interclubfootballquiz
TEMPLE FORTUNE FOOTBALL CLUB
INTER-CLUB FOOTBALL QUIZ COMPETITION

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FINAL 2014/15 – ANSWERS:

Q1. When Tottenham last won the League title in 1961, which team finished runners-up?
ANSWER: Sheffield Wednesday.
Running score (
green denotes a correct answer, red incorrect): Steve 0, Dean 0

Q2. What was the score after 90 minutes of England's first meeting with West Germany at Wembley Stadium in 1966?
ANSWER: 1-0 to England. They played one international in 1966 before the World Cup Final.
Steve 0, Dean 0 – both went for 2-2 which was the score after 90 minutes in the World Cup Final, of course!

Q3. Which ex-Tottenham defender played over 200 matches for Arsenal for whom he appears last in their all-time A to Z of first team players?
ANSWER: Willie Young.
Steve 1, Dean 0 – Dean opted for Sol Campbell but the letter C would not appear last in an A to Z!

Q4. How many current Premier teams have won the Johnstone's Paint Trophy (and its numerous disguises) since the competition began in 1984?
ANSWER: 3 – Southampton, Stoke City and Swansea City.
Steve 1, Dean 0

Q5. How many English top-flight championship titles have Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham won collectively?
ANSWER: 19 – Arsenal 13, Chelsea 4, Tottenham 3 (excluding 2014/15 season).
Steve 1, Dean 1 – Dean hated to admit that he knew how many titles the Gunners won!

Q6. Which player holds the record for the mpst International appearances for Wales?
ANSWER: Neville Southall – 92 games.
Steve 1, Dean 2 – Steve named Southall and another player in his thinking but chose the wrong one!

Q7. Counting only Premier, FA Cup and League Cup trophies, how many did Ryan Giggs win collectively during his Manchester United career?
ANSWER: 20 – 13 Premier titles, 4 FA Cups, 3 League Cups.
Steve 2, Dean 3

Q8. When Tottenham lost a penalty shoot-out to Basel in the Europa League, it extended a sequence of losing shoot-outs to how many matches?
ANSWER: 7.
Steve 2, Dean 4 – lucky guess by Dean here!

Q9. Six clubs have reached the FA Cup Final and been relegated in the same season. Prior to Wigan in 2013 and Portsmouth in 2011, who were the last team to accomplish this?
ANSWER: Middlesbrough.
Steve 2, Dean 5

Q10. How many times have Second Division teams won the FA Cup?
ANSWER: 7.
Steve 3, Dean 5

Q11. Who were the first Dutch team to win the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/European Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup?
ANSWER: Feyenoord.
Steve 3, Dean 6

Q12. When Thierry Henry won the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award three times in four seasons, which player broke the sequence in 2005?
ANSWER: Frank Lampard (Chelsea).
Steve 3, Dean 6 – both said John Terry!

Q13. Which team won the old Division 2 play-off at Wembley in 1990 but did not win a place in the English top-flight division until 1993?
ANSWER: Swindon Town – due to financial irregularities.
Steve 4, Dean 7

Q14. Which London venues were used during the 1966 World Cup held in England?
ANSWER: Wembley Stadium and White City.
Steve 5, Dean 7 – Dean got the 'White' bit right... but it was not White Hart Lane!

Q15. During the 1966 Euro Championships in England, the English national team were involved in two penalty shoot-outs. How many penalties did they score collectively in these shoot-outs?
ANSWER: 9 – 4 v Spain, 5 v Germany.
Steve 6, Dean 7 – Dean was one out with 8!

HOW DID YOU DO?:

0 TO 1 CORRECT: WELL, IT'S PROBABLY JUST AS WELL YOU DIDN'T TAKE PART!
2 TO 3 CORRECT: POOR SHOW – YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE BETTER!
4 TO 5 CORRECT: NOT BAD – A JOLLY GOOD EFFORT IN A VERY TOUGH QUIZ
6 CORRECT: GOOD GOING – AT LEAST YOU MATCHED THE RUNNER-UP!
7 CORRECT: IMPRESSIVE! ON A PAR WITH THE 2014/15 QUIZ CHAMPION!
8 TO 11 CORRECT: CORBLIMEY! WELL DONE – YOU'VE BEATEN THE CHAMP!
12 AND OVER YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS! ORGASMIC PERFORMANCE! :)

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