roger federer quiz

The Fedberg Quiz

Fun trivia about Roger Federer and Stefan Edberg

( not necessarily to do with their game only )

The Fedberg Quiz

• 14 Federer Questions – 7 Tennis / 7 non-tennis• 3 Fedberg Questions – Involving both• 3 Edberg Questions• In all 20 questions• 17 questions on Federer & 6 on Edberg - 3

overlap ( in honour of their respective GS titles )

Federer – Section 1

7 Questions - Tennis based

1

Which tournament & year ?

2

Roger Federer, Jim Courier & Michael Chang. Name a common coach.

3

Federer won a rare double on grass at Halle, winning both singles and doubles. His opponent in

singles and doubles was the same person – a former world no 1. Who ?

4

Pictured is a Frenchman named Julien Boutter. What is his relevance to Federer ?

5

The Agassis vs Kim / Tim was an exhibition match on 17th May 2009, celebrating the completed roof on Centre

Court, Wimbledon. On the same day Federer blanked Rafa in straight sets in the finals of another tournament, a rare victory. Where ?

6

Roger Federer is one of the two players who jointly hold the record of the

longest ‘best of 3 sets’ match in the Open era. Of course Federer was the

winner. Who was his opponent ?

7

Name the venue / city

Federer – Section 2

7 Questions – Non-tennis based

8

The Barney R Mystery series by Enid Blyton – famous British children’s author - has a main character called Roger. There is a unique coincidence in this series of

books with Roger Federer. What ?

9

Connect Rhine Falls in Switzerland to Michael Caine in Dirty Rotten

Scoundrels. The one word answer has a connection to Roger Federer.

10

This famous company’s name was an acronym of a Basel based chemical industry. It has a unique connection

with Roger Federer from a family perspective and not from any

sponsorship or endorsement aspects. Which company ?

11

This India-based football tournament is named after its founder Sir Mortimer _______, who was the Foreign Secretary looking after India from 1884 to 1894. It has a connection to Roger’s mother Lynette. Fill in the blank.

12

Whose statue ? Has a connection to Federer.

13

Depp’s Willy Wonka hairstyle was influenced by a close friend and collaborator of Federer. Who ?

14

Fed playing cricket in South India in 2006. What was he in India for ?

Fedberg Section

3 questions involving both Federer & Edberg

15

Patrick Rafter – 4Stefan Edberg – 5Roger Federer – 10

What are we talking about ?

16

Fedberg at ‘light practice’. Where were they sparring together ? ( an interesting

video was also shot )

17

Both Roger and Stefan have a nemesis each as far as Head-to-Head rivalry

goes. And also a very close H2H scoreline. Roger – Rafa is 10 – 23.

Likewise Stefan - _____ is 10 – 25. Fill in the blank.

Edberg Section

3 Questions on Edberg alone

18

Annette Olsen Edberg was interestingly another famous tennis player’s girlfriend prior to her getting married to Edberg.

Whose ?

19

“If not for him then Michael ( Stich ) and me would still be playing” said Edberg

after losing in the 1990 Wimbledon semis. Who is this gentleman ?

20

Stefan Edberg has a performance-oriented distinction along with John McEnroe in male

tennis – something not achieved by even Roger Federer. Nothing to do with tournaments or Grand

Slams. What distinction ?

Thank You