THE BIG SCOTTISH FOOTBALL QUIZ ANSWERS

Round One: Scottish Football General Knowledge Round

1. Which of these Scottish league grounds is furthest north?

a. Arbroath

b. Brechin City

c. Forfar Athletic

d. Montrose

2. Who was the last team to win the Scottish Junior Cup that wasn’t Auchinleck Talbot?

a. Pollok

b. Hurlford United

c. Glenafton Athletic

d. Musselburgh Athletic

3. Which of these players made their senior Scotland debut first?

a. David Weir

b. Craig Burley

c. Colin Hendry

d. Paul Lambert

4. Willie Miller had is birthday on Saturday there. What birthday did he celebrate?

a. 55th

b. 60th

c. 65th

d. 70th

5. Who did Rangers beat in the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup in 2008 when they made the

final?

a. Sporting CP

b. Werder Bremen

c. Fiorentina

d. Panathinaikos

6. Who is the only team apart from Hibernian or Glasgow City to appear in a Women’s

Scottish Cup Final since 2015?

a. Motherwell

b. Celtic

c. Spartans

d. Forfar Farmington

7. Who did Celtic sign Leigh Griffiths from?

a. Hibernian

b. Livingston

c. Dundee

d. Wolverhampton Wanderers

8. Who did Andy Robertson make his senior Scotland debut against?

a. Czech Republic

b. Poland

c. England

d. Norway

9. What was the name of the fictional Scottish football team in the film A Shot at Glory?

a. Inverleven FC

b. Greendale Thistle

c. Earls Park

d. Kilnockie FC

10. Who won the first ever Scottish Challenge Cup in 1991?

a. Dundee

b. Ayr United

c. Hamilton Academical

d. Stenhousemuir

Round Two: Scottish Cup Final Questions

11. In 2016, Hibernian became the second non-top flight side to win the Scottish Cup. Who

were the first?

a. Partick Thistle

b. Greenock Morton

c. East Fife

d. Dunfermline Athletic

12. Which of these clubs has NOT won the Scottish Cup?

a. Thornliebank

b. Vale of Leven

c. Renton

d. St Bernard’s

13. How many different venues have hosted Scottish Cup Finals?

a. Four

b. Five

c. Six

d. Seven

14. Complete this sequence: John Smith, Jimmy Quinn, Dixie Deans…

a. Henrik Larsson

b. Gordon Durie

c. Kris Boyd

d. Rudi Skacel

15. Which current Scottish Premiership side were the first to win the Scottish Cup?

a. Hibernian

b. Celtic

c. Rangers

d. Kilmarnock

16. Which of these players has been involved in a Scottish Cup Final for the most different

teams?

a. Steven Pressley

b. Jamie MacDonald

c. Steve Banks

d. Anthony Stokes

17. What is the most goals a losing side have scored in a Scottish Cup Final?

a. Three

b. Four

c. Five

d. Six

18. Which of these nationalities have had the most players from that country score in a

Scottish Cup final since the year 2000?

a. Wales

b. France

c. Australia

d. Republic of Ireland

19. One of these players has won the Scottish Cup. Who is it?

a. Kevin Kyle

b. Liam Craig

c. Chris Iwelumo

d. Virgil Van Dijk

20. Who ended up going in goals for Aberdeen in the 2000 final, replacing the injured Jim

Leighton after just three minutes?

a. David Rowson

b. Andy Dow

c. Jamie McAillister

d. Robbie Winters

Round Three: Name the Club

All these clubs played in the Scottish Cup this season

21. ?

a. Cowdenbeath

b. Queen of the South

c. Cove Rangers

d. St Johnstone

22. ?

a. Clachnacuddin

b. Wick Academy

c. East Stirlingshire

d. Gretna 2008

23. ?

a. Clyde

b. Stirling Albion

c. Gala Fairydean Rovers

d. Dalbeattie Star

24. ?

a. Stenhousemuir

b. Keith

c. Linlithgow Rose

d. Kelty Hearts

25. ?

a. Forfar Athletic

b. Stranraer

c. Cowdenbeath

d. Montrose

26. ?

a. Auchinleck Talbot

b. East Fife

c. Nairn County

d. Dumbarton

27. ?

a. Annan Athletic

b. Berwick Rangers

c. Fort William

d. Alloa Athletic

28. ?

a. Spartans

b. Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

c. Hamilton Academical

d. Brechin City

29. ?

a. Edinburgh City

b. Elgin City

c. Queen’s Park

d. Fraserburgh

30. ?

a. Forfar Athletic

b. Vale of Leithen

c. BSC Glasgow

d. Penicuik Athletic

Round Four: Odd One Out

Pick the option that is the odd one out. Essentially we are looking for the

wrong answer.

