The Fiendish Friday Quiz

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26th, October 2007

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1 Partizan, Aston Villa, Real Zaragoza, Parma AC, Osasuna, Toronto FC (currently there on trial). Whose career?
2 Benelucky was the official mascot at which major football tournament?
3 What links Tomas Brolin, Hidetoshi Nakata, Tino Asprilla, Hernan Crespo, Lilian Thuram and Hristo Stoichkov?
4 Just one Scottish player was named in Pele’s ‘100 Greatest Players’ list, compiled to commemorate FIFA’s 100th anniversary. Who?
5 Picture round: who’s shaking hands with Thierry Henry?
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6 Which club’s nickname is ‘Los Milonarios’ (‘The Millionaires’)?
7 What was Everton legend ‘Dixie’ Dean’s real first name?
8 Which MLS team is sponsored by Comex, a Mexican-based paint company?
9 England has won FIFA’s Fair Play Trophy (inaugurated in 1978) at two World Cups. In which years?
10 The club crest challenge:
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Answers
1 Savo Milosevic
2 Euro 2000, held in Belgium and the Netherlands (the Benelux region, hence ‘Benelucky’)
3 They all played for Parma in Italy
4 Kenny Dalglish
5 George Weah
6 River Plate
7 William
8 Chivas USA
9 Italia ’90 and France ’98 (when they shared the trophy with the hosts)
10 Independiente
Any eights or nines out there?