View Full Version : The Ever so slightly tough Football Quiz (If you use Google/Wikipedia you suck)
I'm fairly confident I can bamboozle you gents even with you using the internet.
Moderate
1. Which footballer has scored on the opening day of both the Championship and Premier League? (As in the same season)
Difficult
2. Which national team's first choice midfield has four players with the same surname of which none are related?
Easy
3. Salomon Kalou nearly did it. Kevin Prince Boateng did do it. What is 'it'?
1. Grant Holt ?
2. China?
3. Score against Barcelona?
IronCity
16-01-2012, 21:36
I would have guessed South Korea for number 2
and banged you mom for #3....zing
1. Grant Holt ?
2. China?
3. Score against Barcelona?
No, nope and nyet.
Arse.
1. Robert Earnshaw?
2. India?
3. Won African Cup Of Nations?
Ali_BWFC
16-01-2012, 21:40
1) Earnshaw?
2) Iceland?
3) Something to do with African Nations?
EDIT: Damn you Thierry!
Arse.
1. Robert Earnshaw?
2. India?
3. Won African Cup Of Nations?
No to all three. I've amended the first question to help you, this player scored on the opening weekend of the championship and then a week later did so in the Premier League.
Oh right, that's intresting. Any hint on which season?
Ali_BWFC
16-01-2012, 21:45
1) Shane Long?
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 21:50
1) Andy Johnson?
No to everyone. The season in question for question one is 2005/06 season.
3) To do with International selection? Kalou could've played for Holland despite being Ivorian, but Boateng did play for Ghana despite being German.
Original?
16-01-2012, 21:59
2) Turkey?
3) To do with International selection? Kalou could've played for Holland despite being Ivorian, but Boateng did play for Ghana despite being German.
Bingo.
Everything else, no.
1) Craig Beattie?
Nope. I'll give you a clue, he scored twice at the weekend in the Championship.
Can you give us a clue on the decade, Sminky?
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 22:07
1) Andy Gray?
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 22:19
Am I allowed to dive in and ask another trivia question?
This is one that could be Googled, but that would ruin the fun and if someone does that then so be it.
On the opening weekend of the Premier League, only 13 foreigners appeared. That's right, only 13. It doesn't include any of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland.
Name the 13.
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 22:23
The opening weekend of the Premier League. As in, ever.
Am I allowed to dive in and ask another trivia question?
This is one that could be Googled, but that would ruin the fun and if someone does that then so be it.
On the opening weekend of the Premier League, only 13 foreigners appeared. That's right, only 13. It doesn't include any of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland.
Name the 13.
Jan Stejskal of QPR was one. Our Czech Goalie.
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 22:24
Bit vague, which season?
92/93. The opening weekend of the Premier League.
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 22:24
Surely Eric Cantona played either for us or Leeds?
EDIT: Peter Schmeichel too?
Leeds. Ludek Miklosko and Peter Schmeichel, Andrei Kanchelskis and Jan Molby.
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 22:27
Ronnie Rosenthal and Erik Thorstvedt?
Ronnie Rosenthal and Erik Thorstvedt?
Good gets. Nayim of Spurs.
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 22:29
Jan Stejskal, Peter Schemichel, Andrei Kanchelskis, Eric Cantona, Ronnie Rosenthal and Anders Limpar are all correct.
Ludek Miklosko, Jan Molby and Nayim did not feature.
:hmm:
Stig Inge Bjornebye?
The opening weekend of the Premier League. As in, ever.
I did wonder that.
1. Cantona
2. Andrei Kanchelskis
3. Peter Schmeichel
4. Hans Seeger
5. Jan Stejskl
6. John Jensen
That's all I got so far
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 22:35
No to Stig Inge Bjornebye.
Yes also to Hans Segers and John Jensen (nice Googling ;) Thought he wouldn't put them all in there so it seems 'legit').
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 22:37
Correct. Four to get. So far you have:
Jan Stejskal
Peter Schemichel
Andrei Kanchelskis
Roland Nilsson
Eric Cantona
Hans Segers
John Jensen
Anders Limpar
Ronnie Rosenthal
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 22:37
John Harkes and Roy Wegerle?
Fellow Sheffield Wednesday player John Harkes?
EDIT: Bloody hell Mike. Spooky.
No to Stig Inge Bjornebye.
