Trivia Thread

[Jimmy Floyd]

Not doing a separate quiz thread this year, but here are a quick ten of my trademark bollocks football questions for anyone bored over the festive period.

1. Complete the sequence: Manchester City, Blackpool, Atletico Madrid, LAFC, Inter Milan, xxx
2. Complete the sequence: Fulham, Anderlecht, Arsenal, Liverpool, Liverpool, xxx
3. Complete the sequence: Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Roger Federer, Hugh Grant, Leonardo da Vinci, Julius Caesar, xxx
4. Fill in the blanks: Chelsea, Chelsea, Aston Villa, xxx, Manchester Utd, xxx, Chelsea
5. Fill in the blanks: France, Sweden, Poland, xxx, xxx
6. They call me the Lancashire Ripper. In my career I've scored against Accrington, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Everton, Fleetwood, Fylde, Man City, Man Utd, Morecambe, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale and Wigan - and I'm not yet even thirty. Who am I?
7. For my entire club career, aside from 8 games, I represented current Premier League clubs. Despite this, I scored 126 goals in leagues other than the Premier League. The first trophy of my career was also the first cup that my club had ever won, and I scored twice in the final. Who am I?
8. I made over 600 career appearances, with over 550 of them in my home country. There, I won 14 trophies including a European trophy, and won over 100 caps. Despite that, in my one short period abroad I also managed to win the Premier League. Who am I?
9. The most prolific season of my career was in 97/98, when I banged in double figures. I played in the World Cup that summer, making the knockouts, as I also did in my other World Cup appearance. I represented my country across three different decades and won a league title there before winning four more in a neighbouring country. I was even a club world champion once, though I never did better than a quarter-final in all my international tournaments. Who am I?
10. With eleven league titles in my cabinet, I must be one of the more decorated footballers going around. Despite this haul, I'm chiefly known for being the scorer of a cup final winner. Despite my rampant club success, I only have silver medals at international level. Who am I?

[Waffdon]

Thought I was reading a text from my Gran in the first few questions

[wullie]

Ian Wright for 7, Robben 10?

[Ben]

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4. Everton, Arsenal.
6. Ched Evans.
7. Leon Britton.
8. Gerard Piqué.
9. Ebbe Sand.
10. Paul Scholes.

[thommo]

I think 9 is Dejan Stankovic? Only thing that might be wrong is I think he won more than 4 Serie A titles.

[John Arne]

1. Marseille

[thommo]

Number 2 is Fiorentina - teams that West Ham have faced in major finals.

[Ben]

1. Marseille

What's the link? Blackpool > Atletico > LAFC baffled me.

[CJay]

Worked out 9:

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Chilavert

Chuffed with that if correct.

[SvN]

10. Robben

[John Arne]

What's the link? Blackpool > Atletico > LAFC baffled me.

David Beckham club history, rivals.

[CJay]

Surely Robben only has a single silver medal at international level?

[Jimmy Floyd]

4. Everton, Arsenal.
6. Ched Evans.
7. Leon Britton.
8. Gerard Piqué.
9. Ebbe Sand.
10. Paul Scholes.

All wrong, I'm afraid.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ian Wright for 7, Robben 10?

Ian Wright is correct for 7, his Zenith Data Systems win for Palace being the trophy in question.

Robben, though a great guess, is not correct, he has one international silver medal, this player has silver medals plural. Also would argue he isn't chiefly known for a cup final winner, score one though he did. In my mind he's chiefly known for cutting inside and running like a fanny.

[Danny]

Is 8 Barthez?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Not a bad guess but he didn't make that many appearances or win that many trophies.

[SincereTheRebel]

10. Ballack?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Only five titles for Mickey, including one with Kaiserslautern which was news to me.

Stankovic also incorrect for 9, six scudetti for him and also Serbia doesn't border Italy, although I guess Yugoslavia did when he was born, but screw that.

[CJay]

10:

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Kingsley Coman?

[Jimmy Floyd]

10:

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Kingsley Coman?

Correct!

[CJay]

Correct!

What about my guess for 9?

8 has been rattling about in my head all afternoon.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Worked out 9:

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Chilavert

Chuffed with that if correct.

Sorry missed this - correct! And well worked out.

[wullie]

Yuri Zhirkov for 8?

[thommo]

Ivan Toney for 6.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Both of the above correct.

[thommo]

I presume there are any number of answers for 3, but how about William Gladstone?

Also I believed you missed this:

Number 2 is Fiorentina - teams that West Ham have faced in major finals.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yes Gladstone will do for 3 - could also have had John Lennon, Steven Gerrard, you name it.

And yes that is also correct for 2.

[Boydy]

What was the sequence for 3?

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's famous people from the cities where Mo Salah has played, in order of joining them.

[-james-]

For these 20 letters of the alphabet, name a footballer who has played in the Premier League whose first name begins with that letter and last name ends with that letter.

Common names as would be used on Wikipedia, mononyms accepted (e.g. Otavio).

A - Adrien Silva, Antonio Luna
C -
D -
E -
F - Frank Lebouef
G -
H -
I -
K -
L -
M - Mart Poom
N - Niall Quinn
O - Oleksandr Zinchenko
P -
R - Robbie Fowler
S - Stelios Giannakopoulos
T -
U - Ugo Ehiogu
V - Valeriy Bojinov
Y -

There are no valid players on my list for B, J, Q, W, X, Z but you're welcome to prove it wrong.

[John Arne]

For these 20 letters of the alphabet, name a footballer who has played in the Premier League whose first name begins with that letter and last name ends with that letter.

Common names as would be used on Wikipedia, mononyms accepted (e.g. Otavio).

A -
C -
D -
E -
F -
G -
H -
I -
K -
L -
M -
N -
O -
P -
R -
S -
T -
U -
V -
Y -

There are no valid players on my list for B, J, Q, W, X, Z but you're welcome to prove it wrong.

Oh, nice.
EDIT: quoted to get it on this page.

[Baz]

Niall Quinn

inb4martin/scousepig

[John Arne]

Wait, this is harder than I thought

[John Arne]

Robbie Fowler.

[Max Power]

Adrien Silva

[Max Power]

Ugo Ehiogu

[Jimmy Floyd]

The C one surely some kind of Balkan.

[Clunge]

Antonio Luna.

[niko_cee]

Mart Poom

[Adramelch]

The wonderkid of all wonderkids Valeri Bojinov.

[CJay]

The C one surely some kind of Balkan.

There's a rich seam to mine there.

V - Valeri Bojinov (assuming he ever actually played).

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Antonio Valencia.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Stelios Giannakopoulos

[Adramelch]

Could be Cedric for the c.

Also Frank Leboeuf.

[Max Power]

Oleksandar Zinchenko

[-james-]

Well done. Lebouef is the only F. There is only one C and he is extremely famous.

[Raoul Duke]

Oleksandar Zinchenko

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[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Well done. Lebouef is the only F. There is only one C and he is extremely famous.

Christian Pulisic.

[Adramelch]

That one was harder than I expected cause your mind goes to the Balkans as Jimmy suggested and they don't have many first names starting with C.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm convinced I is some sort of 90s Australian called Ian Martinelli or something like that. Or a Romanian I guess, they like a Ioan type of first name.

K - Kasper Marciniak? Is that a footballer? Might be one of my customers, but let's give it a punt.