Showing posts with label Christmas Quiz. Show all posts
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Sunday, 30 December 2012

Christmas Quiz 2012


CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2012

 1. THE SEASON SO FAR



1.      Who scored City’s only goal in the League Cup win at Dagenham & Redbridge?
2.      Which City player has scored in all three cup competitions?
3.      Who is the only opposing player to score two goals at the Ricoh?
4.      Which club has attracted the biggest crowd to the Ricoh?
5.      From which club did Stephen Elliott join Coventry in the summer?
6.      Which defender made his debut against Sheffield United in August?
7.      Who is the club’s only ever present in league games?
8.      In November which club won a game in Coventry for the first time?
9.      Which homegrown player made his debut in the League Cup win at Dagenham & Redbridge?
10.  Who is Mark Robins’ number two and first team coach?

 2. WHICH CURRENT COVENTRY CITY PLAYER….

1.      Is the nephew of a former British & European Amateur Boxing Champion?
2.      Was the youngest player to appear in a senior British Cup final in 2008?
3.      Was arrested in 2011 on suspicion of a betting fraud?
4.      Was in City’s Youth team squad in 2002-03?
5.      Appeared on the losing side in the 2000 League Cup final?
6.      Is the son of a former member of the Animals group?
7.      Has an elder brother playing for Sunderland?
8.      Was born the month that Coventry City won the FA Cup?
9.      Is the son of a former Welsh international player?
10.  Has the middle name Emery


 3. WHICH FORMER COVENTRY CITY PLAYER…..

  1. …was coach to the Congo National team until recently?
  2. …is manager of the Northern Ireland national team?
  3. …is a forensic detective in Holland?
  4. …plays in the back four for Bristol Rovers?
  5. …plays for AEK Athens in Greece?
  6. …was the last ex-City player to score against the Sky Blues?
  7. …scored for City on his debut as a loanee from Aston Villa last season?
  8. …is manager of Chesterfield?
  9. …is the longest serving manager in League One (having been in charge for more than 4 years)
  10. …is manager of Falkirk?

4.      WHICH CLUB?

  1. …Won in Coventry for the first time since 1958 this season?
  2. …Play their home games at the Globe Arena?
  3. …Are nicknamed the Cherries?
  4. …Were the first opponents at the Ricoh Arena in 2005?
  5. …Are managed by former City coach Gary Mills?
  6. …Played their home games at Eton Park prior to 2005?
  7. …Other than Brentford are nicknamed the Bees?
  8. …Are managed by Cov Kid Graham Alexander?
  9. …Play their home games at St James Park?
  10. …Are nicknamed the Shrimpers?
 5.            MISCELLANY

  1. Who was the last Coventry City player to appear in the World Cup finals?
  2. Whose record for scoring in successive away games did David McGoldrick break this season?
  3. In 1966 why did several coachloads of City fans go to watch Northampton play Leeds in a First Division match?
  4. Who is the last player to score an away hattrick for the Sky Blues?
  5. Since relegation which City player holds the seasonal league goalscoring record?
  6. Who in 1995 became City’s oldest debutant, aged 38 years & 2 months?
  7. When the Sky Blues were relegated in 2001 which other two teams suffered the drop?
  8. Who scored Spurs’ goals against City in the last FA Cup meeting between the clubs?
  9. Who was Iain Dowie’s number two when he was appointed City boss in 2007?
  10. Who captained Spurs against the Sky Blues in the 1987 FA Cup final?
 
6. PICTURES

All of these players have made first team appearances for the club in the last 40 years.
                                                                  
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Wednesday, 6 January 2010

Christmas Quiz - Answers

ANSWERS
Section 1

1. Lee Hughes (Crewe (a) 2002)
2. City of Cardiff Stadium
3. Clinton Morrison
4. Paulo Sousa (Swansea)
5. Carlisle United
6. Gregor Rasiak (Reading) & Craig Mackail-Smith (Peterborough)
7. Dimi Konstantopoulos
8. Watford (away)
9. Sammy Clingan & Leon Best
10. AFC Wimbledon


Section 2

1. Clinton Morrison
2. James McPake
3. Stephen Wright
4. Sammy Clingan
5. Freddy Eastwood
6. David Bell
7. Leon Barnett
8. Elliott Ward
9. Jack Cork
10. Leon Best


