With the help of our friends at Prostate Cancer UK, The Athletic have been holding football quizzes for all of our clubs and European leagues across February and March to find out who the most knowledgeable of our subscribers is — and of course to raise money for a very important cause.
If you missed our La Liga quiz, fear not: we’ve published all the questions below (with the answers right at the end) for you to play among yourselves. Four rounds, 40 questions, and your time starts… now.
Round 1 – Guess the missing club
Q1) David Silva: Valencia, Eibar (loan), ___ (loan), Manchester City, Real Sociedad.
A) Las Palmas
B) Celta Vigo
C) Deportivo La Coruna
Q2) Diego Simeone: Velez Sarsfield, Pisa, ___, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Lazio, Atletico Madrid, Racing Club.
A) Valencia
B) Sevilla
C) Real Betis
Q3) Dani Parejo: Real Madrid Castilla, Real Madrid, ___(loan), Getafe, Valencia, Villarreal.
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A) West Ham
B) Real Betis
Q4) Samuel Eto’o: Real Madrid, Leganes (loan), ___(loan), Mallorca, Barcelona, Inter, Anzhi, Chelsea, Everton, Sampdoria, Antalyaspor, Konyaspor, Qatar SC.
A) Espanyol
B) Getafe
C) Villarreal
Q5) Lucas Perez: Atletico Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, Karpaty, Dinamo Kiev (loan), PAOK Salonika, Deportivo La Coruna, Arsenal, ___(loan), West Ham, Alaves.
A) Deportivo La Coruna
B) Celta Vigo
C) Alaves
Q6) Alvaro Negredo: Rayo Vallecano, Real Madrid, ___, Sevilla, Manchester City, Valencia, Middlesbrough(loan), Besiktas, Al-Nasr, Cadiz.
A) Getafe
B) Almeria
C) Levante
Q7) Juan Carlos Valeron: Las Palmas, Mallorca, ___, Deportivo La Coruna, Las Palmas.
A) Barcelona
B) Atletico Madrid
C) Valencia
Q8) Luis Rubiales: Guadix, Mallorca B, Lleida, Xerez, Levante, Alicante, ___.
A) Partick Thistle
B) Hamilton Academical
C) Kilmarnock
Q9) Michael Robinson: Preston North End, Manchester City, Brighton and Hove Albion, Liverpool, QPR, ___.
A) Osasuna
B) Cadiz
C) Real Zaragoza
Q10) Philippe Coutinho: Vasco da Gama, Inter Milan, ___(loan), Liverpool, Barcelona, Bayern Munich (loan), Barcelona.
A) Espanyol
B) Real Zaragoza
C) Real Valladolid
Round 2 – Trivia
Q1) Who has the most yellow cards in La Liga history?
A) Sergio Ramos
B) Raul Garcia
C) Sergio Busquets
Q2) Who is the outfielder with the most appearances in La Liga history?
A) Eusebio Sacristan
B) Raul Gonzalez
C) Joaquin Sanchez
Q3) Who is the youngest scorer ever in La Liga?
A) Fabrice Olinga
B) Iker Muniain
C) Ansu Fati
Q4) Who has the most hat-tricks in a single La Liga season?
A) Lionel Messi
B) Cristiano Ronaldo
C) Messi and Ronaldo tied
Q5) Who hit the fastest hat-trick in La Liga history?
A) Bebeto
B) Kevin Gameiro
C) Pedro Rodriguez
Q6) Which Real Madrid coach has won the most trophies with the Bernabeu club?
A) Miguel Muñoz
B) Zinedine Zidane
C) Vicente Del Bosque
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Q7) Which Englishman made the most La Liga appearances?
A) Gary Lineker
B) David Beckham
C) Vinny Samways
Q8) Which of these teams have won the most La Liga titles?
A) Real Sociedad
B) Deportivo La Coruna
C) Sevilla
Q9) Which goalkeeper has saved the most penalties in La Liga history?
A) Diego Alves
B) Iker Casillas
C) Andoni Zubizarreta
Q10) Who has scored the most goals for Barcelona in the Copa del Rey?
A) Josep Samitier
B) Lionel Messi
C) Cesar Rodriguez
Round 3 – Who scored?
Q1) Spain 1-0 Germany, Euro 2008 final
A) Andres Iniesta
B) Fernando Torres
C) Cesc Fabregas
Q2) Spain 0-1 Switzerland, 2010 World Cup
A) Gelson Fernandes
B) Eren Derdiyok
C) Tranquillo Barnetta
Q3) Real Madrid 0-1 Barcelona, March 2019
A) Ivan Rakitic
B) Luis Suarez
C) Lionel Messi
Q4) Atlético Madrid 1-0 Barcelona, 1996 Copa del Rey final
A) Kiko
B) Luboslav Penev
C) Milinko Pantic
Q5) Real Madrid 1-0 Osasuna, September 2010 – the first goal of Jose Mourinho’s time as Blancos coach.
