The Big Fat Women's Football Quiz of the Year

A special festive quiz rounding up the year of women's football

Manchester United were winners of the 2024 Adobe Women’s FA Cup.

Welcome to a special festive edition of The Cutback’s newsletter What Happened.

As it’s Christmas, I wanted to send a special end of year quiz for you to enjoy and probably argue about with your family. Answers are right at the bottom of the newsletter. Don’t cheat!

There’s also some links to some of the latest pieces on the site, if you haven’t read them already.

We had Max Radwan talking about the new format coming in the Women’s Champions League and why it’s needed. Max also had a look at Arsenal’s midfield tweaks.

Conner Roberts examined Marc Skinner’s rigid starting XI at Manchester United and discussed the future of Hayley Ladd.

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In today’s issue: The Women’s Football Big Fat Quiz of the Year.

Big Fat Quiz of the Year

As it’s the festive season I thought I would write a quiz on the last 12 months in women’s football. Four rounds of five questions. Answers below. Let me know how you get on and forward on to any friends and family.

Round One - Award Winners

1. Who won the WSL 2023-24 Golden Boot?

2. Who won the 2024 Women’s Ballon D’Or?

3. Who won the NWSL MVP award for the 2024 season?

4. Who won the 2024 Best Fifa Women’s Goalkeeper award?

5. Who was named best goalkeeper in Uefa’s Team of the Season for the Women’s Champions League?

Round Two - Big Games

1. Manchester United won the 2024 Adobe Women’s FA Cup at Wembley, beating Tottenham 4-0. Which United player opened the scoring?

2. Arsenal famously brought the wrong socks for the title race clash against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in March 2024. What was the final score in the game that day?

3. Barcelona beat Lyon 2-0 in the Women’s Champions League Final in May. How many European titles have Barcelona won?

4. Emma Hayes’s USA took gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, but who did they beat in the final?

5. How many goals were scored in total across the whole of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games women’s football tournament?

Round Three - Name That Kit

Can you work out the team from this image of their kit?

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Round Four - Who am I?

Can you identify the player from these clues?

1. Jamaican international, has played in England and France, was capped for England at U19 and U20 level, has played for four WSL clubs in London.

2. England international, started her career at Blackburn Rovers, WSL winner in 2016, has three Women’s FA Cups.

3. Born in Mallorca, she has played for four teams in Spain - Athletic Marratxi, Collerense, Barcelona and Sevilla. She featured in the starting line up for Spain in the 2023 Women’s World Cup Final.

4. She has started every single game for her club this season and also started every single game at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. She wears number 2 for her club.

5. Born in Brazil, she played college football at Stanford. She’s played professionally in France and England.

Answers below.

That’s it from me today. Whether you’re celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, or just having a few days off work, I hope it’s a great one.

See you same time next week.

Elsewhere on The Cutback

• Max Radwan on the last Women’s Champions League group stage and why the new Swiss model format is good news for the competition.

• Max has also written about Arsenal’s midfield tweaks.

• Conner Roberts on United’s rigid starting XI and a need for rotation?

Don’t cheat!

Quiz Answers

Round One - 1 Bunny Shaw, 2 Aitana Bonmati, 3 Temwa Chawinga, 4 Alyssa Naeher, 5 Christiane Endler

Round Two - 1 Ella Toone, 2 Chelsea 3-1 Arsenal, 3 Three, 4 Brazil, 5 76

Round Three - 1 Arsenal, 2 West Ham, 3 Bayern Munich, 4 Roma, 5 Paris FC

Round Four - 1 Becky Spencer, 2 Georgia Stanway, 3 Cata Coll, 4 Emily Fox, 5 Catarina Macario.