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1877 - VFA - Victorian Football Association
1897 - VFL - Victoria Football League
1990 - AFL - Australian Football League

The VFL was formed in 1897 as a breakaway competition, when eight clubs left the VFA. The VFL changed its name in 1990 to the AFL. The VFA continued as an independent competition until the end of 1994, when its administration was turned over to the AFL. It kept its name for one season and then, in 1996, its name was changed to the VFL (yes, the AFL's old name).

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VFL to AFL and On
  VFL to AFL and On   great trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Starting as a Victoria-based football code, Australian Rules has expanded to be a professional competition whose top-level competition has teams in all five mainland states of Australia. Follow the journey with this quiz.
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Feb 19 22
Easier
looney_tunes editor
Feb 19 22
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  Rules of Australian Rules   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the rules of this wonderful game, that is only really played in Australia. To save file space on the FT server, I will refer to the sport as 'footy'.
Easier, 10 Qns, ozzz2002, Feb 19 22
Easier
ozzz2002 gold member
Feb 19 22
4382 plays
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  Showing Their Colours   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Australians love their football, their teams and the colours they wear. Match the teams on the right with the colours provided.
Easier, 10 Qns, pollucci19, Feb 19 22
Easier
pollucci19 gold member
Feb 19 22
490 plays
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  Loyal Legends In the AFL editor best quiz   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
In the past, players stayed loyal to one club, and spent their entire career with that club. They played for the love of the club, and not the almighty dollar. Here are some questions about these men, all who played more than 200 games for their club.
Average, 15 Qns, ozzz2002, Nov 11 21
Average
ozzz2002 gold member
Nov 11 21
2072 plays
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  Aussie Rules Pot Pourri   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In certain states of Australia Australian Rules Football (AFL) stirs the passions like no other game. This quiz looks at some of its history and some of the game's quirks.
Average, 10 Qns, pollucci19, Feb 19 22
Average
pollucci19 gold member
Feb 19 22
155 plays
6.
  AFL Game Rules    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Only people familiar with Aussie rules football will score high on this quiz, unless you guess.
Easier, 10 Qns, trivia_ruler, Feb 19 22
Easier
trivia_ruler
Feb 19 22
1821 plays
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  Aussie Rules Mascot Melee    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Everyone has a strategy for winning the office footy tipping competition. I predict the outcome of each match by determining which team's mascot would be most likely to win a one-on-one battle. You'll see this is not always as easy as it sounds!
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Aug 07 20
Average
looney_tunes editor
Aug 07 20
870 plays
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  Australian Football Knowledge    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
This is going to be very tough for anyone that doesn't know much about Australian football. If you are Australian, it should be really easy. If you are not, you'll certainly learn a lot about the game!
Easier, 25 Qns, lains, Feb 19 22
Easier
lains
Feb 19 22
4208 plays
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  AFL Mascot Manor Match-Up    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Can you match the Australian Football League mascot with his team?
Easier, 10 Qns, ElusiveDream, Mar 23 16
Easier
ElusiveDream
211 plays
10.
  AFL Club Songs    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you know your club's song?
Average, 10 Qns, jake4ever, Dec 26 10
Average
jake4ever
783 plays
trivia question Quick Question
West Coast has the nickname of what?

From Quiz "What's the Nickname?"




