A Horse Named Stranger Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 I stumbled upon this small quiz over at Spiegel online. Usually, I am quite good at that football trivias, but I really sucked at this one. If anybody wants to try it, I'll give the questions. Answers are provided in the spoilers. 1. Thomas Müller has scored 10 goals at World Cups. How many has he scored at the Euros: a) 0 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6 Spoiler a) 0 2. Which Nation had hosted the Euros three times already (before this one) a) Germany b) England c) France d) Italy Spoiler c) France 1960, 1984, 2016) 3. Who scored the final penalty in the 2016 QF between Italy and Germany a) Jerome Boateng b) Julian Draxler c) Jonas Hector d) Joshua Kimmich Spoiler c) Hector 4. Only once has nation won the Euros in the same year, a club from the same nation has won the Champions Cup/Champions League. When? a) 1972 b) 1988 c) 1996 d) 2008 Spoiler b) 1988. PSV and the Netherland 5. Only once has a pair of brother won the Euros for Germany. Who was it? a) Lars & Sven Bender b) Bernd & Karlheinz Förster c) Dieter & Uli Hoeneß d) Michael & Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Spoiler b) The Försters in 1980 6. C. Ronaldo is one of only two players, who have scored 9 goals at the Euros. C. Ronaldo needed four tournaments for it. His rival only needed one tournament. Who was it? a) Marco van Basten b) Gerd Müller c) Michel Platini d) Alan Shearer Spoiler c) Platini in 1984 7. Which of those nations never reached the final at the Euros a) Belgium b) England c) Italy d) Netherlands Spoiler b) England 8. How many players in the German squad have not played a game at the Euros or at the World Cup? a) Five b) Seven c) Nine d) Eleven Spoiler d) Eleven: Klosterman, Koch, Musiala, Halstenberg, Günter, Hofmann, Gnabry, Havertz, Volland, Gosens and Neuhaus 9. Of all the teams who participated at the Euros more than once, only one team has always reached the K.O. stage. Who is it? a) Germany b) France c) Portugal d) Spain Spoiler c) Portugal 10. Oliver Bierhoff won the final in 1996 with the first ever golden goal. David Trezeguet clinched the final in the same manner four years later. But who was the Greek player that scored the only silver goal in the competitions' history in the semi-final in 2004 a) Dellas b) Fyssas c) Vryzas d) Zagorakis Spoiler a) Taianos Dellas 11. Gabor Kiraly became the oldest player to ever play at the Euros in 2016. Another player, who also played in the Bundesliga for Frankfurt is currently the youngest player to have played in the tournaments history. Who is it? a) Lajos Detari b) Evangelios Matzios c) Christoph Spycher d) Jetro Willems Spoiler d) Jetro Willems. In 2012 at the age of 18 years and 71 days in the Netherland's game against Denmark, he took the record of Enzo Scifo 12. Aaron Ramsdale was one of the last players that were cut from the England squad by Gareth Southgate. What would have made his nomination something special a) His father and grandfather had already represented England at the Euros b) Never has player been nominated to represent England at a major tournament, whose club has finished the season with so few points c) Ramsdale had already represented Wales and Scotland at youth level, who also play at the Euros d) Whle he's uncapped, he has already been shown two red cards in the Nations League Spoiler b) Sheffield United's 23 points after 38 games, would've been a record low. 13. The Netherlands couldn't believe it. In December 1983 they thought they also qualified for the Euros in 1984, but alas, their rivals won their final game against Malta with the needed 11 goal margin (12:1). Who managed to beat out the Netherland for the ticket to the Euros? a) Germany b) Portugal c) Romania d) Spain Spoiler d) Spain 14. Who scored the winning goal in the final in 2016. a) Cedric b) Eder c) Nani d) Pepe Spoiler b) Eder 15. Women are only good for sex and cooking noodles. Former Swiss International Kubilay Türkyilmaz said that much in a pasta commercial. That was the cause for another controversy at the Euros. What happened? a) He was punched in the face by a female fan b) Noodle packages were thrown at him during Switzerland's group game against the Netherlands c) Scottish supporters flew a Pasta la vista banner with his head in a crosshair. d) The kick-off against England was delayed by 15 minutes, because a womens' rights group blockaded the team bus' departure. Spoiler a) During a random encounter in Birmingham (venue for Switzerlands group games) Türkyilmaz got attacked by the fan. For the record I only managed to get 5/15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 I got right 1, 2, 6, 7, 12, and 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wondering Wolf Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Got 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 13. A tough one indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 4/15 and some of it pure luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 The England question was kind of obvious. Come on. Otherwise, a tricky little quiz. Who’d have thought Muller never scored in the Euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1, 2,4,6, 7 (easiest), 9, 10, 13, 14 right. Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 7/15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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