First Quiz - Answers And Winner Online
During the course of the coming season, we will be running a regular Colchester United quiz - with some great prizes on offer!
Thanks to CUSA quiz master Steve Pickles, we will provide ten tricky questions for you to answer and to test your knowledge on all things sporting.
On each occasion, there will be a top items up for grabs, with our prize on this occasion a rare Colchester United shirt.
Defender Garry Richards departed to Southend United at the end of last week and, should you win the first official U's quiz, you were playing to get your hands on his clash kit from the 2006/7 season.
A number of fans got all ten answers right (they're listed below), and it was U's exile Ian Mills whose name was pulled out of the hat this afternoon.
Keep your eyes on the official website for Quiz Two, coming soon!
1) Bobby Charlton is the all-time top goalscorer for England, with 49 goals. Who is second?
Gary Lineker
2) What do Phil Parkinson, Richard Garcia, Mark Yeates and Craig Fagan have in common?
All went to Hull after being at Layer Road
3) Name the U's player? KNEE DANGER (anagram)
Dean Gerken
4) Which Olympic 100 metres champion was the subject of the film 'Chariots of Fire'?
Harold Abrahams
5) Which rugby player had the nickname 'Chariots'?
Martin Offiah
6) Name the football league ground?
Griffin Park
7) What do Phil Parkinson, Richard Garcia, Mark Yeates & Kevin McLeod have in common?
All registered to the No 14 shirt (Parky held his player registration for one year as #14 at Layer Rd, but didn't use it)
8) Garcia scored our second goal in the 3-0 demolition of Norwich City last season. Who provided the defence splitting pass to him?
Johnnie Jackson
9) Three players with the same surname were in Sven Goran Eriksson's first England squad; what was the name?
Cole (Andy, Ashley, Joe)
10) Sunderland did it in 1979, Villa did it in 1981, but who did it in 1980?
Trevor Brooking (Scored the winning FA Cup final goal - Alan Sunderland for Arsenal, Ricky Villa for Spurs)
