Comments on: Weekend Quiz: You Give Me the Answers

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:03:25 +0000

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!

By: jenni

jenni — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:35:22 +0000

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=hp52oY25FW4

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:59:12 +0000

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.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:15:03 +0000

2. Mexes has enzo tattoed on his arm (i think its his arm) Enzo being his son

By: aj

aj — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:14:51 +0000

John, sadly, Zizou has never won a major domestic cup (according to Wikipedia).

By: SP

SP — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:12:33 +0000

by the way laurie, i think we found a keeper with this quiz. i have really learned a lot about a lot of footballers.

By: SP

SP — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:11:36 +0000

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.

By: onefrompoland

onefrompoland — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:22:48 +0000

13) Alan Stulin ~haha

By: John

John — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:04:23 +0000

Forgot
7. Nery Castillo http://www.daylife.com/photo/0h0H6dfevxaMn

Enjoy!:D

By: John

John — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:00:25 +0000

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?