Jimmy Floyd
24-12-2017, 12:05 AM
I only have 20 questions in me these days, and 15 of them are football trivia (the other 5 are silly but fun for me to make, which is the main thing) but this should keep you occupied through the duller parts of the Christmas period.
I suggest answers in spoilers. If you want to do the whole thing without looking at other people's answers, do and I'll tell you how many you got, otherwise it can be a collective effort.
FOOTBALL
1. What was the footballing link between a cat, an Italian square, a small coin, and a volcano?
2. What happened in 2017 which made Preston North End unique in the history of English football?
3. What links Harry Redknapp, Obafemi Martins, Djimi Traoré and DeAndre Yedlin?
4. Which now-retired player won only 24 caps for his country, but played in two World Cups, and won two other major tournaments, being player of the tournament in one of them?
5. England won this trophy in 2016 after a long dry spell: since England's previous victory, France had won it five times, the Netherlands four times, and Argentina and the Ivory Coast twice each, among others. What is the trophy?
6. Portugal, Senegal and Slovakia are the only national teams to achieve what?
7. Who is the only manager to have coached Carlo Ancelotti, Pavel Nedved and Kyle Naughton?
8. This title has been won the most times by a north London club, but the only team to win it twice in a row was a Manchester club. What is the title?
9. This current player has made only one Premier League appearance among his four English clubs. He's scored goals in five different countries, winning the title in one of them, but never played for a club in his home nation. Who is he?
10. What happened in 1987-88, and again in 2012-13, which has not happened in any other English football season?
11. 1. Lionel Messi. 2. John Mikel Obi. Who is 3?
12. With 79 goals for his country, Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest-scoring international player to have played in the Premier League. Who is the next highest?
13. KS, DS, WM, RH, CF. What is this?
14. Gianfranco Zola, Matt Le Tissier, Rémy Cabella, Georgios Samaras, Mario Balotelli. What do these footballers have in common?
15. If the last two entries in a long sequence are (most recent first) Juanfran and Bastian Schweinsteiger, who was the first ever name in the sequence?
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
I'm going to write a load of apparently incoherent waffle, but in fact it contains great factual truth. Can you tell me what I'm on about?
16. Arsenal and a shit team from the north, becoming verdant where the noblemen live. Where one nobleman in particular lives. The old queen in Newcastle and Exeter, worshipping African monks. Gammon here, gammon there, the dogs are loud. Toot the house of God.
17. Shrubs and trees and a mound and a scribe and a gentleman hits driver and another scribe and another mound and Maggie May and Sailing and Reason To Believe and tally ho! and he vends and the mound's son and how have I got four tickets for this musical and there's something on my shirt.
18. This bloke sounds like he's fucked up. Oh, everything's fine. Huh? I'll lamp you and I'm not mad. Posters on the wall, Fido's in jewellery and there go some freshmen. This train never stops, I'm not high. Yes! I worship you guys, can I stay with you? No? Well... blah blah blah, and at the bitter end we're in Ghana.
19. I went to the Big Apple, twice, and the second time I said 'This ain't my first rodeo' but the greenbacks, they wouldn't come. Still, decent guys, they were, decent guys - but strangely afraid of Batman. I put all I had left on black, and red came up, so I had to hand myself over to the Gambinos. They put me on a plane and I left, but as I looked down on the banking quarter I heard this great howl! But that was the last thing I heard.
20. At first light I saw Wembley. A meagre fist pump on grass, we're alright, Cheggers. Put us in the loft. Bale of... hey! Fox! Leave my morning for the Tiger.
I suggest answers in spoilers. If you want to do the whole thing without looking at other people's answers, do and I'll tell you how many you got, otherwise it can be a collective effort.
FOOTBALL
1. What was the footballing link between a cat, an Italian square, a small coin, and a volcano?
2. What happened in 2017 which made Preston North End unique in the history of English football?
3. What links Harry Redknapp, Obafemi Martins, Djimi Traoré and DeAndre Yedlin?
4. Which now-retired player won only 24 caps for his country, but played in two World Cups, and won two other major tournaments, being player of the tournament in one of them?
5. England won this trophy in 2016 after a long dry spell: since England's previous victory, France had won it five times, the Netherlands four times, and Argentina and the Ivory Coast twice each, among others. What is the trophy?
6. Portugal, Senegal and Slovakia are the only national teams to achieve what?
7. Who is the only manager to have coached Carlo Ancelotti, Pavel Nedved and Kyle Naughton?
8. This title has been won the most times by a north London club, but the only team to win it twice in a row was a Manchester club. What is the title?
9. This current player has made only one Premier League appearance among his four English clubs. He's scored goals in five different countries, winning the title in one of them, but never played for a club in his home nation. Who is he?
10. What happened in 1987-88, and again in 2012-13, which has not happened in any other English football season?
11. 1. Lionel Messi. 2. John Mikel Obi. Who is 3?
12. With 79 goals for his country, Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest-scoring international player to have played in the Premier League. Who is the next highest?
13. KS, DS, WM, RH, CF. What is this?
14. Gianfranco Zola, Matt Le Tissier, Rémy Cabella, Georgios Samaras, Mario Balotelli. What do these footballers have in common?
15. If the last two entries in a long sequence are (most recent first) Juanfran and Bastian Schweinsteiger, who was the first ever name in the sequence?
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
I'm going to write a load of apparently incoherent waffle, but in fact it contains great factual truth. Can you tell me what I'm on about?
16. Arsenal and a shit team from the north, becoming verdant where the noblemen live. Where one nobleman in particular lives. The old queen in Newcastle and Exeter, worshipping African monks. Gammon here, gammon there, the dogs are loud. Toot the house of God.
17. Shrubs and trees and a mound and a scribe and a gentleman hits driver and another scribe and another mound and Maggie May and Sailing and Reason To Believe and tally ho! and he vends and the mound's son and how have I got four tickets for this musical and there's something on my shirt.
18. This bloke sounds like he's fucked up. Oh, everything's fine. Huh? I'll lamp you and I'm not mad. Posters on the wall, Fido's in jewellery and there go some freshmen. This train never stops, I'm not high. Yes! I worship you guys, can I stay with you? No? Well... blah blah blah, and at the bitter end we're in Ghana.
19. I went to the Big Apple, twice, and the second time I said 'This ain't my first rodeo' but the greenbacks, they wouldn't come. Still, decent guys, they were, decent guys - but strangely afraid of Batman. I put all I had left on black, and red came up, so I had to hand myself over to the Gambinos. They put me on a plane and I left, but as I looked down on the banking quarter I heard this great howl! But that was the last thing I heard.
20. At first light I saw Wembley. A meagre fist pump on grass, we're alright, Cheggers. Put us in the loft. Bale of... hey! Fox! Leave my morning for the Tiger.