CRAVING the footy over the festive season? Ready to crash on the couch after indulging in too much pudding? Want to pit your knowledge against your mad Melbourne-supporting uncle over the festive break?

Well, if that’s you, now you can! Check out my MFC super quiz!

There are 100 questions to answer overall, with 25 in each of the ‘four quarters’.  Each question is worth one point, with a maximum score of 100.

The first term is to get you started. The quiz warms up in the second and the heat is on in the premiership quarter. But an intense and tough final stanza will test even the most ardent, hardcore Demon.

Answers will be revealed on Boxing Day, just as Steve Smith cracks another ton for the Aussies. So good luck, have fun. And go Dees! Happy festive season!

Matt.

Melbourne Football Club super quiz rating

0-20 score: You’re a rookie, your time will come!

20-40 score: You had a crack, keep at it!

40-60 score: You’re in the contest, good job!

60-80 score: You’re playing finals, congratulations!

80-100: You’re a premiership player, you’re a champion! Go celebrate with more pudding!

FIRST QUARTER (each question is worth one point)

1. What guernsey number has Angus Brayshaw been given for 2015?

2. What year did Peter Moore win his second Brownlow Medal – and first for Melbourne?

3. Who is Melbourne’s only 300-game player?

4. Which was not a premiership year for Melbourne: 1955, 1956, 1957 or 1958?

5. Nathan Jones has won the past three Melbourne best and fairest awards. Who won it in 2011?

6. Melbourne and Port Adelaide played the first AFL match for premiership points at Adelaide Oval in round 24, 2011. What other venue did those two teams play the first AFL home and away match at?

7. Who was Melbourne’s most recent NAB AFL Rising Star nominee?

8. Who was Melbourne’s first No.1 National Draft pick?

9. Who is the only 2015 Melbourne-listed player that has a surname starting with ‘C’?

10. Melbourne has four players on its rookie list for 2015. They are James Harmes, Max King, Aaron Vandenberg and who?

11.Melbourne president Glen Bartlett played four VFL/AFL matches for which club in 1987?

12. Who coached Melbourne in more VFL/AFL matches: John Northey or Neale Daniher?

13.Melbourne has defeated Essendon in four of its past five matches: true or false?

14. Who will Melbourne play in round one, 2015 at the MCG?

15. Garry Lyon booted 79 goals in 1994. Allen Jakovich also kicked 51 majors. Which other Melbourne player booted more than 50 goals that year?

16. Who was selected at No.48 in the 2012 NAB AFL Draft?

17.Stefan Martin wore No.34 in four seasons at Melbourne. What number did he wear in 2008, his first year?

18.Who was named All-Australian coach in 1994: Neil Balme or Neale Daniher?

19.What is the first name of former Melbourne player and now club pro scout ‘Kelly’ O’Donnell?

20.Melbourne’s best and fairest is named after which former player and World War II ace fighter pilot?

21.Who played more matches for Melbourne: Aaron Davey or Matthew Whelan?

22.Who was named captain of Melbourne’s team of the century?

23.Who was the most recent player to make his AFL debut for Melbourne?

24. Who will wear No.11 in 2015?

25.Which Melbourne player won the Brownlow Medal in 1926 and 1928?

Second quarter – 2 points each
1. Who finished third in Melbourne’s best and fairest in 2014?

2. Which Melbourne player was drafted at No.53 in this year’s NAB AFL Draft?

3. What year did Melbourne win its first premiership?

4. Allen Jakovich kicked how many goals in his last match for Melbourne? It was against Hawthorn in round 17, 1994.

5. Who was the last player to captain-coach Melbourne?

6. Name the 2012 Melbourne Cup winning trainer who played two matches for Melbourne in 1990?

7. How many players with the first name ‘Jack’ are on Melbourne’s 2015 list?

8 Melbourne’s highest score in a VFL/AFL match is 28.14 (182). It has kicked that score twice against which same team in 1986 and 1991? 

9. Who was the only Melbourne player to play in its 1988 and 2000 Grand Final losses?

10.Five players in VFL/AFL history have played in six or more premierships. Two of them are Melbourne players. One of them is Ron Barassi. Who is the other Melbourne player?

11. Stephen Tingay wore three different numbers in his 162 VFL/AFL matches for Melbourne. He started with No.52 and finished with No.2. What was the second number he wore after No.52?

12.Who was the most recent player to kick at least 50 goals in a season for Melbourne?

13. True or false: Jay Viney made his VFL/AFL debut for Melbourne before brother Todd?

14.Six players played every match for Melbourne in 2014. Lynden Dunn, Jeremy Howe, Nathan Jones, Dom Tyson and Bernie Vince were five. Who was the other?

15.Brian Wilson won the Brownlow Medal in his first year at Melbourne in 1982. But he didn’t win Melbourne’s best and fairest award that year. Who won it?

16. How many goals did Robert Flower kick for Melbourne against North Melbourne in the 1987 elimination final? It was Flower’s first VFL/AFL final.

17. Since 2007 Melbourne has had three players win mark of the year. Liam Jurrah won it in 2010 and Jeremy Howe received the award in 2012. Who won it in 2007?

18.Which Melbourne player finished third in the 1979 and 1984 Brownlow Medal?

19. Jeff Farmer booted how many goals against Collingwood in round 14, 2000?

20.Who won Melbourne’s best and fairest in 1987?

21. Peter Keenan played 131 of his 213 VFL/AFL matches for Melbourne. But he is better known by what nickname?

22. Who kicked the match-winning goal for Melbourne against Essendon at the MCG in round 13, 2014?

23. In 1982, Melbourne’s leading goalkicker kicked 77 goals. Who was it?

24. Which Melbourne player kicked the first AFL goal at Adelaide Oval in round 24, 2011?

25. Who kicked 0.11 for Melbourne against Geelong in round five, 1956? It is an equal VFL/AFL record for the least accurate in front of goal.

