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Football Trivia Question of the Day January 2012 Archive.
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31st January 2012:
Q: Who is the only player to be on the losing team in an FA Cup Final with three different teams?
A: John Barnes with Watford (1984), Liverpool (1988) and Newcastle United (1998). Barnes did also win with Liverpool in 1989.
30th January 2012:
Q: Who is the only player to score hat-tricks in the Premier League, UEFA Champions League and FA Cup for the same club?
A: Yossi Benayoun with Liverpool (against Burnley, Besitkas and Havant & Waterlooville).
29th January 2012:
Q: How many Italian players have won English Premier League medals?
A: Although players from 34 different countries have won Premier League medals, to date no Italian player has ever won one.
28th January 2012:
Q: Who is the only player to score goals in 10 consecutive full England internationals?
A: Steve Bloomer of Middlesbrough and Derby County scored a total of 19 goals in ten England games from March 1885 to March 1889.
27th January 2012:
Q: Which English player has scored the most Premier League goals without ever winning a full England cap?
A: Kevin Campbell with a total of 82 Premier League goals (with Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Everton and West Bromwich Albion).
26th January 2012:
Q: Which two players who have won the FIFA World Cup also managed Premier League clubs?
A: Ossie Ardiles (Argentina - Tottenham Hotspur) and Alan Ball (England - Southampton & Manchester City).
25th January 2012:
Q: Which club won the English Top Flight League Championship after being in the bottom half at Christmas?
A: Liverpool FC were in 12th place at Christmas but went on to win the 1981-82 First Division Championship.
24th January 2012:
Q: Which six players have won both English & Scottish Premier League medals?
A: Colin Hendry, Andrei Kanchelskis, Roy Keane, Henrik Larsson, Chris Sutton & Giovanni von Bronckhorst.
23rd January 2012:
Q: Who is the all-time record goalscorer at an African Cup of Nations Finals tournament?
A: Mulamba Ndaye of Zaire (now DR Congo) with 9 goals at the 1974 Finals in Egypt.
22nd January 2012:
Q: Who is the only Scottish footballer to have scored two Premier League hat-tricks in England?
A: Kevin Gallacher of Blackburn Rovers: 3-1 v Wimbledon, 15th March 1997 & 5-0 v Aston Villa, 17th January 1998.
21st January 2012:
Q: Which club has played in the Top Flight of English football the most seasons without ever winning the Championship?
A: Bolton Wanderers are currently playing their 73rd season in the Top Flight and have never won the League Title.
20th January 2012:
Q: Which six players won Championship medals in both the old First Division and the Premier League?
A: Tony Adams, Steve Bould, Lee Dixon, David Seaman and Nigel Winterburn (all Arsenal) & Eric Cantona (Leeds United & Manchester United).
19th January 2012:
Q: Which English club has the most players at the 2012 African Cup of Nations Finals?
A: Newcastle United with three: Papiss Cissé (Senegal), Demba Ba (Senegal) and Cheick Tioté (Côte d'Ivoire).
18th January 2012:
Q: Which six players have all scored 150 or more goals for Chelsea FC?
A: Bobby Tambling 202 goals (1959-70), Kerry Dixon 193 (1983-92), Frank Lampard 181 (2001-present), Roy Bentley 150 (1948-56),
Peter Osgood 150 (1964-74 & 1978-79) and Didier Drogba 150 (2004-present).
17th January 2012:
Q: Which two winners of the old Scottish League Championship have never played in the Scottish Premier League?
A: Dumbarton (1890-91 & 1891-92) and Third Lanark (1903-04)
16th January 2012:
Q: Which two winners of the old First Division League Championship have never played Premier League football?
A: Preston North End (1888-89 & 1889-90) and Huddersfield Town (1923-24, 1924-25 & 1925-26).
15th January 2012:
Q: Which countries two most successful clubs are Santos FC & Tivoli Gardens?
A: The Jamaican League Championship has been won by Santos FC & Tivoli Gardens five times each.
14th January 2012:
Q: Which two Sunderland managers have won the Premier League Manager of the Month award?
A: Peter Reid (October 1999 & December 2000) and Martin O'Neill (December 2011).
13th January 2012:
Q: Which two African countries were Olympic Games men's football gold medal winners?
A: Nigeria (Atlanta 1996) and Cameroon (Sydney 2000).
12th January 2012:
Q: Which four players, affiliated with Celtic at the time, participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals?
A: Ki Sung-Yong (South Korea), Georgios Samaras (Greece), Edson Braafheid (Netherlands) and Landry N'Guémo (Cameroon).
11th January 2012:
Q: Who were the last four clubs who won the FA Cup but failed to reach the Fourth Round the next season?
A: Manchester City in 2012, Liverpool in 2007, Manchester United in 2000 and Chelsea in 1998.
10th January 2012:
Q: Which four footballers have all won Premier League Player of the Month Awards with Newcastle United?
A: Rob Lee (Sept 1994 & Nov 1995), David Ginola (Aug 1995), Alan Shearer (Sept 1998, Dec 2002 & Oct 2003) and Demba Ba (Dec 2011).
9th January 2012:
Q: Which was the first full international played which didn't feature a team from the United Kingdom?
A: The United States of America v Canada in Newark, New Jersey, USA on 28th November 1885. Canada won 1-0.
8th January 2012:
Q: Which club were the first to win the FA Cup & Youth (U-18s) FA Cup in the same season?
A: Arsenal FC in season 1970-71.
7th January 2012:
Q: Which four clubs have beaten Leicester City in FA Cup Finals?
A: Wolverhampton Wanderers (1949), Tottenham Hotspur (1961), Manchester United (1963) and Manchester City (1969).
6th January 2012:
Q: Which two Brazilian footballers, affiliated with English clubs at the time, participated in FIFA World Cup Finals?
A: Gilberto Silva (Arsenal, 2006) & Heurelho Gomes (Tottenham Hotspur, 2010).
5th January 2012:
Q: Which two players finished as the Top Flight's highest goalscorers in season 1980-81 with 20 goals each?
A: Peter Withe of Aston Villa and Steve Archibald of Tottenham Hotspur. They both scored two goals each in the 1981 Charity Shield at Wembley.
4th January 2012:
Q: Which four footballers from Peru have appeared in the Premier League?
A: Diego Penny (Burnley, 2009–10), Claudio Pizarro (Chelsea, 2007–08), Nolberto Solano (Newcastle United, Aston Villa, West Ham, 1998–2008)
and Ysrael Zúñiga (Coventry City, 1999–2001).
3rd January 2012:
Q: Who was the last manager to win successive Second Flight & Top Flight English League Championships?
A: Alf Ramsey with Ipswich Town in 1960-61 (Division Two Champions) & 1961-62 (Division One Champions).
2nd January 2012:
Q: Which team were the last winners of the British Home Championships in 1983-84?
A: Northern Ireland with their 3rd outright win and 8th win in total.
1st January 2012:
Q: Which club scored the most goals in the Premier League from 1st January to 31st December 2011?
A: Manchester United scored 88 goals in 2011. Manchester City scored 81 and Chelsea 73 during 2011.
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