The Christmas Quiz

racso1975

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

That_Guy

Do we PM you or write the answers here?

racso1975

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

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

newballsplease

people will just google or copy other ppls posts.

Fr Tod Umptious

John Barnes Sudbury to Watford, set of kit

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

racso1975

newballsplease wrote: »

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

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!

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.

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)

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?

flahavaj

Is Q3 the first British player to be transferred abroad?