The Humongously Big and Fiendishly Difficult 2008-in-Review Weekend Quiz
By: Laurie | January 3rd, 2009Remember 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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1. Dani alves
2. Nic Cage
3. Edgar Davides
4. The French
5.
6. Toilet Paper
7. Sergio Ramos
10. Robbie KeanePosted from
United States
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Without looking anything up…
2. Nicholas Cage (or Coppola to go by his real name)
3. Royston Drenthe? Although I imagine this is an obscure MLS player
7. Ramos?
9. Steve Bruce
10. Anelka
11. Crespo?
15. Henry?
17. Del Piero?
20. Evra
25. Afghanistan?
26. Miami?
30.
A. Man Utd
B. Bayern Munich
C. Lyon
D. Madrid? Shocking I don’t know for sure
E. ? PSV as they were in CL this year?
F. Inter
G. No idea, at a guess Sporting32. Remember this well! Drogba got sent off. Ronaldo, Terry and Anelka missed.
33. Koeman?
34. Lehmann?
36. Bayern?
38. Mexes
39. Luca Toni?
40. Um you put the answers in the post! Mumps/malaria
41. Gourcuff!Posted from
United Kingdom -
Wow Laurie, it must have taken you hours to cook this up!
Also is it just me, or did you post the quiz twice?Anyways, here’s my stab:
1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
2. Nicolas Cage
3. Knowing you, Cobi Jones? Otherwise I’d say Edgar Davids.
4. Capello?
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12. The guy that will make France crash & burn, again, at WC 2010.
13. C-Ron
15. Titi Henry
16.
17. God, if I don’t get this one right you can ban from soccer ad vitam eternam. It also seems to be the only copyright-free ADP picture Wikipedia could find…
18.
19. Aalborg?
20. Can’t remember, but it happened at Stamford Bridge after the Chelsea-Arsenal game right?
21. Robinho
22. Landon Donovan? Dunno the second part.
23. Parma
24.
25. Afghanistan?
26. Seattle?
27. Rosicky?
28.
29.
30. A. Man Utd, B. Bayern Munich, C. Lyon, D. Real Madrid, E. PSV Eindhoven, F. Inter, G. Porto, H. Columbus Crew, I. Sao Paulo
31. Schweiny
32. A. Forgot, B. C-Ron, John Terry, and a second Chelsea player (S.Kalou?)
33.
34.
35. Ludovic Giuly. I’d also guess Ruud Van Nistelrooy.
36. Liverpool
37.
38.
39. Raul Gonzalez Blanco
40.
41.I’ll be satisfied I’d getting at least half of them right.
Anyways, awesome work. :]
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Didn’t see 41.
41. Your biggest fan Yohann Gourcuff.
Posted from
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1. Dani Alves
2. Nicholas Cage
3. Edgar Davids
4. Fabio Capello
5. Djibril Cisse
6. Toilet Paper
7. Sergio Ramos
8. Sochaux and Valenciennes
9. Steve Bruce (Wigan)
10. Nicolas Anelka
11. Hernan Crespo
12. Raymond Domenech
13.
14. Senegal coach Henryk Kasperczak
15. Thierry Henry
16. Bosman
17. Fabio Grosso??
18.
19. Torino
20. Patrice Evra
21. Salomon Kalou
22. Jamie Moreno
23. Parma
24.
25. Afghanistan
26.
27. Niko Kranjcar
28.
29.
30. A. Man Utd
B. Bayern Munich
C. Lyon
D. Real Madrid
E. PSV Eindhoven
F. Inter Milan
G. Porto
H. Columbus Crew
I. Sao Paulo
J. Cruz Azul
31. Bastian Schweinsteiger
32. Didier Drogba and John Terry, Ronaldo, Anelka
33. Ronald Koeman
34. Bayern Munich
35. Ricardo Quaresma??
36. Real Madrid or Bayern Munich
37. Francesco Totti
38. Phillipe Mexes
39. Luca Toni
40. Mumps and malaria
41. Yoann GourcuffPosted from
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2. Nicolas Cage
7. Sergio Ramos
11. Johan Cruyff
12. Raymond Domenech
13. Lorik Cana
15. Cristiano Ronaldo
25. Iraq
30. A. Manchester United, B. Bayern Munich, C. Lyon, D. Real Madrid, F. Inter Milan, G. Porto
31. Bastian Schweinsteiger
33. Ronald Koeman
34. Oliver Kahn
35. Ludovic Giuly
36. Barcelona
37. Francesco Totti
39. Luca Toni
41. Yoann GourcuffPosted from
Indonesia -
Wow that must’ve taken AGES to write up Laurie.
