Bill Edgar's Fiendish Friday Quiz - with the answers

Scroll down to the bottom of this post for the answers.

1. Which club won the Cup Winners’ Cup on the day that they gave up their title of FA Cup holders?
A Manchester City
B Tottenham Hotspur
C Chelsea

2. How many ground-sharing pairs of clubs are in Italy’s Serie A at present?
A 3
B 4
C 5

3. How many times has Theo Walcott played all 90 minutes of a Premier League game since joining Arsenal from Southampton nearly three years ago?
A 7
B 17
C 27

4. Which English club reached a domestic cup final in four of the five seasons from 1965-66 to 1969-1970?
A Leeds United
B West Bromwich Albion
C Everton

5. Which club have received the most yellow cards in the Premier League this season?
A Blackburn Rovers
B Manchester City
C Manchester United

6. Which Italian club received a year’s ban from European competition for attempting to bribe the referee of a European Cup semi-final against a Scottish club?
A Inter Milan
B Juventus
C Roma

7. On which ground (not their own) did Middlesbrough play in three different competitions between March 1 and April 22, 1997?
A Hillsborough
B Old Trafford
C White Hart Lane

8. Swansea City and Cardiff City are rivals in the Championship – in which season did they last meet in the second tier of English football?
A 1973-74
B 1983-84
C 1993-94

9. Who scored the first England goal during the reign of Fabio Capello?
A Peter Crouch
B Jermaine Jenas
C Steven Gerrard

10. How many of the 12 Football League founder members are currently in the top flight?
A 2
B 4
C 6

THE ANSWERS:

Question One: (A) Manchester City. They beat Gornik Zabrze in the Cup Winners’ Cup final in April 1970 on the day that Chelsea beat Leeds United in the FA Cup Final replay – a year after City had won the FA Cup.

Question Two: (B) 4. They are: Lazio and Roma; AC Milan and Inter Milan; Juventus and Torino; Sampdoria and Genoa.

Question Three: (A) 7.

Question Four: (B) West Bromwich Albion. 1966: Beat West Ham United in the League Cup final. 1967: Lost to Queens Park Rangers in the League Cup final. 1968: Beat Everton in the FA Cup final. 1970: Lost to Manchester City in the League Cup final.

Question Five: (C) Manchester United. Their haul of 16 includes seven against Chelsea.

Question Six: (C) Roma. Their president, Dino Viola, was found guilty of attempting to bribe the referee of the second leg of their 1984 European Cup semi-final at home to Dundee United. Roma won 3-0 after losing the first game 2-0 in Scotland.

Question Seven: (A) Hillsborough. March 1: Lost 3-1 to Sheffield Wednesday in league. April 16: Lost 1-0 to Leicester City in League Cup final replay. April 22: Beat Chesterfield 3-0 in FA Cup semi-final replay.

Question Eight: (B) 1983-84.

Question Nine: (B) Jermaine Jenas. He scored the opener in the 2-1 home win over Switzerland.

Question Ten: (C) 6. They are Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City, Everton, Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers.

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On Thursday Edgar asked: In which European country have the past four finals in the main domestic cup been contested by the same teams, with those two sides also finishing as the top two in the league for the past three seasons?

Answer: Italy. Roma and Inter have contested the past four Italian Cup finals. Inter won in 2005 and 2006; Roma in 2007 and 2008. Inter have won the past three Serie A titles, with Roma runners-up each time (in 2006 Juventus came first, AC Milan second and Fiorentina fourth but they were all punished for involvement in the scandal relating to refereeing appointments).