NUTMEG prelims

Answers

1.

• Which famous player was named after the American inventor

Thomas Alva Edison, the player’s real name being Edson Arantes

___ ______________?

Pele

2.

• X’s feats in the World cup of 1958 was one of rarest of records which even

stands today and seem even more improbable in view of the fact that X was

not even wearing his own boots: he had to borrow a pair from a team-mate.

• He didn’t receive any official recognition at the end of the tournament: in

those days there was no formal presentation, and he had to make do with an

air rifle from a local newspaper. Forty years later he received it from Gary

Lineker as part of a television programme tracing the history of the award.

• Who am I talking about and what impossible record did he make?

Just Fontaine scored 13 goals in a single world cup tournament in 1958 which still

stands.

3.

Who is this other guy taking a team photo with Barcelona?

Ronaldinho

The team’s motto goes like, “We tear off our skin and give

our hearts” which speaks of their tenacity and drive to succeed

by “giving it your all.”

Why was this Spanish team recently in the news?

4.

CD Palencia’s Anatomical kit

5*.• Red Star Football Club was

founded on 21 February 1897 in a Parisian café by X and Ernest Weber under the name Red Star Club Français.

• Later in 1930, X led to the foundation of something extraordinary which would go on to define football. X was immortalized by his creation as it carried his name!

Julet Rimet; he led the foundation of the World Cup a.k.a the erstwhile Julet Rimet

cup

6.

• In 1998, when ________ ________ cynically kicked X with his boots slyly

after a fowl, the referee saw it and handed him red card. Subsequently his

team lost in the penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw and were eliminated

from the tournament. He has been largely held responsible for the act and

became a villain among fans, as the tabloid Mirror newspaper read “10

Heroic Lions, One Stupid Boy'‘, the following day.

• Whom did he kick in that match? Give me X.

David Beckham kicking Diego Simeone and being shown the red card

7.

• Louis van Gaal has won two la ligas with Barcelona, one Bundesliga with

Bayern and four Eredivisie with two Dutch team. One is Ajax, with whom

he also won the UEFA champions league in 1994-95. Name the other team

he managed during his time in Netherland and gave him their second

Eredivisie title?

AZ Alkmaar

8.

Connect

Football was not included as an event in these two Olympics

9. • You and the night (2013) - L’Etalon

• The Salvation (2014) - The Corsican

• The Overeater (2003) - Obese Superintendent Séléna

• The Force(2011) - Manuel Makarov

• Its our life (2005) - Pierre.

This is a non-exhaustive list.

Whose filmography?

Eric Cantona

The Women’s FIFA World Cup was inaugurated in 1991,

the first match being held in China. The X team emerged

victorious.

In 2015, Y (player) became the first woman to score a hat-

trick in the World Cup final. Y belonged to the X team.

Give me both X (team) and Y (player) for full points.

10*.

X – United States of AmericaY - Carli Llyod

11. Whose notes read this, which was later auctioned for one million euros ($1.3 million) to Energie Baden-Wuerttenberg for charity.

In translation it reads:

1. Riquelme left high2. Crespo long run/right, short run/left3. Heinze left low4. Ayala long wait, long run right5. Messi left6. Aimar long wait left7. Rodriguez left

Jens Lehmann’s 2006 World Cup penalty shoot out note vs Argentina

12.

After 107,790 people took part in the poll, X took 48% of the vote ahead of

alternative names Driblou (25%) and Goalix (27%) and thus the ‘child’ who

describes himself as “just an ordinary kid, like so many others” with an attire

of a red cape which enables him “to fly up high into the sky and travel all

around the globe at super-fast speeds” and with magic football boots.

Whom am I talking about?

Super Victor

The 2-3-5 was popularized by English football team Preston North

End, which had many Scottish players on its lineup. The arrival of

Scots in English clubs in the 1880s led to the dominance of the

passing strategy over the dribble and long ball type of play. This

formation can be considered the first formation that relied on

teamwork rather than individual effort.

