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Barefoot Football Quiz 2016 - Prelims

This document contains 30 trivia questions about soccer/football with the answers provided. It tests knowledge about players, clubs, tournaments, nicknames and more. The questions range from identifying omitted forwards from an attacking trio to naming chocolate bars endorsed by famous Brazilian players.

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30 Questions +1 for each correct 21-30 are starred
1. Recently, Barcelona's official website released a list of their most prolific attacking trios. While the current trio topped the list, the one in the bottom pic finished tenth. Who is the omitted forward?
Answer
Luis Suarez
2. Last month, this website came out in dedication to a player. The mobile version of the site shows this message. Which player?
Answer
3. He was the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent at the 1948 Olympics. Of India’s performance while playing barefoot at the tournament, he later recollected: “Princess Margaret told me how impressed she was that we could give such a good account of ourselves without boots.” Post his playing career, he became a medical doctor and went on to on to be appointed Director of Nagaland Health Services. Name him.
Answer
Dr. Talimeran Ao
4. Abedi Pele was a legendary Ghanaian footballer. He won the African Footballer of the Year award three years in a row. Two of his sons are currently playing in the Premier League. Names?
Answer
Andre Ayew and Jordan Ayew
5. This club goes by the motto, "Ludere Causa Ludendi" – to play for the sake of playing, highlighting their ideals. They are probably the amateur club with the biggest stadium in the world? The club and the stadium?
Answer
Queen’s Park, Hampden Park
6. Id. this ingeniously named India international, who turned out for FC Pune City in last year’s Indian Super League.
Answer
Jackichand Singh
7. This book by mathematician, Alex Bellos, is a comprehensive take on football in Brazil. What does the cover depict?
Answer
Aldyr Garcia Schlee’s original illustrations for the Brazil kit
8. Abdulah Gegic was a Yugoslav who led Partizan to the final of the 1966 European Cup final. He later went to manage another country and proved hugely influential there, guiding a host of upcoming managers, and in the process he earned the nickname of “football professor” from that country’s press. That country also gave him citizenship. Which?
Answer
Turkey, he is credited with mentoring Fatih Terim, Mustafa Denizli, Şenol Güneş amongst others.
9. This is the oldest stadium in Spain, being in use since 1908. It takes its name from fact that it is on the site of an old watermill. Which team calls it home?
Answer
El Molinón (Asturian for big mill), Sporting Gijon
10. This Kiwi forward saw his best days at Werder Bremen for whom he scored 59 goals over a six-year spell. He is the only Kiwi to have top scored in a single CL campaign. He was named the Oceania Footballer of the Century by the Oceania Football Confederation. Who?
Answer
Wynton Rufer
11. Son of this former Senegal international and Olympic gymnast couple is making waves and recently made his international debut. Name?
Answer
Leroy Sane
12. Name the two captains.
Answer
Giuseppe and Franco Baresi
13. Id. this stadium, which is the only one in the world to have hosted a FIFA World Cup as well as a Rugby World Cup final.
Answer
Stade de France, Paris
14. David Bettoni didn’t have much of a career as a professional footballer. He started at Cannes and went on to play a for a string of Italian club in and around Turin. What job has brought him in the limelight recently?
Answer
Zinedine Zidane’s number 2 at Real Madrid
15. Who is the author of this recent release?
Answer
Ben Green, the man behind one of the most popular football podcasts.
16. This elegant midfielder is an avid quizzer. While he was playing for Ajax, he used to hold his own amongst Holland’s most august football trivia experts, who used to converge at an apartment in Amsterdam. Some of the members of the usual gathering, the story goes, once shamed Nick Hornby with their grasp of Arsenal’s history. Who be this quizzer midfielder? #oneofus!
Answer
Jari Litmanen
17. Otto _______ was a decorated German officer during both World War I and World War II. His nephew went on to win 11 league titles across two countries as well as two Champions Leagues. The nephew?
Answer
Ottmar Hitzfeld
18. Mulattos were not viewed kindly by Brazilians in the early days. In 1914, Carlos Alberto, a mulatto, attempted to hide his skin colour by applying rice powder on his face. It ultimately led to one of the club's nicknames, pó de arroz, which is the Portuguese for 'white powder'. Which club?
Answer
Fluminense FC
19. ______ is a literary term for Britain or England, often used when referring to ancient or historical times. Some English as well as Scottish clubs carry it is a suffix in their names. FITB.
Answer
Albion/ West Bromwich Albion, Brighton & Hove Albion, Stirling Albion F.C etc.
20. Which footballer was – quite aptly – born at this hospital?
Answer
21. During the summer of 1983 a certain midfielder had offers from Roma and Juventus, but he instead chose to play for a club located in a city that borders Austria. However, Italian FA opposed the deal, reasoning the transfer fee (4m) was too much for a foreigner. In protest the club’s supporters amassed in the city centre holding up placards reading “_ ____ _ ______.” FITB.
Answer
“O Zico o Austria” (“Either Zico or Austria!”), because of their historical ties with Austria, Udinese fans threatened to quit Serie A and move to the Austrian league.
22. This panel by David Squires depicts a much parodied action from a European Championship qualifying game. What happened?
Answer
Robin van Persie put one past his own goalkeeper in a Euro qualifier against the Czech Republic, and became the butt of jokes.
23. Sunil Gulati was born in Allahabad and went on to earn earned his M.A. and M.Phil. in economics at Columbia University. If Wikipedia is to be believed, he is a senior lecturer at his alma mater. To what post was he re-elected for a record third four-year term in March 2014?
Answer
He is the president of the United States Soccer Federation
24. This club is often derided as one of the most racist in the world. La Familia, a far-right, racist supporters' group of the club, takes great pride in the fact that no Arab has ever played for the club – the only Israeli Premier League to hold the distinction. Which club?
Answer
Beitar Jerusalem
25. This rather uninspiring China international had an unremarkable six- year spell at Manchester City. During Chinese premiere Xi Jinping’s visit to England last year, the defender was surprisingly inducted to National Football Museum’s hall of fame, which prompted Daniel Taylor to write: “It all feels highly unsatisfactory and, yes, Jozy Altidore must be hoping President Obama visits some time soon.” Name?
Answer
Sun Jihai
26. He was the captain of the France national team at the 1930 World Cup, but later turned into a Nazi collaborator and was arrested and executed for his atrocities during WWII. Id?
Answer
Alexandre Villaplane
27. Name this FIFA presidential candidate, who was imprisoned at the Robben Island for 18 years, alongside figures like Nelson Mandela.
Answer
Tokyo Sexwale
28. This 1956 Olympic gold medalist excelled in football, bandy and ice hockey, and is considered one of the best Russians ever in all of those sports. For the greatest Russian athlete in the 20th century, he finished third behind Lev Yashin and Alexander Karelin. Id.
Answer
Vsevolod Bobrov
29. This is Garry Birtles talking about something:“Every time I watch Liverpool now I look for the flags on the Kop because there’s a two-year gap in the dates. They go from ’77 and ’78 to ’81. And I always think: ‘That’s us, that gap. We did that.’” Who did what?
Answer
Garry Birtles was a forward for Nottingham Forest during their 1979 and 1980 European Cup triumphs.
30. He was among the first footballers to endorse products. At the height of his prowess, his popularity was such that a Brazilian company named, Lacta, started a chocolate brand to cash on it, and it remains one of the best selling chocolate brands in Brazil and is widely exported across the globe. What’s the chocolate’s name?
Answer
All the best!