Bangalore Spurs Quiz Answers

INSTRUCTIONS• Make sure you are a Spurs fan or this quiz is of

no use. :P• 10 questions. +2 for correct answer; -1 for

wrong answer.• Few of the questions are star marked. They are

basically tie breaker questions.• Use of mobile phones or peeping into other’s

paper should be avoided as much as possible.• Remember, the quiz master is always correct!

ALL THE BEST!

QUESTION 1*• We have had four full Croatian

internationals to date. Vedran Corluka, Niko Kranjcar, Luka Modric...and who else?

(Does anyone want a hint?)

ANSWER 1:

• STIPE PLETIKOSA; He joined Spurs on loan from Spartak

Moscow in 2010 and featured in only one match, which saw us

lose 1-4 to Arsenal in the 3rd Round of League Cup.

QUESTION 2

• Here you see Clint Dempsey celebrating after equalizing in the dying minutes of the game against Manchester United at WHL (2012-13 season). But, who gave the assist?

ANSWER 2:

• Aaron Lennon provided the crucial assist.

QUESTION 3

• Pretty simple. Identify the person in the picture.

ANSWER 3:• ALAN SUGAR(the club chairman before

Daniel Levy).

Sugar teamed up with Terry Venables and

bought Tottenham Hotspur football club in June

1991. Although Sugar's initial investment helped

ease the financial troubles the club was suffering

at the time, his treatment of Tottenham as a

business venture and not a footballing one made

him an unpopular figure among the Spurs fans.

QUESTION 4*

• Who was Spurs manager when Ledley King made his league debut in 1999?

ANSWER 4:

• GEORGE GRAHAM

• Just five months after taking charge he guided the

club to victory over Leicester City in the 1999

League Cup Final, and with it a place in the 1999–

2000 UEFA Cup. He was sacked on 15 March 2001,

soon after the club had been purchased by ENIC, for

alleged breach of contract.

QUESTION 5• I was born in Lakewood, Ohio and grew up in Bay Village,

where I attended Westerly Elementary School, Bay MiddleSchool and Bay High School. Growing up, I played severalsports, including soccer, basketball and tennis and excelled inall three. I also earned Bay High's Outstanding Athlete of theYear award in 1989.

• Apart from Tottenham Hotspur, I’ve also played for clubs likeGalatasaray, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers. On February 21,2004, in an away game against Charlton Athletic, I scored agoal from open play in the 90th minute, making me only thesecond goalkeeper (then) to score a goal in the Premier LeagueHistory.

• In the recent past, my managers have been younger than me.

WHO AM I?

ANSWER 5:

• BRAD FRIEDEL (Our Uncle Brad).

QUESTION 6

• Gareth Bale scored his first goal for Tottenham Hotspur, in 2007, after he latched on to Robbie Keane's flick, charged down the left flank unopposed and coolly slotted past the opposition goalkeeper. Against which team did he score?

ANSWER 6:

• FULHAM FC. It was at Craven Cottage.

QUESTION 7*

• This is the last Tottenham squad which won the FA cup. Which year was it?

ANSWER 7:

• It was the 1991 FA Cup.

QUESTION 8

• Till date, Spurs have accumulated 76 points (20 wins, 16 draws) against this team in the Premier League history, which is their best record against any team in the league. Which team are we talking about?

ANSWER 8:

• EVERTON FC

QUESTION 9

Who was our No.23 before Christian Eriksen?

ANSWER 9:

• LEWIS HOLTBY

QUESTION 10

Who scored the very first goal of Spurs’ Champions League campaign in 2010-11 season?

ANSWER 10:

• SEBASTIEN BASSONG