Friday Quiz

[house your seagull]

1. Which is the only French club to have ever topped the UEFA club rankings?

2. What relevance is the Azerbaijani national stadium to English football history?

3. How many former Soviet states have qualified for either of the two main international tournaments since independence?

4. Officially, how many tiers does the English football pyramid have?

5. How many English teams have competed in the Champions League group stage?

6. Which is the only club to have to have played in a Champions League final having never been domestic champion?

7. Last season, which country's top flight featured 20 teams, 17 of which began with the letter P?

8. By population, which is the smallest country to have qualified for the a World Cup?

9. True of false: Peter Schmeichel once had a goal disallowed for offside.

10. Which player has the most international goals (for any nation) and is still active?

 

[Freddo]

My guesses:

1. Marseille
2.
3. 3
4. 16
5. 8
6. Monaco
7. Mozambique
8. Honduras
9. True
10. Stern John

 

[strings]

2. It is named after the linesman from the 1966 World Cup Final?

 

[house your seagull]

i don't have the answers yet ...

 

[Superphil]

Is number 2 something to do with Gary Stevens and Tony Adams, do they manage a team there?

 

[house your seagull]

no, i think it's the linesman that gave the goal in 66 WCF.

props to strings

 

[ezzoud]

3: Just Ukraine I think?

 

[house your seagull]

My guesses:

1. Marseille
2.
3. 3
4. 16
5. 8
6. Monaco
7. Mozambique
8. Honduras
9. True
10. Stern John

8! name them please.

i can only think of the big four, spurs and blackburn

 

[The Large One]

3: Just Ukraine I think?

Latvia made it to Euro 2004.

 

[The Large One]

8! name them please.

i can only think of the big four, spurs and blackburn

Newcastle United

 

[strings]

no, i think it's the linesman that gave the goal in 66 WCF.

props to strings

It was the only one I could answer though! I remember Adrian Chiles going on about it before a recent England game.

 

[ezzoud]

5: Leeds?

 

[sam86]

8! name them please.

i can only think of the big four, spurs and blackburn

Newcastle United

Leeds

 

[sam86]

Damn you.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

 

[ezzoud]

8: Trinidad & Tobago

 

[astevens76]

1. Lyon
2.
3. 2?
4. 12
5. 6
6. Moncao
7.
8. Trinidad & Tobago
9. True
10. Stern John (Didn't we have that question a while back...? This is the only name i can remember from it!)

 

[house your seagull]

ok, what we got ...

1. Which is the only French club to have ever topped the UEFA club rankings?

Nope, not got yet.

2. What relevance is the Azerbaijani national stadium to English football history?

STRINGS get's it with the lino from WCF 1966

3. How many former Soviet states have qualified for either of the two main international tournaments since independence?

Latvia, Ukraine ... one missing, think about it.

TLO and EZZOUD with those balkan beauties.

4. Officially, how many tiers does the English football pyramid have?

You're way off on the pyramid, I can tell you the lowest level is Mid-Sussex Football League Divsion 11! Seriously.

5. How many English teams have competed in the Champions League group stage?

FREDDO back of the net with 8

6. Which is the only club to have to have played in a Champions League final having never been domestic champion?

Monaco? They've won 7 French championships. Come on. Still not there with this one.

7. Last season, which country's top flight featured 20 teams, 17 of which began with the letter P?

Nope. The current league is quite new with only 2 champins so far, the latest named Arima, the year before it was Persipura.

8. By population, which is the smallest country to have qualified for the a World Cup?

EZZOUD again. T&T with 1.3 million people-ish.

9. True of false: Peter Schmeichel once had a goal disallowed for offside.

FREDDO is right, it's true ... against Wimbledon in a FA Cup tie.

10. Which player has the most international goals (for any nation) and is still active?

hattrick for FREDDO with Stern John, great work.

 

[Eastleigh Seagull]

the other one for question 3 has to be russia

 

[house your seagull]

bingo bongo, give that man a goldfish.

EASTLEIGH SEAGULL with Russia