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A small twist on the usual football quizzes - in this one off special every question has a numerical answer and the distance you are from the correct answer is the amount of points you score for that question. Thus the idea is that you may not know the answer but can fire off a guess. At the end of the 20 questions, the player with the lowest score is the winner. Should lead to a fun reveal. Provisional deadline is Wednesday @ 6pm with the reveal that same evening @ 9pm.

Answers to be PM'd to myself.

Questions

1. What age was Thierry Henry when he signed for Arsenal?

2. What squad number did Mario Balotelli wear during his spell at Manchester City?

3. In what year did the FA Cup final last go to penalties?

4. How many English and Spanish players were in Manchester City's registered Premier League squad for this season?

5. How many caps did David Beckham win for England?

6. To the closest million, how much did Chelsea pay for Eden Hazard?

7. Add together the number of Premier League clubs that Louis Saha and Nicolas Anelka have played for?

8. In what year did Dion Dublin, Michael Owen and Chris Sutton finish joint top scorers in the English Premier League?

9. Everton had two players on loan from Premier League clubs, and one from Spain to kick off the 2013/14 season - add those 3 players squad numbers together?

10. In Belgium's provisional 24 man squad for the World Cup, how many of the players are contracted to English clubs?

11. What is Peter Crouch's height in centimetres?

12. The most capped player who will be at the World Cup is a European, but how many caps does he have?

13. In what year did Henrik Larsson sign for Celtic?

14. Messi and Ronaldo sit in joint second place in the all time Champions League scorers list - but how many goals does the footballer in first place have?

15. In what year did Leeds reach the semi-finals of the Champions League?

16. Alan Shearer is the top scorer in the history of the English Premier League, but how many goals does he have?

17. What age is Pele?

18. Manchester City won the Premier League in 2013/14, and they also had the best goal difference, what was their goal difference?

19. Add together the amount of goals that the top 5 scorers in World Cup finals have? (Ronaldo, Mueller, Klose, Fontaine, Pele)

20. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the player with the highest cumulative transfer cost, what is the value of those transfers in Euros? (Source: transfermarkt.com)

Looks good, will send in answers.

Bump it up

Get some answers in people, I don't want to have to wait 6 months for this reveal! Scotty deserves better!

i am entering now

think its way way too difficult, just guesswork for many answers

Entered

Pretty sure I know the Shearer one, could make an educated guess at maybe four others.

Rest would just be complete punts.

Confirmed to hard for me.

If Tighty's saying it's too difficult, gg.

will send you my answers tomorrow

Only 5 entries, but that's ok - may have been perhaps too difficult as stated but the concept wasn't that you were meant to get the answers spot on.

I'll part reveal now, maybe first 5 questions, for a mini sweat - then the rest this evening potentially.

1. What age was Thierry Henry when he signed for Arsenal?

Answer: 22

TightEnd - 22
DungBeetle - 25
kp24 - 21
Waz1892 - 22
sweet potata! - 23

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 0
Waz1892 - 0
kp24 - 1
sweet potata! - 1
DungBeetle - 3

2. What squad number did Mario Balotelli wear during his spell at Manchester City?

Answer: 45

TightEnd - 44
DungBeetle - 32
kp24 - 35
Waz1892 - 39
sweet potata! - 42

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 1
sweet potata! - 4
Waz1892 - 6
kp24 - 11
DungBeetle - 16

3. In what year did the FA Cup final last go to penalties?

Answer: 2006

Waz1892 - 2005
sweet potata! - 2006
TightEnd - 2006
DungBeetle - 2006
kp24 - 2005

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 1
sweet potata! - 4
Waz1892 - 7
kp24 - 12
DungBeetle - 16

4. How many English and Spanish players were in Manchester City's registered Premier League squad for this season?

Answer: 11

kp24 - 10
DungBeetle - 12
TightEnd - 10
Waz1892 - 8
sweet potata! - 7

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 2
sweet potata! - 8
Waz1892 - 10
kp24 - 13
DungBeetle - 17

5. How many caps did David Beckham win for England?

Answer: 115

sweet potata! - 108
Waz1892 - 107
TightEnd - 115
DungBeetle - 101
kp24 - 116

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 2
kp24 - 14
sweet potata! - 15
Waz1892 - 18
DungBeetle - 31

6. To the closest million, how much did Chelsea pay for Eden Hazard?

Answer: 32

kp24 - 30
DungBeetle - 32
TightEnd - 30
Waz1892 - 20
sweet potata! - 32

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 4
sweet potata! - 15
kp24 - 16
Waz1892 - 30
DungBeetle - 31

7. Add together the number of Premier League clubs that Louis Saha and Nicolas Anelka have played for?

Answer: 12

sweet potata! - 13
Waz1892 - 7
TightEnd - 9
DungBeetle - 9
kp24 - 11

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 7
sweet potata! - 16
kp24 - 17
DungBeetle - 34
Waz1892 - 35

8. In what year did Dion Dublin, Michael Owen and Chris Sutton finish joint top scorers in the English Premier League?

Answer: 1998

Waz1892 - 1995
sweet potata! - 1998
TightEnd - 1998
DungBeetle - 1997
kp24 - 1998

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 7
sweet potata! - 16
kp24 - 17
DungBeetle - 35
Waz1892 - 38

9. Everton had two players on loan from Premier League clubs, and one from Spain to kick off the 2013/14 season - add those 3 players squad numbers together?

