The Beautiful Game Trivia Quiz

Answer: Women footballers

FIFA games (by EA Sports) are played on various platforms by millions across the globe.

"FIFA 16" regional releases in Australia, Canada and USA feature Steph Catley, Christine Sinclair and Alex Morgan who are famous women footballers from those nations, respectively. This never happened before this edition and goes to show the increasing popularity of the game among girls and women.

Answer: Soccer Against The Enemy

"Football" is the American name for the game elsewhere known as "American Football" or "Gridiron". In the USA, the game elsewhere known as "Football" (or "Association Football") is named "Soccer".

Simon Kuper is the author of a few other excellent socio-political football (soccer!) books such as "Ajax, The Dutch, the War: Football in Europe During the Second World War" and "Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport" (co-author).

Answer: Footballers' Wives

"Footballers' Wives" (2002-2006) dramatized the lives of the fictitious "Earls Park F.C." players and their wives, using more than a few real-life elements from the English football scene.

The wrong answers are chants I heard from loyal supporters of the very genuine Stoke City Football Club during their match at Old Trafford in December 2014.

Answer: David and Victoria Beckham

David Beckham, football's ultimate metrosexual, married Victoria Adams (also known as "Posh Spice" of "The Spice Girls") in 1999. The fragrances "Signature For Him" and "Signature For Her" were issued by their perfume franchise.

Answer: Fantasy Premier League

In fantasy-type games players build a personal team based on their knowledge of actual teams and score points according to real-life performance of the players in this makeshift team.

There are a lot of fantasy football online games, but Fantasy Premier League, which is the official fantasy football (soccer) game of the English Premier League (by EA Sports), is the most popular. In 2015 it has over three million registered users. Thriving communities in social media networks constantly increase its popularity.

Answer: Celtic and Manchester United

"You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" (1977) was written by Stewart for his ex-girlfriend Britt Ekland. He says there "You're Celtic, United, but baby I've decided / You're the best team I've ever seen" which is really a lot to say coming from the mouth of a keen football (soccer) supporter.

Answer: An Asian monastery

"The Cup" was released the year after the football (soccer) world cup in France. The plot involves two young Tibetan monks who flee to a monastery in India (actually filmed in Bhutan). The stern story is diluted by the extensive attention drawn by all residents to the major football (soccer) event.

Answer: Comic strip hero

First released in 1954, the comic strip "Roy of the Rovers" told the story of Melchester Rovers' star Roy Race. It penetrated the lingo of commentators and footballers alike when describing epic footballing efforts of individuals.

"Escape to Victory" (1981) was a celebrity-packed movie, including the great Pele and Bobby Moore. It depicts a David and Goliath football (soccer) match between allied prisoners of war and their German captors, resulting in a heroic escape.

Answer: Radio

Many a people like me would tune in to the short-wave BBC World Service broadcast and with anticipation and anxiety, despite the sometimes unbearable signal-to-noise ratio, learn the results of Saturday's matches.

Answer: All of these, and more

Following a 1963 rendition by Liverpudlian band Gerry and the Pacemakers, the song was quickly adopted by Liverpool fans as a hymn. True, there are claims that Celtic fans have been using it before. Since then it crossed borders and you can hear it in Dortmunds' "yellow wall", in Rotterdam (Feyenoord) and even in Tokyo (FC Tokyo).