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The Christmas Quiz

  • 01-12-2010 11:27am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭


    Saw this on another site. Thought it might be a bit of craic. A new quiz each day till christmas.

    Todays topic: Transfers

    Now obviously ya can be a knob and use google but i know your not like that so lets kick off (oh i kill myself with puns :rolleyes: )

    1. What is the current world record transfer?

    2. What is the highest fee ever paid for a player moving between the two Merseyside clubs?

    3. What was special about Eddie Firmani's move to Sampdoria in 1955?

    4. And Willie Groves's transfer from West Brom to Aston Villa in 1893?

    5. Who formed part of Manchester United's cash-plus-player deal for Newcastle's Andy Cole in January 1995?

    6. How much did Newcastle pay Blackburn for Geordie striker Alan Shearer in 1996?

    7. Who is the world's most expensive teenager, and how much did he go for?

    8. From which club did Manchester United buy Eric Cantona, and for how much?

    9. Fill in the blanks:

    ____ _____, Chester to Liverpool, £200,000

    ____ _____, Scunthorpe to Liverpool, £35,000

    ____ _____, Sudbury to Watford, set of kit

    ____ _____, Boavista to Leeds, £2m

    ____ _____, Brighton to Aston Villa, £50,000

    10. List the top 10 British transfer records, in or out, since 1995.


    Best of luck


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Do we PM you or write the answers here?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭racso1975


    Sure stick the answers on up here will be interesting to see who gets the most right after each day


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,206 ✭✭✭gustavo


    1. What is the current world record transfer? Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United =- Real Madrid

    2. What is the highest fee ever paid for a player moving between the two Merseyside clubs? 6 million for Barmby Everton - Liverpool ?

    3. What was special about Eddie Firmani's move to Sampdoria in 1955?

    4. And Willie Groves's transfer from West Brom to Aston Villa in 1893?

    5. Who formed part of Manchester United's cash-plus-player deal for Newcastle's Andy Cole in January 1995? Keith Gillespie

    6. How much did Newcastle pay Blackburn for Geordie striker Alan Shearer in 1996? 15 million pounds

    7. Who is the world's most expensive teenager, and how much did he go for?Canales - not sure

    8. From which club did Manchester United buy Eric Cantona, and for how much? Leeds - 1.6 million pounds ?

    9. Fill in the blanks:

    Ian Rush - Chester to Liverpool, £200,000

    Kevin Keegan Scunthorpe to Liverpool, £35,000

    ____ _____, Sudbury to Watford, set of kit

    Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Boavista to Leeds, £2m

    ____ _____, Brighton to Aston Villa, £50,000

    10. List the top 10 British transfer records, in or out, since 1995.
    Shevchencko
    Robinho
    Ferdinand
    CRonaldo
    Rooney
    Veron
    Berbatov
    Keane
    Tevez


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,751 ✭✭✭newballsplease


    people will just google or copy other ppls posts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,743 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    John Barnes Sudbury to Watford, set of kit


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    1. What is the current world record transfer? - Ronaldo from Man United to Real Madrid

    2. What is the highest fee ever paid for a player moving between the two Merseyside clubs? - At a guess... 5 million?

    3. What was special about Eddie Firmani's move to Sampdoria in 1955?

    4. And Willie Groves's transfer from West Brom to Aston Villa in 1893?

    5. Who formed part of Manchester United's cash-plus-player deal for Newcastle's Andy Cole in January 1995? - Gillespie

    6. How much did Newcastle pay Blackburn for Geordie striker Alan Shearer in 1996? - 13 million

    7. Who is the world's most expensive teenager, and how much did he go for? -

    8. From which club did Manchester United buy Eric Cantona, and for how much? Leeds - 2 million?

    9. Fill in the blanks:

    ____ _____, Chester to Liverpool, £200,000

    Kevin Keegan, Scunthorpe to Liverpool, £35,000

    ____ _____, Sudbury to Watford,

    Hasselbaink or Yeboah?, Boavista to Leeds, £2m

    ____ _____, Brighton to Aston Villa, £50,000

    10. List the top 10 British transfer records, in or out, since 1995.

    Shearer
    Ronaldo
    Berbatov
    Tevez
    Craig Gordon
    Van Nistelroy
    Schevchenko
    Aquilani
    Rooney
    Pires


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭racso1975


    people will just google or copy other ppls posts.

    well if somebody is that sad to try and impress a bunch random people on an internet forum then let them on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,814 ✭✭✭✭JPA


    1. What is the current world record transfer? £80 millionC. Ronaldo

    2. What is the highest fee ever paid for a player moving between the two Merseyside clubs?
    £6.5 million?

    3. What was special about Eddie Firmani's move to Sampdoria in 1955?
    ???

    4. And Willie Groves's transfer from West Brom to Aston Villa in 1893?
    First ever transfer for money???

    5. Who formed part of Manchester United's cash-plus-player deal for Newcastle's Andy Cole in January 1995?
    Gillespie

    6. How much did Newcastle pay Blackburn for Geordie striker Alan Shearer in 1996?
    £15 million

    7. Who is the world's most expensive teenager, and how much did he go for?
    ???

    8. From which club did Manchester United buy Eric Cantona, and for how much? Leeds
    £1.2 million

    9. Fill in the blanks:

    ____ _____, Chester to Liverpool, £200,000

    ____ _____, Scunthorpe to Liverpool, £35,000

    ____ _____, Sudbury to Watford, set of kit

    ____ _____, Boavista to Leeds, £2m

    Gareth Barry, Brighton to Aston Villa, £50,000

    10. List the top 10 British transfer records, in or out, since
    1995.

    Robinho
    Shevchenko
    Ferdinand
    Berbatov
    Rooney
    Adebayor
    Yaya Toure
    David Silva
    Veron
    Tevez??

