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Football Trivia Question of the Day December 2011 Archive.
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31st December 2011:
Q: Which two Argentinian footballers won the Premier League Player of the Month Award?
A: Juan Sebastián Verón (Manchester United, September 2001) & Carlos Tévez (Manchester City, December 2009).
30th December 2011:
Q: Which Premier League team had their shirts sponsored by Burmah Oil?
A: Swindon Town during season 1993-94. Burmah Oil's global corporate headquaters were located in Swindon.
29th December 2011:
Q: Which countries did Great Britain beat when they won their three Olympic Games men's football gold medals?
A: France in 1900, Denmark in 1908 and Denmark in 1912.
28th December 2011:
Q: Which three Italian players have all scored a total of 9 goals each in FIFA World Cup Finals tournaments?
A: Roberto Baggio (2 goals in 1990, 5 goals in 1994 & 2 goals in 1998), Paolo Rossi (3 goals in 1978, 6 goals in 1982)
& Christian Vieri (5 goals in 1998, 4 goals in 2002).
27th December 2011:
Q: Who are the only three footballers to have all played for Chelsea, Fulham & Queens Park Rangers?
A: Roy Bentley, Paul Parker and Clive Walker.
26th December 2011:
Q: Which three players under contract to Crystal Palace at the time participated in FIFA World Cup Finals?
A: Clinton Morrison (Ireland, 2002), Gregg Berhalter (United States, 2002) & Tony Popovic (Australia, 2006).
25th December 2011:
Q: What do the following five players have in common? Jairzinho, Chris Kamara, Gary McAllister, Robbie Elliott and Rob Edwards.
A: All were born on Christmas Day, 25th December - Jairzinho (1944), Kamara (1957), McAllister (1964), Elliott (1973) & Edwards (1982).
24th December 2011:
Q: Which five countries have never scored a goal at any FIFA World Cup Finals Tournaments?
A: Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia 1938), Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo 1974), Canada (1986), China (2002) and Trinidad & Tobago (2006).
23rd December 2011:
Q: Who won the first PFA Player of the Year Award in 1974?
A: Norman Hunter of Leeds United
22nd December 2011:
Q: Which trophy did Derby County, Colchester United, Bristol Rovers & Stoke City all win?
A: The Watney Cup, a pre-season competition for the highest League goalscorers which ran from 1970 to 1973.
21st December 2011:
Q: How did Jimmy Greaves get to the 1970 FIFA World Cup Finals in Mexico?
A: As a competitor in the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally. Greaves finished in 6th place driving a Ford Escort 1850GT with Tony Fall.
20th December 2011:
Q: Which two players under contract to Millwall at the time played for Ireland in FIFA World Cup Finals?
A: Mick McCarthy (1990 Finals in Italy) & Steven Reid (2002 Finals in Japan & South Korea).
19th December 2011:
Q: Which of the current 20 Premier League clubs have never finished in the Top 5 in the Top Flight of English Football?
A: Fulham, Swansea City & Wigan Athletic
18th December 2011:
Q: Which two Bulgarian football clubs have won the most National League Titles?
A: CSKA Sofia (31 League Titles) & Levski Sofia (26 League Titles)
17th December 2011:
Q: Which four players finished as joint top goalscorers at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals?
A: David Villa (Spain), Diego Forlan (Uruguay), Thomas Muller (Germany) & Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) all with 5 goals.
16th December 2011:
Q: Which two players have scored Premier League hat-tricks against Manchester United?
A: David Bentley in Blackburn Rovers' 4-3 win on 1st February 2006 & Dirk Kuyt in Liverpool's 3-1 win on 6th March 2011.
15th December 2011:
Q: Which host Nation of the FIFA Women's World Cup Finals was the only one to win the competition?
A: The United States of America in 1999.
14th December 2011:
Q: Who was the last West Bromwich Albion player to finish a season as the Top Flight's highest goalscorer?
A: Tony Brown in season 1970-71 with 28 goals in the old First Division.
13th December 2011:
Q: Which two countries competed for the Copa Lipton from 1905 to 1992?
A: Argentina (18 wins) & Uruguay (11 wins). The trophy was donated by the Scottish tea magnate Sir Thomas Lipton.
12th December 2011:
Q: Which player scored Wimbledon FC's only Premier League hat-trick?
A: Dean Holdsworth against Oldham Athletic in Wimbledon's 3-0 win on 26th April 1994.
11th December 2011:
Q: What year was the last English Top Flight League match played on Christmas Day?
A: Blackburn Rovers beat Blackpool 1-0 in the old First Division on Christmas Day, 25th December, 1959.
Christmas Day matches in the Scottish Top Flight continued to be played until the early 1970s.
10th December 2011:
Q: Who were the four Scotsmen in Nottingham Forest's 1980 European Cup Final winning starting XI?
A: Frank Gray, John McGovern (captain), Kenny Burns & John Robertson (winning goalscorer). A fifth Scot, John O'Hare, was a used substitute.
9th December 2011:
Q: Who was the first non-United Kingdom player to win the FWA Player of the Year award?
A: Bert Trautmann, Manchester City's German goalkeeper in 1956.
8th December 2011:
Q: Who was the last player with Blackpool FC at the time to win a full England cap?
A: Alan Ball in 1966. His last England cap as a Blackpool player was the World Cup Final against West Germany.
7th December 2011:
Q: What do Chelsea, Man United, Norwich, QPR, Spurs & Wigan have that the other 14 Premier League clubs don't?
A: Footballs on their club badges.
6th December 2011:
Q: Which Russian affiliated with an English club at the time played in a FIFA World Cup Finals tournament?
A: Dmitri Kharine with Chelsea at the 1994 World Cup Finals in the United States.
5th December 2011:
Q: What was unique about the Estonia v Scotland World Cup Qualifier on 9th October 1996?
A: Only Scotland and 1,000 of their supporters turned-up for the game at Tallinn's Kadrioru Stadium.
4th December 2011:
Q: Who was the only Jamaican player to score a Premier League hat-trick to date?
A: Kevin Lisbie for Charlton Athletic in their 3-2 win against Liverpool on 28th September 2003.
3rd December 2011:
Q: Which six football clubs have only spent one season each in the Top Flight of English Football?
A: Barnsley, Carlisle United, Glossop, Leyton Orient, Northampton Town and Swindon Town.
2nd December 2011:
Q: What was Charles Wreford-Brown's main contribution to the game of football?
A: Captain of the England team in Victorian times and also a first class cricketer, gentelman amateur Charles Wreford-Brown is credited with inventing
the term "soccer", derived from Association Football.
1st December 2011:
Q: How many times have Cardiff City & Crystal Palace reached the Football League Cup Semi-Finals in total?
A: Six times: Cardiff City twice: Seasons 1965-66 & 2011-12, Crystal Palace four times: Seasons 1992-93, 1994-95, 2000-01 & 2011-12.
Football League Cup Progress Chart 1960-61 to 1984-85 & Football League Cup Progress Chart 1985-86 to 2011-12
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