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Football Trivia Question of the Day June 2012
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30th June 2012:
Q: Which seven of the current 47 Asian AFC countries have England played at full international level?
A: Australia (played 6 times), Japan (played 3 times), Saudi Arabia (played twice), China, Kuwait, Malaysia & South Korea (played once each).
England have won 8, drawn 6 and lost 1 of those 15 matches played.
29th June 2012:
Q: Which two clubs from Peru have played in the Copa Libertadores Final?
A: Universitario (lost to Independiente of Argentina in 1972) & Sporting Cristal (lost to Cruzeiro of Brazil in 1997).
28th June 2012:
Q: Which current League clubs have never played in the third or fourth flights of English Football?
A: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United
27th June 2012:
Q: Where will the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship Finals (Euros) take place?
A: Three bids are still being considered: Turkey, a joint Republic of Ireland, Scotland & Wales bid and a joint Georgia & Azerbaijan bid. The hosts will be announced in late 2013 or early 2014. France has been awarded the Euro 2016 Finals, when 24 countries will compete for the first time.
26th June 2012:
Q: Which was the only penalty shoot-out England won from the eight they have been involved in?
A: England beat Spain 4-2 on penalties during the 1996 UEFA European Championships, 22nd June 1996 at Wembley.
25th June 2012:
Q: How many of the 56 African countries have England played at full international level?
A: Eight: Cameroon (4 times), Egypt (3 times), Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa & Tunisia (twice each) and Algeria & Ghana (once each).
England have won 11 and drawn 6 of these 17 matches.
24th June 2012:
Q: Which three English League grounds have hosted England v Italy full internationals?
A: Arsenal Stadium (Highbury) 14th November 1934, England 3-2 Italy, White Hart Lane (Tottenham) 30th November 1949, England 2-0 Italy and
Elland Road (Leeds) 27th March 2002, England 1-2 Italy.
23rd June 2012:
Q: Which three players finished the UEFA Euro 2012 Finals Group Stage with three assists each?
A: Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Steven Gerrard (England) and David Silva (Spain).
22nd June 2012:
Q: Which two players have started the last six full England internationals?
A: Scott Parker (Tottenham Hotspur) and Ashley Young (Manchester United).
21st June 2012:
Q: Which Italian club has the most players participating at the UEFA Euro 2012 Finals?
A: Juventus with 7 players: Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Claudio Marchisio, Emanuele Giaccherini, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci & Andrea Pirlo. UEFA European Football Championships 2012 Finals Competition
20th June 2012:
Q: How many of the 6 FIFA World Cup & UEFA European Championship matches played against Italy so far have England won?
A: England have beaten Italy just once in World Cup & European Championship matches: 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley on 16th November 1977.
19th June 2012:
Q: Which three clubs have won the Ukrainian National League since season 1991-92?
A: Dynamo Kyiv (13 League titles), Shakhtar Donetsk (7 League titles) and Tavriya Simferopol (1 League title).
18th June 2012:
Q: Which players scored the goals in November 1999 in the England v Scotland play-off matches for Euro 2000?
A: Paul Scholes scored twice for England at Hampden Park & Don Hutchison scored for Scotland at Wembley. The teams will next meet in August 2013.
17th June 2012:
Q: Which five Ukrainian footballers have played in the English Premier League?
A: Alex Evtushok (Coventry City, 1996–97), Oleg Luzhny (Arsenal & Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1999–2004), Sergei Rebrov (Tottenham Hotspur, 2000–02),
Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea, 2006–10) and Andriy Voronin (Liverpool, 2007–10).
16th June 2012:
Q: Who was the only player to score two hat-tricks during a UEFA Euro Finals tournament?
A: Michel Platini of France scored two hat-tricks within four days of each other against Belgium and Yugoslavia at the 1984 Euros in France.
15th June 2012:
Q: Which English international earlier played Swedish League Football with Djurgårdens IF?
A: Teddy Sheringham played 21 times scoring 13 goals for Djurgårdens IF on loan from Millwall in 1985.
14th June 2012:
Q: Who was the only player to score a hat-trick during the Euro 2008 Finals?
A: David Villa in a 4-1 Group Stage win for Spain against Russia, 10th June 2008.
13th June 2012:
Q: What do the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Belgium and Russia all have in common?
A: Their National Teams were all managed by Dutchman Dick Advocaat.
12th June 2012:
Q: In which year did England play full internationals in yellow shirts?
A: England played in yellow shirts for three away matches in May & June 1973 against Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Soviet Union.
An all-yellow strip was also worn by England in an unoffical match against "Team America" (players from NASL clubs) in 1976.
11th June 2012:
Q: Who scored the first goal in the FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualification Competition?
A: Deon McCaulay for Belize on 15th June 2011 in their 5-2 CONCACAF First Round away win against Montserrat.
10th June 2012:
Q: How many different kit manufacturers are supplying the 16 Euro 2012 Finalists?
A: Four - Adidas (Spain, Greece, Germany, Denmark, Russia & Ukraine), Nike (Netherlands, Poland, France, Portugal & Croatia),
Umbro (Sweden, Ireland & England) and Puma (Czech Republic & Italy).
9th June 2012:
Q: Which three players participating in the Euro 2012 Finals have won over 120 full international caps each?
A: Iker Casillas (131 caps for Spain), Anders Svensson (127 caps for Sweden) and Shay Given (122 caps for the Republic of Ireland).
8th June 2012:
Q: What was unusual about the 1985 FA Cup Semi-Finals between Man United & Liverpool and Everton & Luton?
A: It was the last time that all four managers were English - Ron Atkinson, Joe Fagan, Howard Kendall & David Pleat.
7th June 2012:
Q: Which five players selected for the Euro 2012 Finals have yet to win a full international cap?
A: Jack Butland (England), Emanuele Giaccherini (Italy), Vladimir Granat (Russia), Ivan Kelava (Croatia) and Kasper Schmeichel (Denmark).
6th June 2012:
Q: Which four English League clubs have featured Owls on their badges?
A: Leeds City (1905-1915), Leeds United (1920-1971), Oldham Athletic & Sheffield Wednesday.
5th June 2012:
Q: Which four countries will compete in both the Men's and Women's 2012 Olympic Games football tournaments?
A: Brazil, Great Britain, Japan and New Zealand.
4th June 2012:
Q: Who is the only English player to score a hat-trick against France in a full international?
A: Geoff Hurst in a 5-0 England win against France at Wembley Stadium on 12th March 1969. Francis Lee and Mike O'Grady scored the other two goals.
3rd June 2012:
Q: Who was the only Foreign coach to win the UEFA European Football Championship?
A: Otto Rehhagel of Germany who led Greece to the Championship 2004. All the other 12 coaches to date led their own countries to the Titles.
2nd June 2012:
Q: Which team were the current English League Champions when Queen Elizabeth II first became Monarch?
A: Tottenham Hotspur were the current Football League Champions on 6th February 1952 when George VI died and Elizabeth II became Britain's Monarch.
Spurs had won the 1950-51 Division One Title ahead of Manchester United (who would be 1951-52 Champions), Blackpool and Newcastle United.
1st June 2012:
Q: Which country who failed to qualify for the Euro 2012 Finals has the most players affiliated to it's League?
A: There are 9 players affiliated with Turkish clubs at the Euro 2012 Finals.
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