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Football quiz answers by topic
What each clue accepts, how many verified names are on the list, and the public record behind it. Names stay sealed while a clue is in the live rotation.
Why the lists are sealed
A daily quiz that publishes its own key is not a quiz. Every clue below is either on today’s board, on a board frozen for a later date, or will be scheduled again, so printing the names here would hand a player the answer to a set they have not seen yet. What is public is the shape of the list: the scope, the number of accepted answers and the record used to check them.
The set dated Saturday, 14 November 2026 is live now. Names are published only after a set has retired from the rotation, and that page does not exist yet.
| Topic | Clue | Scope | Accepts | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| premier league winners | Name a club that has won the English Premier League, from 1992/93 through 2025/26. | Completed seasons only; 1992/93–2025/26 | 7 clubs | Premier League winners |
| premier league managers | Name a manager who has won an English Premier League title through 2025/26. | Title winner as head coach only; not assistants. | 13 managers | Premier League winning managers |
| champions league winners | Name a club that has won the UEFA Champions League since the 1992/93 rebrand, through 2025/26. | UEFA Champions League era 1992/93–2025/26; not pre-1992 European Cup. | 15 clubs | UEFA European Champions |
| world cup 2026 stadiums | Name a stadium that hosted a FIFA World Cup 2026 match. | Official FIFA tournament names, 16 venues, 2026 finals only. | 16 stadiums | FIFA 2026 stadiums |
| premier league golden boot | Name a player who won the Premier League Golden Boot between 1992/93 and 2025/26. | Award winner, ties included; not the most goals without season award. | 26 players | Premier League Golden Boots |
| ballon dor winners | Name a winner of the men’s Ballon d’Or between 2018 and 2026. | Award not given in 2020; winners 2018, 2019, 2021–2026. | 6 players | Ballon dOr winners |
| womens world cup winners | Name a country that has won the FIFA Women’s World Cup, 1991–2023. | Senior women’s finals, 1991–2023. | 5 countrys | FIFA women 2023 review |
| champions league managers | Name a manager who won the UEFA Champions League from 2015 through 2026. | Winning head coach of 2015–2026 finals (12 editions). | 7 managers | UEFA winning coaches |
| world cup winners | Name a national team that won the men’s FIFA World Cup between 1982 and 2026. | Winner nation 1982–2026; pre-1990 winners count under their contemporary name; 2026 included. | 6 countrys | FIFA champions 1982-2026 |
9 topics · 101 verified answers · last checked Saturday, 14 November 2026
What counts as an answer
Each clue declares one answer type, and the list is built for that type. A name that would be correct under a different reading of the clue is not accepted silently: if two listed entities collide on the same string, the game asks you to pick one instead of guessing.
Full name, plus listed short forms. Accents are optional on input.
Club name as the competition record prints it, plus listed abbreviations.
National team; historical names are listed where the record uses them.
The head coach credited with the title, not an assistant.
The tournament name of the venue, with the everyday name listed as an alias.
Aliases, accents and misspellings
Input is folded for accents and punctuation, so Gotze and Götze are the same string and Bayern München works without the umlaut. Beyond that the comparison is exact. The game does not run a fuzzy match, because a fuzzy match turns Arsena into a correct answer and turns two different players into one. Shorter forms such as PSG or Man City only work when the editorial list contains them.
How a clue gets into the bank
A clue needs a scope that cannot be argued with, a public record that lists every valid answer, a stable id for each entity, and an editor who has read the alias list for collisions. Until all four exist it stays out of the schedule. The tiers are set by the same editor and reviewed before a set is frozen.