Thursday, December 31, 2015

End of year quiz

Happy new year, everyone, when it comes.  For your amusement, here's a quiz looking back at 2015 in Scottish football.  How well do you know your SPFL?



2015 Scottish football quiz


Let's look back at 2015 in Scottish football. Twenty questions...how many will you get right?

Lets start back in January 2015 - which striker scored four goals in one game that month?

Kris Doolan
Josh Magennis
Billy Mckay
Adam Rooney

Which Scottish club had the highest win percentage in all competitions in 2015?

Celtic
Hearts
Hibernian
Albion Rovers

And which Scottish club had the lowest winning percentage in all competitions in 2015?

Dundee United
St. Mirren
Alloa Athletic
Montrose

Montrose very nearly became the first team to be relegated from the SPFL. Who did they beat to secure their League Two status?

Brora Rangers
Cove Rangers
Edinburgh City
Spartans

Dundee United have played 35 league games since Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven left for Celtic at the end of January. How many have they won?

4
5
6
7

St. Mirren played thirty-eight league games in 2015. How many did they win?

Six
Nine
Twelve
Fifteen

Cammy Bell's horrendous blunder at Fir Park helped Motherwell to victory in the Promotion/Relegation playoff. Whose shot did he fumble into his own net?

Lionel Ainsworth
Marvin Johnson
Scott McDonald
Stephen Pearson

How many Premiership goals did Billy Mckay score in 2015?

8
10
12
14

What happened to Carl Tremarco in the Scottish Cup Final?

He got injured in the warmup
He scored
He got sent off
He handballed on the line but the referee missed it

What reason did Adam Matthews give for leaving Celtic in the summer?

"I need regular first-team football"
"I've won everything I can with Celtic"
"I've always wanted to work with Dick Advocaat"
"The league in Scotland isn't great"

Why was Kallum Higginbotham's summer move to Kilmarnock unexpected?

He was a boyhood Ayr United fan
He was sent off against Killie last season
He had previously slagged off plastic pitches
He had previously been in a relationship with Jamie Hamill's missus

Which of these players scored the highest number of Premiership goals in 2015?

Liam Boyce
Kris Doolan
Leigh Griffiths
Adam Rooney

Which of these current Kilmarnock players didn't previously play for Gary Locke at Hearts?

Conrad Balatoni
Dale Carrick
Jamie Hamill
Scott Robinson

Who was the SFWA Footballer of the Year for 2014/15?

Craig Gordon
Stefan Johansen
Adam Rooney
Greg Stewart

Which of these teams didn't beat Rangers in 2015?

Falkirk
Livingston
Queen of the South
Raith Rovers

How many games did Celtic win in the Europa League Group Stage this season?

None
One
Two
Three

Dundee United recently signed Florent Sinama-Pongolle. Which of these is not a former club of his?

Atletico Madrid
Liverpool
Monaco
Sporting Lisbon

Now onto the national team. How many minutes did Matt Ritchie play in his first two competitive internationals?

90
120
150
180

How many goals did Steven Fletcher score for Scotland in 2015?

Five
Six
Seven
Eight

And finally, which of these teams didn't qualify for Euro 2016?

Albania
Iceland
Northern Ireland
Scotland

Oh dear.


You just watch English football, don't you? Or you're a Rangers/Celtic fan and therefore don't give a damn about the other 40 Scottish teams...

Not bad


You're a bit like Hibs. Good, but not good enough.

Top of the table


Either you've been reading this blog all year, or you looked up all the answers on Wikipedia...