What the Football Prelims

1. What the Football!
Quizmasters-
Dr.Bikashkali kar
Soham mukherjee
Anirban Bardhan
25th March
U.N.B
Auditorium,
Medical
College
kolkata

2. PRELIMS-
• There will be a total of 30 questions in the prelims.
• Each question will carry 1 mark.
• Six star mark questions -5,10,15,20,25,30.In case of a tie in the prelims for
qualification,the number of star mark questions answered correctly will be
taken into account.In case,if the tie is not broken by star marked
questions,count back method to be applied.
• In case of ties in the final,prelims score to be taken into consideration.

3. Best of luck to all the teams!

4. Let’s start-

5. Question-1
• Unity World cup is an international football competition contested by
Christian national men’s team.It is organised with the help of John Paul II
foundation for sports.The first edition of the tournament was won by
Nigeria.Which country hosted this tournament in 2014?

6. This is the new fifa best player
award trophy which was
given to Cristiano Ronaldo
this year.From where did the
inspiration for the ball on the
top of the award come?
Question-2

7. • Only three persons have reached the football world cup final both as player
and coach. While Zaggalo and Beckenbauer have won it both as player and
coach the third one is a bit unlucky as he could win only as player.
• Name him.
Question-3

8. • Who is the only coach to lose UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup final,UEFA Cup
final,Uefa Champions League Final?
Question-4

9. • John Harkes is a retired American football player who
most recently was the head coach of FC
Cincinnati in the United Soccer League.
• A member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame,
Harkes was the first American ever to play in the
English Premier League, the second American to
score at Wembley Stadium, and the first American
soccer player to appear in the final of a major
English tournament.
• Now Harkes delivered a cross from the left aimed
at Earnie Stewart,in a match in mid 1990s. The ball
did not reach Stewart and resulted into
“Something”,which became one of the most worst
incidents in sports history.
• What did he initialize?
Question-5*

10. 2017 AFCON finished recently which was held in Gabon and Cameroon
became the champion.The 2015 edition of AFCON was held in Equatorial
Guinea.
Morocco was initially chosen by CAF to host the 2015 event but in late
October 2014 they asked for the postponement of the event upto 2016.CAF
finally awarded the hosting right to Equatorial Guinea who automatically
qualified as the host and Morocco was expelled from AFCON 2015.What
was the reason due to which Morocco did not host the tournament or
wanted to postpone the tournament upto 2016?
Question-6

11. • In what is believed to be one of the first international matches of Indian
footballing history,IFA XI took on Chinese Olympic team in 1936 at
Calcutta football club ground.The match ended in a draw with the IFA
defenders and particularly the young bengali keeper Subodh playing a
brilliant game.He made a number of very good saves and started the
tradition of bengali goalkeepers in Indian football team.
• Just give me the name of the more famous son of this goalkeeper Subodh.
Question-7

12. • Themselves founded in 1862, X are the one of the world's oldest football
club who are currently professional and, when their chief executive, Jim
Rodwell, contacted Juventus with a tentative invitation to visit for a match
to celebrate 150th anniversary,in 2012 the response was more than he
could have imagined. Juventus's president, Andrea Agnelli,called Ray
Trew, X owner, to suggest that they might become the first visitors to the
new ground, which is built on the site of the unloved Stadio delle Alpi in
Turin's northern suburbs.
• Id X,who had a huge impact in the history of Juve’s Tradition.
Question-8

13. • Cross Farm Park Celtic striker Lee Todd, who was in the team against
Taunton East Reach Wanderers in a Sunday league game in October 2000.
• Todd had his back to referee at the start of Cross Farm’s match and was
startled by the force with which the whistle was blown for kick-off. “Fuck
me, that was loud,” muttered Todd.
• What is the consequence?
Question-9

14. • Perhaps one of the most iconic pictures in football’s history!! Id the player
who had lifted pele.
Question-10*

15. • After whose name,the Mohun Bagan,Football Player of The Season Award
is given?
Question-11

