MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
How did you get on in CQN‘s Bumper Christmas Quiz when we asked the questions yesterday?
We posed 10 queries to test your knowledge of how the champions are faring at home and abroad this season.
Now we provide the answers. Check and see how you scored!
THANK YOU AND FAREWELL…Martin O’Neill signs off as Celtic’s interm manager. (See Question 8.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Who scored Celtic’s first Premiership goal of the season?
2: True or false: Kasper Schmeichel went through six games in August without losing a goal?
3: Celtic failed to convert three penalty-kicks in the Champions League spot-kick shoot-out after two scoreless stalemates against Kairat Almaty. Can you name the three culprits in Kazakhstan?
4: Who scored Celtic’s first goal of the Europa League campaign in Belgrade?
5: True or false: The champions won only one of Brendan Rodgers’ last four Premiership games?
6: Celtic lost back-to-back league encounters at Dundee and Hearts in October. Two Celts were credited with own goals in the fixtures. Can you name them?
7: Who claimed the crucial third goal in the Hoops’ 3-1 Premier Sports League Cup extra-time semi-final win over Rangers in November?
8: Martin O’Neill made his final appearance as interim manager with a seventh win in eight outings in Celtic’s 1-0 victory over Dundee at Parkhead on December 3. Who was the matchwinner?
9: Wilfried Nancy has managed two teams in the MLS. He joined Celtic from Columbus Crew. Can you name the other club?
10: True or false: Benjamin Nygren is the only Celtic to score a hat-trick this season?
PICK IT OUT…Callum Osmand thumps No.3 behind Jack Butland in Celtic’s 3-1 Premier Sports League Cup semi-final win at Hampden on November 2. (See Question 7.)
ANSWERS:
1: Luke McCowan in 1-0 win over St Mirren at Parkhead on August 3.
2: True. Kasper Schmeichel was unbeaten in games against St Mirren (1-0), Aberdeen (2-0), Kairat Almaty (0-0, 0-0), Livingston (3-0) and Rangers (0-0).
3: Adam Idah, Luke McCowan and Daizen Maeda.
4: Kelechi Iheanacho in 1-1 draw with Red Star in Belgrade on September 24.
5: True. Brendan Rodgers’ last four Premiership games: Hibs (0-0), Motherwell (3-2), Dundee (0-2) and Hearts (1-3).
6: Cameron Carter-Vickers (v Dundee) and Dane Murray (v Hearts).
7: Callum Osmand.
8: Daizen Maeda.
9: CF Montreal.
10: Benjamin Nygren scored a double in the 3-0 win over Livingston on August 23, but no Celtic player has scored a hat-trick this season.
Well done if you got 10 out of 10. Go to the top of the class!
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