Bill Edgar's fiendish Friday quiz - with the answers

Our guru of goals, professor of players, sage of statistics - you get the drift - has thrown down the gauntlet once more. Here are ten questions to bend your brains. There are no prizes on offer - just the warm inner glow that comes with winning the bragging rights down the pub.

UPDATE - we hope you enjoyed mulling over your picks over your weekend - scroll down to the bottom of this page for the correct answers.

1. How many of England’s five 2010 World Cup qualifying group rivals competed in the qualifying competition for the 1994 tournament?

A 2
B 1
C 0

2. How many goals has Steven Gerrard scored in significant finals for Liverpool (Champions League, Uefa Cup, FA Cup and League Cup)?

A 3
B 4
C 5

3. Theo Walcott, of Arsenal, scored a hat-trick in England’s most recent game, the 4-1 win away to Croatia. When was the previous occasion that an Arsenal player scored for England?

A Two years ago
B Six years ago
C Ten years ago

4. How many Premier League clubs had recorded average attendances this season of more than 40,000 ahead of this weekend’s matches?

A 4
B 6
C 8

5. Which present Premier League manager once said the following: “If I found out that one of my players was gay I would throw him off the team”?

A Juande Ramos
B Luiz Felipe Scolari
C Rafael Benitez

6. How many Fairs Cups/Uefa Cups did English clubs win in the six seasons from 1967-68 to 1972-73?

A 0
B 3
C 6

7. How many Spanish clubs did Arsenal face in the Champions League knockout stages in 2005-06, the season when they reached the final?

A 2
B 3
C 4

8. The fans of which Italian club smuggled a scooter into a stadium and pushed it down several rows of seats in 2001?

A Inter Milan
B Lazio
C Roma

9. Which club in this season’s Champions League group stage have a coach aged 31?

A FC Basle
B Anorthosis Famagusta
C BATE Borisov

10. Lyons have won the past seven French league titles. How many had they won previously in their history?

A 0
B 1
C 7

Question One: (C) 0. Their opponents are Croatia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Andorra.

Question Two: (C) 5. One in the 2001 Uefa Cup final against Alaves; one in the 2003 League Cup final against Manchester United; one in the 2005 Champions League final against AC Milan; and two in the 2006 FA Cup Final against West Ham United. Liverpool won all four matches. He also scored an own goal in the 2005 League Cup final defeat by Chelsea. 

Question Three: (B) Six years ago. Sol Campbell, in the 1-1 draw against Sweden at the 2002 World Cup.

Question Four: (C) 8. Manchester United, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, Sunderland and Aston Villa.

Question Five: (B) Luiz Felipe Scolari, of Chelsea.

Question Six (C) 6. Leeds United twice; Newcastle United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool once.

Question Seven (B) 3. Real Madrid (last 16), Villarreal (semi-final) and Barcelona (final).

Question Eight: (A) Inter Milan.

Question Nine: (C) BATE Borisov. Their coach is Viktor Goncharenko.

Question Ten: (A) 0.

Comments

[Andrew]

Did Francis Jeffers score for England in a friendly with Australia in 2003 and if so, was he an Arsenal player at the time?

[Corey Manston]

Please start posting the answers on the same day - I can't wait until Monday to find out how badly I've done