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Football Trivia Question of the Day - June 2011 Archive
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June 30th 2011:
Q: Who were the first club to win the European - South American Intercontinental Cup in 1960?
A: Real Madrid of Spain beat Peñarol of Uruguay over two legs. The competition ran until 2004, when it was replaced with FIFA's Club World Cup.
June 29th 2011:
Q: England's first opponents at Wembley were Scotland in 1924 but who were their second opponents at Wembley?
A: Argentina in May 1951. Wales first played at Wembley in 1952 and Northern Ireland in 1955.
June 28th 2011:
Q: Which England international won caps playing for the most England managers?
A: Goalkeeper David Seamen won his first cap under Bobby Robson in 1988 then Graham Taylor, Terry Venables, Glenn Hoddle, Howard Wilkinson,
Kevin Keegan and finally his 75th cap under Sven-Göran Eriksson in 2002.
June 27th 2011:
Q: Which is the only country, other than Mexico & USA, to have won the CONCACAF Gold Cup from 1991 to 2011?
A: Canada in 2000. Mexico have won 6 Gold Cups and the United States have won 4.
June 26th 2011:
Q: Which three countries located in mainland South America have never competed in the Copa America?
A: French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname, who all play their international football as part of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean
Association Football (CONCACAF)
June 25th 2011:
Q: Which four players scored England's 11 goals during the 1966 FIFA World Cup Finals tournament?
A: Geoff Hurst (West Ham) 4 goals, Roger Hunt (Liverpool) & Bobby Charlton (Manchester Utd) 3 goals each and Martin Peters (West Ham) 1 goal.
June 24th 2011:
Q: Which two clubs, apart from Benfica, Porto & Sporting, have won the Portuguese League Championship?
A: OS Belenenses and Boavista Porto have both won a single League title each. The other 75 titles have gone to Benfica (32), Porto (25) & Sporting (18)
June 23rd 2011:
Q: Which Spanish club has won the most League Championships, excluding Real Madrid & Barcelona?
A: Atletico Madrid have won 9 League Titles. Athletic Bilbao have won 8 and Valencia have won 6.
June 22nd 2011:
Q: Which three Scottish footballers have played in the Italian Serie A League?
A: Denis Law (Torino – 1961-62), Joe Jordan (AC Milan, Verona – 1981-82, 1983–84) and Graeme Souness (Sampdoria – 1984-86).
June 21st 2011:
Q: Who are the three USA internationals who have played in the Scottish Premier League?
A: DaMarcus Beasley, Maurice Edu and Claudio Reyna, all with Rangers FC.
June 20th 2011:
Q: Which of the 7 ever-present Premier League clubs has used the fewest number of Foreign players from 1992-93 to 2010-11?
A: Aston Villa have only used 56 Foreign players during the past 19 seasons.
June 19th 2011:
Q: Which two of the six Premier League Croatian players in 2010-11 didn't play for Tottenham Hotspur?
A: Nikola Kalinić of Blackburn Rovers and Ivan Klasnić of Bolton Wanderers. Spurs' four Croatians were Vedran Corluka, Niko Kranjcar, Luka Modric
and Stipe Pletikosa.
June 18th 2011:
Q: Name two National football teams which feature elephants on their badges.
A: Ivory Coast and Thailand.
June 17th 2011:
Q: Who was the last English player to become the season's Premier League's highest goalscorer?
A: Kevin Phillips with 30 goals for Sunderland in season 1999-2000.
June 16th 2011:
Q: Which two clubs have been Brazilian Champions the most times from 1959 onwards?
A: Palmeiras and Santos have both been Brazilian Champions 8 times. Sao Paulo and Flamengo both have 6 titles.
June 15th 2011:
Q: How many times did Kenny Dalglish top the League goalscorer's table during his career in Scotland & England?
A: Only once, with Celtic (24 goals) in 1975-76.
June 14th 2011:
Q: When was the last time Everton won the League without playing a single match in Liverpool?
A: In 2008 Everton won the Chile Primera Division for the 4th time. None of their matches were played in Liverpool.
June 13th 2011:
Q: Which club has won the French League Championship the most times?
A: AS Saint-Etienne have won the French League 10 times. Olympique de Marseilles have 9 titles and FC Nantes have 8 titles.
June 12th 2011:
Q: Which two players jointly hold the Premier League record for scoring goals as substitutes?
A: Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Nwankwo Kanu have both scored 17 goals as substitutes.
June 11th 2011:
Q: Which two UEFA European U-21 Football Championships did England win?
A: 1982 England 5-4 (aggregate) West Germany & 1984 England 3-0 (aggregate) Spain.
June 10th 2011:
Q: Which two clubs have spent the most seasons in the Football League without ever playing in the top two flights?
A: Hartlepool United (40 seasons in the 3rd flight, 44 seasons in the 4th flight) and Rochdale (38 seasons in the 3rd flight, 46 seasons in the 4th flight)
have both spent 84 seasons in the Football League without ever playing in the top two divisions.
June 9th 2011:
Q: What do England internationals Terry Butcher, John Barnes, Tony Dorigo, Matthew Le Tissier and Cyrille Regis all have in common?
A: They were all born outside England - Butcher in Singapore, Barnes in Jamaica, Dorigo in Australia, Le Tissier in Guernsey and Regis in
French Guiana.
June 8th 2011:
Q: Which is the only team in the Euro 2012 qualification tournament who has yet to score a goal?
A: San Marino have failed to score in their 7 Group E matches played to date, while conceding 33 goals.
June 7th 2011:
Q: Which four players captained England against Serbia & Montenegro in June 2003?
A: David Beckham was injured, so Michael Owen led England out at the Walker Stadium, Leicester. A flurry of substitutions meant the armband was
first passed to Emile Heskey, then to Phil Neville and finally to Jamie Carragher.
June 6th 2011:
Q: Who scored England's goal against Ireland in the 1990 World Cup Finals in Italy?
A: Gary Lineker. The Group F match finished 1-1 with Kevin Sheedy scoring for the Republic of Ireland.
June 5th 2011:
Q: Which three non-English clubs have supplied players to England's national team under Fabio Capello?
A: AC Milan (Italy), LA Galaxy (USA) & Cardiff City (Wales)
June 4th 2011:
Q: Which 17 countries competed in the first UEFA European Championships in 1960?
A: USSR (winners), Yugoslavia (finalists), Czechoslovakia, France (semi-finalists), Austria, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Hungary, Greece, Turkey,
Norway, Bulgaria, East Germany, Poland, Denmark, (qualification groups) & Ireland (preliminary round).
June 2nd 2011:
Q: Which three Japanese footballers have played in the Premier League?
A: Junichi Inamoto (Fulham & West Bromwich Albion 2001–06), Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton Wanderers 2005–06) & Kazuyuki Toda (Tottenham Hotspur
2002–03).
June 1st 2011:
Q: When was the last season before 2011-12 that Norwich City & Queens Park Rangers were both in the Premier League?
A: Season 1994-95.
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