What was it popularly called?

13.

Pyramid (or Inverted Pyramid)

Connect/ link/ put funda

14.

Abedi Pele from Ghana; and his three sons Ibrahim, Andre and Jordan Ayew

11 years of his extensive professional career were spent at Atletico Madrid and Deportivo de la Coruna, where he won a total of five titles combined. Over the course of 14 seasons, he appeared in 415 La Liga  matches.A Spanish International for four years, he represented the nation at the 1998 World Cup and two European Championships.

Identify, and why is this name presently being associated with Ateltico De Kolkata?

15*.

Jose Francisco Molina; the new Atletico de Kolkata coach

The Damned United is a 2009 British sports drama film directed by Tom Hooper and adapted by Peter Morgan from David Peace's bestselling novel The Damned Utd, based on the rivalry and occasional friction between two teams during the early 1970s.

Which two teams are being talked about?

16.

Leeds United and Derby County

17.

• According to Sir Bob Murray then chairman of ___________ Football Club

the name X "was chosen for two main reasons; namely as an ever-lasting

tribute to the region’s mine-workers and proud industrial heritage and in

the expectation that it would be a guiding light in the future. The name is

very much a symbolic link to the thousands of miners and ________

supporters that emerged from the darkness and into the light every day

when they returned to the surface after working in the mine”

• Give me the name X, which Sir Bob is talking about.

Stadium of light

“X was the best Italian fantasista; he was better than

Meazza and Boniperti, and he was amongst the greatest of all

time, right behind Maradona, Pele, and maybe Cruyff. Without

the injury problems and the difficulties with his knees, he would

have been the very best player in history."

—Carlo Mazonne

X had a nickname that grew out of his iconic hairstyle, talent

and Buddhist beliefs, identify.

18.

Roberto Baggio

19.

Which is the 16th team to enter the Federation cup final?

Aizawal FC

Referred to as the oldest name of Great Britain island, this

word has been modified by various languages to refer to

different countries. Some British football teams use this

word as a part of the names of their clubs.

The word?

20*.

Albion

A Valentines’ Day stunt pulled of by a Dutch team,

RKC Waalwijk involved walking out into the field by

replacing the traditional child mascots with something

that took the crowd by surprise.

What?

21.

RKC Waalwijk replacing child mascots with lingerie models

Considered as one of the best Romanian footballers of all

times, he was given the nickname of “the Maradonna of the

Caparthians”. He is one of the few players to have played for

both rivals, Real Madrid and Barcelona. He was named

Romanian Footballer of the Year seven times, and is regarded

as one of the best football players of his generation. In 2009,

he founded Romanian club Vittorul Constanta. He is currently

both owner and chairman of the club.

Who?

22.

Gheorghe Hagi

The revamp of which well acclaimed stadium has been discussed in numbers here? The stadium was the site for a major tragedy in football history and also for someone’s major “slip”.

• Total area of renovated stadium with stalls: 221,000 sqm• Employs a workforce of 2100 and 29 units of construction machinery.• Outfitted with 1000 surveillance cameras.• As many as 30,000 people may use Wi-Fi simultaneously.• There will be parking for 4000 cars next to the stadium.• The stadium is to get 5.4km of sanitation piping, 76.5km of telecom network cabling, and more than 57km of heat conduits.• The stadium’s canopy was made 11 metres longer as part of the renovation.• The stadium will have 22 exits after the renovation, as different from 13 before.

(Picture on next slide)

23.

Luzhniki stadium

A particular element in the team’s crest led to a popular American

comic publication filing a rather improbable lawsuit against the

Spanish team. The team had carried the particular element since

1919, while the comic publication had come up with it only in 1939,

20 years later, yet the team had to modify it (in spite of a history

that dates back to the era of King James I of the 13th century),

making them the most formidable “villain” the comic publication

ever encountered.

What am I talking about?

24.