Yes also to Hans Segers and John Jensen (nice Googling ;) Thought he wouldn't put them all in there so it seems 'legit').
Haha come on, I wasn't even 1 by the time the premier league started!
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 22:39
Neither John Harkes nor Roy Wegerle.
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 22:40
Fellow Sheffield Wednesday player John Harkes?
EDIT: Bloody hell Mike. Spooky.
Your Sheff Wed choice inspired me leading me to another American. Unfortunately it seems neither played. :angry:
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 22:41
There were no Americans on the opening day. However, one of the remaining four is currently involved in the MLS in some capacity.
Of the other three, two of them played in England after the turn of the millenium.
Bloody hell I can't think of who else. Dwight Yorke?
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 22:41
Patrick Andersson? Think he was at Blackburn a few years before Barca.
Nah Andersson was much later.
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 22:43
Aha, Mark Bosnich, surely?
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 22:44
Not Dwight Yorke.
Not Patrick Andersson (he was about 1998?)
Not Mark Bosnich.
Fuuuuuuu ....
Bloody hell I bet its someone blindingly obvious as well.
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 22:48
Were any of the Romanians around then or did they all arrive post World Cup 94? e.g. Popescu, Dumitrescu, Raducioiu (think that's how you spell it :mellow: ) or Petrescu?
Were any of the Romanians around then or did they all arrive post World Cup 94? e.g. Popescu, Dumitrescu, Raducioiu (think that's how you spell it :mellow: ) or Petrescu?
Post 94 and Raducioiu was much later. He was at Brescia in 1992/93 I think.
By the way the answer to my second question was Mali.
IronCity
16-01-2012, 22:49
this could be the fastest time to 4 pages I have ever witnessed.
You need to change your settings :lol:
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 22:53
Popescu, Dumitrescu, Raducioiu and Petrescu are all incorrect.
Good spelling of Florin Raducioiu, though.
Edit: More generally speaking, do not Wikipedia the entries of any of the already-named players. If you do, you might just give the rest of the answers away to yourselves. I only came across the fact myself because I was randomly on one of their pages a few days ago.
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 22:58
Thought I had one there with Tony Dorigo, then I remembered that even though he was born in Australia, he played for England. :facepalm: We aren't counting players born in a foreign land are we? Otherwise I'd pipe up with John Barnes.
Also thought I had one with Robbie Slater but I think he was 94/95 season for Blackburn.
Using Wiki is cheating! :angry: (I don't mean you Nifty)
Pavel Srnicek?
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 23:01
Phats, none of your suggestions are correct.
You're still missing a Canadian, a Dutch, a Norwegian and a Pole.
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 23:02
Phats, none of your suggestions are correct.
You're still missing a Canadian, a Dutch, a Norwegian and a Pole.
Craig Forrest for Canadian?
Phats, none of your suggestions are correct.
You're still missing a Canadian, a Dutch, a Norwegian and a Pole.
Frank Yallop or Craig Forrest for Canadian. Robert Warzycha for the Pole right? Buggered on the others.
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 23:03
Craig Forrest is correct.
Robert Warzycha is also correct.
One from Holland, one from Norway.
I'm off to bed in exactly 5 minutes. Answers coming then.
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 23:04
Leonhardsen? Bohinen?
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 23:04
Neither of those, I'm afraid.
Fiddle. Might need their positions to get them,
Phatmann
16-01-2012, 23:06
Fjortoft???
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 23:07
One was a centre-half and the other a full-back.
Jan-Aage Fjortoft was neither.
Nifty1Pound50
16-01-2012, 23:11
I'm off to bed.
I'll leave you to stew on it.
No cheating.
Final clue: One was playing for Oldham, the other for Manchester City.
Original?
16-01-2012, 23:59
Vonk would be your City Dutchman. I shouldn't click on these threads as they drive me mad and I need to go to sleep.
Bammers05
17-01-2012, 00:27
Henning Berg?
I know who the Oldham one is. Clue: He was also Leeds scum ;)
Bammers05
17-01-2012, 00:36
Alf Inge Haaland?
No.
http://www.premierleagueheroes.co.uk/communities/2/004/008/595/722/images/4551611601.jpg
Nifty1Pound50
17-01-2012, 08:28
Just to confirm, Vonk is correct.