Anyway, looking over it quickly, I don’t have enough answers to compete with the above. ):
Posted from
Kuwait -
Oo, I missed one.
5. Marco Borriello
Posted from
Indonesia -
1. Dani Alves (Barcelona)
2. Nicholas Cage
3. Jones Cobi (LA Galaxy)
4.
5. Marco Boriello (AC Milan)
6. Toilet paper
7. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
8. Boulogne Boys (PSG) & La Faction (Metz)
9. Steve Brice (Wigan)
10. Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)
11.
12. Raymond Domenech (France)
13. Antonio Cassano (Sampdoria) ?
14. Henry Kaspak (Senegal)
15. Thierry Henry (Barcelona)
16. Webster ruling
17. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
18.
19. FC Metz (French Ligue 2)
20. Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
21.
22. Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy) Controversy : a goal against Sweden’s B side in a game that counted (or not, depending on who you were listening to) as a full international A match
23. Parma (Italian Serie B)
24.
25. Iraq ?
26. Philadelphia
27.
28. Naked people in Vienna
29. Nate Kai (USA) & winning the Women’s Football tournament at the 2008 Olympics
30. A : Manchester United; B : Bayern Munich; C : Olympique Lyonnais; D : Real Madrid; E : PSV Eindhoven; F : Inter Milan; G : FC Porto (despite point deduction); H : Colombus Crew; I : Sao Paulo; J : Guadalajara
31. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
32. A : Didier Drogba (Chelsea); B : Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea), Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)
33. Ronald Koeman (then with Barcelona, now without a club since being sacked by Valencia)
34. Rensing (Bayern Munich), I guess
35. Ludovic Giuly (PSG)
36. Bayern Munich (Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Podoslki, Klose, Jansen)
37. Bernd Schuster (ex-manager of Real Madrid) ?
38. Philippe Mexes (AS Roma)
39. Juninho Pernambuco (OL)
40. Kolo Toure got malaria, Michael Owen got mumps
41. Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeax)Phew… Great quiz!
Posted from
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3 is Sharlie Joseph and 31 is Kevin Hartman.
Posted from
United States -
1. Daniel Alves
2. Nicholas Cage
3. Royston Drenthe
4. Raymond Domenech
5. David Beckham
6. Toilet Paper
7. Sergio Ramos
8. PSG and I forget the other one
9. Steve Bruce
10. Nicholas Anelka
11. Michele Platini
12. Domenech
13.
14. The Senegal coach
15. Thierry Henry
16. Webster
17. Alessandro Del Piero
18.
19. FC Metz
20. Patrice Evra
21. Salomon Kalou
22. Landon Donovan (can i get half credit?)
23. Parma
24. NY Red Bulls (guess)
25. You want us to say Iraq, I’m gonna go Afghanistan
26. Philly
27.
28. that weird nude photo with the tons of people
29. It’s a US woman, forget who
30. a. Man U, b. Bayern Munich, c. Lyon, d. Real Madrid, e. PSV, f. Inter, g. Porto, h. Columbus Crew, i. Sao Paulo
31. Bastian Schweinsteiger
32. a. Drogba, b. John Terry, Cronaldo, Anelka
33. Bernd Schuster
34. Oliver Kahn right?
35. Pippo Inzaghi
36. Bayern Munich
37. Francesco Totti
38.
39. Luca Toni
40. Mumps
41. Yoann GourcuffHoly crap, how long did it take to make this?
Posted from
United States -
It seems like the other commenters don’t know to much about U.S. soccer.
18 is Eric Wynalda.
I think 24 could be Landon Donovan.Posted from
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So if the player is Landon Donovan, the answer is LA Galaxy for 24.
Posted from
United States -
No George, I’m happy to say I know absolutely nothing about MLS and fully intend to keep it that way!
Posted from
United Kingdom -
Also is it just me, or did you post the quiz twice?
Um…well…let’s just say that there is a long story here involving an uninvited visitor, a bottle of chardonnay, a long road-trip to visit the in-laws, and food poisoning from an undercooked 7-11 hotdog, and leave it at that, shall we?
(Sorry. Fixed now.)
Posted from
United States -
Nice work Laurie! Here’s an attempt to clean up on a few.
13 I believe is Seattle Sounders bound Freddie Ljungberg
18 is definitely Eric Wynalda.
22 is Landon Donovan where a goal scored against a Denmark side was protested by the Danish federation and then adjudged by FIFA to be against a B Denmark side, thus not a full International. They were quite jet lagged IMHO too.
24 should be Chivas USA in regards to Jonathan Bornstein somewhere on trial in Israel.
25 is definitely in Iraq.
Posted from
United States -
29 is Natasha (sp?) Kai. Olympics. Sorry, I forgot.
Posted from
United States
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