The bat in Valencia FC’s crest vs DC comics’ batman

In 1996, in an international friendly match between Iceland and Estonia in Tallinn, a unique incident occurred in football history where the son came in as a substitute for his father. They were otherwise not allowed to play together in the matches to which they had represented discontent. The president of Iceland FA had ordered the coach about this because he wanted it to happen only on home turf. So, they could finally play together after all in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Macedonia. Unfortunately, this never happened as the son broke his leg and his father retired by the time he fully recovered.

Names of both the son and father, both well known Icelandic footballers.(clue: club)

25*.

Eidur Gudjohnsen and Arnor Gudjohnsen

NUTMEG Finals

Round 1: Stadiums and statuesAnswers

1.

• Wembley Stadium, London (one name related to soccer)

Bobby Moore

2.

• Old Trafford, Manchester (name all 4 for full points)

United Trinity: George Best, Denis law, Bobby Charlton

Sir Alex Ferguson

3.

• Portman Road, Ipswich (2 names for full points)

Sir Bobby Robson; Alf Ramsey

4.

• Brittania Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent (any one)

Stanley Matthews; Gordon Banks

5.

• Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Johan Cruyff

6.

• Luzhniki stadium

Vladimir Lenin

7.

• Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Swami Vivekananda

8.

• Maracana Stadium, Rio De Janeiro

Bellini

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Round 2

He had scored a hat-trick against West Germany in a World Cup

match, which is also the longest hat-trick to be completed - most

time between the first and third goals. His first goal came at 10',

while the second goals were in extra time at 98' and 120'. However,

he is alternately famous for a significant goal in the same match.

Who?

1.

Geoffrey Hurst

In September 1997, X was signed by Southampton. In the

dressing room he was "abrasive, awkward and argumentative" but

on the pitch he was "determined, hard-working and persistent“. The

then manager, Dave Jones said of X "He covers every blade of

grass out there, but that's only because his first touch is so

crap.“ In January 1999 he was transferred to Nottingham Forrest.

These days we “see” X in a different avatar.

ID X

2.

Carlton Palmer

“Y was a great help,” X had said. “It’s never easy to go into a

changing room at the age of 16 especially with my character.”

In an interview, X explained, “before leaving the club, Y was

coming off a few months where he was thinking about things. He

had it in his mind that he was leaving and he told me to have his

number. I took it without looking at what he had done with the

shirt. If I did, I would not have taken it.”

What is being talked about?

(clue: setting)

3.

Ronaldinho (Y) giving Messi (X) the number 10 jersey at Camp Nou

The history of 1954 FIFA World Cup, often referred to as the “Miracle of Bern” saw the favourite Hungarian team being defeated by West Germany in the final, 3-2. Hungary had been unbeaten for 31 matches during the entire course of the tournament, but due to unexpected weather conditions, and the German footwear advantage, they lost the Cup. (The adjoining picture is that of the match clock restored in front of the Stade de Suisse.)

The weather was christened as “X weather” after the name of the German captain. Give me X.What was the footwear advantage?

4.

Fritz Walter weather; Addidas provided with unique

exchangeable screw-in studs that could adapt to any weather conditions

Juventus initially started off as a team often referred to as “the

old lady” or La Vecchia Signora. They wore pink shirts with a

black tie and black shorts as their jersey, but due to continuous

washing, the colours started fading out.

In 1903, the team asked an Englishman in their team John

Savage to get jersey with colours that won’t fade out. He

shipped out the black and white coloured jerseys to Turin and

they’ve worn that hence.

These colours were modelled after a certain team which

happened to be Savage’s favourite; which team? Or, where was

he from?

5.

Notts County; Nottingham

Roger Milla achieved international stardom at 38 years old, by

scoring four goals at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. In the 1994 World

Cup match between USSR and Cameroon, he scored a goal and

became the oldest footballer to do so in the WC. The USSR team

also met a new record in that match as they went scoring one

goal after another.

What record?

6.

