Quizzes / Trivia Games The AFL Quiz

Facilitator Diversional Therapist, Lifestyle / Activity Staff or Volunteer Objective of Activity Mental Stimulation and to minimise cognitive decline. Capability Verbal communication skills and ability to share long term memories in a group setting Environment Lounge area Equipment Question sheet of AFL trivia quiz Instructions Divide residents into teams. Put the team names on the white board. Ask the questions one at a time, mark which team answers the question correct on the whiteboard for all to see (and give motivation to beat the others). The team with the most right wins bragging rights. (or you may like to arrange a prize for the winners) Copyright www.qualityaging.com.au 2014. All Rights Reserved 2

1. Which was the first non-victorian team to win an AFL premiership? West Coast in 1992 2. Which team won last year s AFL premiership? Hawthorn 3. How many premierships did Tom Hafey win as a coach? Four (all with Richmond) 4. Who cleaned up Hawthorn s Dermott Brereton in the opening seconds of the 1989 Grand Final? Mark Yeates from Geelong 5. How many drawn grand finals have there been in VFL/AFL history? Three (1948, 1977 & 2010) 6. Which three AFL clubs have won only one premiership each, and in what year? Footscray/Western Bulldogs in 1954; St Kilda in 1966 and Port Adelaide in 2004 7. Which teams have won the most premierships (VFL/AFL)? Carlton and Essendon with 16 8. For what is the Norm Smith Medal awarded in the Grand Final? Best player in the Grand Final (voted by specific judges) 9. At the end of what season did the final four cease operation, to be replaced with a final five the following year? End of the 1971 season 10. In what year was Meatloaf the entertainment at the Grand Final? 2011 3

11. Who was the last captain/coach to win a premiership? Alex Jesaulenko in 1979 12. Which is the most recent club to win the premiership from outside the top four after the regular season? Adelaide in 1998 13. Which player was reported a record seven times for fighting in the 2004 Grand Final? Alastair Lynch (Brisbane) 14. In what year was the original final eight (McIntyre system) introduced? 1994 15. How many times has Collingwood lost a Grand Final? 26 16. At which ground did Hawthorn and West Coast play the 1991 Grand Final? VFL Park, Waverley 17. While Richmond holds the lowest score in a Grand Final, which team has the dubious honour of having the second, third and fourth lowest scores? Collingwood 18. How many players were reported following the infamous Carlton v South Melbourne Bloodbath Grand Final of 1945? Ten 19. Which two clubs have played in seven consecutive Grand Finals? Melbourne (1954-60) and Hawthorn (1983-89) 4

20. In what year, and which two teams played, when the biggest attendance at the Grand Final was 121,696? In 1970, Carlton and Collingwood 21. Who was the first player to win the Norm Smith Medal despite him being on the losing team? Maurice Rioli, Richmond 22. Who ran on the MCG nude and harassed Carlton player Bruce Doull in the 1982 Grand Final? Helen D Amico 23. In what year was the first Grand Final without a Victorian team involved, and which teams played? 2004 Port Adelaide v Brisbane 24. In which year was the first Grand Final staged at the MCG? 1902 25. Who snapped the winning point in the final minutes to give St Kilda its 1966 flag? Barry Breen 26. The 1944 VFL Grand Final was the last time where both teams were led by captain/coaches... who were they and their teams? Fred Hughson, Fitzroy and Jack Dyer, Richmond 27. In what four consecutive years was the Grand Final not played at the MCG and where were they played? 1942, 1943 (Princes Park), 1944 (Junction Oval) and 1945 (Princes Park) 28. How many premierships did Ron Barassi win as a player and as a coach and for which clubs? Ten in total six as a player with Melbourne; two as a coach with Carlton and two as a coach with North Melbourne 5

29. Who captained Collingwood in the 1902 and 1903 premiership wins, and also umpired the 1907 VFL Grand Final between Carlton and South Melbourne? Lardie Tulloch 30. Which is the only present-day club to have contested, but never lost, an AFL Grand Final? Adelaide 31. In which years did St Kilda last contest back-to-back Grand Finals? 2009 and 2010 32. Who celebrated her first AFL Grand Final in 2005 wearing a pink dress, and performed the song, I Still Call Australia Home? Dame Edna Everage 33. In what year was the Grand Final postponed by a week because of heavy rain? 1923 34. Which team did Mark Williams coach to a flag? Port Adelaide 35. Which two teams played the first Sunday finals match, held on September 9, 1984? Collingwood and Fitzroy 36. Which current-day teams have not won an AFL flag? Gold Coast, Greater Western Sydney and Fremantle 37. Which Magpie player threw his runners-up medal away in 1981 after Collingwood lost its third Grand Final in three years? Peter Moore 6

38. Which team finished at the bottom of the ladder after the regular season, but still won the 1916 premiership? Fitzroy 39. In which year was the first Grand Final parade held in the streets of Melbourne? 1977 40. How many VFL/AFL premierships has Geelong won? Nine (9) 7

Goals of Activity PHYSICAL: Maintain sitting posture and balance Encourage walking to group if ambulant SENSORY: Maximise the use of auditory and visual skills Reduce risk of sensory isolation by utilising senses: hearing and vision COGNITIVE: Maintain alertness and concentration span and attention skills Utilize comprehension and broad thinking skills Stimulate residual mental abilities to optimise cognitive functioning Promote visualisation skills Maintain/build alertness and concentration span Prompts past learned skills of a familiar nature Stimulate long-term memories COMMUNICATION: Maintain social interaction and motivation to communicate within the group Expression should be encouraged to maintain skills at both a simple and more complex level of communication Stimulate and motivate social contact and communication skills, especially relation to the group Maintain verbal and non-verbal skills SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL: Provide an avenue for interaction with fellow residents to promote and maintain social skills Facilitate feelings of self-worth; increase self-esteem by promoting self-expression of one s own ideas and current affairs Promote a sense of belonging, feelings of self-worth and self-esteem, especially on completion of quiz or word game Peer support and encouragement, self-expression and assistance are provided in an enjoyable group environment Reduce risk of social isolation Maintain past interests, promote a sense of well-being Increase self-esteem with group participation Have fun Copyright www.qualityaging.com.au 2014. All Rights Reserved 8

Residents Who Regularly Attend: Comments/ Prompts/Assistance Required: Name of Person Completing Form: Signature : Designation : Date : Plan is to be reviewed annually or as required. Date Revised: Copyright www.qualityaging.com.au 2014. All Rights Reserved 9