TWITTER QUIZ: Wednesday, 31 October

FOOTBALL – Today’s question: QUIZ – Which award was most recently bestowed upon the Japanese FA, Iran’s Amin Motevaselzadeh and the late Sir Bobby Robson?

Today’s answer: FIFA Fair Play Award

Want to guess the association? Click this Link.

Points earned in today’s quiz:

5 – @shivamLM

4 – @evadl

3 – @catchvijju

2 – @WEFMark

1 – @PeterD_1996

Weekly standings:

8 – @evadl

5 – @distinguishthis

5 – @Elliott8694

5 – @shivamLM

4 – @sportzeloot

3 – @Michael_Ng17

3 – @laemo

3 – @catchvijju

2 – @Henrik_Elman

2 – @433NL

2 – @WEFMark

1 – @Twiter_Tossen

1 – @Asu_Cahyana

1 – @PeterD_1996

 

ANALYSE THIS – Ninth symphonies of the NBA maestros

BASKETBALL – The 2012/2013 NBA basketball season will start today and the early feature match involves the first step of the title defence of the Miami Heat and their star player LeBron James. ‘King James’ is embarking on his 10th professional season and we have compared him with several other dominant players at the same juncture in their careers.

James won only his first championship ring last season. His one title after nine seasons is lagging behind several other stars, but is on a par with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who eventually won five titles. James is averaging 27.6 points per game through his first nine seasons, which is more than several other legends during the same span.

Where they stood after nine seasons of NBA basketball – selected players

TWITTER QUIZ: Tuesday, 30 October

FOOTBALL – Today’s question: QUIZ – In which year was the first match in the now defunct Cup Winners’ Cup played?

Today’s answer: 1960

Want to guess the association? Click this Link.

Points earned in today’s quiz:

5 – @Elliott8694

4 – @sportzeloot

3 – @laemo

2 – @433NL

1 – @Asu_Cahyana

Weekly standings:

5 – @distinguishthis

5 – @Elliott8694

4 – @evadl

4 – @sportzeloot

3 – @Michael_Ng17

3 – @laemo

2 – @Henrik_Elman

2 – @433NL

1 – @Twiter_Tossen

1 – @Asu_Cahyana

TWITTER QUIZ: Monday, 29 October

FOOTBALL – Today’s question: QUIZ – Which club holds the record for most successive Champions League matches won (nine)?

Today’s answer: FC Barcelona

Want to guess the association? Click this Link.

Points earned in today’s quiz:

5 – @distinguishthis

4 – @evadl

3 – @Michael_Ng17

2 – @Henrik_Elman

1 – @Twiter_Tossen

Weekly standings:

5 – @distinguishthis

4 – @evadl

3 – @Michael_Ng17

2 – @Henrik_Elman

1 – @Twiter_Tossen

ASSOCIATION QUIZ: 29 October – 2 November

FOOTBALL – Our daily quiz returns to Twitter at 14:00 CET and the answers to the five daily questions this week are clues that lead to the association. You can only submit one association per week. We will give you this for this week: the answers to the questions this week will lead you to a person. Click Read More for tips on the right strategy!

Strategy when it comes to answering association quiz

If you guess the association quiz on Monday, a correct answer will get you 10 bonus points. However, it would be more or less a shot in the dark. A correct answer on Tuesday gets you 8 bonus points and is still a ‘high risk high reward’ situation. On Wednesday, the available bonus points will be 6, and by that time you will have three clues to work with. The bonus points to be won on Thursday and Friday are 4 and 2 respectively. The ideal strategy is up to you. Do you want to gamble at the risk of earning zero? Or do you opt to pocket a relatively safe 4 or 2? Good luck! 

REVIEW: Giants win 2012 World Series in clean sweep

BASEBALL – The San Francisco Giants have won the 2012 MLB World Series with a resounding 4-0 sweep of the Detroit Tigers. For the third time in franchise history, the Giants have won the Fall Classic in a whitewash and for them it is the first time since their organisation has been based on the West Coast. Only one MLB franchise has registered more World Series ‘sweeps’.

World Series ‘sweeps’ by MLB franchise

8 – New York Yankees (1927, 1928, 1932, 1938, 1939, 1950, 1998, 1999)

3 – San Francisco Giants (1922*, 1954*, 2012)

2 – Cincinnati Reds (1976, 1990)

2 – Boston Red Sox (2004, 2007)

1 – Chicago Cubs (1907)

1 – Atlanta Braves (1914**)

1 – Los Angeles Dodgers (1963)

1 – Baltimore Orioles (1966)

1 – Oakland Athetics (1989)

1 – Chicago White Sox (2005)

* As New York Giants

** As Boston Braves

AWARDS SHOW: October Quiz champion unveiled

FOOTBALL – The quiz results for our October Grand Final are in and we congratulate @markvanrijswijk in becoming our October champion and as such is the first to qualify for the Apertura Grand Season Final in March 2013. Our champion produced a jaw-dropping 99 out of a possible 100, as he saw off fierce competition from the other finalists.

Results of October Grand Final Quiz

99 – @markvanrijswijk

97 – @poirot986

96 – @Yusuf_Official

85 – @evadl

Not an October finalist? Do you want to play the quiz and see how you would have done? Click this Link. The finalists were allowed 48 hours to complete the form.

REVIEW: Real record biggest win vs Mallorca

FOOTBALL – Real Madrid recorded their biggest win against RCD Mallorca in all 55 home and away La Liga matches. For facts & figures click read more.

> Cristiano Ronaldo set a personal best by scoring in his 8th consecutive match for Real Madrid in all competitions.
> He now has 11 La Liga goals this season, his equal best after nine matches wwith 2010/11.
> He scored 2+ goals in his 46th match for Real.
> Ronaldo played in his 51st consecutive La Liga match, the most uninterupted streak of all players. He has scored 68 goals in these 51 matches.
> Callejon’s goal ended a run of 52 consecutive goals in official matches.for Real by non-Spanish players. 

REVIEW: Man Utd win at Chelsea after 10 years

FOOTBALL – Manchester United beat Chelsea 2-3 in a thrilling encounter that saw Chelsea finish the game with nine players after Ivanovic and Torres had been sent off. Check out the facts and figures!

> Manchester United won their first PL match at Stamford Bridge in 10 and a half years, since a 3-0 win in April 2002.

> Manchester United have never lost a PL match after leading 2-0.

> Chelsea have two players sent off in the same PL match for the fifth time, and the first time since the 23 Oct last year also their ninth PL match of the season, when they lost 1-0 at QPR.

> Fernando Torres received his second PL red card in 55 PL matches for Chelsea. He has never been sent off in his 102 PL matches for Liverpool.

> Juan Mata’s goal was the first time a Spaniard has scored directly past a Spanish goalkeeper from a free-kick in the PL since Manchester City’s Javier Garrido scored against Liverpool’s Pepe Reina in a 3-2 away win for Liverpool in October 2008.

> Robin van Persie’s six PL goals at Stamford Bridge is the same amount he recorded at Highbury. He has only scored more at the Emirates Stadium (45).

REVIEW: Vettel secures fifth victory of 2012 F1 season

FORMULA 1 – Sebastian Vettel recorded his fourth successive Formula 1 Grand Prix victory, equalling a personal record, and his fifth overall in the 2012 season. Vettel has now strung together three successive F1 seasons, in which he has won at least five races. The German is only the third driver in F1 history to establish that feat.

Most successive F1 seasons winning at least five Grands Prix

5 – Michael Schumacher (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)

4 – Ayrton Senna (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)

3 – Sebastian Vettel (2010, 2011, 2012)