Football quiz: top goalscorers

Jimmy Greaves, Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer knew where the net was. Composite: Getty, Shutterstock, PA

1. Who is the only player in history to have won the golden boot at a World Cup that his team won in their own country?

   1. Geoff Hurst

   2. Pelé

   3. Diego Maradona

   4. Mario Kempes

2. When was the last time the player who won the golden boot at the World Cup also won the tournament?

   1. 2014

   2. 2010

   3. 2006

   4. 2002

   5. 1998

3. Harry Kane and Gary Lineker are the two English players to have won the golden boot at the World Cup. How many goals did they score?

   1. Four each

   2. Five each

   3. Six each

   4. Seven each

4. Who is the only English player to have won the golden boot at a European Championship?

   1. Gary Lineker

   2. Alan Shearer

   3. Ray Wilkins

   4. Bobby Charlton

5. Shearer has held all of these Premier League records. Which one still belongs to him?

   1. Most goals scored at one club

   2. Most goals from penalties

   3. Most hat-tricks

   4. Most headed goals

6. No one can match Shearer’s total of 260 goals in the Premier League, but who holds the all-time goalscoring record for the English top flight?

   1. Ian Rush

   2. Jimmy Greaves

   3. Dixie Dean

   4. Nat Lofthouse

7. Jimmy Greaves was the top scorer in the top flight six times – a record in English football and as many as Lineker and Shearer combined. At which club did he win the league title?

   1. Chelsea

   2. Tottenham

   3. West Ham

   4. He never won the league in England

8. Who is the only English player to have won the European Golden Shoe (the award given to the top goalscorer in the league season)?

   1. Kevin Phillips

   2. Andy Cole

   3. Alan Shearer

   4. Michael Owen

9. Who is the only player to have won the Premier League golden boot in a season when he scored for two clubs?

   1. Louis Saha

   2. Teddy Sheringham

   3. Andy Cole

   4. Eric Cantona

10. Who is the top scorer in the Premier League this season with 19 goals?

    1. Mo Salah

    2. Danny Ings

    3. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

    4. Jamie Vardy

Solutions

1:D - The year was 1978. Argentina hosted and won the World Cup. And Mario Kempes was the top scorer. Two of his goals came in the final. , 2:D - Ronaldo was the top scorer when Brazil won the World Cup in 2002., 3:C - Half of Kane’s goals were penalties. , 4:B - Shearer pipped Hristo Stoichkov, Davor Suker, Brian Laudrup and Jürgen Klinsmann to the golden boot at Euro 96. He was in good company. , 5:B - The other records now belong to Wayne Rooney (goals for one club), Sergio Agüero (most hat-tricks) and Peter Crouch (most headed goals)., 6:B - Greaves scored 357 goals in the old First Division. He also scored 44 times for England. , 7:D - However, he did play for Milan in the 1961-62 season, when they won Serie A., 8:A - It was his first season in the Premier League. Despite his incredible record in club football, Phillips never scored for England., 9:B - Sheringham won the golden boot in the first season of the Premier League, when he started out at Nottingham Forest and finished up at Tottenham Hotspur. , 10:D - He scored 17 of them before Christmas.

Scores

1. 2 and above.

   You didn't even test the keeper

2. 3 and above.

   You didn't even test the keeper

3. 4 and above.

   You didn't even test the keeper

4. 5 and above.

   You got it on the target but didn't have enough power to beat the keeper

5. 6 and above.

   You got it on the target but didn't have enough power to beat the keeper

6. 7 and above.

   Your shot was saved but you scored the rebound

7. 8 and above.

   Your shot was saved but you scored the rebound

8. 9 and above.

   You're in the hunt for the golden boot

9. 10 and above.

   You are a golden boot winner

10. 0 and above.

    You didn't even test the keeper

11. 1 and above.

    You didn't even test the keeper