100% of the money raised will be going directly to the WWMT. The riders are paying all of their own costs.

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1 THE TOUR DE FORCE QUIZ Beginning on 28 th June, twelve Opta members of staff will be participating in this years Tour de Force, three of whom will be attempting the entire route of the 2014 Tour de France. The Opta team will also be attempting to raise 20,000 for The William Wates Memorial Trust. The Opta Tour de Force quiz is a vital source of donations for us. The William Wates Memorial Trust is a fantastic charity with a mission to help disadvantaged young people keep away from a life of crime and violence. It aims to do this through sport, arts and education, and is having a real impact on the lives of underprivileged children. 19: CENTRAL LONDON PRIZES TO BE WON LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE TEAMS OF FIVE ONLY The first 27 teams to their contact details to tourdeforce@optasports.com and to have 100 ( 20 per person) deposited in the name of their team on our charity website will have a guaranteed table. 100% of the money raised will be going directly to the WWMT. The riders are paying all of their own costs. Here s a taster to get you started...link the player to the country they play for. A B C D E F G H I J K L 1. Nicos Papavasiliou 5. Mart Poom 9. Sami Hyypia 2. Diego Costa 6. Deco 10. Moussa Sissoko 3. Emmanuel Olisadebe 7. Valon Behrami 11. Dylan Kerr 4. Lucas Podolski 8. Stephane Sessegnon 12.Stan Lazaridis #OPTATDF Answers: 1 - B, 2 - D, 3 - A, 4 - K, 5 - E, 6 - C, 7 - F, 8 - I, 9 - J, 10 - L, 11 - H, 12 - G

2 Picture Round A Name the player from the clues A1 Dion Dublin A2 Stig Bjørnebye A3 Marc Overmars A4 Roque Santa Cruz Cont...

3 Picture Round A Name the player from the clues A5 DJ Campbell A6 Edgar Davids A7 Barry Venison A8 Emmanuel Petit / 8 points

4 Round 1 English League Football 1.1 Name the stadia with the biggest capacity in each of the three divisions of The Football League. The Football League Sky Bet Championship Hillsborough The Football League Sky Bet League One Bramall Lane The Football League Sky Bet League Two Fratton Park 1.2 Name the three players who have scored inside the opening 15 seconds of a Barclays Premier League match this season. Asmir Begovic, Jesus Navas & Jay Rodriguez. 1.3 Who scored the first league goal for Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson and who scored the last? John Sivabaek & Javier Hernandez. / Name the only Barclays Premier League team that Thierry Henry played against and did not score at least one goal. Swansea City. 1.5 Which team have had the most promotions to and relegations from the top flight of English football? Birmingham City. 1.6 Three players have scored a goal and an own goal in a single Tottenham v Liverpool match in Barclays Premier League history. Name them. John Barnes, Martin Skrtel & Gareth Bale. 1.7 Name the six players who have played for Manchester United in the Barclays Premier League and scored against them AFTER leaving the Red Devils. Dion Dublin, Mark Hughes, Paul Ince, Fraizer Campbell, Keith Gillespie & Henning Berg. / 6 9 points

5 Round 2 UEFA club competition 2.1 Three players have played for three different English teams in the UEFA Champions League. Name them. William Gallas, Yossi Benayoun & David Batty. 2.2 Six players have played for both Real Madrid & Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League. Name them. Luis Figo, Luis Enrique, Michael Laudrup, Samuel Eto o, Javier Saviola & Albert Celades. / Name the only player to score a hat-trick for and against the same team in the UEFA Champions League. Roy Makaay Bayern Munich. 2.4 Other than Wembley, name the last English stadia to host each of the major European finals? UEFA Champions League Old Trafford 2003 UEFA Cup City of Manchester Stadium 2008 UEFA Cup Winners Cup Villa Park English teams won the UEFA Cup Winners Cup more times than any other nation eight in total. Name the seven teams who won it at least once. Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur & West Ham United. / 7 / 20 points

6 Round 3 Twitter Famous tweets - name the player 3.1 What s the point in us english ex footballs doing our badgers never going 2 get jobs don t have 2 say why! Dean Windass. 3.2 How do i change the egg profile pic?? Mario Balotelli. 3.3 Thank you all for participating in the CR7 Boys Underwear Competition it s been a real pleasure to see all of your photos Cristiano Ronaldo. 3.4 Do I wanna go Hull City. No. Do I wanna go Stoke. No. Do I wanna go Sunderland. Yes. So stop ******* around Levy Darren Bent. 3.5 National service for your benefit money. Clean the street. Pick rubbish up. Loads of stuff needs doing. Joey Barton. 3.6 What Reasons?????!!! Rio Ferdinand. 3.7 Which football match produced the biggest spike in UK Twitter traffic of any event (not just sport) in 2013? Manchester United being knocked out by Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League (Nani sending off). 3.8 Name the only two Barclays Premier League teams who use their nickname in their Twitter name. Swansea City & Tottenham Hotspur. / Which official Barclays Premier League club Twitter feed has the most followers and which has the fewest? Arsenal & Hull City. / 2 1 points

7 Round 4 Pointless For this round you have to give three answers. You get one point for a correct answer, two bonus points for a correct answer that none of the 25 people we surveyed remembered. 4.1 Name teams who have won the English league title but are not currently in the Barclays Premier League (one pointless answer). Leeds United 14 Nottingham Forest 14 Blackburn Rovers 13 Preston North End 8 Huddersfield Town 8 Ipswich Town 7 Sheffield United 5 Sheffield Wednesday 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 Burnley 4 Derby County 2 Portsmouth 0 / Name teams who were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League and went on to win the UEFA Cup/Europa League in the same season (one pointless answer). Chelsea Atletico Madrid Shakhtar Donetsk CSKA Moscow Galatasaray Feyenoord / Name players who have earned six or more red cards in the Barclays Premier League and have a Barclays Premier League title winner s medal (two pointless answers). Roy Keane 24 Patrick Vieira 20 Martin Keown 4 Nicky Butt 2 Alan Smith 1 Andrew Cole 0 Luis Boa Morte 0 / Name teams who have scored seven or more goals in a single FIFA World Cup finals match (four pointless answers). Germany 22 Brazil 20 France 7 Italy 7 Uruguay 7 Hungary 6 Portugal 6 Yugoslavia 1 Austria 0 Poland 0 Sweden 0 Turkey 0 / 9 / 26 points