Oleg Salenko scoring 4 goals and becoming the eighth person to do so in

the WC

The Estadio Brigadier General Estanislo Lopez stadium of the

cub Atletico Colon in Santa Fe, Argentina, is known for its record of

paving downfalls for Argentina and other popular teams, including

the Boca Juniors, River Plate and the Santos of Pele because of its

intimidating heat and intensity, over five decades since its

inauguration in 1946. Uruguay ousting Argentina from 2011 Copa

America was another shock with its epicentre at this stadium.

What is the popular nickname of this stadium which is otherwise a

common practice of an animal death ritual?

7.

The Elephant’s graveyard

Mexican team in 2002 World Cup; put funda

2 + 3 + 4(c) =

8.

Francisco Gabriel de Anda (2)Rafael Garcia (3)

Rafael Marquez (4) (c)

The Nomads Round 3

Rules• It is a written round.• We will be giving you the club names one by one and you will have to

name the players who have played for them.• The club names are in order of their transfer of the players from the

previous club to the next. (Loans are excluded. Only complete transfers given)

• Some contain non exhaustive lists. • As we proceed on giving the options you can write down the answer

and show it to us.• Points will be given accordingly• No negatives• Only one shot at the answer

Example

• Malmo +40• Ajax +35• Juventus +30• Inter Milan +25• Barcelona +20• AC Milan +15• PSG +5

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

1. • Tottenham Hotspur +40• Portsmouth +35• Aston Villa +30• Southampton +25• Liverpool +20• Portsmouth +15• Tottenham Hotspur +10• Stoke City +5

2.

• Arsenal +50• Bristol city +45• Newcastle United +40• Manchester United +35• Blackburn Rovers +30• Fulham +25• Manchester City +20• Portsmouth+15• Sunderland+10• Nottingham forest +5

Andy Cole

3.

• Estudiantez +40• San Lorenzo +30• Napoli+20• Paris Saint-Germain +10• Hebei China Fotune +5

4.• Santa Cruz +40• Mogi Mirim + 35• Palmeiras +30• Deportivo La Coruna +25• Barcelona +20 • AC Milan +15• Olympicaos +10• AEK athens +5

A non exhaustive list.

5.• Mohun Bagan +40 • JCT +35• East Bengal +30• Dempo +25• Kansas City wizard +15• Chirag United +10 • Mohun Bagan +5 • Bengaluru FC + 1

Non exhaustive list

6.

• JCT +40• Salgaocar +30• Churchill Brothers +20• Mohun Bagan +10• Chennaiyan FC +5

Balwant Singh

7. • PSG +50 • Arsenal +45• Real Madrid +40• PSG +35• Manchester City +30• Fenerbache +25• Bolton wanderers +20 • Chelsea +15• Sanghai Sehnua +5

Non exhaustive list

8.

• Mohun Bagan +40• East Bengal +35• Pune +30• Prayag United +25• Rangdajied united +20 • FC Vestsjælland +10• Mumbai City +5

Subrata Pal

NUTMEG Finals

Round 4

Escape to Victory (1981) is a film about football starring Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone among others and several footballers including Pele, Osvaldo Ardiles, John Wark and popular faces from Ipswich town. The plot speaks of a football match between the Allied POWs, and a German team and how the Allied team defeats the German team in spite of bias from the officials and a strong opposition. They finally escape from prison after winning the death match and create history.History however paints a different picture of “the death match” between two teams, in which a series of matches were played in 1942 and the German team was defeated over and over again. Among the players from this Ukranian squad, three of them were killed, and four of them were taken prisoners but they planfully escaped prison.

Names of the original two teams.(Pictures show the poster of the movie and the death match)

9.

FC Start/ FC Dynamo Kyiv and Flakelf

10.

A significant player was missing

from the squad prior to their final

match against Manchester City

this Premier League season.

What was the reason for his

absence? Put funda.

Ki Sung-Yueng’s mandatory military duty for South Korea.

What ‘bristling and bold’ incident that made X a legend for the club, is being reenacted here by the fans?

