Q 01/05

Which TV duo received special Championship Manager copies casting them as Newcastle and Sunderland players?

A) Ant & Dec

B) Dick & Dom

C) Trevor & Simon

D) Mel & Sue

Answer · why

A) Ant & Dec

Ant & Dec were handed the one-off edition of Season 01/02 on their final SMTV Live in 2001. Ant was a £50,000-a-week Newcastle star, while Dec earned ...

Q 02/05

Miles Jacobson first got an early Championship Manager 2 by trading concert tickets for which Britpop band?

A) Oasis

B) Pulp

C) Blur

D) Suede

Answer · why

C) Blur

Blur were among the acts he had worked with in the music business before he became a tester for Sports Interactive and, by 2001, the studio's full-tim...

Q 03/05

Where in a Shropshire family home did two brothers write the original Championship Manager?

A) The garden shed

B) A bedroom

C) The garage

D) The attic

Answer · why

B) A bedroom

A bedroom was the whole studio until the game's success let the pair found Sports Interactive in 1994 and move to north London.

Q 04/05

Which action-adventure franchise sat beside Championship Manager among the flagship series of UK publisher Eidos?

A) Resident Evil

B) Grand Theft Auto

C) Metal Gear Solid

D) Tomb Raider

Answer · why

D) Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider was the global star of an Eidos catalogue that also held Hitman, Thief, Deus Ex and Legacy of Kain.

Q 05/05

Which British football commentator voiced the optional spoken match commentary on the Championship Manager 2 CD-ROM?

A) Clive Tyldesley

B) John Motson

C) Jonathan Pearce

D) Archie Macpherson

Answer · why

A) Clive Tyldesley

Clive Tyldesley's voice was an optional extra beside the usual text commentary, and that 1995 game proved the last in the series to talk.

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