FEATURE - The Opta Joe Sports Quiz
23rd March 2011
The brightest football brains in the sports industry came together for the first ever Opta Joe football quiz.
After a titanic battle, the winners were the team from Sky closely followed by ESPN and The Guardian. Shame, humiliation and the wooden spoon went to the team from H&K Sports.
Here are the questions:
Round 1 Premier League
1.1 Name the eight players who have played for Manchester United in the Premier League era who have scored more than 100 Premier League goals.
1.2 Which of these players has never scored 20 league goals in a Premier League season? Michael Owen, Frank Lampard, Darren Bent, Andrew Johnson, James Beattie
1.3 Which player has scored the most own goals in Premier League history?
1.4 Name the player who has scored in the most Premier League games without being on the losing side when they have netted.
1.5 Name the only two players to score a hat trick for the same team in the same game in the Premier League.
1.6 Which player this season has equalled a Premier League record of three own goals in a single campaign?
1.7 Name the three players who have picked up the joint-most red cards in Premier League history – eight each.
1.8 Who are the only team who have never been relegated from the top flight of English football.
1.9 Which player has scored the most goals against a single opponent in Premier League history – points for the player, the opposition and the number of goals.
Round 2 Internationals
2.1 Name the 10 players that Fabio Capello has rewarded with just one cap.
2.2 Which player was penalised for more handballs than anyone else in World cup finals between 1966 & 2010?
2.3 Name the two players who have been red carded twice in the World cup finals?
2.4 Name the only unbeaten team at World Cup 2010.
2.5 Name the three goalkeepers who have made two penalty saves in the World Cup finals since 1966.
Round 3 Name the career
3.1 Charlton, Leeds, West Ham, Newcastle, West Ham, Birmingham
3.2 Southampton, Chelsea, Fulham, Manchester City, West Ham
3.3 Excelsior, Feyenoord, Coventry, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Hull City, Skoda Xanthi
3.4 Blackpool, QPR, West Ham, Manchester City, Cardiff City
3.5 Norwich, Blackburn, Chelsea, Celtic, Birmingham, Aston Villa
Round C Missing links
6.1 Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus, _________, AC Milan
6.2 Thierry Henry, Didier Drogba, Cristiano Ronaldo, ___________, Didier Drogba
6.3 Birmingham City, Wolves, Cystal Palace, West Ham, __________, Derby County
6.4 Crystal Palace, Plymouth Argyle, ______________, Wycombe Wanderers
6.5 Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Cesc Fabregas, _____________, James Milner
Round 4 Europe/Champions League
4.1 Name the Champions of 2009-10 in Italy, Germany, Spain and France
4.2 Name the Cup winners of 2009-10 in Italy, Germany, Spain and France
4.3 Name the top scorer last season in the league in Italy, Germany, Spain and France
4.4 Who are the only team to beat Barcelona in La Liga in 2010-11
4.5 Name the only player to score double figures in goals in two separate Champions league campaigns.
4.6 Name the three coaches who have won the European Cup/Champions League with two different clubs
4.7 Which country has the highest win % in European Cup/Champions League finals
4.8 Name the five players to score hat-tricks in the Champions League this season
4.9 Who were the last team to win the European cup Winners Cup
Round 5 FA Cup
5.1 Name the four different clubs who have won back to back FA Cups since 1900.
5.2 Ryan Giggs famously scored the winning goal in the last ever FA Cup semi-final replay, but who scored the other two goals in that match.
5.3 Which player has scored the quickest ever goal in an FA Cup final
5.4 Which team set a new record by scoring six goals in extra time to win an FA Cup match this season?
5.5 Name the last two teams to lose back to back FA Cup finals?
5.6 Name the last four players to score winning goals in the FA Cup final with a header (excludes own goals, but could be the 1-0 goal in a 4-0 win)?
Round 6
Who has the most since August 2007
6.1 Headed goals
6.2 Shots hitting the woodwork
6.3 Goal Assists
6.4 Fouls conceded
6.5 Penalty saves
6.6 Clean sheets
Round 7 Fictional Football
7.1 Which of these is not a book by Steve Bruce? “Striker!”, “Sweeper!”, “Midfielder!”, “Defender!”
7.2 What decade did Melchester Rovers win their first league and FA Cup double?
7.3 What was unusual about Sheffield United’s FA Cup semi-final in the film “When Saturday Comes”?
7.4 In the Irvine Welsh novel Glue which famous footballer of the 1960s/1970s plays for Hibernian in a game attended by the characters?
7.5 What was the forename of the boy who inherited the boots of Jimmy “Dead Shot” Keen?
Tie Break
T1 How many passes did Xavi complete over the two legs for Barcelona against Arsenal in this season’s Champions League
The Final Leaderboard
Sky - 87
ESPN - 85
The Guardian - 81
UEFA - 76
The Times - 71
The Bloggers - 65
ITV - 62
The Daily Mail - 60
Deltatre - 59
M&C Saatchi - 59
Sport Business - 59
Talksport - 57
Mindshare - 56
SIS - 55
MSN - 53
Hill and Knowlton - 45
ANSWERS ON THE PDF AVAILABLE FROM THE LINK BELOW:
http://www.sportingstatz.com/quiz_answers.pdf
