The Humongously Big and Fiendishly Difficult 2008-in-Review Weekend Quiz

Remember a couple of weeks ago, when I gave you a jersey quiz that was way too easy, and afterwards I promised you something much bigger and better when the holidays were over and all my relatives had gone home?

This is that quiz. (Even though I’m not actually done with the relatives yet. But that’s a whole ‘nother story.)

Here is your 2008 In Review quiz. Some news items, a few stray and random body parts, some tattoos, and a bunch of other stuff thrown in for good measure. How well do you remember 2008 on The Offside and in the Football/futbol/Soccer world?

Leave guesses to the ones you know in the comments, and feel free to ignore any you don’t know. Answers on Sunday.

1.

Whose eyes are these?

2. Real Madrid was taken in by someone impersonating which celebrity?

3.

Who did this hair belong to?

4. Which National Team manager reportedly banned his players from entertaining themselves on the Wii gaming system?

5.

Who belongs to this tattoo?

6. A game between Groningen and Ajax was postponed when what was set on fire?

7.

Who do these eyes belong to?

8. Fan groups of which two French clubs were ordered disbanded due to racism and violence?

9.

Which current manager is this?

10. Which player set the record for cumulative transfer fees in the January 2008 transfer window?

11.

Whose eyes are these?

12. Which National Team manager tried to deflect attention from his team’s abysmal Euro 2008 performance by proposing to his much-younger baby-momma on national TV right after the team’s tournament exit?

13.

Which player is this?

14. Which African National Team manager quit in the middle of the African Cup of Nations?

15.

Who do these eyes belong to?

16. The decision made by the Court of Arbitration of Sport that allowed a player to sign for another club for merely the amount his current club owed him for the rest of his contract has become known as the ________________ Ruling.

17.

Who is this player?

18. Which MLS commentator was “reassigned” from the broadcast booth after making less-than-judicious comments about the California wildfires and a certain sports personality’s lack of love for the beautiful game?

19.

Which club does this jersey belong to?

20. Which EPL player was suspended four matches for getting into it with another club’s groundskeeper?

21.

Whose eyes are these?

22. Which player became the all-time leading US goalscorer in 2008? And what was the controversy that almost made him wait a bit longer to claim the record?

23.

Which club does this jersey belong to?

24. Which MLS player’s club discovered that he was on trial with a foreign team via the news media?

25.

Name the country where this was taken.

26. Which MLS Club was awarded a franchise starting with the 2010 season?

27.

Who is this player?

28. Spencer Tunick, an internationally known photographer, was brought in to photograph what for Euro 2008?

29.

Whose tattoo is this, and which important competition was it involved in winning?

30. Name the 2008 winners for the following leagues:
A. EPL
B. Bundesliga
C. Ligue 1
D. La Liga
E. Eredivisie
F. Serie A
G. Portuguese Liga
H. MLS
I. Brazilian

31.

Whose hair is this?

32. Champions League final 2008:
A. Which player got red carded late in extra time?
B. Which players missed their penalties?

33.

Which manager is this?

34. Which player set the Bundesliga record for least goals allowed in one season?

35.

Which player is this?

36. Which club had the most players in the Euro 2008 final match?

37.

Which player is this?

38. Which Serie A player got his daughter back unscathed after she was taken during a carjacking?

39.

Which player is this?

40. Which exotic diseases did Kolo Toure and Michael Owen come down with this summer, respectively?

41. 41.

Which player is this?

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