Third quarter – 3 points each

1. Who was named centre half-back in Melbourne’s Team of the Century?

2. Who coached Melbourne in 1978?

3. Nathan Jones topped Melbourne’s disposals in 2014. How many did he have?

4. Who was the 1300^th player to represent Melbourne in a VFL/AFL match?

5. Melbourne’s first final in 1897 was against which club?

6. Who has played the 10^th most matches for Melbourne? He played 235.

7. Who has kicked the most goals in Melbourne’s finals history? 

8. Aside from Shane Zantuck, who is the only other player in the club’s history to have played a VFL/AFL match sharing a surname that starts with the letter ‘Z’?

9. Ross Dillon led Melbourne’s goalkicking in what two consecutive seasons?

10. Russell Robertson’s best haul in a VFL/AFL match was seven goals. How many times did he kick multiple bags of seven?

11.Who coached the most VFL/AFL matches for Melbourne: Neil Craig, Greg Hutchison, Mark Riley or Todd Viney?

12.Melbourne will play Greater Western Sydney at StarTrack Oval (formerly Manuka Oval) in round two, 2015. Before that fixture, how many times has Melbourne played a VFL/AFL home and away match at that ground?

13. Don Williams played in five premierships for Melbourne from 1955 to 1964. Which Melbourne premiership did he miss during that era?

14. Who captained Melbourne for one season in 1950?

15. Who is the only player to be drafted by Melbourne at No.6 in the National Draft?

16. Who kicked six goals for Melbourne’s in its 1926 premiership win over Collingwood?

17. What number did Darren O’Brien wear for Melbourne in 1996-97?

18.Two players have played 226 VFL/AFL matches for Melbourne. Garry Lyon is one. Who is the other?

19.How many goals did Darren Bennett kick in 1990?

20. How many times did David Neitz lead Melbourne’s goalkicking?

21. Melbourne has played Gold Coast Suns and Greater Western Sydney the same amount of times in home and away matches. How many matches has it played against each team?

22. Who has kicked the second most goals in a VFL/AFL match for Melbourne behind Fred Fanning’s league record of 18 goals? This player booted 13 goals against Carlton in round 14, 1925.

23. Who played more matches for Melbourne: Robert Flower or Adem Yze?

24. In round 20, 2013, Gold Coast Suns captain Gary Ablett was ‘restricted’ to how many disposals against Melbourne?

25. After the MCG, which venue has Melbourne played its most VFL/AFL matches?

Final quarter – 4 points each

1. Who made his VFL/AFL debut for Melbourne against Carlton in round 22, 1986? It was his only VFL/AFL match.

2. Max Walker, Graeme Watson and Roy Park have represented Australia in Test Cricket and played VFL/AFL matches for Melbourne. Name the only other player to have achieved this feat?  

3. By alphabetical surname order, who appears first on the list of every player to have played a VFL/AFL match for Melbourne?

4. Fred Fanning holds the VFL/AFL record for the most goals kicked in a match. He booted 18 goals for Melbourne against St Kilda at the Junction Oval in 1947. What round did it happen?

5. Steven Febey, Matthew Febey, Andy Lovell and Darren Jarman were drafted by Melbourne in the 1986 National Draft. Who was the other player Melbourne selected at No.29 that year?

6. How many VFL/AFL matches did coach Paul Roos play against Melbourne?

7. Allen Jakovich kicked eight goals against Essendon in Melbourne’s victorious 1991 elimination final. Andy Lovell also booted four goals. Who was the only other multiple goalkicker for Melbourne in that match with two goals?

8. Name Melbourne’s first VFL/AFL captain, who led the club in 1897-98?

9. How many matches did Geelong chief executive Brian Cook play for Melbourne in 1977?

10. Dean Chiron played 17 matches for Melbourne from 1987-89. But he made his VFL/AFL debut with St Kilda, playing 19 matches from 1983-84. In between, he played one match for which VFL/AFL club in 1986?

11. Scott Wynd won the 1992 Brownlow Medal with Footscray. What was the name of his father who played two VFL/AFL matches for Melbourne in 1966?

12. How many players have played 200 or more VFL/AFL matches for Melbourne: 22, 24, 26 or 28?

13.Melbourne has had its most VFL/AFL wins against which club?

14.How many Cordners have played VFL/AFL matches for Melbourne?

15. How many 2015 Melbourne-listed players have previously been on an opposition AFL senior and/or rookie list?

16. Who made his VFL/AFL debut for Melbourne in round one, 1981? It was in Ron Barassi’s first full season as Melbourne coach?

17. Melbourne’s highest score in a Grand Final was 21.22 (148). What year did it happen?

18. Who was the first player to kick 10 goals or more in a VFL/AFL match for Melbourne?

19. Melbourne has had how many draws against Collingwood in VFL/AFL history?

20. Who was Melbourne’s leading goalkicker in its most recent premiership in 1964?

21. Who had the most disposals for Melbourne in the 2000 Grand Final?

22. Melbourne’s highest selection in a National Draft was Damon Munt in 1992. What number was he chosen?

23. The substitute rule was brought into the AFL in 2011. Who was Melbourne’s first ‘sub’ in a home and away match against the Sydney Swans in round one that year?

24. Melbourne’s greatest winning run against a VFL/AFL team is 20 victories. It happened from 1953-65. Which team was it against?

25. How many players have represented Melbourne in a VFL/AFL match since 1897?