    Forgot C. Ronaldo!
    Might have misunderstood this question as well!


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭bamboozling


    1. What is the current world record transfer? Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United to Real Madrid, 2009, £80 million

    2. What is the highest fee ever paid for a player moving between the two Merseyside clubs?
    Don't know this but I'm going to take a stab at 5 million for Nicky Barmby?

    3. What was special about Eddie Firmani's move to Sampdoria in 1955?
    Don't know the answer but I'll hazard a guess that he was the first player to be co-owned?

    4. And Willie Groves's transfer from West Brom to Aston Villa in 1893?
    Again haven't a clue but I'll chance first transfer for £100 or more.

    5. Who formed part of Manchester United's cash-plus-player deal for Newcastle's Andy Cole in January 1995?
    Don't know

    6. How much did Newcastle pay Blackburn for Geordie striker Alan Shearer in 1996?
    £15 million

    7. Who is the world's most expensive teenager, and how much did he go for?
    Javier Saviola £20 million

    8. From which club did Manchester United buy Eric Cantona, and for how much?
    Leeds United for £1.2 million

    9. Fill in the blanks:

    _
    Ian___ __Rush___, Chester to Liverpool, £200,000

    _
    Kevin___ __Keegan___, Scunthorpe to Liverpool, £35,000

    ____ _____, Sudbury to Watford, set of kit

    _
    Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink___ _____, Boavista to Leeds, £2m

    _Gareth___ _Barry____, Brighton to Aston Villa, £50,000

    10. List the top 10 British transfer records, in or out, since 1995

    Alan Shearer, Blackburn to Newcastle, 1995, £15 million
    Nicolas Anelka, Arsenal to Real Madrid, 1999, £23 million.
    Juan Sebastian Veron, Lazio to Manchester United, 2001, £28 million
    Rio Ferdinand, Leeds to Manchester United, 2002, £30 million
    Robinho, Real Madrid to Man City, 2008, £32 million
    Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United to Real Madrid, 2009, £80 million
    Great idea by the way I'd be delighted to take part in every day.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,092 ✭✭✭Le King


    1. Cristiano Ronaldo. Manchester United to Real Madrid. £80,000,000

    2. Nick Barmby - £6,000,000. Everton to Liverpool.

    3. Record transfer involving a British club.

    4. First £100 tranfer

    5. Keith Gillespie

    6. £15,000,000

    7. Wayne Rooney. £30,000,000

    8. Leeds United. £1,200,000

    9. Fill in the blanks:

    Ian Rush, Chester to Liverpool, £200,000

    Kevin Keegan, Scunthorpe to Liverpool, £35,000

    John Barnes, Sudbury to Watford, set of kit

    Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Boavista to Leeds, £2m

    Gareth Barry, Brighton to Aston Villa, £50,000

    10. That were records are there time?
    • Andy Cole (1995)
    • Dennis Bergkamp(1995)
    • Stan Collymore (1995)
    • Alan Shearer (1996)
    • Nicolas Anelka (1999)
    • Juan Sebastián Verón (2001)
    • Rio Ferdinand (2002)
    • Andriy Shevchenko (2006)
    • Robinho (2008)
    • Cristiano Ronaldo (2009)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,838 ✭✭✭✭3hn2givr7mx1sc


    1. What is the current world record transfer? Ronaldo - 80mil.

    2. What is the highest fee ever paid for a player moving between the two Merseyside clubs?
    Dunno.

    3. What was special about Eddie Firmani's move to Sampdoria in 1955?
    Highest transfer fee at the time?

    4. And Willie Groves's transfer from West Brom to Aston Villa in 1893?
    First cross-city transfer?

    5. Who formed part of Manchester United's cash-plus-player deal for Newcastle's Andy Cole in January 1995?
    Gillespie.

    6. How much did Newcastle pay Blackburn for Geordie striker Alan Shearer in 1996?
    14 million or thereabouts?

    7. Who is the world's most expensive teenager, and how much did he go for?
    Rooney for 30million?

    8. From which club did Manchester United buy Eric Cantona, and for how much?
    Leeds, 1.5 million.

    9. Fill in the blanks:

    ____ _____, Chester to Liverpool, £200,000

    ____ _____, Scunthorpe to Liverpool, £35,000

    ____ _____, Sudbury to Watford, set of kit

    ____ _____, Boavista to Leeds, £2m

    ____ _____, Brighton to Aston Villa, £50,000

    10. List the top 10 British transfer records, in or out, since 1995.

    Ronaldo
    Ferdinand
    Veron
    Shearer
    Berbatov?
    Rooney?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,235 ✭✭✭✭flahavaj


    Is Q3 the first British player to be transferred abroad?


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