11.
  Footy Rules    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A simple quiz on the rules of football. Have fun playing!
Easier, 10 Qns, beachboy60, Feb 19 22
Easier
beachboy60
Feb 19 22
2223 plays
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  Average AFL Grand Finals Quiz - 10 Questions    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz that might be difficult for people who don't know AFL Grand Finals well.
Average, 10 Qns, beachboy60, Dec 26 10
Average
beachboy60
1442 plays
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  Rallying Songs of the AFL    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Most teams have songs that rouse their devoted followers. Some such AFL songs are listed below, with the name of the original tune used (or noting that the tune was written especially for the team) - you need to match the song with the team.
Average, 10 Qns, VegemiteKid, Apr 21 19
Average
VegemiteKid gold member
Apr 21 19
144 plays
14.
  What's the Nickname?    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
All you need to do is give me the appropriate nickname of each Australian Rules Football team. (If you are American, at least do this quiz just to get points for the last question, if nothing else!)
Very Easy, 15 Qns, lains, Feb 19 22
Very Easy
lains
Feb 19 22
2274 plays
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  10 Australian Rules Football Questions    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Aussie Rules Football is a religion in Australia, let us pray.
Easier, 10 Qns, totts, Jun 24 15
Easier
totts
2877 plays
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  Know the Laws of AFL    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz will be a basic test of knowledge for people who don't have a real understanding for the game.
Average, 10 Qns, skturner, Feb 19 22
Average
skturner
Feb 19 22
1944 plays
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  Australian Rules Football Lingo    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Player X is making his debut. See the disastrous events of his debut and learn about the lingo used in the wonderful game that is Australian Rules Football
Easier, 10 Qns, YoungSmart, Feb 19 22
Easier
YoungSmart
Feb 19 22
1037 plays
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  AFL Football    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
This quiz is a short all-round quiz on the AFL.
Average, 5 Qns, munky prophet, Dec 26 10
Average
munky prophet
941 plays
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  Basic AFL    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
This is the easiest quiz you will ever do on Australian Rules Football. Complete the team names.
Very Easy, 5 Qns, DharmaM80, Dec 26 10
Very Easy
DharmaM80
2221 plays
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Australian Rules Trivia Questions

1. Which team's song is the tune to the French national anthem?

From Quiz
AFL Club Songs

Answer: Brisbane Lions

We are the pride of Brisbane town, We wear maroon, blue and gold. Is the first 2 lines from the Brisbane theme song. La Marseillaise is the name of the song which was written by 'Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle' (yes that is his name) in 1792. But it wasn't until 1944 that Norm Byron rewrote the words. The words are almost the same when they were written to how they are now. Before Brisbane Lions was merged, this was Fitzroy's song. The Brisbane Bears had a song set to 'Glory, Glory, Halleluja'.

2. How many umpires is there on the ground in an AFL match?

From Quiz AFL Game Rules

Answer: 9

There are two goal umpires, four boundary umpires, and three field umpires. There are also emergency umpires but they are not on the ground.

3. What is the name of the law in which umpires abide by when making a decision?

From Quiz Know the Laws of AFL

Answer: Spirit of the Laws

These laws are used for consistency so that players and spectators understand what are the basic rules of the game, thus making it easy for an umpire to control the game.

4. If player X is 'dragged' what unfortunate fate has player X suffered?

From Quiz Australian Rules Football Lingo

Answer: Taken to the bench

Being 'dragged' is normally a result of a bad error or disciplinary reasons. If a player is reported the umpire has seen him do something illegal in the game of football and will have a trip to the tribunal on the following Monday or Tuesday.

5. Who won the 1989 Grand Final?

From Quiz AFL Grand Finals

Answer: Hawthorn

Hawthorn won the 1989 Grand Final by 6 points. Hawthorn 21.18.144 defeated Geelong 21.12.138.

6. How many points are scored when a player kicks the ball through the two big sticks?

From Quiz Footy Rules

Answer: 6

A Footy player scores six points every time he or she kicks it through the middle of the Goals, and gets 1 point for a behind.

7. Who was the number 16 player for Port Adelaide in 2003?

From Quiz AFL Football

Answer: Warren Tredrea

He was also Port`s strongest mark.

8. Adelaide has the nickname of what?

From Quiz What's the Nickname?

Answer: Crows

Malcolm Blight led the Adelaide Crows in back-to-back premierships in 1997 and 1998.

9. How many teams were there in the AFL (Australian Football League) in the 1997 season (the first season for the merged team Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Lions)?

From Quiz Australian Football Knowledge

Answer: 16

The AFL grew to 16 teams in 1995 with the admittance of Frematle Dockers. It remained at 16 teams when Port Adelaide Power was admitted in 1997, as Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy Lions merged to form Brisbane Lions. From 16 it is reduced to 8 teams in the post-season finals in September every year.

