Leicestershire & Leicester FC Quiz

Questions

1. Name the Leicester City FC striker who in 2016 broke the record for scoring in consecutive Premiership games?

2. Name the Leicester-born eponymous inspiration of the early 19th textile machinery smashers of the English industrial revolution, whose collective name is now a term for someone resisting new technology?

   1. Bill Strudd
   2. Tom Hudd
   3. Bob Budd
   4. Ned Ludd

3. Leicester City FC's playing kit sponsors/makers during their 2015-16 Premiership winning season were?

   1. Nike
   2. Puma
   3. Adidas
   4. Umbro

4. Name Leicester City FC's Danish 2015-16 Premiership winning goalkeeper and his world-class goalkeeper father?

5. Name the globally popular snack brand founded and based in Leicester, at the largest production plant of its type in the world?

6. Name the Leicester-born world-class goalscorer for Leicester City FC and England who became a hugely successful TV presenter?

7. In 2016 Mark Selby from Leicester won for the second time the World Championship for?

   1. Table Tennis
   2. Darts
   3. Snooker
   4. F1 Motor Racing

8. Leicester City FC's 1950s-70s players Gordon Banks and Peter Shilton are considered among the world's best ever?

   1. Midfielders
   2. Goalkeepers
   3. Strikers
   4. Wingers

9. What Leicestershire village is famous for its historic fox hunt and the name origin for a popular meat substitute food?

10. Leicester City FC's colours are?

    1. Red and white
    2. Black and white
    3. Blue and white
    4. Claret and Blue

11. What internationally popular Leicester-formed rock band played at Leicester City FC's Premiership celebrations in May 2016?

12. At 2016 Leicester City FC's stadium and shirt sponsor name, and owner is called '(What?) Power'?

    1. People
    2. King
    3. Queen
    4. Super

13. In 1485 the last English monarch to be (What?) occurred at Bosworth Field in Leicestershire?

    1. Christened
    2. Killed in battle
    3. Crowned outdoors
    4. National jousting champion

14. Coach Claudio Raniero spent how many years in management before winning his first top-level league championship with Leicester FC in 2016?

    1. 3
    2. 7
    3. 10
    4. 28

15. Name the English 'Queen of nine days' (1553), born and raised at Bradgate House at Newtown Linford in Leicestershire?

16. Leicester City FC's owners are (at 2016) what nationality?

    1. America
    2. Thailand
    3. China
    4. Russia

17. Wes Morgan's role for Leicester City FC's 2015-16 Premier League winning team was?

    1. Goalkeeper
    2. Striker
    3. Physio
    4. Captain

18. Leicester City FC's 2015-16 Premier League winning coach Claudio Ranieri is?

    1. Spanish
    2. Brazilian
    3. Italian
    4. American

19. Leicester is the location of the UK's foremost visitor centre devoted to?

    1. Space and astronomy
    2. Agriculture
    3. Mathematics
    4. Pop music

20. How many games did Leicester City FC lose at their home ground in their winning 2015-16 season?

    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 3
    4. 5

21. In how many games did Leicester City FC not concede a goal in their 2015-16 Premiership winning season?

    1. 4
    2. 6
    3. 14
    4. 29

22. Which English King was found in a Leicester car park in 2012, and reburied in Leicester Cathedral in 2015?

23. Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire is famous for its European Protected designation of origin named?

    1. Pork pie
    2. Potato pasty
    3. BLT sandwich
    4. Bacon ice cream

24. By how many points did Leicester City win the 2015/2016 Premier League title?

    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 3
    4. 10

25. In the early 2000s Leicester became the first UK city whose majority of population is?

    1. Over 60
    2. Under 40
    3. Ethnically diverse
    4. over 6ft tall