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March 21, 2008

Bill Edgar's fiendish Friday quiz

So how did you do with this week's fiendish football quiz. Scroll down to the botttom if you need to check the answers.

Question One: How many times have Leicester changed their permanent manager since Chelsea last lost at home in the league?

(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5

Question Two: Arsenal and Liverpool will meet three times in seven days earlier next month. How times did they play each other in the 20 days between April 12 and May 1, 1980?

(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6

Question Three: How many teams suffered three successive relegations within the English league in the 1980s?

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2

Question Four: Kevin Keegan succeeded Sam Allardyce as Newcastle United manager this season. Who did Keegan follow when he took the job first time around in 1992?

(A) Ossie Ardiles
(B) Jim Smith
(C) Willie McFaul

Question Five: Who scored Derby County’s first away league goal this season in their ninth away match?

(A) Matt Oakley
(B) Kenny Miller
(C) Steve Howard

Question Six: How many different teams won the Latvian league title between 1991 and 2004?

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 14

Question Seven: Chelsea drew 4-4 with Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday. When did Chelsea win a Wembley final 5-4?

(A) 1965
(B) 1975
(C) 1985

Question Eight: In which year did an Eastern European club last win a major European club trophy?

(A) 1991
(B) 1998
(C) 2005

Question Nine: Ahead of this weekend’s games, which is the only team not to have conceded a penalty yet this season in the Premier League?

(A) Everton
(B) Liverpool
(C) Manchester United

Question Ten: Which Premier League match this season contained both the earliest card and the latest goal (ie the greatest amount of time into stoppage time)?

(A) Chelsea v Aston Villa
(B) Birmingham City v Arsenal.
(C) Newcastle United v Blackburn Rovers

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See below for the answers.

Question One: (C) 5. Micky Adams, Craig Levein, Rob Kelly, Martin Allen and Gary Megson have all left Leicester since Chelsea lost 2-1 at home to Arsenal in February 2004.

Question Two: (B) 5. April 12: FA Cup semi-final, drew 0-0 at Hillsborough. April 16: semi-final replay, drew 1-1 at Villa Park. April 19: league, drew 1-1 at Anfield. April 28, semi-final second replay, drew 1-1 at Villa Park. May 1: semi-final third replay, drew 1-1 at Highfield Road.   

Question Three: (C) 2. Bristol City were relegated in 1980, 1981 and 1982; Wolverhampton Wanderers went down in 1984, 1985 and 1986.

Question Four: (A) Ossie Ardiles.

Question Five: (C) Steve Howard. In Derby’s 4-1 defeat by Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Question Six: (A) 1. Skonto Riga won all 14.

Question Seven: (C) 1985. They beat Manchester City by this score in the first Full Members’ Cup final.

Question Eight: (C) 2005. CSKA Moscow won the Uefa Cup.

Question Nine: (C) Manchester United

Question Ten: (B) Birmingham City v Arsenal. Martin Taylor, of Birmingham, was sent off after two minutes and 33 seconds; James McFadden scored the equaliser for Birmingham after 94 minutes and 34 seconds to make the final score 2-2.

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On Friday we asked you: Which former England international is more than two and a half seasons into his spell at a Premier League club but has yet to make a single league appearance?

Answer: Ian Walker, the Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper. He has been the third choice this season after Jussi Jaaskelainen and Ali Al Habsi.

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