A) Pepe
B) Ricardo Carvalho
C) Sergio Ramos
Q6) Barcelona 1-0 Sampdoria, 1992 European Cup final
A) Ronald Koeman
B) Michael Laudrup
C) Hristo Stoichkov
Q7) Spain 1-0 Greece, 2012 Under-19 European Championship final
A) Paco Alcacer
B) Jese Rodriguez
C) Gerard Deulofeu
Q8) Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus, 1998 Champions League final
A) Raul
B) Predrag Mijatovic
C) Davor Suker
Q9) Spain 0-1 Northern Ireland, 1982 World Cup
A) Gerry Armstrong
B) Norman Whiteside
C) Martin O’Neill
Q10) Real Sociedad 1-0 Barcelona, January 2015
A) Jordi Alba (own goal)
B) Carlos Vela
C) Sergio Canales
Round 4 – the 2020-21 season
Q1) Who scored the first goal of the 2020-21 La Liga season?
A) Yangel Herrera (Granada)
B) Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo)
C) Adrian Lopez (Osasuna)
Q2) Which current la Liga coach’s grandfather was the goalkeeper who conceded the first ever La Liga goal on 10 February 1929?
A) Marcelino Garcia Toral (Athletic Bilbao)
B) Unai Emery (Villarreal)
C) Julen Lopetegui (Sevilla)
Q3) Which goalkeeper scored a penalty against Atletico in January, to become the first keeper to net since Deportivo La Coruna’s Dani Aranzubia in 2011?
A) Marko Dmitrovic (Eibar)
B) Sergio Herrera (Osasuna)
C) Alvaro Fernandez (Huesca)
Q4) Which player scored a hat-trick of penalties in a La Liga game last November?
A) Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad)
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B) Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)
C) Carlos Soler (Valencia)
Q5) Diego Simeone of Atletico Madrid is the longest-serving coach in La Liga – passing nine years in his job last December. Who is next longest-serving?
A) Jose Luis Mendilibar (Eibar)
B) Álvaro Cervera (Cadiz)
C) Jose Bordalas (Getafe)
Q6) Who knocked Real Madrid out of this year’s Copa del Rey?
A) Alcoyano
B) Alcorcon
C) Cornella
Q7) Which one of these teams has beaten both Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga this season?
A) Levante
B) Cadiz
C) Sevilla
Q8) Which of these former Real Madrid teammates are not currently playing in Segunda B with Marbella?
A) Juanmi Callejon
B) Esteban Granero
C) Adrian Gonzalez
Q9) NBA legend Steve Nash is a part-owner of which Segunda Division club?
A) Real Oviedo
B) Real Mallorca
C) Real Zaragoza
Q10) Which of these La Liga players was born in New York?
A) Sergino Dest (Barcelona)
B) Yunus Musah (Valencia)
C) Saidy Janko (Real Valladolid)
Answers
Round 1 – Guess the missing club
Q1) B) Celta Vigo
Q2) B) Sevilla
Q3) C) Queens Park Rangers
Q4) A) Espanyol
Q5) A) Deportivo La Coruna
Q6) B) Almeria
Q7) B) Atletico Madrid
Q8) B) Hamilton Academical
Q9) A) Osasuna
Q10) A) Espanyol
Round 2 – Trivia
Q1) A) Sergio Ramos
Q2) C) Joaquin Sanchez
Q3) A) Fabrice Olinga
Q4) C) Messi and Ronaldo tied
Q5) A) Bebeto
Q6) A) Miguel Muñoz
Q7) B) David Beckham
Q8) A) Real Sociedad
Q9) A) Diego Alves
Q10) A) Josep Samitier
Round 3 – Who scored?
Q1) B) Fernando Torres
Q2) A) Gelson Fernandes
Q3) A) Ivan Rakitic
Q4) C) Milinko Pantic
Q5) B) Ricardo Carvalho
Q6) A) Ronald Koeman
Q7) B) Jese Rodriguez
Q8) B) Predrag Mijatovic
Q9) A) Gerry Armstrong
Q10) A) Jordi Alba (own goal)
Round 4 – the 2020-21 season
Q)1 A) Yangel Herrera (Granada)
Q2) B) Unai Emery (Villarreal)
Q3) A) Marko Dmitrovic (Eibar)
Q4) C) Carlos Soler (Valencia)
Q5) A) Jose Luis Mendilibar (Eibar)
Q6) A) Alcoyano
Q7) B) Cadiz
Q8) C) Adrian Gonzalez
Q9) B) Real Mallorca
Q10) B) Yunus Musah (Valencia)