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Round 1

  1. Pumas' home ground, the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, was the main stadium of which Summer Olympics?
  2. The slopes of the Estadio Olímpico Universitario carry the unfinished mural 'La universidad, la familia y el deporte en México'. Which artist led it?
  3. The 'Goya' chant heard at every Pumas home game is traditionally said to take its name from what?
  4. Which coach, brought in during Pumas' first Primera División season (1962-63) to save them from relegation, is credited with launching the club's famous 'cantera' youth system?
  5. Hugo Sánchez's trademark somersault goal celebration was a tribute to which relative?
  6. While playing for Pumas, Hugo Sánchez completed a UNAM degree in which subject?
  7. When Hugo Sánchez left Pumas for Spain in 1981, which club did he join?
  8. Who coached Pumas to back-to-back league titles in the Clausura 2004 and Apertura 2004?
  9. Pumas completed their 2004 double by beating which club in the Apertura 2004 final?
  10. Which Argentine striker joined Pumas on loan in early 2004 and finished as a Clausura 2004 top scorer with 16 goals as they won the title?
Answers — round 1
  1. 1968 — The stadium in Ciudad Universitaria hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Games, including Bob Beamon's long jump.
  2. Diego Rivera — Diego Rivera led the work on the stadium's outer slopes, and it was left unfinished when he died.
  3. A cinema near the old Preparatoria — In the 1940s, students at the National Preparatory School in central Mexico City shouted 'Goya!' when they skipped class for the nearby Cine Goya. The cry became the university's cheer.
  4. Renato Cesarini — Renato Cesarini took over a bottom-placed side and kept them up. He then set up the integrated youth development system that became known as the cantera.
  5. His sister, an Olympic gymnast — His sister Herlinda Sánchez competed in gymnastics at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and he credited her for his acrobatic skills.
  6. Dentistry — Sánchez earned a dental surgery degree from UNAM while in the first team, though he never practised as a dentist.
  7. Atlético Madrid — He joined Atlético Madrid after the 1980-81 title win and won his first Pichichi there before moving across the city to Real Madrid in 1985.
  8. Hugo Sánchez — Hugo Sánchez's Pumas became the first back-to-back champions of the short-tournament era and also won the 2004 Campeón de Campeones.
  9. Monterrey — Pumas won the first leg 2-1 at Ciudad Universitaria and went on to beat Monterrey for their fifth league title.
  10. Bruno Marioni — Bruno Marioni arrived from Tenerife. Pumas later bought him outright, and he was also top scorer of the 2005 Copa Sudamericana.

Round 2

  1. In their first Copa Sudamericana, in 2005, Pumas recorded a 4-0 result over which Argentine side in the semi-finals?
  2. Defender Joaquín Beltrán, a Pumas regular from 1996 to 2006 and a winner of both 2004 titles, left after contract talks failed. Which club did he join next?
  3. Before he became Pumas coach in 1977, how had Bora Milutinović first arrived at the club in 1972?
  4. Bora Milutinović's Pumas won the 1980-81 league title by beating which reigning champions in the final?
  5. Pumas won the Copa Interamericana against Nacional of Uruguay after a deciding third match in May 1981. In which city was that play-off played?
  6. Which club did Pumas beat in the final to win the 1989 CONCACAF Champions' Cup?
  7. When Jorge Campos broke into Pumas' first team in 1988, he asked to play as a striker. Which goalkeeper was ahead of him at the time?
  8. Starting in 1990-91, how many consecutive Primera División Golden Glove awards did Jorge Campos win as a Pumas goalkeeper?
  9. Pumas academy graduate Claudio Suárez, who won 177 caps for Mexico, was known by which nickname?
  10. Claudio Suárez left Pumas in 1996 for which club, where he won the Verano 1997 title?
Answers — round 2
  1. Vélez Sarsfield — After a 3-0 win over Corinthians in the quarter-finals, Pumas beat Vélez Sarsfield 4-0 in the semi-finals. They then lost the final to Boca Juniors on penalties.
  2. Necaxa — Beltrán signed for Necaxa for the Apertura 2006 after a decade at Ciudad Universitaria.
  3. As a first-team midfielder — Bora played 93 league games in midfield for UNAM between 1972 and 1976, then coached them from 1977 and later took Mexico to the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals.
  4. Cruz Azul — Pumas lost the first leg 1-0 and won the second 4-1 at Ciudad Universitaria (4-2 on aggregate). It was Hugo Sánchez's last game for the club before he left for Spain.
  5. Los Angeles — Each side won its home leg 3-1, so a play-off was staged at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where Pumas won 2-1.
  6. Pinar del Río — Pumas won the final 3-1 at Ciudad Universitaria (4-2 on aggregate) against the Cuban club and went through the whole tournament unbeaten.
  7. Adolfo Ríos — Adolfo Ríos was Pumas' first-choice goalkeeper, so Campos played up front and scored 14 league goals in his first full season.
  8. Five — Campos won the Golden Glove every season from 1990-91 to 1994-95, all of them with Pumas.
  9. El Emperador — 'The Emperor' won the 1990-91 title with Pumas and was at the club from 1988 to 1996.
  10. Guadalajara — Suárez joined Guadalajara for the 1996 Apertura and won the league with them in Verano 1997. He later moved to Tigres.

Round 3

  1. Luis García, Pumas' top scorer in the 1990-91 title season, scored both of Mexico's goals in a 1994 World Cup win over which team?
  2. Pumas beat Club América on away goals in the 1990-91 final. Whose free kick won the second leg at Ciudad Universitaria?
  3. Pumas midfielder Manuel Negrete's famous scissor-kick goal at the 1986 World Cup came against which country?
  4. Pumas beat Pachuca in extra time in the Clausura 2009 final. Who scored the 107th-minute winner?
  5. Guillermo Vázquez, promoted from assistant in 2010, led Pumas to the Clausura 2011 title by beating which club in the final?
  6. Who coached Pumas to the Guard1anes 2020 final after Míchel resigned just days before the season began?
  7. Which Pumas idol's transfer to Club América for the 1969-70 season inflamed the Clásico Capitalino, after he had said publicly that he did not want to go?
  8. Which coach led Pumas to both the 1989 CONCACAF Champions' Cup and the 1990-91 league title?
Answers — round 3
  1. Republic of Ireland — Mexico beat the Republic of Ireland 2-1 in Orlando, with García scoring both goals. He had scored 26 league goals in 1990-91.
  2. Ricardo Ferretti — América won the first leg 3-2. Ricardo 'Tuca' Ferretti's free kick won the return leg 1-0, and it was his last game as a player.
  3. Bulgaria — Negrete volleyed in after a one-two with Javier Aguirre in a 2-0 round-of-16 win over Bulgaria. Fans voted it the World Cup's greatest goal in a 2018 FIFA poll.
  4. Pablo Barrera — Pablo Barrera got past two sliding tackles on the right and scored, making it 3-2 on aggregate for Pumas' sixth league title.
  5. Morelia — After a 1-1 first leg, Pumas won 2-1 at home, with academy product Javier Cortés scoring the winner for their seventh league title.
  6. Andrés Lillini — Andrés Lillini was named interim coach, was confirmed after a strong start, and took Pumas to the final, which they lost to León.
  7. Enrique Borja — Enrique Borja threatened to stop playing over the sale, but he was persuaded to join and became an América idol.
  8. Miguel Mejía Barón — Miguel Mejía Barón, a product of the club's early cantera, coached Pumas from 1988 to 1991 and later managed Mexico.

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