11.

Graem Souness’ daring act of putting a Galatasaray flag in Fenerbache home ground

symbolising conquering of the ‘fort’ of their arch rivals.

12.

There exists a popular saying: “Uruguay is a country built by two

Xs.” One is José Pedro X, a sociologist, journalist, politician, and

educator.

Who was the other one, nicknamed "El Negro Jefe" (The Black

Chief) because of his dark skin and the influence he had on

the pitch, especially in one of the biggest upsets in football history?

Obdulio Varela

13.

• Widely known as X, which in English means the Chocolate Box due to its

shape, contains a "flat" stand on one side of the pitch and three steep

stands round the rest of the stadium. It has a capacity of 49,000.

• The unusual shape of the stadium has led to it having excellent acoustics

and the supporters being nicknamed "La Doce“ (12th man).

• Give me X and the club whose home ground it is.

La Bombonera; Boca Juniors

Which infamous incident are these kids enacting?

14.

Gazza’s dentist chair celebration after the sublime goal in England-Scotland game in Euro

1996.

15.• Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga produced one of the worst tackles in the

game’s history when he broke the ankle of a young Y. It was by no means an accident on the defender’s part as he famously had the boots he was wearing put in a glass case taking pride of place in his living room. Prior to this he was involved in breaking the leg of another Barcelona star, Bernd Schuster.

• After Y’s recovery, Barcelona were beaten 1-0 by _____ in the 1984 'Copa del Rey Final'. After the whistle, an epic fight ensued lead by Y as the King of Spain and members of the Spanish royal family watched while footballer took to fist fights and kicking.

• Give me Y and the infamous nickname of Andoni Olaskoaga for which he is remembered.

Y- Diego Maradona and the Butcher of Bilbao

16.

• The nickname La Maquina was given to the team of 1941-47 by Borocotó,

a sports journalist working for El Gráfico, after X defeated Chacarita

Juniors 6–2 on 12 June, 1942.

• For their dynamism and rotating positions, La Maquina is often considered

a precursor of the famous Clockwork Orange, as it was nicknamed,

the Netherlands national football team that played the 1974 FIFA World

Cup.

• Id the club X.

River Plate

NUTMEG Finals

Round 5

17.

There are only seven European teams to have achieved a treble. Name all of

them (half points going for 4 teams).

Celtic; Ajax; PSV; Manchester United; Inter Milan; Bayern Munich; Barcelona

18.

• The newspapers ran headlines such as: “RIP X.… 140 Years of History

Comes to an End.” after the event in October 2012.

• Founded in 1872, X became one of the prestigious names in world

football with the club enjoying upwards of 44,000 season ticket holders in

their glory days.

• European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1972 cemented its place among the elite.

• However, strained finances, dubious tax affairs, administration,

liquidation led to it’s downfall. It is now taken over by a new owner.

• Give me X.

Rangers FC

19.

• The 19 year old, X made his international debut for his country against

Germany on November 13, 2015 on the terrible November night when

Paris was already under attack, and a bomb went off just outside the

stadium.

• Aged 16, he became Paris Saint Germain’s youngest-ever first team ‑ ‑player – after nine years at their academy.

• With most assists in the champions league this season he is certainly one

of exciting players to look forward to.

• Who?

Kingsley Coman

20.When Arsene Wenger sent his men to scout Y in 1988 they reported after a league match: “The bad news is, Y broke an arm. The good news: he played anyway.”Y flew to Monaco, signed a contract, then sat back looking miserable: he didn’t have a cent with him, he complained. Wenger pulled 500 French francs from his wallet and handed them to the player. A funny raconteur in private, Wenger likes to joke about Y’s “signing bonus”. Y recently recalled what Wegner told him then: “If you work hard, you will be the best player in Europe.”“Yeah, right,” he thought. In 1995 Y won the Ballon D’Or.

Give me the player Y.

George Weah

21.What does the number ‘1’ in front of club names like 1. FC Köln, 1.

