ban his stars from doing in preseason training?

A) Wearing nail polish

B) Going shirtless 

C) Wearing sunglasses

D) Wearing AirPods

13. Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii made his long-awaited debut for the Wallabies this year after defecting from the NRL. Which country did he play his first game against?

A) Wales

B) Ireland

C) Scotland

D) England 

14. NRL pundit Paul Kent made headlines when he was caught on video fighting a man outside a pub in April. The footage showed the man throwing Kent into a…

A) Letterbox

B) Lamp post

C) Tree 

D) Parked car

15. In October, several players from an AFL club were hit with sanctions for dressing up in offensive outfits and performing bad-taste skits at their ‘Wacky Wednesday party. Which team were they from?

A) Hawthorn

B) Greater Western Sydney 

C) Port Adelaide

D) Geelong

16. How many fights did high-profile Aussie boxer Harry Garside win at the Paris Olympics? 

A) Two

B) One

C) Zero 

D) Four

17. Sonny Bill Williams became a father again in September. How many children do he and his wife have now?

A) Five 

B) Seven

C) Four

D) Three

18. Australia’s national rowing team caused a stir when they adopted a new nickname shortly before the Olympics. What was it?

A) The Paddlers

B) Team Oarsome

C) The Rowsellas 

D) The Scullers

19. Which one of these footy icons was announced as the NRL’s newest Immortal back in August?

A) Mal Meninga

B) Allan Langer

C) Peter Sterling

D) Ron Coote 

20. AFL great Dustin Martin retired this year. Which club did he play his final game against?

A) North Melbourne 

B) Hawthorn

C) Essendon

D) Melbourne

21. Which famous Aussie racehorse died this year?

A) Makybe Diva

B) Black Caviar  

C) Winx

D) Nature Strip

22. Melbourne Demons star Christian Petracca needed emergency surgery after suffering a punctured lung, busted ribs and a lacerated spleen against Collingwood. Which Magpies star’s accidental knee did the damage?

A) Nick Daicos

B) Steele Sidebottom

C) Brayden Maynard

D) Darcy Moore 

23. AFL umpire Leigh Haussen was suspended over the costume he wore to an end-of-season fancy-dress function. Who did he go to the party as?

A) AFL CEO Andrew Dillon

B) Osama bin Laden 

C) Adolf Hitler

D) Dustin Martin

24. Which Wallabies great was hit with an international arrest warrant this year?

A) Rocky Elsom 

B) John Eales

C) Stephen Larkham

D) Phil Kearns

25. Chelsea Becirevic has been called the AFL’s hottest WAG. Which team does her boyfriend play for?

A) Gold Coast 

B) West Coast

C) St Kilda

D) Port Adelaide 

26. How did the trophy for the Bathurst 1000 Supercars race make headlines back in October?

A) The winning drivers dropped and broke it during their celebrations

B) It was renamed the Mark Skaife Trophy after formerly being called the Peter Brock Trophy

C) The plane that delivered it hit a wall when it landed on the Mount Panorama track 

D) The name of the winning team was spelled incorrectly by the engraver 

27. Which unusual present did Arisa Trew want as a reward for winning skateboarding gold in Paris?

A) A pet snake

B) A pet duck 

C) A pet piglet

D) A pet sugar glider

28. Aussie Jordan Mailata has been one of the best players for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles team this season. Which NRL club did he play for before switching codes?

A) South Sydney 

B) Wests Tigers

C) Canterbury

D) Manly

29. What did David Warner score in his final Test innings for Australia, against Pakistan in January?

A) 57 

B) A duck

C) 19

D) 128

30. Which horse won the Melbourne Cup this year?

A) Zardozi

B) Circle of Fire

C) Knight’s Choice 

D) Warp Speed

31. Papua New Guinea’s NRL team is due to enter the competition in which year?

A) 2028 

B) 2029

C) 2027

D) 2026

32. Pop music great Robbie Williams posted a video of himself puzzling his fans by walking around London wearing his favourite AFL team’s jersey back in June. He’s a dedicated supporter of which club?

A) Fremantle

B) Brisbane

C) Essendon

D) Carlton  

33. Footy greats turned TV pundits Kane Cornes and Nathan Brown fought on a boxing card in Adelaide in April. What was the result of their fight?

A) Cornes won by knockout

B) Brown won by knockout

C) Brown won on points 

D) Cornes was disqualified

34. Which NRL great was ranked among the 250 richest people in Australia this year thanks to his business empire?

A) Adam MacDougall 

B) Cameron Smith

C) Billy Slater

D) Peter Sterling

35. Ange Postecoglou’s second year as boss of Premier League club Tottenham has been a struggle so far, but he was the talk of north London when his side thrashed which heavyweight 4-0 in November?

A) Arsenal

B) Manchester United

C) Manchester City 

D) Chelsea  

36. Aussie boxing legend Jeff Fenech’s daughter Kayla said he went ‘apes**t’ when he found out she was dating an NRL star this year. Which player is she going out with? 

A) Bradman Best 

B) Herbie Farnworth 

C) Zac Lomax

D) Jahream Bula 

37. Which star won the Allan Border Medal in February to be named the best Aussie male player of the 2023/24 summer?  

A) Mitchell Starc

B) Mitch Marsh 

C) Pat Cummins

D) Travis Head

38. Daniel Ricciardo was let go by his F1 team this year, ending his career in the sport. Which grand prix was his last?

A) Azerbaijan

B) Singapore 

C) Mexico

D) Las Vegas

39. Nathan Cleary’s romance with Mary Fowler led to rumours he was about to do what after leading Penrith to a fourth straight NRL premiership in October?

A) Propose

B) Sign a letter of intent to play with the new PNG NRL team

C) Switch to playing in England’s Super League 

D) Retire and move to the UK to be with her

40. Who won Australia’s last gold medal at the Paris Olympics?

A) Keegan Palmer in skateboarding

B) Nina Kennedy in the pole vault 

C) The men’s team pursuit cycling team

D) Matthew Wearn in sailing

Answers: 1) C 2) D 3) D 4) A 5) D 6) A 7) A 8) D 9) B 10) B 11) D 12) B 13) D 14) C 15) B 16) C 17) A 18) C 19) D 20) A 21) B 22) D 23) B 24) A 25) D 26) C 27) B 28) A 29) A 30) C 31) A 32) D 33) C 34) A 35) C 36) A 37) B 38) B 39) C 40) B