16. • The outcome of the match led to debates about the format of qualification
tournaments, with the Australian manager Frank Farina and player Archie
Thompson feeling that preliminary rounds should be introduced to avoid
such unbalanced matches, views shared by the international footballing
body FIFA. It eventually led to the introduction of a preliminary round in
the Oceanian zone qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The
unbalanced level of opponents also partly contributed to Australia's move
to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.
• Which famous or rather infamous match are we talking about?
Question-12

17. • Miguel Muñoz Mozún was a Spanish midfielder, he spent the majority of
his career at Real Madrid before going on to coaching, where he was
considered one of the most successful managers in its history, leading the
team to two European Cup victories and nine La Liga Titles. However, he
was the first person to achieve this feat, followed by 6 others. Who is the
most recent inclusion of this feat?
Question-13

18. • In 1993,the national football team of Zambia faced an air-crash,that took
lives of each and every player and coaching staff.
• The head coach of the team was X,who is said to have the world record.
• Though FIFA does not approve the record,but it is said,Gerd Muller and
Leo Messi both did not break that,when they were themselves credited with
the record.
• Who?
Question-14

19. Question-15*
• The______ Shoe award is a football award in Belgium given annually to
the best African or African origin player playing in the Belgian pro league.
• The jury comprises of league club coaches,journalists,Belgium national
team coach,honorary jurors.
• Some of the notable players to win this award are Vincent
Kompany,Marouane Fellaini,Romelu Lukaku,Michy Batshuayi.
• FITB.

20. Question-16
• Sake is a Japanese rice wine made by fermenting polished rice.It is also
popular in the neighbouring countries.Sakenomy is an android app
designed and created to help people with their choice and knowledge of
sake.Which footballer once dubbed as the ‘David Beckham of Asia’
developed this app?

21. Question-17
• U-18 I-league is the major youth league of India.It was started as U-19 I-
league in 2011 for the development of young players of India.Which club
won the inaugural edition of the U-18 I-league?

22. Question-18
Which Country’s senior men’s National team has never been defeated by
Brazil senior team till date?
(They have faced brazil 4 times,drawn 2 and won 2-out of the two,one win
coming in the world cup)

23. Question-19
• This is a Percussion instrument named ‘The Dube’.Which former footballer
developed this instrument?

24. Question-20*
• The most decorated French club with 10 Ligue 1 titles,6 Coupe De France
titles and a finalist of 1975-76 European Cup,this club is considered the
breeding ground of Stalwarts of French football.Players like Michel
Platini,Laurent Blanc and world cup winning coach Aime
Jacquet,confederation cup winning coach Jacques Santini all started their
footballing career with this club.
• The club’s home ground hosted one of the biggest matches of 1998 World
cup between Argentina and England.During Euro 2016,the stadium again
came into limelight because of flares thrown on the pitch by the supporters.
• Just name which club is this?

25. Question-21
• Which footballer has got the maximum number of nominations at Fifa
Puskas Awards(given for Goal of the year) without ever winning the award
once?

26. Question-22
• Byron Moreno is a former Ecuadorian referee who is often considered the ‘Worst referee’ in
the history of football.He was arrested in 2010 at JFK airport for trying to smuggle heroin into
USA.He was sentenced to 26 months in prison.Even before that in 2003, he was suspended by
Ecuadorian football federation for taking bribes and partial refering.
• Which famous or infamous match did he officiate at which edition of the world cup for which
he was given the monicker of ‘Worst referee’?(no part point)

27. Question-23
• If you are playing Fifa 17 on Playstation 3 or 4,then you need to hold
down R1 and then tap the Triangle button twice.
• If you are playing Fifa 17 on Xbox360 or Xbox1,then you need to hold RB
and double tap the Y button.
• What will happen as a result of either of this?

28. Question-24
A very accurate free-kick and penalty taker for Walsall Fc and West Bromwich
Albion,who is this left footed midfielder?

