Scottish Football Quiz Part I
This is not a multiple choice quiz, so it's a pen and paper job. You'll find the answers by clicking the reveal answer link after each question. There are 12 questions in total.
Here goes :

  1. Name 5 Scottish clubs that start with, and end with the same letter.
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  2. How many  recognised positions are there on a football pitch during a professional game?
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  3. There are 2 professional Scottish clubs who have their grounds named after them. Who are they?
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  4. A defender takes a throw-in and throws it back to his own keeper. The ball flies over his keepers head and ends up in the net. What does the referee award?
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  5. How many flags are officially used during a professional game?
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  6. Maurice Johnston is one of only 2 players who have ever played for both Celtic and Rangers. Who was the other?
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  7. How many players from Leeds United and Manchester United played for Scotland in the 1974 World Cup Finals in West Germany?
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  8. Which Scottish side reached the semi-finals of the first European Cup?
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  9. Which club were awarded the first ever Penalty kick in Scottish football?
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  10. Which team playing at Volunteer Park were expelled from the Scottish League in 1932?
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  11. In what year did Scotland first qualify for the World Cup Finals and what was the strange proceedings that followed?
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  12. What is Scotland's biggest defeat in the World Cup Finals and to whom?
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Answer No1 :-
East Stirlingshire,  Dundee United, East Fife, Kilmarnock & Celtic.
                            Alloa does not count, as it is Alloa Athletic and so on...............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer No2 :-
There are 4 recognised positions.
The match officials, Outfield Players and 2 recognised Goalkeepers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer No3 :-
Celtic = Celtic Park   and   St Mirren = St Mirren Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer No4 :-
The referee awards a corner kick. No team can score from an indirect position. Even own goals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer No5 :- 
6 flags are used in a pro football game. One for each Linesman an One at each corner of the pitch.  The 2 flags sometimes used at the half way line are only replacements if the corner flags were to break.
The reason that not all clubs have the 2 flags at the halfway line is due to the modern flag post being a fibreglass mix and deemed unbreakable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer No6 :-
Alfie Conn played with Rangers and returned to Glasgow to sign with Celtic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer No7 :-
7 in Total.
4 from Leeds =   David Harvey  Billy Bremner  Peter Lorimer & Joe Jordan
3 from ManU =   Jim Holton  Martin Buchan & Willie Morgan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer No8 :-
Hibernian.
Hibernian were beaten in the European Cup semi final of 1955/56 3-0 in aggregate to the great Stade De Reims? (Who the f**k are they?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer No9 :-
Queens Park in March 1891

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer No10 :-
Armadale Thistle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer No11 :-
Scotland first qualified for the 1950 World Cup Finals in Brazil, but withdrew before the event took place. Financial reasons were thought to be the main problem. France were then given Scotland's place but they withdrew for the very same reasons???????

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer No12 :-
Uruguay defeated Scotland 7-0 in Scotland's first World Cup in Switzerland 1954.