Ballon d'Or Question and Last Week's Answer

This week's question states that only 10 managers made it onto a certain list. According to the clues given, the first name on the list is Brian Clough, and the longest-serving name is Sir Alex Ferguson. Sean Dyche and Eddie Howe are the last English managers on the list. Mikel Arteta is also mentioned as one of three Arsenal managers. The answer will be revealed in next week's edition.

Last week's question asked for players who were nominated for the Ballon d'Or for the first time after the age of 30. The examples given included David Seaman, Antonios Nikopolidis, Jens Lehmann and Rogerio Ceni. Seaman was nominated in 1996 at 33, Nikopolidis in 2004 at 33, Lehmann in 2006 at 36, and Ceni in 2007 at 34. What these four have in common is not that they were all goalkeepers, but that their first nomination came after the age of 30.

Beyond these names, Teddy Sheringham, Marco Materazzi and Antonio Di Natale could also have been correct answers. If the question was limited to goalkeepers, Andreas Kopke was also an option. Kopke was nominated at 34, after Germany won Euro 96.

Kwizly's suggestions include a picture-based quiz on club crests and two quizzes on the 2026 World Cup. One World Cup quiz asks for the 18 players who won the Ballon d'Or in a World Cup year, since 2026 will be the 18th World Cup since the award was introduced. The other quiz asks for the names of the stadiums hosting the 2026 World Cup.