by Alex Bellos
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CUP CALAMITIES
Defender Sergio Ramos dropped the Copa del Rey, or King’s Cup, in 2011 when Real Madrid were parading through the city in an open-topped bus. The bus ran the cup over and squashed it. Ooops!
Fireworks and confetti were released as Brazilian team Corinthians lifted the trophy after winning the 2009 local championship. The paper and fireworks landed in the trophy, which caught fire. Hot stuff!
The world’s smallest football trophy is just 6 millimetres high. It is given to the winners of the Lyonesse Cup, an annual match between the Isles of Scilly, which are just off Cornwall, and Dynamo Choughs, from Penzance. Not big but very Scilly!
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY QUIZ
1. What was the prize for victorious athletes in the first Olympic games?
a) A lifetime supply of olive oil
b) A crown of olive leaves
c) Shampoo made out of olive juice
d) A golden olive
2. What surprise was in store for Sunderland’s players after they lost the 1992 FA Cup final to Liverpool?
a) They found the FA Cup trophy on their coach home.
b) They were all presented with winners’ medals by mistake.
c) The FA couldn’t find the trophy so asked both teams to replay the match.
d) They travelled back to Sunderland in a hot air balloon in the shape of the FA Cup trophy.
3. In France, the Champions League trophy is known as La Coupe aux Grandes Oreilles. What does that mean?
a) The Cup of Great Drama
b) The Cup that Never Ends
c) The Cup with Big Ears
d) The Cup of Oreo Cookies
4. What are the chemical symbols for gold and silver?
a) Au and Ag
b) Go and Si
c) Bling and Sparkle
d) ¥ and $
5. What was the name of the film that starred Pickles the dog, who found fame after his World Cup discovery?
a) The Spy with the Cold Nose
b) The Detective with Long Ears
c) The Sleuth and his Pooch
d) The Dog Who Loved Me
QUIZ ANSWERS
BIOLOGY
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. c
ENGLISH
1. b
2. c
3. c
4. a
5. a
PHYSICS
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. a
ZOOLOGY
1. d
2. a
3. a
4. b
5. d
POLITICS
1. b
2. c
3. c
4. a
5. a
PSHE
1. c
2. b
3. c
4. d
5. c
SCHOOL TRIP
1. d
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. a
HISTORY
1. c
2. b
3. b
4. c
5. a
MATHS
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. d
GEOGRAPHY
1. c
2. b
3. d
4. b
5. b
CHEMISTRY
1. d
2. c
3. b
4. a
5. b
FASHION
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. d
5. c
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
1. b
2. b
3. c
4. a
5. a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We know that TEAM stands for Together Everyone Achieves More and we are lucky to have the best team in the world at Football School. Once again, our illustrator Spike Gerrell has played a blinder. He wins the Football School
Golden Crayon - thank you, Spike!
The backroom team at Walker have coached us to perfection. Head coach Daisy Jellicoe has led from the front, with great support from sporting director Denise Johnstone-Burt and Louise Jackson, Laurelie Bazin, Megan Middleton, Rosi Crawley, John Moore, Jill Kidson, James McParland, Ed Ripley and Jo Humphreys-Davies.
We have loved working with our publicist Jo Hardacre and social media stars Naomi Bacon and Marion Honey.
Thanks to our agents Rebecca Carter, Rebecca Folland, Kirsty Gordon, David Luxton, Rebecca Winfield and Nick Waters for keeping us fired up and focussed.
We would also like to thank the following experts for sharing their time and knowledge with us: Simon Austin, Tony Barrett, Federico Bassahun, Michael Beale, Max Boon, Dr Tony Collins, Dermot Corrigan, Andy Dixon, Reg Elliot, Dr Luke Ettinger, Dr Majid Ezzati, Tom Fattorini, Margaret Fern, Sarah Galgey, Ken Gibb, Serafino Ingardia, Hans Leitert, Nick Littlehales, Professor Stuart Lyon, Richard McBrearty, David McParland, Dr Carmen Mangion, David Moor at www.historicalkits.co.uk, Matt Rapinet, Darren Rodman at Pitchmark Ltd, Nutan Shah and Ron McCulloch of the London Podiatry Centre, Luke Shiach, Dr Stasinos Stavrianeas and Adam Witchell.
Shout out to our Star Pupils: Samuel Clegg, Ayalah Honigstein, Finn Inglethorpe, Matti Wilkins Strelitz and Tami Wilkins Strelitz. And from Arnot St Mary Primary School, Liverpool: Tamasin Robinson, Tom Kelly and Emily Heavyside. From Knowsley Central School, Liverpool: Ava Dooley, Alfie Whittick, Ruby Wood, Todd Smith, Thomas Gibbons and Tom Mather.
Ben would like to thank Annie for her continuing inspiration and support, and Clemmy and Bibi for adding the best jokes in here and cheering on Football School across the country.
Alex would like to thank Natalie for cheering from the terraces, and Barnaby and Zak for keeping the volume up.
ABOUT YOUR COACHES
Alex Bellos writes for the Guardian. He has written several bestselling popular science books and created two mathematical colouring books. He loves puzzles.
Ben Lyttleton is a journalist, broadcaster and football consultant. He has written books about how to score the perfect penalty and what we can learn from football’s best managers.
Spike Gerrell grew up loving both playing football and drawing pictures. He now gets to draw for a living. At heart though, he will always be a central midfielder.
First published 2018 by Walker Books Ltd
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Text © 2018 Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton
Illustrations © 2018 Spike Gerrell
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