FC Nürnberg, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and a few other German clubs

signifies?

(Picture on the right is an example)

They indicate that the club was the first to be established in that particular city!

22.• X, in 1956 Summer Olympics, he

became the first Asian player to

score a hat-trick in an Olympic

Games. X finished the tournament

as joint top-scorer, with 4 goals in 3

games. India finished fourth in the

Olympics.

• Give me the name of these

legendary Indian footballer.

Neville D'Souza

23.

• The X Crest is supposed to be almost an exact replica of the club Y but not

completely. One notable difference is the fact that on Y's crest it actually

says the name of the club while X's does not. Another difference is that

Y's crest is coloured in mostly dark green and yellow while the X crest is

darkish green and white.

• While the crest of X may be green and white the official colours of the

jersey of X are orange and white. In fact the club nickname is the flaming

orange.

X- Sporting club de GoaY- Sporting club de Portugal

24.

• Kayla is in Premiere league.

• Vitoria is in Primeira Liga

• Attila is in Bundesliga

• Olimpia is in Serie A .

What am I talking about?

They are all eagles of the respective clubs

NUTMEG Finals

Round 6: EURO

1.Managed Werder Bremen from 1981 to 1995. During these 14 golden years for the club, transformed Werder from a small minnow into a powerhouse, dazzling spectators with powerful up-tempo play and a smothering defence.He won with Werder Bremen • Bundesliga: 1987-88, 1992-93• DFB-Pokal: 1990-91, 1993-94• DFL-Supercup: 1988,1993, 1994• UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup: 1991-92

Though probably during his most famous achievement When charged with boring play, he said, "No one should forget that a coach adapts the tactics to the characteristics of the available players.”

Otto Rehhagel

2.King Baudouin Stadium hosted the first match of Euro 2000, which was the first Euro to be co hosted (Netherland and Belgium). Why do we know this stadium in footballing circles which had repercussions for clubs of a certain nation in the previous decade?

Heysel disaster

3.The 1992 UEFA European Football Championship hosted by Sweden was unique for two diplomatic reasons-present at the tournament was the CIS national football team (Commonwealth of Independent States), representing the recently dissolved Soviet Union whose national team had qualified for the tournament.

What is the other?

The first major tournament at which the reunified Germany (who were beaten

2–0 by Denmark in the final) had competed, 1984 Olympics was an amateur only event

4.Name this famous family of balls by Adidas• Adidas X River Plate 1980 European Football Championship• Adidas X Mundial 1984 European Football Championship• Adidas X Europa 1988 European Football Championship• Adidas X 12 2012 European Football Championship

TANGO

5.Name this general secretary of UEFA.

• After playing for the Paris team Étoile des Deux Lacs, he became a referee. • He started his career as administrator in 1905 when he became president of

Étoile des Deux Lacs, then secretary-general of the ancestor of the French Football Federation.

• Along with Jules Rimet, he was an early architect of the FIFA World Cup. He was also a very early proponent of the European Champions Cup, as early as the 1920s.

Henri Delaunay; Henri Delauney trophy

6.The slogan was prominently sung by England fans during all their games, and was also chanted by the German team upon parading the trophy in Berlin after the tournament. It was even referenced by future Prime Minister Tony Blair in an address at the 1996 Labour Party Conference with the line: "Seventeen years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming, Labour's _____ ____“

Which iconic slogan of Euro 1996?

Football Comes Home

7.Name all the 5 debutants for this year’s Euro.No part points.

Albania; Iceland; Northern Ireland; Slovakia; Wales

NUTMEG Finals

Round 7: Team logos and rivals

1.

• Chelsea vs Arsenal

2.

• West Bromwich Albion vs Wolverhampton

3.

• Newcastle UTD vs Sunderland

4.

• Liverpool vs Everton

5.

• Stoke City vs Port Vale

6.

• Crystal Palace vs Brighton

7.

• Athletic Crest vs Real Sociedad