The Fedberg Quiz with Answers

Fun trivia about Roger Federer and Stefan Edberg

( not necessarily to do with their game only )

Federer – Section 1

7 Questions - Tennis based

1

Which tournament & year ?

Answer – Hopman Cup 2002 Fed with Mirka on the far-side

2

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

Answer – Jose Higueras, French Open expert

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 ?

Answer – Marat Safin

Fed beat Safin in a three-setter and Yves Allegro & Fed beat Safin & Joachim Johnsson also in a three-setter

4

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

Answer – Fed beat him at Milan in Feb 2001 for his first ATP title

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 ?

Answer – Madrid on clay. Fed won 6-4, 6-4

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 ?

Answer – Juan Martin Del Potro – 2012 Olympics Semis – 4 hours and 26

minutes

7

Name the venue / city

Answer - Dubai – The helipad at Burj Al Arab Hotel overlooking the sea

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 ?

Answer – The kid Roger in the books has a sister called Diana. Just like our Fed.

9

Connect Rhine Falls in Switzerland to Michael Caine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The one word answer has

a connection to Roger Federer.

Answer – Rhine Falls is in Schaffhausen, the name Caine uses in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Schaffhausen

is Mirka’s home town

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 ?

Answer – CIBA – Chemical Industry in BAsel.Robert & Lynette Federer both worked at

CIBA.

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.

Answer – Durand – Lynette’s maiden name was Durand.

12

Whose statue ? Has a connection to Federer.

Answer – Dom Perignon. Monk who made champagne and also brand of Moet &

Chandon endorsed by Fed

13

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

Who ?

Answer – Anna Wintour of Vogue

14

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

Answer – As Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, Fed visited tsunami victims in Tamilnadu,

India

Fedberg Section

3 questions involving both Federer & Edberg

15

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

What are we talking about ?

Answer – ATP Stefan Edberg Sportmanship Award

16

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

video was also shot )

Fedberg wearing Google Glass at Google Campus, California

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.

Answer - Boris Becker, but Edberg beat him more at Grand Slams – twice at Wimbledon

and once at French Open

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 ?

Answer – Mats Wilander !!!

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 ?

Answer – Jimmy Van Alen, inventor of the Tie-Break. Edberg won the first set 6-4 and then lost the next three sets in tie-breakers. Didn’t lose serve in the

whole match but lost the match

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 ?

Edberg & McEnroe are the only male tennis players to have been ranked No 1 in both singles and doubles

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