Opta Quiz

Cozen posted this link on the main Prem thread. The questions intrigue me, but I don't want to derail that thread too much. Post speculated answers here and maybe Cozen will confirm the answers at some point:
http://www.optasports.com/about/news/feature-the-opta-joe-sports-quiz.html

don't have the links to the answers just yet sadly

2.4 Name the only unbeaten team at World Cup 2010.
new zealand

3.5 Norwich, Blackburn, Chelsea, Celtic, Birmingham, Aston Villa
chris sutton

1.5 Name the only two players to score a hat trick for the same team in the same game in the Premier League

This shouldn't be too difficult. There can't be that many times that teams have scored six or more.

3.1 = Lee Bowyer?

1.8 Who are the only team who have never been relegated from the top flight of English football

Wigan

2.3 Name the two players who have been red carded twice in the World cup finals?

Zidane is one

1.3 Which player has scored the most own goals in Premier League history?

Is this Carragher?

3.2 Southampton, Chelsea, Fulham, Manchester City, West Ham

Wayne Bridge

6.1 Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus, _________, AC Milan

Monaco (beaten European Cup finalists)

1.1 Name the eight players who have played for Manchester United in the Premier League era who have scored more than 100 Premier League goals.

The careful wording of this suggests that they don't have to have scored those goals for Man Utd, just in the Prem, and that they must have played for United in the Prem. So...

...Sheringham must be in there. Andy Cole, obviously...

Want to say frank Sinclair for the own goals but don't know if his were plentiful or spectacular.

Has Saha got 100 goals?

Dublin, Yorke, Rooney, Scholes

...I think Giggs has done it. Van Nistelrooy might have done - he scored loads, but wasn't around for that long and a lot of the goals were in the CL...

Was going to say Yorke. Good call on Dublin.

don't think Ronaldo got there; van Nistelrooy might have though

Ronaldo? Solskjaer?

Ole Gunnar?
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Owen?

Good shout! What with Newcastle and LFC he must have a ton up

1.3 Which player has scored the most own goals in Premier League history?

Is this Carragher?

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iirc it's him and another guy basically at the same amount and they both scored own goals a couple of weeks back. can't for the life of me remember who the other guy was though... dunne maybe?

Dunne is one of the 'most red cards' guys anyway

1.9 Which player has scored the most goals against a single opponent in Premier League history – points for the player, the opposition and the number of goals.

I don't know this one, but I do remember that Andy Cole scored an amusingly high number of goals against Newcastle (including four in one match).

how many has drogba scored against arsenal?

6.3 Birmingham City, Wolves, Cystal Palace, West Ham, __________, Derby County

Play-off winners, I think.

So the missing year is 2006.

Round 3 Name the career
3.1 lee bowyer
3.2 wayne bridge
3.3 george boateng
3.4 trevor sinclair
3.5 chris sutton

I'm just going to guess these:

Round 6 : Who has the most since August 2007

6.1 Headed goals Cahill
6.2 Shots hitting the woodwork Defoe
6.3 Goal Assists Fabregas
6.4 Fouls conceded Mikel
6.5 Penalty saves Sorensen
6.6 Clean sheets Reina

Watford?

5.1 Name the four different clubs who have won back to back FA Cups since 1900

Spurs (81/82), Arsenal (91/92), Chelsea (09/10) ... Pompey just after WWII?

Fouls conceded I'd go for Kevin Davies.

92/93 for Arsenal xp

4.9 Who were the last team to win the European cup Winners Cup

When did this actually finish? I think Chelsea won it in 98.

yeah definitely Davies xp, I forgot about him

92/93 for Arsenal xp

eh?

Arsenal 2002 & 2003

3.3 Excelsior, Feyenoord, Coventry, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Hull City, Skoda Xanthi

George Boateng?

4.7 Which country has the highest win % in European Cup/Champions League finals

Think this might be Netherlands - 4 wins for Ajax, 1 each for Feyenoord and PSV; versus 1 loss for Ajax, maybe 1 for Feyenoord

5.2 Ryan Giggs famously scored the winning goal in the last ever FA Cup semi-final replay, but who scored the other two goals in that match.

5.3 Which player has scored the quickest ever goal in an FA Cup final

5.4 Which team set a new record by scoring six goals in extra time to win an FA Cup match this season?

5.2 = Bergkamp & Beckham
5.3 = di Matteo
5.4 = Orient

7.5 What was the forename of the boy who inherited the boots of Jimmy “Dead Shot” Keen?

Billy!

5.3 Which player has scored the quickest ever goal in an FA Cup final

I think Saha took di Matteo's record, did he not?

