Weekend Quiz: You Give Me the Answers

By: Laurie | June 13th, 2009
   

Different twist to the quiz this weekend. Here are the rules:

We’re playing “Name a Player Who…?” I’ll give you a question and you give me the name of a player who would be an answer to that question.

All of these questions have multiple answers, but your answer counts only if nobody else above you in the comments has given the same answer. So if you see a question and think Cristiano Ronaldo, but the person right above you has already named him, you have to come up with someone else or it won’t count. So yes, it does pay to answer early.

Also, because I have multiple relatives in town, I’ll need your help in policing the answers. When I go to award points tomorrow, I’m not going to have time to research each and every response. So if I ask, “Name a player who scored an international goal after age 35,” and somebody answers “Lionel Messi,” point it out in to me in the comments.

(Okay, that one I would get on my own. But some of these may get kind of obscure.) In other words, I’ll be relying on those of you who love footy trivia even more than I do to help me out. Alternatively, if you give me links in your own answers that allow me to check them out easily, you will be my newest and bestest friend.

You can name either current or retired players, and you don’t have to answer all questions.

Got it? Here’s the quiz. Scores tomorrow.


Name a player who…

1. …is back finishing his career in the country where he started it after achieving success elsewhere

2. …has a name tattooed somewhere on his body. (Bonus point for describing the relationship with the name, i.e. self, mom, etc.)

3. …has captained both club and country (please name the club)

4. …scored his first international goal before age 20

5. …scored an international goal after age 35

6. …was capped as a full international goalkeeper at age 21 or younger

7. …has been yellow carded for taking his shirt off. (Bonus point for a link to article or photo.) (Oh, what? It’s purely for verification purposes.)

8. …had a father who was also a top-flight footballer.

9. …had his number retired

10. …got 110+ international caps

11. …has been banned from football for a period longer than six months. (Name the infraction.)

12. …has all the winners medals: domestic league, domestic cup, major continental trophy (Champions League or Copa Sudamericana etc), international continental trophy (Copa América , Euros, Asian Cup etc), World Cup.

13. …has a highlight video on YouTube/Dailymotion etc. set to the ubiquitous “10% luck, 20% skill” song. (Please give us the link.)


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  • Jenni, I just spent two hours on the answers in a separate post, only to see your answer after I'd posted -- I'll score you separately and add you into the comments!
  • jenni
    1. …is back finishing his career in the country where he started it after achieving success elsewhere
    JIM BRENNAN

    2. …has a name tattooed somewhere on his body. (Bonus point for describing the relationship with the name, i.e. self, mom, etc.)
    ENZO MARESCA


    3. …has captained both club and country (please name the club)
    SAMI KHEDIRA (STUTTGART)

    4. …scored his first international goal before age 20
    BOJAN KRKIC

    5. …scored an international goal after age 35
    CUAUHTEMOC BLANCO

    6. …was capped as a full international goalkeeper at age 21 or younger
    OSCAR USTARI

    7. …has been yellow carded for taking his shirt off. (Bonus point for a link to article or photo.) (Oh, what? It’s purely for verification purposes.)
    LUCHO GONZALEZ

    8. …had a father who was also a top-flight footballer.
    TIAGO PINTO

    9. …had his number retired
    PELE

    10. …got 110+ international caps
    PAOLO MALDINI

    11. …has been banned from football for a period longer than six months. (Name the infraction.)
    ADRIAN MUTU (DRUG OFFENSE)

    12. …has all the winners medals: domestic league, domestic cup, major continental trophy (Champions League or Copa Sudamericana etc), international continental trophy (Copa América , Euros, Asian Cup etc), World Cup.
    PAOLO MALDINI

    13. …has a highlight video on YouTube/Dailymotion etc. set to the ubiquitous “10% luck, 20% skill” song. (Please give us the link.)
    CLINT DEMPSEY

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
  • by the way laurie, i think we found a keeper with this quiz. i have really learned a lot about a lot of footballers.

    Agreed! The biggest problem will be continuing to come up with original questions. If anyone has ideas, email me at laurie[at]theoffside[dot]com.
  • Marcus
    2. Mexes has enzo tattoed on his arm (i think its his arm) Enzo being his son
  • aj
    John, sadly, Zizou has never won a major domestic cup (according to Wikipedia).
  • SP
    by the way laurie, i think we found a keeper with this quiz. i have really learned a lot about a lot of footballers.
  • SP
    i was actually thinking ronaldo with milan in 2007 but he was actually cup-tied since he had transferred in january so i'm wrong anyway. wow, it seems like the champions league JUST evaded him multiple times.
  • onefrompoland
    13) Alan Stulin ~haha
  • John
    Forgot
    7. Nery Castillo http://www.daylife.com/photo/0...

