Luke McLaughlin 

Football quiz: how much do you know about the Bundesliga?

Football fans in Germany are expecting to see some action soon. How much do you know about the country’s top tier?
  
  

Bastian Schweinsteiger celebrates after winning the Bundesilga in 2013.
Bastian Schweinsteiger celebrates after winning the Bundesilga in 2013. Photograph: Andreas Gebert/EPA

  1. How many consecutive league titles have Bayern Munich now won?

    1. Four

    2. Seven

    3. Nine

    4. 10

  2. When is the Bundesliga scheduled to restart following the Covid-19 shutdown?

    1. This Thursday

    2. Saturday 16 May

    3. Next Wednesday

    4. Early June

  3. Kevin Keegan in action for Liverpool in 1976.

    Which Bundesliga club did Kevin Keegan play for in the 1970s?

    1. Hamburg

    2. Werder Bremen

    3. Cologne

    4. Borussia Mönchengladbach

  4. Who were last club to win the league before Bayern?

    1. Borussia Dortmund

    2. Wolfsburg

    3. Kaiserslautern

    4. Stuttgart

  5. How many teams are there in Germany's top flight?

    1. 16

    2. 18

    3. 20

    4. 22

  6. Jonjoe Kenny, who is on-loan from Everton in Germany.

    At which club is Everton defender Jonjoe Kenny currently on loan?

    1. Borussia Dortmund

    2. Bayern Munich

    3. Schalke

    4. Hertha Berlin

  7. Which club was promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time this season?

    1. Union Berlin

    2. St Pauli

    3. Freiburg

    4. Darmstadt 98

  8. Reiss Nelson of Arsenal during a training session in March.

    Where did Arsenal player Reiss Nelson go on loan in 2018-19?

    1. Hoffenheim

    2. RB Leipzig

    3. Werder Bremen

    4. Nürnberg

  9. Who is the all-time top scorer in the Bundesliga?

    1. Klaus Fischer

    2. Claudio Pizarro

    3. Robert Lewandowski

    4. Gerd Müller

  10. Philipp Lahm (left) and Bastian Schweinsteiger celebrate winning the Big Cup in 2013.

    Who scored the winner when Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final at Wembley in 2013?

    1. Mario Mandzukic

    2. David Alaba

    3. Franck Ribéry

    4. Arjen Robben

  11. Roughly how much money did Michael Ballack pay as a fine to German authorities for failing to declare a handbag he had bought for his wife?

    1. £5,000

    2. £25,000

    3. £50,000

    4. £100,000

  12. Ademola Lookman celebrates victory with England against Italy at the 2017 Under-20 World Cup.

    Which Bundesliga club does former Everton man Ademola Lookman now play for?

    1. RB Leipzig

    2. Eintracht Frankfurt

    3. Augsburg

    4. Hertha Berlin

  13. Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski celebrates his hat-trick against Wolfsburg, but there was more to come.

    In 2015, how many minutes did it take Robert Lewandowski to score five goals for Bayern Münich against VfL Wolfsburg?

    1. Five

    2. Nine

    3. 12

    4. 15

Solutions

1:B - They're making it look easy at this stage., 2:B - Clubs and the authorities are aiming to get the show back on the road this weekend., 3:A - He helped them win the league title in 1978-79., 4:A - Jürgen Klopp's men won it in 2010-11 and 2011-12., 5:B - The bottom two teams are automatically relegated, while 16th place must play off against the third-placed team in the second tier., 6:C - The England Under-21 international switched to Schalke before the 2019-20 season, and has so far made 23 appearances, scoring one goal., 7:A - Late last year, Hertha Berlin and newly-promoted Union Berlin played each other for the first-ever time in the German top flight., 8:A - Nelson scored a healthy seven goals in 23 appearances for Hoffenheim., 9:D - Müller banged in 365 top-flight goals for Bayern Münich – his closest challenger is Klaus Fischer with 268., 10:D - The pacy Dutch winger popped up with an 89th-minute goal in London, sealing a 2-1 win., 11:C - He was playing for Chelsea at the time, so not really a Bundesliga question, but still - £50,000 for a handbag!, 12:A - Lookman started his career at Charlton before moving to Everton and then RB Leipzig., 13:B - The Polish striker came off the bench at half-time and made a fairly strong case to head coach Pep Guardiola that he should be starting the next match.

Scores

  1. 4 and above.

    Oh dear

  2. 3 and above.

    Oh dear

  3. 2 and above.

    Oh dear

  4. 1 and above.

    Oh dear

  5. 5 and above.

    A decent score

  6. 6 and above.

    A decent score

  7. 7 and above.

    Well played

  8. 8 and above.

    Well played

  9. 9 and above.

    Well played

  10. 10 and above.

    What a result!

  11. 11 and above.

    What a result!

  12. 12 and above.

    What a result!

  13. 13 and above.

    What a result!

  14. 14 and above.

    What a result!

  15. 0 and above.

    Oh dear

  16. 15 and above.

    What a result!

 

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