5.5 Name the last two teams to lose back to back FA Cup finals?

Newcastle in 98 and 99

The team that beat Venables' Barca was Romanian right? Have they had any other Euro finalists? If not they'll have the highest percentage maybe.

Steaua also lost in 1989 = 50%. Scotland and Yugoslavia have the same record.

6.5 Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Cesc Fabregas, _____________, James Milner

Young Footballer of the Year award winners?
Ashley young?

6.2 Shots hitting the woodwork

This must be Van Persie surely?

Ah right Ismael. I only remember the win cos game was hella tedious.
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I think Saha took di Matteo's record, did he not?

I'm prepared to believe this. I haven't really paid much attention to the last three FA Cup finals.

The other FA Cup team: Everton 1985 & 1986

http://www.theblizzard.co.uk/quizzard/

i'm on 5 but i'm a bit hungover for this shit

okay 6, struggling with nos. 3 and 5. can at least sort of see where no 5 is going

got no 3, just 5 to go

Just #2 to get.

I mean, I understand what 5 is, but I can't quite make it fit, so I'm crediting myself with at least knowing what they're talking about.

Other than #4, which is barely even to do with football, I've not got a clue what's going on here.

oh wait, I think I've got the last one completely wrong.

I only got the first and last ones under my own steam but i have now cheated and know all the answers

there's one word in the last one that could be 1 of 2 things i think

anybody mind if NN gives me, say, the A in number 5

?

Adidas

oh, I was totally wrong then.

Nice answer, would never have got that in a gazillion years (I was going for passes and Alberto)

Also, had the right idea for #8 but the wrong PS.

Still no idea for #2, right enough.

Just got #2. Well done me, I'm off to win Iniesta's shirt now. Once I've caught up with the actual real happening news.

dammit i get it now.

"In 1995-96, Polish striker Krzysztof Warzycha was joint-second top scorer in the Champions League with six goals. His club, Panathinaikos, reached the semi-finals of the competition despite scoring only 11 goals in 10 matches.

"Since Warzycha, only one other player has scored at least half of all goals for a side that reached the CL semi-finals (or final). Name him, his club, and the year."

Raul, for Schalke last year?

Not Raul - the correct answer played in last year's CL, but did not score.

Was Van Nistelrooy in it last year? If so, him for Utd in 2002 or thereabouts, when he was on a tear.

Not RVN. Click here for the answer.

Even if you'd given me the club, he would have been my third guess.

What year was that? I thought it might be him in 2007 but he was two goals short that year (I've been looking through year-by-year, basically cos I should be working instead)

My "source" (an email from my uncle, who knows where he got it) says he scored 10 of 20 that season, wiki appears to confirm, but it could be there's an adding error somewhere - sorry!

They also scored three against Red Star in the qualifying round, so it was actually 10 out of 23 - curse you and your uncle!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/quiz/2013/may/29/football-quiz-name-stadiums-aerial-view

I got 9/10, but somehow managed not to spot the ground closest to where I live

also 9 - stadium 7 foxed me

7/10 but at least I got the two I've actually been to and the one I've driven past...

I've been to no.7, it's obviously an unmemorable dump

hope it was for the lisbie hat-trick u tyrant

obv 7 is the only one I knew outright. zoom out 2x and my house is in shot

SPOILERS, obv. o dear klata, everyone's going to get 10/10 now. poor u

2000 maybe? Opening day of the season v Man City iirc. One of my first experiences of the epl extravaganza, but when it's two freshly-promoted sides idk that it counts. 2-2 iirc though, fun game.

was that the 2-2 where we got absolutely annihilated off the park and then chris perry scored in the 94th

Apparently not - the game that fits timewise is a 4-0 home win. 'twas a drunken weekend that visited inter alia King's X Sunday lunchtime australian megaclub The Church, easily one of the most dismal experiences of my life.

let's relive the memories shall we

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj6TSOf8Z40

some amazing goalkeeping from nicky weaver in there

LOL FUCK YOU GALLAGHER

Fucking hell! George Weah was playing!

GEORGE WEAH

kevin lisbie's finishing, my god, my god

Just look at that Man City team. It's like watching Hobstweedle.

idk, not sure I've got the right analogy there

of course you should all head 4:50 into the video of the reverse fixture that season (4-1) to witness a great fluke goal. and then a darren huckerby penalty if you stick around

Maybe more like seeing Oasis before Noel and Liam joined

George Weah though, had no idea I'd ever been in the man's presence

shaun wright-phillips was around even then too. jeez

wanchope also fairly impressive, spencer prior less so