    Enjoy!:D
  • John
    1.
    2. Cannavaro ("Daniela" referring to his wife)
    3.
    4. Theo Walcott
    5.
    6. Hugo Lloris
    7.
    8.
    9. Tibor Simon
    10. Cannavaro
    11. Danny vukovic (Violent conduct added with probation)
    12. Zinedine Zidane
    13. Wtf?
  • I just realized I numbered wrong and somebody already said
    Messi so replace him with giuseppe rossi or if he's 21, davide santon. Everybody keeps copying what I said, how is this scored? I'd post a link to the picture of iaquinta and the YouTube video but I don't know how to post links on my iPod and I'm without my computer in charleston.
  • I'm sorry for number 3 it's West Ham and England
  • 3. Bobby Moore
    8. Kasper Schmeichel, son of Peter Schmeichel
    I'll come back with more!
  • Debbie
    1. Kasey Keller
    2.Carlos Bocanegra on his arm it says ... Bocanegra
    3. Carlos bocanegra (Fulham, U.S.A.)
    4.Jozy Altidore
    5.Frankie Hejduk
    6.Brad Guzan
    7.Ronaldo
    8.Kenny Cooper
    9.Pele
    10.David Beckham
    11.Zadine -(head butt)
    12Pele
    13.Clint dempsey
  • 1. Giovanni van Bronckhurst (returned to Feyenoord after succeeding in Arsenal and Barcelona)
    2.
    3. Iker Casillas (Real Madrid and Spain)
    4. Maradona (he's kind of a big deal)
    5. Roger Milla (Cameroon 1990 World Cup)
    6
    7. Robinho
    8. Eidur Gudjohnsen's father Arnor Gudjohnsen
    9.
    10.
    11
    12. Ronaldinho
    13. are you kidding me?
  • Madridista
    @Zeik Sevilla did try to retire Puerta's 16, but La Liga rules prevent them from doing so. David Prieto has been wearing 16 for Sevilla.
  • Madridista
    @DarthZombie Ronaldo only arrived at RM in the summer of 2002, after they won the Champions League. He never won a major continental club championship (though he did win the UEFA Cup).
  • Madridista
    Okay, I'm slower than I thought.

    2. Fabio Cannavaro has a tattoo "Andrea" on his arm, referring to his son.
    5. Christian Panucci scored at Euro 2008 after his 35th birthday.
    10. Lilian Thuram - 142 caps for France
  • Madridista
    I'm late to the party, so this is gonna be tough:

    1. Paolo Di Canio (well, he's retired but his career progression fits the bill)
    2. Fernando Torres has his name tattooed on his arm in Tengwar script (Elvish)
    3. Iker Casillas has captained RM and Spain
    4. Raul scored his first goal for Spain at the age of 19.
    5. Roger Milla scored a goal in the 1994 WC against Russia at the age of 42.
    6. Shay Given made his debut for Ireland just before his 20th birthday.
    7. Jermaine Defoe: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/ho...
    8. Pepe Reina - his father played for Barca.
    9. Bobby Moore's 6 at West Ham was just recently retired.
    10. Edwin van der Sar
    11. Mark Bosnich (failed drugs test)
    12. Bixente Lizarazu (Bundesliga, DFB Pokal, Champions League 2001, Euro 2000, World Cup 1998)
    13. Bloody hell, took me forever... to find one with the audio track disabled. Believe it or not, Samir Nasri has one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
  • aj
    1. Greg Berhalter (Does college count as the start of a career? If not, then Eddie Lewis.)
    2. Fernando Torres (Inside of his left arm says "Fernando" in tengwar, an elvish language)
    3. Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, USMNT)
    4. Pele
    5. Roger Milla
    6. Joe Hart
    7. Ade Akinbiyi http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tel... http://cache.daylife.com/image... (I don't actually know if he got booked for the first one, but I thought it was the more impressive picture although the second was the more impressive goal considering that it came against Chelsea.)
    8. Odds are one of Giuseppe Meazza's illegitimate children became a top flight footballer (All I could think of was Enzo Zidane, but he's not top flight yet. I'm too young for this one.) Oh, Sergio Aguero! ...Just checked wiki, but he's not married to Diego's daughter yet, thought he is the father to Maradona's grandson. Apparently he also has his name written on his arm in tengwar. I wonder what other tattoos there are at atleti...
    9. Cobi Jones (Galaxy #13)
    10. Van Der Saar
    11. Drogba...
    12. Dida (Serie A, Copa Italia, Champs League, Copa America, World Cup)
    13. no
  • DarthZombie
    @Drabik: he won the CL with Real.
  • Scott
    1. Fabio Grosso? Isn't he moving back?
  • Drabik
    SP. I dont think Ronaldo won the champions league
  • Dalson
    1. Makalele
    2. Cannavarro
    3. Maldini (Milan and Italy)
    4. Micheal Owen
    5. Al Jabbar (saudi arabia)
    6.
    7. Ronaldinho
    8. Giacinto Faccetti (inter)
    9. Paolo rossi (betting scandal 1981)
    10. Didier Deschamps (france and juve)
    8. Carlo Cudicini
  • Ranjeet
    1. F. Cannavaro
    2. Beckham(tattoo of wife's name
    3. Raul
    4. Messi
    5.
    6.Buffon
    7.Robben(against Sunderland,2 or 3 years ago.It was a 2nd yellow)
    8.Maldini
    9.Baresi
    10.peter shilton
    11.francesco flachi(Sampdoria striker,2 year ban for cocaine,i think.)
    12. Cafu
    13.
  • Shazback
    1. Jens Lehmann (Started in Germany, reached the CL Final with Arsenal, has returned to Germany)

