Quick quiz - soccer - Brief Article

Soccer Digest, Dec, 2003

1. Which two nations combined to score 12 goals in a single game at the 1954 World Cup?

2. Which Premiership manager played in the NASL for the Tampa Bay Rowdies: Kevin Keegan, Sam Allardyce, Graeme Souness, or Alan Curbishley?

3. Who did Alex Ferguson replace as manager of Manchester United?

4. In 1997, which English team was relegated to the First Division despite advancing to the finals in the both the FA and league Cups: Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Nottingham Forest, or Coventry City?

5. Which former European Player of the Year took up the difficult tasks of managing the Faeroe Islands and Luxembourg?

6. Which famous writer and philosopher was a star goaltender at Algiers University?

7. Which former Spain star was known as "the Vulture": Emilio Butragueno, Justo Tejada, Michel, or Ricardo Gallego?

8. The "Willie Carr flick"--one of the most famous goals in English history--is named for the man who assisted on the play. Which Coventry City player actually scored the goal?

9. Which country was the first to adopt the penalty kick: Wales, the United States, Scotland, or Ireland?

10. Goaltender Arthur Wharton, England's first black professional soccer player, made his debut for which club: Darlington, Rotherham Town, Preston North End, or Stockport County?

Quick quiz answers

1. Austria and Switzerland. The Aussies defeated the host Swiss 7-5. 2. Bolton coach Sam Allardyce played one season with the Rowdies (1983). 3. Ron Atkinson. 4. Middlesbrough, which finished 19th, earning only, 39 points in 38 games. 5. Allen Simonsen. 6. Albert Camus. 7. Emilio Butragueno. 8. Ernie Hunt 9. Ireland. 10. Wharton made his debut with Darlington in the 1880s. Caption: the United States, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.