Henning Berg and Alf-Inge Haaland are incorrect.
Ziss, between us we've given enough clues for the last one. No more.
Although you could just put them out of their memory...
Ali_BWFC
17-01-2012, 09:23
I'm fairly confident I can bamboozle you gents even with you using the internet.
Moderate
1. Which footballer has scored on the opening day of both the Championship and Premier League? (As in the same season)
Difficult
2. Which national team's first choice midfield has four players with the same surname of which none are related?
Easy
3. Salomon Kalou nearly did it. Kevin Prince Boateng did do it. What is 'it'?
So what was the answer then?
Although you could just put them out of their memory...
:lol:
Phatmann
17-01-2012, 12:32
Gunnar Halle is the last and Mali was the answer to number 2, Ali.
11 Italians have played for Chelsea football club in its history. Without the use of google, who are they?
Phatmann
17-01-2012, 19:15
11 Italians have played for Chelsea football club in its history. Without the use of google, who are they?
Vialli, Zola, Ambrosetti, Cudicini, Casiraghi off the top of my head. Others will take a bit of thinking to get.
Vialli, Zola, Ambrosetti, Cudicini, Casiraghi off the top of my head. Others will take a bit of thinking to get.
6 to go. I guarantee you'll not get one. Not even I had heard of him and I'm older than the Mary Rose.
Phatmann
17-01-2012, 19:22
6 to go. I guarantee you'll not get one. Not even I had heard of him and I'm older than the Mary Rose.
I've got another: Di Matteo! Christ, how did I forget him? :facepalm:
You've missed two other obvious ones as well so far, both have played for AC Milan.
Dragonfly
17-01-2012, 19:28
Was there a youngster called Donna, or Dolla, or something like that? I might be mixing his first and surname. Dalabona, possibly?
Was there a youngster called Donna, or Dolla, or something like that? I might be mixing his first and surname. Dalabona, possibly?
... You're nearly there
Dragonfly
17-01-2012, 19:30
I'm trying to remember my Chelsea squad from Championship Manager 99/00.
Bammers05
17-01-2012, 19:31
Dalla Bonna
Sam Dalla Bona, Panucci, can't think of others right now.
Dalla Bonna
Sam Dalla Bona. Correct.
4 to go.
EDIT: Panucci is also correct. 3 to go.
Dragonfly
17-01-2012, 19:33
Schettino?
Schettino?
As in the captain of the Costa Concordia? :lol: ... alas no ...
I'll give you a clue, one was called the 'Italian Ryan Giggs' he was of course nothing of the sort.
Bammers05
17-01-2012, 19:38
Lampardetti?
I'm sure I know of an Italian winger they had, but I can't remember who he is.
Ah Marco Ambrosio, the bastard who stopped us in the CL quarter final at Highbury.
Ah Marco Ambrosio, the bastard who stopped us in the CL quarter final at Highbury.
He's already been named chap
I saw Ambrosetti, thus I am correct.
Bammers05
17-01-2012, 19:49
Ancelotti? :ninja:
Ah. My mistake. Ok 2 to go.
Nifty1Pound50
17-01-2012, 20:07
They've had a youngster in the last year or so. Boreni or Borini? Borini sounds right.
First name is an F, I'm leaning towards Francesco, but not sure.
Ambrosio and Borini.
EDIT: Dammit, I clicked on the thread and it took me back a page :facepalm:
Nifty1Pound50
17-01-2012, 20:16
His name definitely wasn't Sergio.
Francesco or Fabio.
No idea on the remaining one. Not the foggiest.
His name definitely wasn't Sergio.
Francesco or Fabio.
No idea on the remaining one. Not the foggiest.
Getting my names muddled, you're right, it was Fabio Borini not Sergio.
Ali_BWFC
17-01-2012, 21:39
I think I've got him, but I kinda cheated because it's not the sort of player you'd know off the top of your head.
Ok. Name the nationality of the Defender with the surname of Brown who payed in a World Cup final. To narrow it down it occurred between 1982 and 1994.
Nice easy one to start with. Try this for size, name the player that Stuttgart brought on as a sub during their second leg with Leeds in 1992 that infringed the 3 foreign players rule.
Easy, it was Jovica Simanic
Bammers05
04-03-2012, 14:37
Easy, it was Jovica Simanic
Don't take this the wrong way, but, if you found that easy, you must have a pretty good memory for someone who would've been -6/-5 years old when it happened.
