Scoutcamp Quiz 2019

Last weekend it was my honour to host the annual Scoutcamp Quiz. An event attended by “the Great and the Good” (copyright Greyhead) of the FPL world.

The evening was structured into various sections. Teams were given a picture round, an anagrams round, and a ‘teammates’ round to get on with in their own time. There were also two activity rounds and the main quiz, comprising of ten rounds of five questions each.

Before starting, teams had to choose which round they thought they would do best in. This was their double points, or in FPL parlance – captain round! They did this without prior knowledge of the questions.

The whole event was a lot of fun and I thought some of you might like to have a go at the main quiz too. Below I’ve typed out all the questions except for the music round, and you can download the anagrams and teammates round here and here.

The first of the activity rounds involved pairs, one representing each team. I would whisper a number or player name to one person in each pair, they would then use their index finger to ‘draw’ that number or player name on their partner’s back. The first person to call out the correct number or player name scores a point.

The winners of this game were Sam and Lee from FPL Family who earned their team, Holly’s in Charge, a bonus 6 points. Az and Mat from Fat Morons came second and gained 3 points for their team.

The second activity round, the Coin Toss, involved every team member. Team A would line up facing Team B. Each team holds their neighbour’s hand under the table. Yes, the name of the game includes the word ‘toss’ and players have to hold each other’s hand under the table. Please stop sniggering (Peter Kouwenberg I’m looking at you!).

At one end of the table is a coin, at the other a small ball (a lemon or orange also works well). I would flip the coin, if it lands heads then the people at the coin end squeeze their teammate’s hand. The hand squeeze is then passed along the team until it reaches the person at the other end, who grabs the ball to score a point.

If the coin lands tails and the ball is picked up in error, the opposing team scores the point.

This game ultimately decided the quiz and in a nail-biting finish I Predict a Ryan held on to win, defeating Kane You Fix It in the final. Congratulations to David, Neale, Geoff, Tom from WGTA and Ash from @FPLHints.

Finally, it’s a hard quiz and teams were not allowed to use Google to search for answers! However I was selling clues for £10 each, all monies donated to this year’s chosen charity – The Stroke Association. We raised an extra £50.

If you would like to donate please do so here and if you would then like a clue please email me at topmarx.fpl@gmail.com

The Quiz

LAST SEASON ROUND

1. Who, against Cardiff City, became the first player born in or after the year 2000 to score a PL goal? 
2. Who scored the fastest goal in PL history, netting after just 7.69 seconds against Watford in April?
3. Born in 2003, who became the youngest PL player when he featured against Wolves in May aged 16 years and 30 days? 
4. Against Wolves in October, which two players became the oldest assister to scorer combination in PL history, aged 73 years and 57 days? 
5. How many PL matches did Spurs go before they drew last season?

PREMIER LEAGUE 

1. Who is the most substituted-off player in the history of the Premier League with a record of 134?
2. Who was the first Belgian to play in the Premier League?
3. Five Goalkeepers have scored in the Premier League. Four of them are Asmir Begovic, Brad Friedel, Tim Howard, and Peter Schmeichel. Who is the fifth? 
4. Name one of the two players to have scored penalties in the Premier League with both feet? 
5. Which is the only city to have played host to top flight football every season since the Football League began in 1888?

WHO SAID?

1. “For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip.” 
2. “I couldn’t settle in Italy. It was like living in a foreign country.” 
3. Who, when asked by a reported “What would you be if you weren’t a footballer?” replied “a virgin!”?
4. “When seagulls follow the trawler it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.” 
5. “Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.”

Bonus question/quote: “If I have to make a tackle then I have already made a mistake” 

ELITESERIEN

1. Which team won Eliteserien last season? 
2. Which player got the most fantasy points in Eliteserien last season?
3. What’s the name of the chip where all your defenders get double points? 
4. The top scoring fantasy player in Eliteserien in 2019 so far is Magnus Wolff Eikrem. Which club did he play for in the Premier League? 
5. Name a current Premier League player that’s played in Eliteserien earlier in his career? (multiple correct answers)

ONE QUESTION FIVE ANSWERS – FPL

1. Which five players have amassed the most FPL points over the course of their careers since records were first kept in 2006?

ONE QUESTION FIVE ANSWERS – Champions League

1. Which five managers have won the European Cup or Champions League with two clubs?

FPL

1. Who has made the most appearances in the FPL Dream Team? 
2. Which player holds the record for the most points in a gameweek?
3. Graeme Haddow was the first ever winner of FPL in 2002/03, which country is he from?
4. Who had more attacking returns (goals and assists) in a single season – Suarez in 13/14 or Salah in 17/18?
5. Which FPL manager holds the record points total for a single season?

CONNECTION ROUND

1. With 722, which player holds the most appearances for Arsenal? 
2. Which player began his career at West Ham in the ’90s before going on to play for Chelsea, Liverpool, and Aston Villa? 
3. Who was the only player to feature in Liverpool’s first four European Cup triumphs? 
4. Which player has so far made 235 PL appearances for Chelsea, scoring 6 goals? 
5. What is the connection between all, or part, of each answer to questions 1 to 4?

WIPEOUT ROUND!

*A correct answer is worth two points but if you answer a question incorrectly you ‘Wipeout’ and score no points for the whole round. Only answer the questions you know, it’s fine to leave blanks. 

1. Which animal stopped play at Goodison Park last season. Was it: A) Pigeon, B) Dog, C) Cat?
2. Who last season, in a match v Cardiff City, became the first player not to find a teammate with a pass in the opening 45 minutes of a Premier League match since Blackburn’s Nikola Kalinic against Birmingham City in March 2010. Was it: A) Sissoko, B) Schürrle, C) Kenedy? 
3. Wilf McGuiness is one of only two players to have played for Manchester United with the letters MUFC in his name. Who is the other? 
4. Since the foundation of the Football League in 1888, how many teams have played at least one season in the top flight of English football – is it 55, 65, 75?
5. Four cities have won the European Cup/Champions League exactly twice. Turin, Porto, and two more, who are they?

With thanks to Johannes (aka Niemi), Jan Sienkiewicz (aka JØ), and StatOnScout.

The answers will be published in a couple of days in a comment below.