10. Who won the 1999 AFL Grand Final?

From Quiz Australian Rules Football

Answer: North Melbourne

North Melbourne beat Carlton by 35 points in the 1999 Grand Final.

11. The impetus for the creation of the game of Australian Rules Football came from members of which drawn out sporting discipline?

From Quiz Aussie Rules Pot Pourri

Answer: Cricket

The game that came to be known as Australian Rules Football (or Aussie Rules) began to evolve in Melbourne during the middle of the nineteenth century. There were a number of variants being played in the region and the inspiration for these were drawn from the Gaelic football game, ball games played in British parklands and an Aboriginal game known as marngrook. The latter involved kicking a ball, made of an animal skin stuffed with charcoal or feathers, high into the air. Nothing was formalized or codified until 1858 when a group of cricketers got together to try and find a way to maintain their fitness after the cricket season had ended. This led to a series of games being played between the students from Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar School and these would be recorded by the AFL, the Australian Football League, as the sport's first competitive games. The following is an extract from the journals of cricketer Tom Wills: "Now that cricket has been put aside for some few months to come, and cricketers have assumed some-what of the chrysalis nature (for a time only 'tis true), but at length will again burst forth in all their varied hues, rather than allow this state of torpor to creep over them, and stifle their new supple limbs, why can they not, I say, form a foot-ball club, and form a committee of three or more to draw up a code of laws." (19 July 1858). Almost a year later Tom, along with six other members of the Melbourne Cricket Club, would establish the first formal rules for the game.

12. Which team had the first club song?

From Quiz AFL Club Songs

Answer: Collingwood Magpies

Good old Collingwood forever, we know how to play the game. Is the first 2 lines of Collingwood's club song. This song was rewrote to the tune of the American Civil War and the Boer War marching song 'Goodbye Dolly Gray' in 1906. In the 1980's the board proposed to change some of the words but was turned down by the supporters. The Demon's club song was the second oldest being sung back in 1912.

13. Things get a bit trickier when Collingwood host Fremantle at the MCG. Which mascot will win when they square up against each other?

From Quiz Aussie Rules Mascot Melee

Answer: Collingwood's territorial magpie will swoop Fremantle's laid-back surfer into submission

Collingwood's Jock 'One Eye' McPie is taking on Fremantle's Johnny 'The Doc' Docker at the MCG (the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which is the ground where the season grand final is traditionally played). Johnny is a relaxed and sun-bleached surfer type, and if you don't think the magpie would beat him, you've never been swooped by a territorial magpie in nesting season. Every year, magpies are responsible for sending scores of Australians to the emergency room, particularly in September and October, so look out Fremantle if Johnny has to face off with Jock during season finals.

14. What is the maximum amount of players allowed on the interchange bench at any AFL game?

From Quiz Know the Laws of AFL

Answer: Four

A team must have 14 to 18 players with a maximum amount of four players on the interchange bench. A player count can be called by the opposing captain, and penalties such as the loss of points from a team score and 50 metre penalties can occur.

15. If player X is 'filling the hole' what is player X doing?

From Quiz Australian Rules Football Lingo

Answer: Running into or standing in the forwards leading space

Filling the hole is one of the most courageous things a footballer can do. It takes guts to stand in front of a 6'4" and 100kg forward (normally full forward) sprinting straight at him. An example of this type of positioning was when Robert 'Dipper' Robert DiPierdomenico dropped into Gary 'God' Ablett's leading space and suffered a punctured lung for his trouble. Another example was when Peter Caven dropped into Tony Locketts leading space which resulted in serious facial injuries for Caven and a 16 week suspension for Lockett.

16. Who won the 1997 Brownlow Medal?

From Quiz AFL Football

Answer: Robert Harvey

He won the Brownlow because Chris Grant of the Bulldogs was suspended.

17. When an opposition player is tackled while in possession of the ball, what single word are you likely to hear the crowd scream, usually at the top of their lungs?

From Quiz Rules of Australian Rules

Answer: Ball!