    2. Simao Sabrosa ("Maria" and "Martin" in arabic on his arms, his children's names)

    3. Paolo Maldini (AC Milan, Italy, never played under another shirt... bonus point surely!)

    4. Kunishige Kanamoto (Japan, 19)

    5. Roger Milla (Cameroon, 42)

    6. Igor Akinfeev (Russia, 18)

    7. Diego Forlan (Manchester United, 2002-03 Premier League vs Sunderland, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

    8. Frank Lampard Jr. (Son of Frank Lampard Sr., 2 caps for England)

    9. Ferenc Puskas (Honved Budapest, 10)

    10. Majed Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)

    11. Enoch West (Life ban, waived after 30 years, match-fixing)

    12. Marcel Desailly (Serie A 1993-94 & 1995-96 with Milan AC - Ligue 1 1992-93 with Olympique Marseille rescinded for match-fixing -, FA Cup 2000 with Chelsea, Champions' League 1993 with Olympique Marseille, Champions' League 1994 with AC Milan, EURO 2000 with France, Confederations Cup 2001 and 2003 with France, World Cup 1998 with France)

    13. ...
  • alexxx
    1: Makelele
    2: Lavezzi
    3: Maldini?
    4: Ronaldo el fenomeno
    5: Larsson
    6: Lloris
    7: Drogba (FA cup semi-final.)
    8: Hard to not take someone who hasn't been mentioned...Il just say Cruyff, Joan and Jordi.
    9: Maradona (10, Napoli i guess)
    10: Roberto Carlos
    11: Maradon(15 months for drug abuse)
    12: Puyol (Treble this year, euro 2008)
    13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Dica - Ronaldinho compilation.
  • SP
    ah oops i meant to put the kanoute as my no. 7 since giggs might not have gotten a yellow. as far as retired numbers go... cobi jones for la galaxy
  • Also, about #13. As I said, I'm spending the weekend with relatives. Misery loves company. You people are a bunch of cowards! :-D
  • fixed, SP. Don't know why it was considering you Spam. If it makes you feel better, the system does the same thing to me sometimes.

    No time to check right now (can you say "table for 14 for breakfast"?) but if this messes up the answers that followed you from Rob and Zeik I'll be sure that everybody gets full credit.
  • zeik
    1. Brian McBride
    2. Beckham (Victoria's name in Hindi script)
    3. Puyol (Barcelona & Spain)
    4. Jozy Altidore
    5. Frankie Hejduk
    6. Akinfeeyev
    7. Iniesta (against Chelsea: http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl...
    8. Guisseppe Rossi
    9. Antonio Puerta
    10. Rigobert Song
    11. Rio Ferdinand (skipping drug test)
    12. Pirlo (Serie A/Coppa Italia/Champions League/Euro U-21/World Cup)
    13. I'd rather not promote that song, but I will only assume Clint Dempsey has covered it himself and set it to his own highlight reel.
  • Rob
    1 Adriano
    2 Beckham has his kids names about his person
    3 Johan Cruyff (Ajax and Holland)
    4 Michael Owen
    5 Archie Goodall
    6 Iker Casillas
    7
    8 Johan Cruyff (Barcelona) Jordi Cruyff (Man United)
    9 Aldair (Roma)
    10 Maldini
    11 Ferdinand (missed drugs test)
    12 Nesta
    13
  • SP
    when i try to put in my answers it keeps taking me to a page that says no second chances

