New Footy Quiz

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:38 pm

OK....it's a little dry on here this week, what with our Cooking Link and presenters faces!

Time for a quiz:

1. Which Scottish football club were named after an English rugby team? Rangers

2. Giuseppe Wilson won 3 international football caps for which country? ITALY

3. With 109 goals, Ali Daei is the leading all time goal scorer in international football, but for which country did he play? IRAN

4. Which player scored a hat-trick in the Charity Shield for the reigning champions before winning the title with the team he scored against later the same season? Cantona

5. Which team boasts the biggest pitch in the Premier League at 116 x 77 yards? Etihad

6. How is the song “Offside” by Barry Stroller better known? MOTD

7. Name the 5 English players who have cost over £7 million each but have never played for England. Dean Richards, Carl Cort, Kevin Davies, Dean Ashton, Nigel Reo-Coker

8. There are 2 current football league teams with an X in their name. Who are they? Exeter City and Crewe Alexandra

9. Which is the only English league club whose name contains no letters which can be ‘coloured in’? Hull City

10. What is the biggest city in the UK never to have had a league team? Wakefield

11. What do the following shirts have in common: West Ham’s No. 6, Man City’s No. 23 and Chelsea’s No. 25 and who are they? Moore, MVF, Zola - all retired shirts

12. For whom did Pele and Bobby Moore play together? Escape to Victory

13. Which English league team’s name starts with 5 consonants? Crystal Palace

14. Which team’s ground is closest to the River Mersey? Stockport County

15. Which British team’s ground is in two countries? Chester City

16. Who is the only player who has scored a hat-trick in all of the top 4 English divisions, the League Cup, the FA Cup and for their country? Robert Earnshaw

17. Name the five teams in the top 4 English divisions whose names end in ‘E’? Crystal Palace, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale, Rochdale and Dagenham & Redbridge or Morecombe

18. The 1982 Southampton team included Mick Channon, Alan Ball, Peter Shilton, Kevin Keegan, Mark Wright and Dave Watson. What do all these players have in common? All captained England

19. Who is the only born and bred Scouser to have won the FA Cup with Liverpool and Everton? Gary Ablett

20. Which player has played in all of the following derbies: Munich, Merseyside, North London, Milan and Tyne-Tees? Christian Ziege

by skyblueoz Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:07 pm

well I have had a quick look so for starters.

3 Iran
5 west Brom
8 Exeter , Oxford & crewe alex!!!
9 Hull
11 Bobby Moore, MVF don't know Chelsea unless rocky all retired shirts.
12 N Y Cosmos
13 Crystal Palace
14 Tranmere Rvs
15 Berwick Rangers
16 Luther Blissett
17 I have got about 10 teams ending in e if it is just 1st names (ie stoke) not stoke City.
18 all captained England

by Moonchester Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:57 pm

I thought 15 - Chester City?

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:05 pm

skyblueoz wrote:well I have had a quick look so for starters.

3 Iran - correct
5 west Brom - wrong
8 Exeter , Oxford & crewe alex!!!- only 2....but correct
9 Hull - correct
11 Bobby Moore, MVF don't know Chelsea unless rocky all retired shirts. 2 out of 3
12 N Y Cosmos - wrong
13 Crystal Palace - correct
14 Tranmere Rvs - wrong
15 Berwick Rangers - wrong
16 Luther Blissett =- wrong
17 I have got about 10 teams ending in e if it is just 1st names (ie stoke) not stoke City. - ends
18 all captained England - correct

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:06 pm

Moonchester wrote:I thought 15 - Chester City?

correct

by **leopold** Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:07 pm

10. Bath

14. Stockport County. Practically backs onto it.

17. Plymouth Argyle, Dagenham & Redbridge, Morecambe, Port Vale

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:09 pm

leopold wrote:10. Bath - wrong

14. Stockport County. Practically backs onto it. - correct

17. Plymouth Argyle, Dagenham & Redbridge, Morecambe, Port Vale - correct

by **leopold** Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:11 pm

There's a bigger city than Bath that hasn't had a league side? I'd best have another think...

17. The last one is Stevenage. I was just looking at a mate's wall on facebook. His name is Steve. The penny dropped!

by **leopold** Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:25 pm

2. Wilson is an English name and presumably his father's. But Guiseppe is Italian and I suspect, if his mum got naming rights, he'd probably be brought up as a good Italian boy. So my guess is, he played for Italy.

(Now watch it be Peru!)

10. I'm guessing it's a city with more of a rugby connection than a football one. And all of the places I could think of with rugby teams also have league sides, and a lot of them are towns rather than cities. However, I'm not sure if this place has a league team, but I think it's a city: Wakefield.

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:58 pm

leopold wrote:2. Wilson is an English name and presumably his father's. But Guiseppe is Italian and I suspect, if his mum got naming rights, he'd probably be brought up as a good Italian boy. So my guess is, he played for Italy.

(Now watch it be Peru!)

10. I'm guessing it's a city with more of a rugby connection than a football one. And all of the places I could think of with rugby teams also have league sides, and a lot of them are towns rather than cities. However, I'm not sure if this place has a league team, but I think it's a city: Wakefield.

hahaha - well done, correct for both.

by Paulpowersleftfoot Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:13 pm

leopold wrote:There's a bigger city than Bath that hasn't had a league side? I'd best have another think...