The spontaneous eruption of 50,000 people yelling is one of the most awe-inspiring sounds in Australian sport. 'Ball' is short for 'Holding the Ball', and relates to one of the more contentious laws of footy. A player must get rid of the ball, by handpassing or kicking it, before he is tackled. If he does not do so, the umpire has two options. Firstly, he will award a free kick to the tackler, or if he considers that the player had no opportunity to dispose of the ball, he will bounce the ball. It seems whatever he decides to do, half of the crowd will disagree with with him, and question his eyesight and the marital status of his parents.

18. Brisbane has the nickname of what?

From Quiz What's the Nickname?

Answer: Lions

19. When did the AFL introduced the Top 8 end-of-season finals series?

From Quiz Australian Football Knowledge

Answer: 1994

It went from 4 to 5 in 1972, then became 6 in 1991, and then became 8 in 1994! The competition changed its name from the VFL to the AFL for the 1990 season.

20. What player was the winner of the 1999 Brownlow Medal?

From Quiz Australian Rules Football

Answer: Shane Crawford

Debuting for the Hawks in 1993, he was named captain and won the Brownlow (for the fairest and best) in 1999.

21. In the early days of Australian Rules Football what was the time limit of a single game?

From Quiz Aussie Rules Pot Pourri

Answer: There was no time limit

In the early incarnations of the game the match was deemed to be completed when one of the teams kicked two goals. This led to some long-winded contests. It was reported that in 1858 one game went into its third day. When it got dark, and no further goals had been scored, the game was called a draw. A time limit of 100 minutes was introduced in 1869. This was later reduced to 80 minutes of "actual" playing time, with time-on being added for stoppages. Since the introduction of time limits there has been only one occasion that a game has lasted more than a single day. This occurred in 1996 in a match between St. Kilda and Essendon. The lights in the stadium went out half-way through the game, forcing the players to return the following day to complete the match.

22. Which team is 'always striving for glory and fame'?

From Quiz AFL Club Songs

Answer: Essendon Bombers

See the Bombers fly up, up! To win the premiership flag. Our boys who play this grand old game, Are always striving for glory and fame! Is the first 4 lines of the Essendon Bombers Club Song. There is a dispute over who actually wrote the song. Two different people are claiming different things. But the common theme is that a band played a song called sunnyside up at an Essendon Club meeting in 1906. And the club loved it so much that they decided to adopt it from there.

23. When Richmond's mascot picks a fight with Sydney's mascot, the result is a lay-down misere. Who wins?

From Quiz Aussie Rules Mascot Melee

Answer: Richmond's tiger will maul Sydney's swan

Tiger 'Stripes' Dyer, named after club great Jack Dyer, is the mascot for the Richmond Tigers, and to quote 'Stripes' himself, "How can you beat roar talent?" The Sydney Swans' mascot is Syd 'Swannie' Skilton, and takes the form of a large swan. He was named after Bobby Skilton who played for the team when they were still based in South Melbourne.

24. How long is the goal-square?

From Quiz AFL Game Rules

Answer: 9 metres

The fullback and the full forwards hang around the goal-square but not always. Fullback kicks in from the behinds.

25. If player X has kicked a 'worm burner' what has player X done?

From Quiz Australian Rules Football Lingo

Answer: Kicked the ball low to the ground

'Worm Burners' are usually a result of either a player looking for too much penetration on the kick or kicking under pressure. Hitting a player on the chest is what every footballer aims to do with every pass. Good players will do it time after time.

26. Which team won the 1964 Grand Final?

From Quiz AFL Grand Finals

Answer: Melbourne

Melbourne won 8.16.64 to Collingwood 8.12.60. Neil Crompton snapped a ripper goal with a couple of seconds left.

27. What does the Boundary Umpire do when the ball is out of play?

From Quiz Footy Rules

Answer: Throw it in to the two teams Ruckman

When the ball is forced out of bounds the boundary umpire throws it back into play, but if the ball is kicked over the line on the full, it's a free kick to the opposing team.

28. Whose wife did Wayne Carey have an affair with?

From Quiz AFL Football

Answer: Anthony Stevens

It stirred up a lot of the media.

29. Carlton has the nickname of what?

From Quiz What's the Nickname?

Answer: Blues

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