It wasn't Jovica Simanic.
EDIT: :facepalm: Aye it was, I'm being daft, I thought it was Adrian Knup but he came on before Simanic. There is no way you could have known that Abu because I actually watched that match and even I got it mixed up.
Don't take this the wrong way, but, if you found that easy, you must have a pretty good memory for someone who would've been -6/-5 years old when it happened.
I had help obviously from my bro. Not from the web though
(He sometimes uses my account)
It wasn't Jovica Simanic.
EDIT: :facepalm: Aye it was, I'm being daft, I thought it was Adrian Knup but he came on before Simanic. There is no way you could have known that Abu because I actually watched that match and even I got it mixed up.
You arrogant bastard!
You arrogant bastard!
Don't take this the wrong way, but, if you found that easy, you must have a pretty good memory for someone who would've been -6/-5 years old when it happened.
...
...
That's not what you said though. You said he wouldn't know it, because you got it mixed up. You never said the reason is because of his young age.
That's not what you said though. You said he wouldn't know it, because you got it mixed up. You never said the reason is because of his young age.
I think there has been a slight misunderstanding here, I followed on from Bammers post with the inference that he would not have been born, as opposed to myself who watched the game.
I think there has been a slight misunderstanding here, I followed on from Bammers post with the inference that he would not have born, as opposed to myself who watched the game.
Ok. My mistake then. But the wording in your sentence makes it seem like what I thought.
Bammers05
11-03-2012, 16:27
Andrea Pirlo's appearance for Juventus today against Genoa meant that he became only the 7th player currently playing in Seria A to notch 400 appearances in Serie A. Who were the other 6? :hmm:
Bammers05
11-03-2012, 16:39
Del Piero.....
Yep.
5 more :hmm:
Francesco Totti?
Alessandro Nesta?
EDIT: Joel you nonce.
Bammers05
11-03-2012, 16:43
Totti, Nesta
Yes to both.
Gianluigi Buffon?
Yep.
2 more :ohmy:
EDIT: No to Inzaghi.
Trezeguet?
EDIT: Forget him, he doesn't play in the serie A anymore
Zanetti.
:facepalm: - how did it take us so long?
Bammers05
11-03-2012, 16:45
Trezeguet?
EDIT: Forget him, he doesn't play in the serie A anymore
No, obviously.
Zanetti.
Yes.
1 more :excited:
EDIT: No to Ambrosini.
Bammers05
11-03-2012, 16:46
NOT Clarence Seedorf...
It's not Clarence Seedorf.
Bammers05
11-03-2012, 16:46
Francesco Antonioli?
Yes.
I'll go for another keeper. Antonioli.
EDIT what Sweey said.
Who are the six men to have won the European Cup/Champions League as player and manager?
(You suck if you Google/Search)
Ancelotti and Rijkaard are the only two that I can't think of ATM. Are the others what you would consider "recent"?
One is recent. Two are not too long ago, but not recent. And one is quite a while ago.
Phatmann
12-03-2012, 13:24
Cruyff and Beckenbauer?
EDIT: Guardiola surely?
Ali_BWFC
12-03-2012, 13:25
Guardiola?
Yes - Cruyff and Pep.
No - Beckenbauer.
Bammers05
12-03-2012, 14:39
Ottmar Hitzfeld?
Its the irish guy starting with trap.... isn't it
Dragonfly
12-03-2012, 14:49
Capello?
Vicente Del Bosque?
No.
Ottmar Hitzfeld?
No.
Its the irish guy starting with trap.... isn't it
Yes.
Capello?
No.
One more to go. It's a tough one.
Allow the old man to answer this one. It's Mario Zagallo. If I'm not mistaken he won the World Cup at least three times during his career as player and manager.
Allow the old man to answer this one. It's Mario Zagallo. If I'm not mistaken he won the World Cup at least three times during his career as player and manager.
Nope.
This is a tough one and I only know because I saw the list.
Joel you mong, Zagallo won the World Cup as a player in 1962 and as manager in 1970 :folarm:
But it's European Cup/Champions League, Sminkster.
:myword:
For the love of god. I'm the mong.
For the love of god. I'm the mong.
RTFQ, Mr. Sminky.
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