17. The last one is Stevenage. I was just looking at a mate's wall on facebook. His name is Steve. The penny dropped!

Crystal Palace not stevenage borough?

by Paulpowersleftfoot Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:16 pm

9 hull city tigers now

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:18 pm

Paulpowersleftfoot wrote:9 hull city tigers now

by titbumwilly Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:27 pm

6 has to be match of the day theme, surely?

by **leopold** Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:39 pm

Paulpowersleftfoot wrote:
leopold wrote:There's a bigger city than Bath that hasn't had a league side? I'd best have another think...

17. The last one is Stevenage. I was just looking at a mate's wall on facebook. His name is Steve. The penny dropped!
Crystal Palace not stevenage borough?

Oh, bum crevice! I'd forgotten about Palace! I wouldn't mind, but it's one of the other answers as well!

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:50 pm

titbumwilly wrote:6 has to be match of the day theme, surely?

by **leopold** Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:09 pm

4. Cantona

16. Robert Earnshaw

by **shakencity** Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:15 pm

12. POW team in Escape to victory

by **shakencity** Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:17 pm

19 Gary Abblett

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:33 pm

leopold wrote:4. Cantona

16. Robert Earnshaw

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:33 pm

shakencity wrote:12. POW team in Escape to victory

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:34 pm

shakencity wrote:19 Gary Abblett

by **shakencity** Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:40 pm

Could you fill the answers in the OP blue?

Cheers pal.

by **shakencity** Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:50 pm

20 was very tricky but I think I sussed it in the end.....Christian Ziege?

by **Topdawg** Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:59 pm

10. Guildford has a population near 67000 whereas Wakefield has something around 61,000.

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:16 pm

shakencity wrote:20 was very tricky but I think I sussed it in the end.....Christian Ziege?

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:16 pm

Topdawg wrote:10. Guildford has a population near 67000 whereas Wakefield has something around 61,000.

by blueboy Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:18 pm

still to go:

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4

5

7

11

by Paulpowersleftfoot Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:20 pm

10 Salford
Apparently the raggites are from Manchester not Salford and 650 million of the unwashed deluded fuckers live there

by **Topdawg** Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:24 pm

10. You can't really have the metropolitan borough or districts (such as Wakefield District). If you did that, Oldham would have about 225,000 which is absurd as Oldham town itself has about 70,000.

by **leopold** Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:58 pm

I checked it out and Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire. Yes, it also has a metropolitan borough (as does Oldham, Manchester, Leeds, London, Sheffield, Leicester... do I need to carry on?), but as a city in it's own right it has a population of almost 77,000 - if Wikipedia is to be believed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakefield

But let's not take away from this the fact that I lucked out on the answer, because I was toying with saying Winchester! Razz

by **Topdawg** Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:16 am

I used the census figures from 2011 but I don't want to take your glory away Leo...

by Moonchester Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:06 am

11 - Retired shirt numbers (I did cheat to find the info as it was bugging me).
Marc Vivien Foe
Gianfranco Zola
Bobby Moore

by blueboy Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:50 am

Topdawg wrote:10. You can't really have the metropolitan borough or districts (such as Wakefield District). If you did that, Oldham would have about 225,000 which is absurd as Oldham town itself has about 70,000.

by blueboy Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:53 am

Moonchester wrote:11 - Retired shirt numbers (I did cheat to find the info as it was bugging me).
Marc Vivien Foe
Gianfranco Zola
Bobby Moore

by **shakencity** Fri Nov 01, 2013 9:53 am

1. Leeds

Off to the Lakes with the family now, so no footy for me tomorrow.

Have a good weekend folks.

by blueboy Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:03 am

shakencity wrote:1. Leeds

Off to the Lakes with the family now, so no footy for me tomorrow.

Have a good weekend folks.

Not Leeds

Have a great weekend.

by **Topdawg** Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:53 am

7 anton ferdinand

by blueboy Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:14 am

Topdawg wrote:7 anton ferdinand

nope.......

by **leopold** Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:30 am

5. Going to take a punt here and say it's the Etihad.

by **leopold** Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:36 am

7. Super Kevin Davies

by Moonchester Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:31 pm

Kevin Davies has been capped

by ManCityMan Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:41 pm

5. Villa Park?

by skyblueoz Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:31 pm

1) Airdieonians sounds like an old English rugby team?

by blueboy Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:06 pm

leopold wrote:5. Going to take a punt here and say it's the Etihad.

by blueboy Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:07 pm

ManCityMan wrote:5. Villa Park?

nope

by blueboy Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:07 pm

skyblueoz wrote:1) Airdieonians sounds like an old English rugby team?

nope

by **leopold** Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:00 pm

Moonchester wrote:Kevin Davies has been capped

Oh crap, so he has. Just the once, wasn't it?

1 is going to be something obvious, isn't it? Okay, Queen of the South. Berwick Rangers. St. Mirren. Partick Thistle. Glasgow Celtic. Glasgow Rangers. Forfar Athletic. Dundee United. Heart of Midlothian. Motherwell. East Fife. Erm... Aberdeen... I can't think of any more off the top of my head...

by meltonblue Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:39 pm

7. Reo Coker?

by blueboy Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:48 pm

meltonblue wrote:7. Reo Coker?

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