The Wee Red Book Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1928

Some less earth shattering events for Scottish football fans in 1928 were that women aged 21 or older were given the right to vote and Scots Doctor Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.

Answer: The Evening Times Football Annual

The book took its original name from the Glasgow newspaper that published it.

Answer: 240

The book has increased in size over the decades. When I bought my first copy back in about 1963 it was considerably smaller than today's publication.

Answer: England 1 Scotland 5

It was the year of 'The Wembley Wizards' who thrashed the English on their own patch. The five Scottish forwards that day, although they became sporting giants, lived up to the theme of this quiz, all being a bit on the wee side, Alex Jackson at 5 feet 7 inches was the tallest of them.

Answer: 5.5 inches by 3.3 inches

Designed to be portable, the book fits nicely into an inside jacket pocket.

Answer: Outbreak of the Second World War

There was no 'Wee Red Book' between 1940-45, however almost immediately the war ended and football restarted, it was back on sale again.

Answer: Scottish Women's Premier League Tables

In 1928 women no longer had to be 30 years old to be able to vote in British elections; the law was changed so that women had the same rights as men and could vote at the age of 21. 'The Wee Red Book' took 80 years to afford the ladies the same type of parity.

Answer: Blue

Keeping a blue cover wouldn't have done much for sales to supporters of teams who play in other colours. The nature of Glasgow football fans is such that a perceived neutral colour, (not the blue of Rangers or the green of Celtic) would give the book a more universal appeal.

Answer: The Wee Blue Book

The Rangers version was very similar to 'The Wee Red Book', with fixtures, past results, and the like. In recent years the powers that be at Ibrox decided to stop issuing the book but fan power resulted in it being brought back. The Rangers book is now used to publish songs that are allowed to be sung at Ibrox and is used as a weapon against sectarianism.

Answer: Brechin and Montrose

During season 1928-9 many smaller Scottish clubs were facing financial difficulties. The creation of a third division in 1923 was thought by many to be a bad idea at the time. A country of Scotland's size could not support 56 senior clubs.

Answer: Names of players who won League caps

Inter-league games go back as far as 1892 when the English League and the Scottish League first clashed ending in a 2-2 draw. Dave Mackay and Denis Law both played several times for the English League and Mackay even turned out against Scotland for the English.

The last match between the Scottish League and the English league was on St. Patrick's Day 1976 at Hampden Park when the English won 1-0 with a goal from Trevor Cherry. In previous years such fixtures had attracted crowds of up to 70,000, however on that night only 8,874 poor souls turned up, yours truly being one of them.

Answer: Rangers

Rangers beat Celtic 4-0 in the Cup Final that year to complete the League and Cup double.

Answer: Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse first appeared in the 1928 movie 'Steamboat Willie'. Although it was originally in black and white, prints were later produced showing Mickey wearing his red shorts.

Answer: Chairman Mao

It is estimated that about five billion copies of Chairman Mao's 'little Red Book' featuring his words of wisdom were printed. The first foreign language edition of Chairman Mao's book was published in English in 1966 although the original Chinese first edition appeared in 1964.

Answer: Che Guevara

Che Guevara, the Argentine-born communist revolutionary, was born in 1928 and was shot in Bolivia in 1967. The only football link I found regarding Che Guevara was that Thierry Henry wore a red Che Guevara T-shirt when he came second to Ronaldinho in the 2004 'World Footballer of the Year Award'.