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Know Your Football? Trivia Quiz

Some useless football trivia questions I have picked up.

A multiple-choice quiz by elwood_23. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
elwood_23

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
53,441

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

Plays
2510

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which pop star's uncle scored the winning goal in the 1959 FA Cup final? Hint

Elton John

Noddy Holder

Sting

Simon Le Bon

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which was the smallest city to host a club that has won the European Cup in 2001? Hint

Dortmund

Nottingham

Eindhoven

Turin

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Question 3 of 15

3. Who supplied the cross which Pele headed down, only for Gordon Banks to make 'the greatest ever save'? Hint

Carlos Alberto

Rivelino

Tostao

Jairzinho

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which was the last Scottish team to win a major European trophy (as of the end of 2000-01 season)? Hint

Dundee United

Glasgow Celtic

Aberdeen

Glasgow Rangers

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Question 5 of 15

5. What position did Luciano Pavarotti (one of the 3 tenors) play in his younger days? Hint

Striker

Bench warmer

Midfielder

Goalkeeper

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Question 6 of 15

6. For which club did Rod Stewart have a trial with, as a an 18 year old youth? Hint

Celtic

Leyton Orient

Stirling Albion

Brentford

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Question 7 of 15

7. What colour kits did Juventus originally play in? Hint

Pink

Sky Blue

Black and White

Maroon

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who scored 'the other' of England's 4 goals in the 1966 World Cup final, against West Germany? Hint

Roger Hunt

Martin Peters

Bobby Charlton

Alan Ball

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Question 9 of 15

9. Who was the last team to win the Football League title before the First Division became the FA Premier League? Hint

Manchester United

Arsenal

Leeds United

Liverpool

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Question 10 of 15

10. Who captained Fulham to an FA Cup Final during the 1970s? Hint

George Best

Gerry Francis

Rodney Marsh

Bobby Moore

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Question 11 of 15

11. What have Herbert Chapman, Brian Clough and Kenny Dalglish got in common (as managers)? Hint

They have all won each of the domestic trophies, except the FA cup.

They have all won the league as player managers.

Each of them has been made a freeman of a city.

They have all won the English league title with 2 different clubs.

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who scored a hatrick in the memorable 1998 first division playoff final, where Charlton Athletic beat Sunderland on penalties after a thrilling 4-4 draw? Hint

Jonathon Hunt

'Big' Niall Quinn

Kevin Phillips

Clive Mendonca

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who scored Brazil's 100th goal in world cup finals matches? Hint

Carlos Alberto

Pele

Jairzinho

Rivelino

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who scored 5 goals in a match, but still ended up on the losing team? Hint

Alan Clarke

Paul Mariner

Trevor Francis

Dennis Law

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Question 15 of 15

15. Which of these players has saved a penalty for Manchester City in a mid-1990s league match? Hint

Keith Curle

David White

Niall Quinn

Gary Flitcroft

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which pop star's uncle scored the winning goal in the 1959 FA Cup final?

Answer: Elton John

Roy Dwight was later stretchered off and Nottingham Forest had to hold out with 10 men on the field, for a 2-1 win over Luton Town.

2. Which was the smallest city to host a club that has won the European Cup in 2001?

Answer: Nottingham

In fact, Nottingham Forest had won the trophy twice.

3. Who supplied the cross which Pele headed down, only for Gordon Banks to make 'the greatest ever save'?

Answer: Jairzinho

Brazil still went on to win the match 1-0, in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.

4. Which was the last Scottish team to win a major European trophy (as of the end of 2000-01 season)?

Answer: Aberdeen

It was the 1983 Cup Winners Cup.

5. What position did Luciano Pavarotti (one of the 3 tenors) play in his younger days?

Answer: Goalkeeper

Probably better known in footballing circles for his rendition of 'Nessun Dorma', that accompanied the TV coverage of Italia '90.

6. For which club did Rod Stewart have a trial with, as a an 18 year old youth?

Answer: Brentford

He got rejected at Brentford and unfortunately took up singing.

7. What colour kits did Juventus originally play in?

Answer: Pink

They switched to black and white shirts in a tibute to the oldest football club in the world, Notts County.

8. Who scored 'the other' of England's 4 goals in the 1966 World Cup final, against West Germany?

Answer: Martin Peters

You may have already heard it, but Geoff Hurst scored 3 in the same game, to become the first (and after 1998 still the only) man in history to notch a hat-trick in a World Cup final.

9. Who was the last team to win the Football League title before the First Division became the FA Premier League?

Answer: Leeds United

Howard Wilkinson's strange mix of players took the title away from Manchester United in the last few weeks of the 1991-92 season, to put a smile on most people's faces.

10. Who captained Fulham to an FA Cup Final during the 1970s?

Answer: Bobby Moore

Fulham lost to West Ham United in the final.

11. What have Herbert Chapman, Brian Clough and Kenny Dalglish got in common (as managers)?

Answer: They have all won the English league title with 2 different clubs.

Chapman achieved the feat with Huddersfield Town and Arsenal, Dalglish did it with Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers and Clough steered Derby County and Nottingham Forest to the top of English football. Also, Brian Clough is god and should be knighted. Arise Sir Brian!

12. Who scored a hatrick in the memorable 1998 first division playoff final, where Charlton Athletic beat Sunderland on penalties after a thrilling 4-4 draw?

Answer: Clive Mendonca

Mendonca's 'man of the match' winning performance helped keep his hometown club (Sunderland) down in the first division for another season.

13. Who scored Brazil's 100th goal in world cup finals matches?

Answer: Pele

The goal came in the 1970 world cup final 4-1 win, against Italy.

14. Who scored 5 goals in a match, but still ended up on the losing team?

Answer: Dennis Law

Unfortunately for 'the King', the match was abandoned halfway through and Huddersfield Town lost the rematch.

15. Which of these players has saved a penalty for Manchester City in a mid-1990s league match?

Answer: Niall Quinn

He also scored in the same game, before pulling on the gloves to cover for the lack of a substitute keeper. Also, Niall Quinn's real name is actually 'Big' Niall Quinn. It's not just that the media are very unoriginal, honest!

Source: Author elwood_23

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