quiz time

quiz time

The publishing arm of the Sports & Hobbies International Traders Society have launched a new quiz book, They have invited every League club to set questions, and these form the most comprehensive football quiz compendium ever compiled. Part of the Villa section has been shown to this magazine and it is thought that the Villa entry will prove once and for all that the current Board are in no way attempting to re-write the club's History. Here is a sample of what to expect. Check your own knowledge against the official answers printed at the bottom of the page.

1. Which noted Villa administrator founded the Football League?
2. Which Scottish administrative genius found Villa their first ground?
3. Who was Financial Secretary of the club during its most profitable period?
4. Who was the Villa outside right of the 1890's who was officially the fastest player in football?
5. Who is Villa's record goalscorer?
6. Who was the Villa director and son of a Villa chairman who was-linked to the destruction of disused grocery store in Aston Hall Rd?
7. Which Villa supremo and committed lifelong fan was so concerned that he should gain experience in football matters before leading the club to greatness that he agreed to learn his trade at Birmingham City, Derby County and Wolverhampton Wanderers?
8. Who appointed John Devey, the most successful captain in the history of Aston Villa, to the position of club captain?
9. How much mioney did Doug Ellis give to the club in the form of an interest-free loan?
10. How much?
11. Are you sure?
12. Really?
13. Which Villa legend did Jack Walker claim to model himself upon?
14. Who was the modest genius who refused to admit to working hours a day for six month whilst single-handedly constructing the Doug Ellis Stand?
15. Who recommended that Villa buy the following players:
    1. Paul McGrath?
    2. Dwight Yorke?
    3. Savo Milosevic?

Answers : 1) William McEllis. 2) George Burrellis Ramsay. 3) Frederick Rindellis. 4) Charlie Ellissmith. 5) Herbert Douglas 'Pongo' Waring. 6) It must have been Don Bendall and anyone who says otherwise will be hearing from my lawyers, alright? 7) He's too modest to admit to past sacrifice made with no thought other than for the good of the Aston Ellis FC. 8) H.D. Ellis the Very Elder. 9) £100,000. 10) £500,000. 11) £1,000,000. 12) Computers are still trying to calculate the full extent of the benevolence of His Graciousness. 13) Lord Ellis of No Hope Trust. 14) Mr Ellis doesn't like to talk about his generous acts of altruism. 15) i) Modesty forbids. ii) His Carribean agent iii) Somebody else.

Simon Page.