29. Question-25*
• Maine Road was the historic stadium of Manchester City which was also
used by Manchester United for some years after the 2nd World war
bombings damaged Old Trafford severely.Manchester City lost their last
game at Maine road to Southampton by a single goal from Michael
Svensson.
• Manchester City’s last goal at the Maine road came on 21st April,2003
against Sunderland.The player who scored Manchester City’s last goal then
went onto highlight an International competition some 45 days later.He was
again the talking point during 2009 Confederation cup final.Who?

30. Question-26
• Fc Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk is an ukrainian club which reached the final of
2014-15 Europa League.On 21st february,2016 Fc Dnipro Reserves beat the
Atletico Paranaense Reserves to win a club competition held after a long
gap.The Competition was held between 5th-21st february,2016.
• Vladyslav Kocherhin of Fc Dnipro was the top scorer in this tournament with
3 goals.The tournament also featured teams like 1860 Munchen II,U-23
Argentina,Watford Reserves.
• Identify which tournament is this?

31. Question-27
• ‘An Impossible Job’ also known as ‘Do I not like that’is a documentary
which showed 18 months of a men’s senior national team during their
qualifying campaign for 1994 Fifa world cup in which they ultimately
failed to qualify.
• The documentary also showed the immense pressure through which the
manager of the national team had to go through during the qualifiers.The
manager eventually resigned after the team failed to qualify.Just name the
manager.

32. Question-28
• Andreas Hinkel was a regular right back for VfB Stuttgart from 2000-
2006.Stuttgart took a young player on loan during 2003-04 season mainly
as a back up for Hinkel.But the player was tried at the left back position
where he toppled German international Heiko Gerber and became a first
team regular.Who?

33. Question-29
• In respect to football events of 2017,who completes this list?

34. Question-30*
‘France Football’magazine started giving the Ballon d’Or award in 1956.
Sir Stanley Matthews became the first recipient of the award in 1956.
Alfredo Di Stefano won the award in 1957.
Both times,one footballer came third in the race for Ballon d’Or.Ultimately in
1958 that footballer went on to win the Award.Who?

35. Time is up!

37. Question-1
• Unity World cup is an international football competition contested by
Christian national men’s team.It is organised with the help of John Paul II
foundation for sports.The first edition of the tournament was won by
Nigeria.Which country hosted this tournament in 2014?

38. Answer-
INDIA

39. This is the new fifa best player
award trophy which was
given to Cristiano Ronaldo
this year.From where did the
inspiration for the ball on the
top of the award come?
Question-2

40. Answer-

41. • Only three persons have reached the football world cup final both as player
and coach. While Zaggalo and Beckenbauer have won it both as player and
coach the third one is a bit unlucky as he could win only as player.
• Name him.
Question-3

42. Answer-

43. • Who is the only coach to lose UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup final,UEFA Cup
final,Uefa Champions League Final?
Question-4

44. Answer-

45. • John Harkes is a retired American football player who
most recently was the head coach of FC
Cincinnati in the United Soccer League.
• A member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame,
Harkes was the first American ever to play in the
English Premier League, the second American to
score at Wembley Stadium, and the first American
soccer player to appear in the final of a major
English tournament.
• Now Harkes delivered a cross from the left aimed
at Earnie Stewart,in a match in mid 1990s. The ball
did not reach Stewart and resulted into
“Something”,which became one of the most worst
incidents in sports history.
• What did he initialize?
Question-5*

46. Answer-
• It was his cross which was put into his own net by Andres escobar.

47. 2017 AFCON finished recently which was held in Gabon and Cameroon
became the champion.The 2015 edition of AFCON was held in Equatorial
Guinea.
Morocco was initially chosen by CAF to host the 2015 event but in late
October 2014 they asked for the postponement of the event upto 2016.CAF
finally awarded the hosting right to Equatorial Guinea who automatically
qualified as the host and Morocco was expelled from AFCON 2015.What
was the reason due to which Morocco did not host the tournament or
wanted to postpone the tournament upto 2016?
Question-6

