Barefoot Football Quiz 2017 final

The lowdown
4 rounds
Warm-up (written, 6 ques.)
Infinite pounce (15 ques.)
Differential (written, 6 ques.)
Infinite pounce (15 ques.)

Round I
6 questions
Write and exchange sheets at the end
+5 for each correct
Extra +10 if all 6 correct

2. Whose face has been blanked out? What “vile
sympathetic views” does he share?

4. Who is Squires likening to Keyser Soze?

Round II
15 questions
+10 for each correct
No negative on the bounce
-10 for incorrect on the pounce
Clockwise

1. During a 2014 Europa League fixture, Stjarnan took
22 fans to Fir Park (where something was seen
probably for the first time by the Stjarnan supporters),
and Motherwell had “three or four hundred” at the
second leg, according to Dave Wardrope the
representative of Motherwell fans.
What is this an attempt to ascertain?

2. The idea of Total Football wasn’t uniquely Dutch.
The Austrian Wunderteam of the 1930s played with a
similar ethic. However, their style came to be known
as “the Whirl”, coined by a journalist, who wrote: “We
must free our soccer youth from the shackles of
playing to order, along rails as it were. We must give
them ideas and encourage them to develop their own.”
Name the journo who also won a solitary cap for the
Austrian national team.

Willy Meisl, younger brother
of Hugo – the manager of
the Austrian Wunderteam.

3. Which 2014 managerial debutante became the first
individual to complete the mandatory qualification for
Premier League and Champions League managers while
still playing?

4. Bulgaria finished fourth at
the 1994 World Cup, but they
wouldn’t have been in the US
without the heroics of this man.
With the last qualifying game
against France at tied 1-1,
Bulgaria were going out. But he
scored his second in the 90th
minute to see his team
through. Name him.

Emil Kostadinov; “The worst defeat of my life” – Eric Cantona

5. Conceived by Real Sociedad’s
Josean de la Hoz Uranga, what act
of defiance – and an iconic image
as a consequence – resulted on 5th
September 1976?

On Sept. 5, 1976 – almost a
year since the death of General
Franco – the national ban on
regional symbols like language
and flags still remain in place.
As a symbol of Basque unity,
the team captains Inaxio
Kortabarria and Jose Angel
Iribar jointly carried the
Ikurrina – the outlawed flag of
the Basque country – before
their league game.

6. William McCrum played
as a goalkeeper for Milford
Everton. He proposed an
idea in 1890 and it
eventually became part of
the game on June 2, 1891.
What was his idea?

7. What connects this esoteric bunch?

Bjorge Lillelien’s memorable commentary in the
aftermath of Norway’s 2-1 win over England in an ‘82
World Cup qualifier:
"Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston
Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry
Cooper, Lady Diana, vi har slått dem alle sammen, vi
har slått dem alle sammen! (we have beaten them
all, we have beaten them all!). Maggie Thatcher, can
you hear me? Maggie Thatcher ... your boys took a
hell of a beating! Your boys took a hell of a beating!”

8. In Spanish football terminology what are “los
maletines”?

It translates to briefcases
and refers to clandestine
payments made to the
opposition of a rival to fire
them up, typically, on the
last day of the season.
The rationale is, “If you’re
paying them to win there’s
nothing wrong with it”.

9. He shares the record of most
European Cup/Champions
League final appearances
(eight) with Paolo Maldini, but
no one has won more than him
(six).
Who?

10. When Gonzalo Higuain signed for
Juve the enraged Napoli fans placed a
sign reading “Core ‘ngrato”
(ungrateful heart) over his statuette
at a famed shop window.
The words are part of a classic
Neapolitan song by Enrico Caruso, and
were written on a banner at the San
Paolo when another South American
made a switch to Turin in 1975.
Who was the original “core ‘ngrato”?

11. He is a distant relative of the founder of JCB –
the heavy equipment manufacturer – and had an
unconditional scholarship from Harvard University
but chose to pursue football. One of the Chelsea’s
army of loanees, he was instrumental in
Middleborough's ultimately failed bid for promotion
in the 2014/15 season.
Who?

12. Between 25th August and 9th September 1984
what first happened in erstwhile Madras – by the
efforts of the state chief minister – that hasn’t been
repeated since?

Dr. Jayalalithaa Gold Cup; only women’s
international football tournament held in India

13. “China are certainly looking to develop their
football, looking at their signings and their
recruitment.
“There is no offer on the table but if they made an
offer it would be under consideration. But at the
moment I still enjoy working for…”
Who is addressing the China rumours?

14. Name this Estudiantes
legend who had a knack of
scoring important goals.
Among his famous strikes
were three goals in the 1968
Copa Libertadores final
against Palmeiras and the
decider in the Intercontinental
Cup final against Manchester
United the same year.

15. Why was this 19-year-old Gambia international
named Fatim Jawara in news last year?

She drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to
cross into mainland Europe

Round III
6 questions, written
2n+5 per question
(n= no. of teams that don’t answer)

1. Regarded by many as one of
the most underrated German
defenders, this guy was
deployed as a sweeper by
Helmut Schon.
His presence in the national
team meant that a young Franz
Beckebauer had to play in
midfield, and he moved only in
central defence only after the
retirement of the incumbent. Id.

2. “Di Stefano’s shirt is still the most prized
possession I have from football. I held onto it tight!
When the fans lifted me into the air, I had one hand
waving at everyone and the other was squeezing the
shirt very tight. In my innocence, the most important
thing for me was to have my idol’s shirt.”
Who is this after the 1962 European Cup final?

3. Livorno’s home stadium is named after their
home-grown legendary centre-back who would go
on to captain "La Grande Inter". What is it called?

4.Held for the first time in 1927,
this was one of the first
tournaments that could be called
an early precursor to the eventual
Champions League.
Name the tournament that had its
last edition in 1992, and a
Hungarian club named Vasas won
it a record six times.

5. This man did what
every Brazilian
probably dreams of,
but his day still ended
in tears.
What did he do?

6. He earned 47 caps for the West Germany national
team and his only strike helped them take the
“Game of the Century” – the semi-final of the 1970
World Cup against Italy – into extra time. The
Italians eventually went on to win 4-3.
He was playing for Milan at the time and, one of his
furious team-mates reportedly told him that he
would never return to Italy. However, he stayed at
the San Siro until 1974 and never scored a league
goal in almost a decade long stint. Who?

5. This man did what
every man in his
country probably
dreams of, but his day
still ended in tears.
What did he do?

Friaca, scored the opening goal in the ‘50 WC final

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