So, here we go, the answers to the LBITCR Christmas quiz. The top score was a phenomenal 49.5. I will follow up with the winner via email - congratulations to him.
Nicknames
1. The Argentine player known as ''The Rabbit'' is Javier Saviola of Benfica.
2. The Red Lichties are Arbroath FC.
3. Los Cules translates into English as ''the cabbages'' and ''the cabbage and ribs'' are one of the nicknames of Hibernian FC. So if the ''Cabbages'' were playing ''the cabbage and ribs'', it would be Barcelona vs Hibernian.
4. The club named after a fig tree are, perhaps unsurprisingly, Figueirense Futebol Club of Brazil.
5. The Gas are Bristol Rovers.
6. 'The Mozart of football'' was Matthias Sindelar of Austria Vienna and Austria.
7. The Jaw, or ''Quixada'' was Ademir.
Quotations
8. Johan Cruyff said ''Coincidence is logical''.
9. Jose Mourinho said ''There is no pressure at the top. The pressure is being second or third'.
10. Berti Vogts, as Scotland manager, said ''If I walked on water, my accusers would say it is because I can't swim.
11. It was, of course, Bill Shankly who said ''At a football club, there's a holy trinity: the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are there to sign the cheques''.
12. And, finally, it was Howard Wilkinson who said ''There's only two types of manager. Those who've been sacked and those who will be sacked in the future.
The United Kingdom
13. Ten English clubs have won the Welsh Cup. The ten clubs are: Bristol City, Tranmere Rovers, Crewe Alexandra, Chester City, South Liverpool, Wellington Town, Oswestry Town, Oswestry White Star, Hereford United and Shrewsbury Town.
(NB: Some make the argument that TNS (The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club) are an English club as their ground is in Oswestry. They are, however, considered a Welsh club because they play in the Welsh league. The clubs above all played in the English league system).
14. Queen's Park's motto is ''Ludere Causa Ludendi'. As a truly amateur club, the clue was in the motto ''to play for the sake of playing''.
15. ''Audere est Facere'' may have been removed from Spurs' shirts but it remains their motto.
16. According to myth and legend, Rollo, Maine and Aquitane are the names of the three lions.
17. The only player to have captained England at both cricket and football is Reginald ''Tip'' Foster.
18. Cliftonville play at Solitude.
19. The first Edinburgh derby took place at the Meadows on Christmas Day in 1875.
20. The football section of Homerton College, Cambridge became Leyton Orient FC.
21. Manchester City started life as St Mark's (West Gorton)
22. And Birmingham City started life as Small Heath FC (technically Small Heath Alliance before becoming Small Heath - so a bonus point to any who pointed that out).
23. Nottingham Forest play in Garibaldi Red. I gave a bonus point for Arsenal (who started out playing in Forest's borrowed shirts but officially switched colours later on).
24. Danny Blanchflower, Dixie Dean, Duncan Edwards, Bobby Moore and Billy Wright appeared on commemorative stamps for Euro 1996 (in 1996 obviously).
25. The player who holds the record for most goals in an English top flight game is Ted Drake (7 for Arsenal).
Foreigners
26. Real Sociedad translates as Royal Society.
27. Anderlecht have won the Belgian top division most times.
28. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao are the teams never to have been relegated from the Spanish top division.
29. It was Ruud Gullit that Glenn Hoddle said ''it was like watching an 18-year old playing in a game for 12-year olds''.
13. Ten English clubs have won the Welsh Cup. The ten clubs are: Bristol City, Tranmere Rovers, Crewe Alexandra, Chester City, South Liverpool, Wellington Town, Oswestry Town, Oswestry White Star, Hereford United and Shrewsbury Town.
(NB: Some make the argument that TNS (The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club) are an English club as their ground is in Oswestry. They are, however, considered a Welsh club because they play in the Welsh league. The clubs above all played in the English league system).
14. Queen's Park's motto is ''Ludere Causa Ludendi'. As a truly amateur club, the clue was in the motto ''to play for the sake of playing''.
15. ''Audere est Facere'' may have been removed from Spurs' shirts but it remains their motto.