31. Teams to have played in the bottom tier (Third Division/League Two) since 2000

a. Ross County

b. Hamilton Academical

c. Greenock Morton

d. Livingston

32. Scottish Premiership Top Goal Scorer (since 2013-14)

a. Kris Boyd

b. Adam Rooney

c. Scott Sinclair

d. Liam Boyce

33. Teams that played in the Preliminary Rounds of the Scottish Cup this season

a. Beith Juniors

b. Dundonald Bluebell

c. Lochee United

d. Jeanfield Swifts

34. Has won the Scottish Football Writers Manager of the Year award

a. Csaba Laszlo

b. Peter Houston

c. Mixu Paatelainen

d. Jim McIntyre

35. Capped by Scotland in 2019

a. Scott McKenna

b. Kieran Tierney

c. Callum Paterson

d. Marc McNulty

36. Teams to have won the Highland League since 2000

a. Clachnacuddin

b. Formartine United

c. Forres Mechanics

d. Keith

37. Teams to have played in a European Final at Hampden

a. Bourissia Dortmund

b. Eintracht Frankfurt

c. Borussia Mönchengladbach

d. Bayer Leverkusen

38. Players in the Scotland Women’s National Team World Cup Squad 2019

a. Fiona Brown

b. Nicola Docherty

c. Jenna Fife

d. Zoe Ness

39. Teams to have played in a Europa League qualifier

a. Dundee United

b. Falkirk

c. Inverness Caledonian Thistle

d. Ross County

40. Been on loan to a club in Scotland

a. Jay Rodriguez

b. Danny Higginbotham

c. Kasper Schmeichel

d. Robbie Earnshaw

Round Five: Questions from those associated with a Scottish

Cup Final

41. How many times did a Scottish Cup Final go to a second replay?

(Darryl Currie - Premier Sports)

a. 4

b. 6

c. 8

d. 10

42. Which team was the last to beat Celtic in a Scottish Cup tie over 90 minutes?

(Alasdair Lamont - BBC)

a. Rangers

b. Aberdeen

c. Inverness Caledonian Thistle

d. Hearts

43. In the 1974 League Cup Final, Dixie Deans scored a hat-trick for Celtic in a 6-3 win over

Hibs. Which Hibs player also scored a hat-trick that day?

(Stephen McManus - Past Winner)

a. Jimmy O’Rourke

b. Alan Gordon

c. Iain Munro

d. Joe Harper

44. What is the furthest a Highland League side has ever made it in the Scottish Cup?

(Diageo DrinkIQ - Sponsor)

a. Fourth Round

b. Fifth Round

c. Quarter-Finals

d. Semi-Finals

45. Scotsman Donald Colman invented the dugout in the 1930s. Which club installed them

first?

(Derek Robertson - Fan)

a. Heart of Midlothian

b. Leith Athletic

c. Aberdeen

d. Third Lanark

46. I refereed the first of my 154 Premiership games in 2011. How many direct red cards have I

issued?

(Bobby Madden – Referee)

a. 12

b. 24

c. 36

d. 48

47. Which player said “It is too hot for football” as he walked up the tunnel at half-time in the

2009 Scottish Cup Final?

(Kenny Miller – Past Winner)

a. Lee McCulloch

b. Kyle Lafferty

c. Danny Wilson

d. Kris Boyd

48. Which of these clubs has only won the Scottish Cup once?

(Stephen Craigan - Premier Sports)

a. Partick Thistle

b. Clyde

c. Motherwell

d. Dunfermline Athletic

49. In 2012, Hearts beat Hibs 5-1 in the Scottish Cup Final. How many times had they faced

each other in a Scottish Cup Final before this?

(Brian McLauchlin - BBC)

a. 0

b. 1

c. 2

d. 3

50. When was the last time Hampden Park hosted a crowd of over 100,000?

(Scottish Football Museum)

a. 1971: Scottish Cup Final Replay – Celtic v Rangers

b. 1972: Home International – Scotland v England

c. 1973: Scottish Cup Final – Rangers v Celtic

d. 1974: Home International – Scotland v England