Football Club Nicknames and General Sports Quiz

Dirk Nannes, Umesh Yadav, and Yo Mahesh were all specialist fast bowlers for Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2010. Gautam Gambhir is a pure batsman and Dinesh Karthik is a wicket-keeper batsman.

Newcastle United's nickname is The Magpies, taken from the black-and-white magpie bird that matches their striped kit. Everton are the Toffees, Bolton the Trotters, and Hull City the Tigers, so none of those fit.

Chelsea's traditional nickname is The Pensioners, from their historical link to the nearby Royal Hospital Chelsea and its Chelsea Pensioners. Though fans today more often say The Blues, The Pensioners remains a valid and recognised nickname.

Everton's nickname is The Toffees, originating from the Everton toffee shops near their Anfield roots. The Citizens (Man City), the Lions (Aston Villa) and the Baggies (West Brom) belong to other clubs.

Aston Villa are known as The Lions, reflected in their crest. The Whites (Leeds), the Tigers (Hull) and 'the Whitelillies' are not nicknames for Villa.

The Reds is the nickname most associated with Liverpool FC, owing to their all-red home colours. Manchester United are commonly the Red Devils, while Arsenal and West Brom have different primary nicknames.

The Baggies is the nickname of West Bromwich Albion. The name's exact origin is debated but is firmly associated with West Brom, not with Wigan, Tottenham or Bolton.

Besides Spurs, Tottenham Hotspur are also known as the Lillywhites because of their distinctive all-white home kits. The Trotters refers to Bolton, the Latics to Wigan, and 'the Whites' is too generic to be their specific alternate name.

Wigan Athletic are called The Latics, a contraction of Ath-letic. The other options belong to different clubs: the Throstles (West Brom), the Toon (Newcastle) and the School of Science (Everton).

Pompey is the long-standing nickname of Portsmouth FC, derived from the city's naval and historical association with the name Pompey. Charlton, Burnley and Sheffield United are unrelated to this nickname.

Reading FC is nicknamed The Royals because Reading is located in the Royal County of Berkshire. The other colour-based names (blue and white, red devils) belong to different clubs. 'The royals' is the accepted moniker for Reading.

The Grand Slam calendar order is Australian Open (hard, January), French Open (clay, May-June), Wimbledon (grass, June-July), and US Open (hard, August-September). Thus the first two precede Wimbledon and the US Open follows it, making the statement true.

The first officially recognized international football match was played between England and Scotland in Glasgow on 30 November 1872. The other country pairings did not contest the first international.

Antonio Carbajal (Mexico) and Lothar Matthäus (West Germany/Germany) were the first two players to appear in five World Cups, a feat they jointly held as the record. Gerd Müller and Just Fontaine never appeared in five tournaments.

Just Fontaine of France scored 13 goals in the 1958 World Cup, the all-time record for a single tournament. Ronaldo, Baggio, and Platini had strong tournaments but none reached that total.

Mário Zagallo won the World Cup as a Brazil player (1958, 1962) and as head coach (1970). Franz Beckenbauer won it as a West Germany player (1974) and as head coach (1990). Cesare Maldini and Vittorio Pozzo do not fit both categories (Pozzo only won as coach, Maldini never won as a player). At the time the question was written, these two were the only ones to achieve this double.

Andrés Escobar was murdered by Humberto Muñoz Castro in Medellín in July 1994, shortly after Escobar scored an own goal in that year's World Cup. Muñoz Castro was convicted of the killing. The other options are unrelated public figures or pundits.