F365 quiz

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For questions with multiple answers (eg question 3), one mark for each correct answer. I got 32.

 

1) Tottenham blamed which type of food for the alleged food poisoning that hit their first-team squad ahead of their final-day game against West Ham in May?

 

2) Who scored the winning goal in the Champions League final?

 

3) Name the nine untouchables cited by Jose Mourinho.

 

4) Who did Zinedine Zidane chest-butt during the World Cup final?

 

5) Name the three players who missed penalties during England's shoot-out elimination against Portugal at the World Cup.

 

6) Name the match's referee.

 

7) Ian Wright infamously claimed which player "must know something about Sven's family" to be an England international?

 

8) How much did Michael Carrick cost ManYoo?

 

9) What is William Gallas' shirt number at Arsenal?

 

10) Ashley Cole named, implicitly at least, which Arsenal player as being the infamous pizza chucker at Old Trafford in November 2004?

 

11) Who was selected at right-back in the PFA's Premiership team of the year for 2006?

 

12) And who was named as the Young Player of the Year?

 

13) Sir Alex Ferguson celebrated which anniversary on November 6?

 

14) In November, who beat his own record for being the oldest scorer in the Premiership?

 

15) Name the company that owns the rights of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.

 

16) Who said: "It is a massive coup for us. I've no doubt this will give us a real chance to compete with the very best teams in the Premiership and in Europe"?

 

17) For which club does the increasingly-high profile Simon Greenberg work?

 

18) What did Wayne Rooney allegedly announce when he returned to England's World Cup base after being passed fit for the competition?

 

19) Which newspaper announced in February that "Gerry Francis, the former Tottenham Hotspur and Queen's Park Rangers manager, has emerged as a dark-horse contender to succeed Sven Goran Eriksson as England coach?"

 

20) And which newspaper published an apology to Manchester City after mistakenly reporting that Micah Richards had handed in a transfer request during the summer?

 

21) In November, Richards became the youngest-ever defender to play for England. Whose record did he beat?

 

22) Chelski undertook a pre-season tour of which country?

 

23) ManYoo bought Nemanja Vidic from which club?

 

24) What was the title of Ashley Cole's autobiography?

 

25) Name the author who debuted with 'Footy Rocks'?

 

26) Which club was crazy enough to sign Jean-Alain Boumsong from Newcastle?

 

27) Despite being discarded as England coach, Sven-Goran Erikkson remained on the FA's payroll after the World Cup. What was the widely-reported figure he continued to receive per day this year?

 

28) David O'Leary lost his job in which month?

 

29) Name the three wise men of the FA who decided the identity of Sven-Goran Eriksson's successor.

 

30) By what name is Mazher Mahmood better known?

 

31) Former TV presenter Tara Stout was given a suspended jail sentence after harassing which football club chairman with up to 200 text messages a day, one of which included plans to 'gut his mother and slice his nieces?'

 

32) Iain Dowie was sacked after how many matches in charge of Charlton?

 

33) Who beat Middlesbrough in the final of the UEFA Cup?

 

34) Who scored a hat-trick for Norn Iron in September during their shock 3-2 defeat of Spain?

 

35) Tottenham's 2-1 win over Chelsea in November was their first league victory against their London rivals since when?

 

36) True or false - Reading scored more than 100 goals whilst winning the Championship in season 2005/06?

 

37) Who left the BBC in a huff in March?

 

38) Xabi Alonso scored two goals from his own half during 2006. Against which teams?

 

39) What's the name of Sam Allardyce's agent son?

 

40) In August, a Norfolk couple were awoken in the middle of the night after which Premiership defender crashed his car in their garden?

 

41) New Villa owner Randy Lerner also owns which American Football team?

 

42) Who were the five clubs variously punished in the Serie A corruption scandal?

 

43) As a result of the scandal, which club was officially confirmed as the 2006 Serie A champions?

 

44) What was the name of the organisation that provided the investigators behind Lord Stevens' bung-busting inquiry?

 

45) Name the company owned by Dubai's ruling Maktoum family that is on the verge of completing a takeover of Liverpool?

 

46) How many goals did ManYoo score against Wigan in the Carling Cup final?

 

47) Why was Pascal Chimbonda's transfer request from Wigan particularly memorable?

 

48) Which club became the first winners of a major trophy to be relegated from the Football League?

 

49) Which England player broke what record on May 30?

 

50) Name one of the three F365ers who regularly compile the Great Friday Quiz.

 

Answers.

[ewerk 26809]

35, poor result.

[Mowen 0]

41. Greatly helped by 14 marks from the 'untouchables' and teams punished in Italy questions.

[TheInspiration 1]

35 also.

[geordieshandy 0]

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