16. According to myth and legend, Rollo, Maine and Aquitane are the names of the three lions.
17. The only player to have captained England at both cricket and football is Reginald ''Tip'' Foster.
18. Cliftonville play at Solitude.
19. The first Edinburgh derby took place at the Meadows on Christmas Day in 1875.
20. The football section of Homerton College, Cambridge became Leyton Orient FC.
21. Manchester City started life as St Mark's (West Gorton)
22. And Birmingham City started life as Small Heath FC (technically Small Heath Alliance before becoming Small Heath - so a bonus point to any who pointed that out).
23. Nottingham Forest play in Garibaldi Red. I gave a bonus point for Arsenal (who started out playing in Forest's borrowed shirts but officially switched colours later on).
24. Danny Blanchflower, Dixie Dean, Duncan Edwards, Bobby Moore and Billy Wright appeared on commemorative stamps for Euro 1996 (in 1996 obviously).
25. The player who holds the record for most goals in an English top flight game is Ted Drake (7 for Arsenal).
Foreigners
26. Real Sociedad translates as Royal Society.
27. Anderlecht have won the Belgian top division most times.
28. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao are the teams never to have been relegated from the Spanish top division.
29. It was Ruud Gullit that Glenn Hoddle said ''it was like watching an 18-year old playing in a game for 12-year olds''.
30. Iker Muniain is the youngest goalscorer in La Liga history.
31. Silvio Piola is the all-time top goalscorer in Serie A.
32. Al-Saadi Gaddafi was on the books of Perguia, Udinese and Sampdoria.
33. Carlos Tevez has won South American footballer of the year on three occasions compared to Diego Maradona's two wins and Pele's solitary victory.
34. The team named after the 16th century Mapuche chief is Colo Colo.
35. Sir Stanley Matthews described Diego Maradona as''The best one-footed player since Puskas''.
31. Silvio Piola is the all-time top goalscorer in Serie A.
32. Al-Saadi Gaddafi was on the books of Perguia, Udinese and Sampdoria.
33. Carlos Tevez has won South American footballer of the year on three occasions compared to Diego Maradona's two wins and Pele's solitary victory.
34. The team named after the 16th century Mapuche chief is Colo Colo.
35. Sir Stanley Matthews described Diego Maradona as''The best one-footed player since Puskas''.
36. Samuel Eto'o is the All-Time top goalscorer in the Africa Cup of Nations.
37. Paulo Rossi, of Italy, won the Golden Ball at the 1982 World Cup.
38. The four players who have scored in the final of two different World Cups are Vava, Pele, Paul Breitner and Zinedine Zidane.
39. The city which has won the most European Cups is Milan (10 over Madrid's 9).
39. The city which has won the most European Cups is Milan (10 over Madrid's 9).
40. The two teams have lost five European Cup finals are Juventus and Benfica.
Name that Brazilian
41. Sharing a name with a hero king of the Agiad age, this legend of the game is regarded as one of the finest players of the first half of the 20th century. He won both the Golden Ball and Golden Boot at a World Cup and was nicknamed both ''the Black Diamond'' and ''Rubber Man''. He is remembered by many as the man who created bicycle kick. Leonidas.
42. Born Waldyr Pereira, this midfielder won two World Cups and is considered to be one of the finest passers of the ball in the history of the game. He is best remembered for his ''falling leaf'' free kicks. Didi
43. Born Thomas Soarez da Silva this attacking midfielder or winger is one of fewer than 30 men to be inducted into the Brazilian hall fo game. Pele rated him as the greatest player he ever saw and called him ''a complete player'. He shone at the 1950 World Cup and turned down invitations to play in the 1954 and 1958 tournaments. Zizinho
44. One of the most under-rated players of the 1980s and early 1990s, the player born Antonio de Oliverira Filho shone at the 1986 World Cup and was part of the famous Napoli team - proving once and for all that it wasn't a one-man team. Careca
45. Marcos Evangelista de Moraes is one of the finest full-backs of all-time and who gained his playing name from a Brazilian forward of the 1970s. Known for his overlapping runs he was nicknamed ''The Pendolino''. Cafu.
And there we have it till roughly the same time next year.
RCM
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