48. Answer-

49. • In what is believed to be one of the first international matches of Indian
footballing history,IFA XI took on Chinese Olympic team in 1936 at
Calcutta football club ground.The match ended in a draw with the IFA
defenders and particularly the young bengali keeper Subodh playing a
brilliant game.He made a number of very good saves and started the
tradition of bengali goalkeepers in Indian football team.
• Just give me the name of the more famous son of this goalkeeper Subodh.
Question-7

50. Answer-

51. • Themselves founded in 1862, X are the one of the world's oldest football
club who are currently professional and, when their chief executive, Jim
Rodwell, contacted Juventus with a tentative invitation to visit for a match
to celebrate 150th anniversary,in 2012 the response was more than he
could have imagined. Juventus's president, Andrea Agnelli,called Ray
Trew, X owner, to suggest that they might become the first visitors to the
new ground, which is built on the site of the unloved Stadio delle Alpi in
Turin's northern suburbs.
• Id X,who had a huge impact in the history of Juve’s Tradition.
Question-8

52. Answer-

53. • Cross Farm Park Celtic striker Lee Todd, who was in the team against
Taunton East Reach Wanderers in a Sunday league game in October 2000.
• Todd had his back to referee at the start of Cross Farm’s match and was
startled by the force with which the whistle was blown for kick-off. “Fuck
me, that was loud,” muttered Todd.
• What is the consequence?
Question-9

54. Answer-

55. • Perhaps one of the most iconic pictures in football’s history!! Id the player
who had lifted pele.
Question-10*

56. Answer-

57. • After whose name,the Mohun Bagan,Football Player of The Season Award
is given?
Question-11

58. Answer-
• Karuna Bhattacharya.

59. • The outcome of the match led to debates about the format of qualification
tournaments, with the Australian manager Frank Farina and player Archie
Thompson feeling that preliminary rounds should be introduced to avoid
such unbalanced matches, views shared by the international footballing
body FIFA. It eventually led to the introduction of a preliminary round in
the Oceanian zone qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The
unbalanced level of opponents also partly contributed to Australia's move
to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.
• Which famous or rather infamous match are we talking about?
Question-12

60. Answer-

61. • Miguel Muñoz Mozún was a Spanish midfielder, he spent the majority of
his career at Real Madrid before going on to coaching, where he was
considered one of the most successful managers in its history, leading the
team to two European Cup victories and nine La Liga Titles. However, he
was the first person to achieve this feat, followed by 6 others. Who is the
most recent inclusion of this feat?
Question-13

62. Answer-
Player and then manager to win European Cup/Uefa Champions League

63. • In 1993,the national football team of Zambia faced an air-crash,that took
lives of each and every player and coaching staff.
• The head coach of the team was X,who is said to have the world record.
• Though FIFA does not approve the record,but it is said,Gerd Muller and
Leo Messi both did not break that,when they were themselves credited with
the record.
• Who?
Question-14

64. Answer-

65. Question-15*
• The______ Shoe award is a football award in Belgium given annually to
the best African or African origin player playing in the Belgian pro league.
• The jury comprises of league club coaches,journalists,Belgium national
team coach,honorary jurors.
• Some of the notable players to win this award are Vincent
Kompany,Marouane Fellaini,Romelu Lukaku,Michy Batshuayi.
• FITB.

66. Answer-

67. Question-16
• Sake is a Japanese rice wine made by fermenting polished rice.It is also
popular in the neighbouring countries.Sakenomy is an android app
designed and created to help people with their choice and knowledge of
sake.Which footballer once dubbed as the ‘David Beckham of Asia’
developed this app?

68. Answer-

69. Question-17
• U-18 I-league is the major youth league of India.It was started as U-19 I-
league in 2011 for the development of young players of India.Which club
won the inaugural edition of the U-18 I-league?

