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Round I
Eight questions
Written
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You will see things/objects/people that appear on crests of
different clubs.
Just give me each club’s name.
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Exchange sheets!
Answer
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Round II
19 questions
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1. The story goes that when Craig
Moore and Tony Vidmar returned to
Rangers following international duty,
club manager Dick Advocaat
dropped the duo for
unsportsmanlike conduct.
The events from that international
break inspired the name of this
book by James Montague.
What’s the story?
Answer
2. Brazilians have done all sorts of things to overcome the 1950 WC
trauma. In one such attempt, Joao Luiz, a journalist, made an alternate
narrative of the WC. He used footage from the events of the WC and, with
some editing, showed Brazil as the world champions.
So Alicides Ghiggia’s shot is shown to bounce off the post, next shot is
Bigode clearing the ball – taken from another match. Zizinho’s goal from
the Yugoslavia game – with no Yugoslav player in frame – was shown to be
the winning goal. The ‘O Mundo’ front page, declaring Brazil as champions
also came in handy in the narrative.
However, what footage was used to show a despondent Uruguay team?
Answer
The same footage of the crying Uruguay players after the final was
shown as tears of a tragic loss instead of the historic win.
3. This club are named after a national
hero (pic). This season, they became the
first club from their country to reach the
play-off round of the Champions League.
They lost the play-off to Dinamo Zagreb
and dropped into the Europa League, and
in turn became the first side from their
country to progress through to the group
stage of a European competition.
Which club, or the national hero?
Answer
Albanian club KF Skenderbeu Korce,
named after Skanderbeg.
4. It happened just before the 2002 UEFA Cup final between
Feyenoord and Borussia Dortmund. Before the match, there was a
minute’s silence for controversial Dutch Politician Pim Fortuyn.
Fortuyn, an outspoken critic of Islam, had been assassinated two
days prior. German fans objected to the tribute.
And it riled the Dutch supporters, including someone named
Mikey Wilson. Who the hell is Mikey Wilson?
Answer
5. Simen Agdestein played close to a 100
games for his hometown club Lyn. He also
went on to represent the Norwegian
national team eight times and scored once.
Although he retired fairly early due to a
knee injury, he has another significant claim
to fame other than his brief football career.
What?
Answer
First Norwegian grandmaster and the first coach of Magnus Carlsen.
6. This pre-eminent author, who
wrote ‘Football in Sun and
Shadow’, died last year.
He was widely considered "global
football's pre-eminent man of
letters" and "a literary giant of the
Latin American left".
Name him.
Answer
Eduardo Galeano
7. This one-club man had a two-
decade long career at Independiente
and won five Copa Libertadores with
them. Maradona idolised him as a kid.
“I was in love with ______ and his
style seduced me”, he says.
However, despite his long career, he
played only five minutes of World Cup
football, and that too due to the
insistence of Maradona. Who?
Answer
Ricardo Bochini
8. Johnny Warren played over 40
internationals for Australia, and was known
as Captain Socceroo for his passionate work
to promote the game in his country.
Football was considered foreign in Australia
and therefore it was referred to as the game
of _____ _____ and ________. The first is
an Australian slang for women, second for
migrants and third for homosexuals, and is
the title of a seminal book by him. FITB.
Answer
9. Velibor Vasovic was one of the
greatest defenders of his generation.
He scored the only FK Partizan goal in
the 1966 European Cup final in a 2-1
defeat to Real Madrid. Three years later,
he did the same for Ajax against AC
Milan in a 4-1 defeat. He finally won the
coveted prize in 1971.
What distinction does he hold in the
history of Ajax?
Answer
First foreigner to captain Ajax.
10. Name this product of the Liverpool academy in India, who
recently became one of the youngest Indian goalscorers in an
international fixture.
Answer
Lallianzuala Chhangte
11. This family has a proud history with Benfica, for whom several family
member played. The man on the left finished twice as the European Cup
top scorer, while his son did the same in the 1987/88 edition. They are
the only father-son duo to have achieved the feat. Name them.
Answer
Jose Aguas and Rui Aguas
12. This Frenchman led Zambia to
Africa Cup of Nations triumph in 2012
and three years later he was at the
helm of Ivory Coast when they became
African Champions, thereby he became
the first manager to win the Africa Cup
of Nations with two different nations.
Who?
Answer
Herve Renard
13. In a Reddit AMA last month, this is how someone justified
playing a certain character in a last year’s release.
The actor and the character?
Answer
Tim Roth as Sepp Blatter in United Passions
14. He led Bayern Munich to two
European Cup triumphs in the 1970s.
However, he is widely regarded to be
the father of modern football in Japan
for his work there in the 60s.
Name this German who died last year.
Answer
Dettmar Cramer
15. Id. this man, who is considered
amongst the greatest of coaches, a
pioneering tactician and supreme man-
manager who created Il Grande Torino.
He and his family survived the
Holocaust as a matter of astonishing
good fortune, but just four years after
the end of the war, he was killed with
his team in the Superga air crash.
Answer
Ernő Egri Erbstein
16. Only one country has seen its two different cities produce two
semi-finalists at the European Cup/Champions League.
Name the cities.
Answer
Scotland
Glasgow: Celtic (1967, 1970, 1972 and 1974) and Rangers (1960)
Dundee: Dundee (1963) and Dundee United (1984)
17. Jose Villalonga Llorente guided
Spain to their first ever major
international triumph at the 1964
Euros.
He is also the first and still the youngest
manager to achieve which feat?
Answer
To win the European Cup.
18. Cuco Martina scored one of
the goals of the season in a 4-0
mauling of Arsenal on Boxing
Day. He plays his international
football for a constituent
country of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, who are managed
by a former Dutch international
who took up the job because of
his lineage.
Country and the coach?
Answer
19. 13 players have achieved this
particular feat, 12 which of are
Spaniards while the other one is this
German.
What’s the feat?
Answer
Players with two European Cup wins, Rainer Bonhof (1972, 1980).
Round III
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List the first World Cup-winning
manager for each country.
Answer
1930 Uruguay
1934 Italy
1954 West Germany
1958 Brazil
1966 England
1978 Argentina
1998 France
2010 Spain
Alberto Suppici
Vittorio Pozzo
Sepp Herberger
Vicente Feola
Sir Alf Ramsey
Cesar Luis Menotti
Aimé Jacquet
Vicente del Bosque
Round IV
19 questions
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1. The story goes that this particular move was first used by this
Brazilian of Japanese ancestry named Sergio Echigo while he was
playing for Corinthians. He later taught his club team-mate, who
popularised it at the ‘70 WC. Which move, who is the other Brazilian?
Answer
Elastico or flip-flap, Roberto Rivelino
2. Disenchanted by the state of
modern football and the distance
placed between fans and the club, a
bunch of Fiorentina supporters
started this club.
For a €20 season ticket one has a
say in the running of the club, and
the decision-making process is
democratic. Which club?
Answer