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Eastern European Football Stories

Created by papasmurf13

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Eastern European Football Stories game quiz
"Eastern European football has both heroes and tragedies in abundance. This quiz is about some of the stories that have interested me about football in Eastern European history. Please enjoy."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Having helped the Soviet Union win the Gold Medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, which wonderful talent failed to represent his nation at the 1958 World Cup, due to charges of rape?
    Oleg Blokhin
    Lev Yashin
    Igor Netto
    Eduard Streltsov


2. Anatoly Banishevsky was responsible for an astonishing feat on his debut for the Soviet Union in 1965. What was it that he famously did?
    He got sent off the field within 5 minutes of the kickoff
    He started to juggle stones and dribble with the ball at the same time
    He scored with a header from 40 yards out
    He kissed all the Brazilian players on the lips at the start of the game


3. One of the greatest Bulgarian players ever had his life tragically cut short in 1971. Can you name this great player?
    Kiril Ivkov
    Georgi Asparuhov
    Hristo Bonev
    Dimitar Penev


4. Which of the following goalkeepers have earned the nickname, 'The man that stopped England', despite being referred to as a 'clown' by Brian Clough?
    Jan Tomaszewki
    Lev Yashin
    Rinat Dasayev
    Boris Mikhailov


5. In 2001, a man named Levan used a taxi to a hospital where he was training to be a doctor. When he left the taxi, three men bundled him into a car and a subsequent ransom demand for his release was made. Who was his famous footballing brother?
    Temuri Ketsbaia
    Georgi Kinkladze
    Kakha Kaladze
    Aleksandr Iashvili


6. The romance of football can direct one to scoring goals; many beautiful goals. Which of the following scored the most international goals in the 20th century?
    Ferenc Puskas
    Imre Schlosser
    Sandor Kocsis
    Lajos Tichy


7. Which Yugoslavian international scored the winning goal in a 1982 World Cup group game against Honduras?
    Nikola Jovanovic
    Vladimir Petrovic
    Nenad Stojkovic
    Dragan Pantelic


8. The uncle of Victor Piturca built a mausoleum which he slept in until his own death, for Victor's cousin, Florin.
    True
    False


9. The home stadium of Dynamo Kiev was renamed after which famous former manager in 2002?
    Mykhailo Fomenko
    Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko
    Valeri Lobanovsky
    Yozhef Sabo


10. The romance of Eastern European football was extremely appreciated outside of Europe also. Against which International team did Pele play his final international game for Brazil against?
    Yugoslavia
    Czechoslovakia
    Hungary
    Bulgaria


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Compiled May 19 13