70. Answer-

71. Question-18
Which Country’s senior men’s National team has never been defeated by
Brazil senior team till date?
(They have faced brazil 4 times,drawn 2 and won 2-out of the two,one win
coming in the world cup)

72. Answer-

73. Question-19
• This is a Percussion instrument named ‘The Dube’.Which former footballer
developed this instrument?

74. Answer-
Dion Dublin.

75. Question-20*
• The most decorated French club with 10 Ligue 1 titles,6 Coupe De France
titles and a finalist of 1975-76 European Cup,this club is considered the
breeding ground of Stalwarts of French football.Players like Michel
Platini,Laurent Blanc and world cup winning coach Aime
Jacquet,confederation cup winning coach Jacques Santini all started their
footballing career with this club.
• The club’s home ground hosted one of the biggest matches of 1998 World
cup between Argentina and England.During Euro 2016,the stadium again
came into limelight because of flares thrown on the pitch by the supporters.
• Just name which club is this?

76. Answer-

77. Question-21
• Which footballer has got the maximum number of nominations at Fifa
Puskas Awards(given for Goal of the year) without ever winning the award
once?

78. Answer-

79. Question-22
• Byron Moreno is a former Ecuadorian referee who is often considered the ‘Worst referee’ in
the history of football.He was arrested in 2010 at JFK airport for trying to smuggle heroin into
USA.He was sentenced to 26 months in prison.Even before that in 2003, he was suspended by
Ecuadorian football federation for taking bribes and partial refering.
• Which famous or infamous match did he officiate at which edition of the world cup for which
he was given the monicker of ‘Worst referee’?(no part point)

80. Answer-

81. Question-23
• If you are playing Fifa 17 on Playstation 3 or 4,then you need to hold
down R1 and then tap the Triangle button twice.
• If you are playing Fifa 17 on Xbox360 or Xbox1,then you need to hold RB
and double tap the Y button.
• What will happen as a result of either of this?

82. Answer-

83. Question-24
A very accurate free-kick and penalty taker for Walsall Fc and West Bromwich
Albion,who is this left footed midfielder?

84. Answer-

85. Question-25*
• Maine Road was the historic stadium of Manchester City which was also
used by Manchester United for some years after the 2nd World war
bombings damaged Old Trafford severely.Manchester City lost their last
game at Maine road to Southampton by a single goal from Michael
Svensson.
• Manchester City’s last goal at the Maine road came on 21st April,2003
against Sunderland.The player who scored Manchester City’s last goal then
went onto highlight an International competition some 45 days later.He was
again the talking point during 2009 Confederation cup final.Who?

86. Answer-

87. Question-26
• Fc Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk is an ukrainian club which reached the final of
2014-15 Europa League.On 21st february,2016 Fc Dnipro Reserves beat the
Atletico Paranaense Reserves to win a club competition held after a long
gap.The Competition was held between 5th-21st february,2016.
• Vladyslav Kocherhin of Fc Dnipro was the top scorer in this tournament with
3 goals.The tournament also featured teams like 1860 Munchen II,U-23
Argentina,Watford Reserves.
• Identify which tournament is this?

88. Answer-

89. Question-27
• ‘An Impossible Job’ also known as ‘Do I not like that’is a documentary
which showed 18 months of a men’s senior national team during their
qualifying campaign for 1994 Fifa world cup in which they ultimately
failed to qualify.
• The documentary also showed the immense pressure through which the
manager of the national team had to go through during the qualifiers.The
manager eventually resigned after the team failed to qualify.Just name the
manager.

90. Answer-

91. Question-28
• Andreas Hinkel was a regular right back for VfB Stuttgart from 2000-
2006.Stuttgart took a young player on loan during 2003-04 season mainly
as a back up for Hinkel.But the player was tried at the left back position
where he toppled German international Heiko Gerber and became a first
team regular.Who?

92. Answer-

93. Question-29
• In respect to football events of 2017,who completes this list?

94. Answer-
• Venues of 2017 U-17 World cup in India are named after them-Jawaharlal
Nehru(Delhi,Goa,Kochi),D.Y.Patil-Mumbai,Indira Gandhi-Guwahati.

95. Question-30*
‘France Football’magazine started giving the Ballon d’Or award in 1956.
Sir Stanley Matthews became the first recipient of the award in 1956.
Alfredo Di Stefano won the award in 1957.
Both times,one footballer came third in the race for Ballon d’Or.Ultimately in
1958 that footballer went on to win the Award.Who?

96. Answer-