Avoiding the Drop

As promised, these are going to be difficult.  A prize will be sent via email to those with all of the correct answers so that they can keep the prize to themselves if they don’t feel like sharing.  After the jump, fuel for every piece of hate mail you’ve ever wanted to send…

• Please name the all-time leaders in league appearances for the following leagues and the number of appearances the player made:
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Estonia
  • East Germany
  • Finland

• What record to all of these players share?
  • Hennig Enoksen
  • Petar Zhekov (or “Jekov”)
  • Sergei Bragin
  • Mihails Miholaps
  • Jacques Fatton

• What country has at least two teams with each of the following nicknames (some are similar, not exact) and what are the teams?
  • The Lepers
  • The Milkmen
  • The Dairy Farmers
  • The Academy
  • The Rotters

• What tournament was won by all of these teams?
  • Chinese National Team (twice)
  • S.V. Waldof Mannheim
  • Romanian U-21s
  • Legia Warszawa
  • Watford F.C.

• Only one country has won both the men’s and women’s “World Military Championships,” what is the country?

• What award did Tessie Agius win three times in four years?

• The Scottish National Team started playing international matches on November 30, 1872- when was the first time they played a country other than England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, or Wales, who was the opponent, what was the date, and what was the score?

• Fifteen pairs of brothers have appeared in matches for the Netherlands, but how many of those pairs of brothers have appeared in the same match for the Oranje?

• Eighteen father-son combinations have represented their countries at the World Cup, but only one combination represented different countries-  who were they, what were the two countries, and what World Cups were involved?

• Only one Algerian has ever scored a goal for the French National Team- who is he?

Remember, don’t put your answers in the comment section, email them to avoidingthedrop@gmail.com

As always, the answers will be posted next Wednesday.

Good luck…