Senior Blades Christmas Quiz
What do you remember about the events of 2022 ?
1. Which team knocked the Blades out of the F.A. Cup in January 2022 and what was the score ?
2. Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee this year :
a) Whose record did she beat for the longest reign of any British monarch ?
b) How old was Elizabeth when she became Queen ?
3. Which two Blades players scored their penalties in the Play-Off Semi Final shoot-out against Nottingham Forest in May ?
4. a) In which English city were the 2022 Commonwealth Games hosted ?
b) Which two other English cities have hosted these games in the past ?
c) Which three countries were the top of the final medal table ?
5 From which club did United sign Anel Ahmedhodzic and against which team did he score twice in a Blades league victory earlier this season?
6.a) Which British singer cancelled a Las Vegas residency early in 2022 but has since just started this same residency ?
b) This singer’s album won the British Album of the Year Award at the 2022 Brit Awards . What was it called ?
c)This singer also won an Academy Award for a song that was the title of a 2012 James Bond film. What was the song called ?
7. Which three players who played for the Blades last season are currently in the Derby County first team squad?
8. Name the four Chancellors of the Exchequer that have held office this year .
9. Sadly a number of former Blades’ players or managers passed away this year . Can you name the following from the clues provided ?
a) He took over as manager following the sacking of Ian Porterfield in 1986 ?
b) Winger who made his England debut against Brazil in 1956 , scoring two goals .
c) Signed from Watford in 1972 , he was an elegant midfielder or defender who joined New York Cosmos in January 1976.
d) Once scored a hat-trick for the Blades in an FA Cup quarter final in 1961.
10. a) Which free to air terrestrial TV Channel celebrated its 25th Anniversary this year ?
b) The BBC has celebrated its centenary this year. What did the initials BBC stand for when it first broadcast ?
c) What was the BBC’s now defunct teletext service called ?
d) What was the ITV’s first teletext service called ?
With thanks to Dave Burkinshaw for providing the questions.