Section 3

1. 1898
2. 1899
3. 1919
4. 1923
5. 1970
6. 1961
7. 1981
8. 2005
9. 1969
10. 1965

Section 4

1. Marton Fulop
2. Bobby Gould (son - Richard)
3. George Curtis (son - Michael)
4. Adam Walker (father - Ricky)
5. Leon McKenzie (uncle - Duke)
6. Harry Storer
7. Isaac Osbourne (brother – Isiah)
8. Jermaine Grandison (brother – Joel)
9. Jack Cork (father – Alan)
10. Ernie Machin (son – Stewart)






Section 5
1. Steve Staunton
2. Guillaume Beuzelin
3. Chris Kirkland
4. Lee Hughes
5. Micky Adams
6. Terry Gibson
7. Sam Allardyce
8. Stern John
9. Scott Shearer
10. Ernie Hannigan

Monday, 4 January 2010

Christmas Quiz 2009

1. THE SEASON SO FAR


1. Who was the last City player before Freddy Eastwood to score a league hat-trick for the club?
2. Which stadium did the Sky Blues visit for the first time earlier this season?
3. Which City player has appeared in every league game for the Sky Blues this season?
4. Which Championship manager’s first victory in charge was against City?
5. From which club did Gary Madine join Coventry in October?
6. Which two opposing players scored twice against the Sky Blues at the Ricoh this season?
7. In the 3-1 home defeat to Reading which City player made his first league start for over 18 months?
8. City have come from behind only once this season, against which team?
9. Which two City players have missed penalties at the Ricoh this season?
10. From which club did Chris Hussey join Coventry in October?




2. WHICH CURRENT CITY PLAYER

1. ..has the middle name of Hubert?

2. ..was born in the same Scottish town as Gary McAllister?
3. ..has a father who is the kitman at Liverpool?
4. ..started his career at Wolves but never appeared for the first team at Molineux?
5. ..has a daughter called Chardonnay?
6. ..played six games on loan for Leicester in 2008?
7. ..has an aunt Beverley who appeared in the final of X Factor in 2007?
8. ..played in the Championship play-off final for West Ham in 2005?
9. ..scored his first two league goals against the Sky Blues in the 2007-08 season?
10. ..has the middle name of Julian?



3. IN WHICH YEAR?

1. ..did Singers FC change their name to Coventry City?
2. ..did the football club move to Highfield Road?
3. ..did Coventry City join the Football League?
4. ..was the FA Cup final first played at Wembley?
5. ..did Coventry City last finish in the top six of any division?
6. ..did Jimmy Hill become the manager?
7. ..did the Sky Blues reach their first major Cup semi-final?
8. ..did the football club move to the Ricoh Arena?
9. ..did George Curtis play his final game for the club?
10. ..were substitutes first used in league games?


4. CITY RELATIONS

1. Which former City goalkeeper had a father who played the role of a Nazi centre-forward in the film Escape to Victory?
2. Which former City player and manager has a son who is the chief executive of Somerset county cricket club?
3. Which former City captain had a son who played rugby for Coventry RFC in the 1990s?
4. Which City youngster who has started one game this season has a father who was on City’s books in the 1970s?
5. Which former City striker has an uncle who was a World Boxing champion?
6. Which former City manager had a father who played cricket for England?
7. Which current City first team squad member has a brother playing on loan at Middlesbrough?
8. Which City defender has a younger brother on the club’s books?
9. Which current City player’s father was formerly a coach at the club?
10. Which former City player’s son is a commentator on Channel 4 racing?

5. WHICH FORMER CITY PLAYER…..

1. ..is currently manager of Darlington?
2. ..from last season has appeared for Hamilton Academicals in the SPL this season?
3. ..let in nine goals against Tottenham earlier this season?
4. ..scored 18 goals for Oldham Athletic last season?
5. ..is the current manager of Port Vale?
6. ..works as a commentator on Sky’s Spanish football coverage?
7. ..currently manages in the Premiership?
8. ..appeared against the Sky Blues for Crystal Palace this season?
9. ..is first team goalkeeper at Wycombe Wanderers?
10. ..from the 1960s is in the Western Australia Football Hall of Fame?




Answers will be posted tomorrow