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Another daily conundrum...

The answer to Friday's question was George Burley, who won manager of the year when he guided newly-promoted Ipswich to a fifth-placed finish in 2001. Though he was lucky not to be asked to hand the award back in the following year, when they were relegated.

Today's question, combines football with another of our favourite sports, cricket...

Who is the most recent international footballer to have also played first-class cricket?

As usual you win nowt, but we're not the Big Breakfast so we won't say "don't phone it's just for fun". Instead we'd like to hear from you if you know the answer, because we love the attention. Email us here.

That's right, TCQQOTD is back!

And you thought it was going to be a flash in the pan. Well, in case you're still puzzled about our first quiz question, the answer was Liverpool. As if the image didn't give it away.

Anyway, today's Premier League-inspired question is;

Before Steve Coppell in 2006-07, who was the only manager to win the Premier League's Manager of the Year award without winning the title?

As we mentioned the other day, you win nowt but our ultimate respect for getting the answer right. Anyone who reckons they know it email us here.

Our brand new feature ripped straight from a quiz book...

So here's how it goes. We were in Asda the other day, wondering what to have for our dinner. Would we go for one of those fresh curries from the counter? Or one of those beasty pizzas you can make from scratch? And then, before we could make a final decision, our eyes glanced at the bargain book bin, and saw the Sun's Football Quiz Book for a mere £2.50. As if we could miss an opportunity like that.

So we thought it would be great to post a daily question from this fine publication*. We spent ages thinking of a good name for the section, and came up with The Catflap Quiz Question of the Day, or TCQQOTD for short. Yeah we like it too.

So the first person to email Lex with the right answer (alexis.james@madeupmedia.net) wins a money-cant-buy prize: you get your mug shot on the blog. What? We can't exactly give out a real prize every day can we?

Anyway, here's today's Champions League inspired question, good luck! Oh, and we went for the curry by the way, in case you were still wondering.

Who were the first team to win the European Cup on penalties?

We'll have the answer for you tomorrow, along with another question.

*Other quiz books are available. They're just not as good.