    Laurie says: fixed now. Sorry you had issues!
  • SP
    1. fat ronaldo
    2. beckham (brooklyn, his son)
    3. giggs (united and wales)
    4. landon timothy donovan
    5. george weah
    6. iker casillas
    7. ryan giggs v. arsenal 99 fa cup (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... warning: chest hair
    8. wojciech szczesny (arsenal reserve keeper, his dad, maciej, was capped for poland as a keeper so the high expectations are there)
    9. kanoute (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
    10. claudio reyna
    11. rio ferdinand (missed drug test)
    12. fat ronaldo (la liga, champs league, copa del rey with barca, copa america, world cup
    13. thierry henry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
  • DarthZombie
    1. Edgar Davids (if you consider "his country" to be Holland and not Suriname)
    2. Mutu has his kids' names on his leg(?)
    3. Chivu:Ajax, Romania
    4. Chivu again (at Euro 2000, he was almost 20, a couple of months younger)
    5. Checkk-mated
    6. same
    7. Robben at Chelsea (no picture.Sorry, honey)
    8. Shaun Wright-Phillips (Yeah, Ian Rush adopted him, but Shaun still calls him dad, so that will do)
    9. Johann Cruyff-Ajax, number 14
    10. Claudio Suarez for Mexico (just 178 games, nothing to it)
    11. Joey Barton ,for an assault from what I can recall. It was exactly 6 months in jail, but it sure beats 6 months of a sporting ban, does it?
    12. pass
    13. lol, that's funny. But neah, I'll pass.
  • Here's what I missed. sorry about the extra numbers, my iPod doesn't like your format.
    1. Larsson
    3. Messi
    4. Hidegkuti
    5. Casillas
    11. Recoba false passport
    12. They took mine
    13.
  • Oops, just realized Lex's Maldini was for 8 and not 9.

    And that means I have to replace my 8 and 9s.

    8: Eiður Guðjohnsen
    9: Marc-Vivien Foé (RIP)
  • Lex: Maldini's number is not retired, just reserved for his son, should he ever play for the first team. And Beckham doesn't have 135 caps. Also, Kirkland was only capped once, and it was in 2006, so he wasn't under 21.
  • 1. Juan Roman Riquelme

    2. Dani Alves, his own name

    3. Franz Beckenbauer, Germany & Bayern Munich

    4. Lionel Messi

    5. Hossam Hassan, Egypt

    6. Cayetano Saporiti (Uruguay)

    7. Ronaldo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

    8. Paolo Maldini (Cesare Maldini)

    9. Franco Baresi (AC Milan, #6)

    10. Cobi Jones (USA)

    11. Adrian Mutu, failed drug test, 7-month ban

    12. Beckenbauer

    13. Ronaldinho, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... (they disabled the sound though because they're pricks, but still)
  • Lex
    1. Veron
    2. Simao (tattooed the name mariana in arabic on his hand, she was his girlfriend or something)
    3. terry (chelsea)
    4. rooney
    5. sir stanley matthews (1956)
    6. chris kirkland
    7. carlos tevez vs spurs in 06-07 for west ham, and in 07-08 too for man utd
    8. maldini
    9. baresi
    10. beckham
    11. cantona (kung fu kick)
    12. henry (EPL/ FA CUP/ UCL with barca/ euro 2000/ world cup)
    13. cristiano ronaldo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
  • 1.that swedish guy, Ill find his name later I just want to call him.
    2.adriano has his own name tattooed on him, what a twit.
    3.del piero from juve. Captained a game in the euro.
    4. Ill come back to this
    5. Ditto
    6. Ditto
    7. Iaquinta, then got a second yellow for a tackle 2 mins later, I'll look for a picture later.
    8. Maldini
    9. Baggio
    10. Pardo for mexico
    11-13. I'll come back too, I just put the ones I know off the top of my head. Curse you for making me go find a YouTube video with that song *shakes fist* ;)
    11.
    10.

    8.
    9.
    10.
    11.
    12.
    13.
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