Answer: 45

Waz1892 - 34
sweet potata! - 40
TightEnd - 45
DungBeetle - 40
kp24 - 45

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 7
kp24 - 17
sweet potata! - 21
DungBeetle - 40
Waz1892 - 49

10. In Belgium's provisional 24 man squad for the World Cup, how many of the players are contracted to English clubs?

Answer: 12

Waz1892 - 7
sweet potata! - 10
TightEnd - 11
DungBeetle - 11
kp24 - 12

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 8
kp24 - 17
sweet potata! - 23
DungBeetle - 41
Waz1892 - 54

That's the first half done, off to watch the mighty Chile so will do the rest later. Tighty smashing the quiz that was too tough for him but there is the possibility of bigger losses in some of the latter questions.

Must try harder! Cant believe i messed up the pens question!

Good quiz, I think I've done ok so far!

11. What is Peter Crouch's height in centimetres?

Answer: 202

Waz1892 - 195
sweet potata! - 205
TightEnd - 200
DungBeetle - 230
kp24 - 198

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 10
kp24 - 21
sweet potata! - 26
Waz1892 - 61
DungBeetle - 69

12. The most capped player who will be at the World Cup is a European, but how many caps does he have?

Answer: 153 (Casillas)

Waz1892 - 154
sweet potata! - 133
TightEnd - 120
DungBeetle - 128
kp24 - NO ANSWER

Pretty gutting that kp24 forgot to answer this one as TightEnd's slight slip-up makes it interesting.

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 44
sweet potata! - 46
Waz1892 - 62
DungBeetle - 94
kp24 - 174

13. In what year did Henrik Larsson sign for Celtic?

Answer: 1997

Waz1892 - 1988
sweet potata! - 1997
TightEnd - 1998
DungBeetle - 2002
kp24 - 1997

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 45
sweet potata! - 46
Waz1892 - 71
DungBeetle - 99
kp24 - 175

Messi and Ronaldo sit in joint second place in the all time Champions League scorers list - but how many goals does the footballer in first place have?

Answer: 71 (Raul)

Waz1892 - 120
sweet potata! - 62
TightEnd - 70
DungBeetle - 65
kp24 - 82

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 46
sweet potata! - 55
DungBeetle - 105
Waz1892 - 120
kp24 - 186

15. In what year did Leeds reach the semi-finals of the Champions League?

Answer: 2001

Waz1892 - 1992
sweet potata! - 2002
TightEnd - 2001
DungBeetle - 1998
kp24 - 2001

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 46
sweet potata! - 56
DungBeetle - 108
Waz1892 - 129
kp24 - 186

16. Alan Shearer is the top scorer in the history of the English Premier League, but how many goals does he have?

Answer: 260

Waz1892 - 189
sweet potata! - 260
TightEnd - 255
DungBeetle - 150
kp24 - 216

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 51
sweet potata! - 56
Waz1892 - 200
DungBeetle - 218
kp24 - 230

17. What age is Pele?

Answer: 73

Waz1892 - 73
sweet potata! - 72
TightEnd - 73
DungBeetle - 70
kp24 - 73

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 51
sweet potata! - 57
Waz1892 - 200
DungBeetle - 221
kp24 - 230

18. Manchester City won the Premier League in 2013/14, and they also had the best goal difference, what was their goal difference?

Answer: 65

Waz1892 - 65
sweet potata! - 68
TightEnd - 62
DungBeetle - 44
kp24 - 56

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 54
sweet potata! - 60
Waz1892 - 200
kp24 - 239
DungBeetle - 242

19. Add together the amount of goals that the top 5 scorers in World Cup finals have? (Ronaldo, Mueller, Klose, Fontaine, Pele)

Answer: 68 (Klose since added one more)

Waz1892 - 49
sweet potata! - 55
TightEnd - 66
DungBeetle - 55
kp24 - 35

Current Scores:

TightEnd - 56
sweet potata! - 73
Waz1892 - 219
DungBeetle - 255
kp24 - 272

20. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the player with the highest cumulative transfer cost, what is the value of those transfers in Euros?

Answer: 170

Waz1892 - 245
sweet potata! - 140
TightEnd - 150
DungBeetle - 100
kp24 - 120

Final Scores:

TightEnd - 76
sweet potata! - 103
Waz1892 - 294
kp24 - 322
DungBeetle - 325

Congratulations to TightEnd who once again cemented himself as blonde's top football quizzer. sweet potata! really stepped up his game though and had a strong showing, well done sir.

Thought this was a good variant on previous quizzes but obviously didn't capture the imagination as much as I'd hoped, thanks to those who entered though.

Cheers Scotty, I'll take 2nd even in a 5 horse race! It was a good variant as you say, shame more didn't enter, ah well.