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60 free Everton trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Everton began as a Methodist chapel side, founded the Football League, fell out with their landlord and thereby created Liverpool FC, and have played more top-flight seasons than any other English club. This quiz covers the whole story: the first title in 1891, the four pre-war Cup finals, Dixie Dean's 60 goals, the Lock-Up on the crest and the toffee shop behind the nickname, Harry Catterick's champions and the Holy Trinity, the 1966 World Cup at Goodison, Howard Kendall's mid-80s side and the 3-1 over Bayern, Rapid Vienna in Rotterdam, the Heysel ban, the Dogs of War of 1995, Wayne Rooney's winner against Arsenal, David Moyes and the People's Club, the ten-point deduction, the Friedkin takeover and the move from Goodison to the dock. Early questions suit anyone who has heard Z-Cars ring round Goodison; later ones are for Blues who know their Bullens Road from their Gwladys Street: which player was tipped to be sold to Roma after the war, why the shirts were once dyed black, and what the club walked out to in 1994 before fans revolted. Good for a supporters' club night or a Merseyside pub quiz. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the club, its history and Goodison Park, and each question shows its source.
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Q 01Under what name were Everton founded in 1878, so a Methodist congregation could play sport year-round?
St Domingo's FC
They played cricket in summer; the club took the name of the local area in November 1879 as outsiders wanted to join.
Q 02Which forward was top scorer with 21 goals as Everton won their first League title in 1890-91?
Fred Geary
He scored in each of the first six matches; Everton finished two points clear of Preston North End.
Q 03Everton's first FA Cup win, at the third attempt in 1906, was against which club at Crystal Palace?
Newcastle United
They lost the next year's final 2-1 to Sheffield Wednesday.
Q 04Everton's second title, in 1914-15, was won by a single point ahead of which club?
Oldham Athletic
Bobby Parker was the league's top scorer with 35; Everton were reigning champions when both world wars halted football.
Q 05Everton signed Dixie Dean in 1925 from which club?
Tranmere Rovers
His statue now stands near the Park End on Walton Lane; he once lived in a club house built into the stand.
Q 06How many league goals did Dixie Dean score in 1927-28, a top-flight record that still stands?
60
He did it in 39 games and Everton won their third title.
Q 07Which club did Everton beat 3-0 in the 1933 FA Cup final?
Manchester City
A fifth championship followed in 1938-39, the last season before the Second World War.
Q 08After WWII, Everton tried to sell T. G. Jones to which Italian club?
Roma
Soon only Ted Sagar was left, and the club was relegated in 1950-51.
Q 09Everton missed just four top-flight seasons up to 2025-26. Which decade had three of them?
The 1950s
They were down for 1951-52 to 1953-54, the other absence being 1930-31; their 123 top-flight seasons are a record.
Q 10Which manager, appointed in 1961, won Everton the title in his second season and the FA Cup in 1966?
Harry Catterick
He also delivered the 1969-70 championship, nine points clear of Leeds; Colin Welland played him in the TV film The Fix.
Q 11Everton's 1966 FA Cup final win over Sheffield Wednesday is remembered for what?
Coming back from two goals down to win 3-2
Two years later they lost the final to West Bromwich Albion.
Q 12Everton's 1969-70 'Holy Trinity' midfield was Howard Kendall, Colin Harvey and who?
Alan Ball
Many fans regard that near-Total Football side, with Joe Royle up front, as the club's finest ever.
Q 13Everton were the first English club to achieve what between 1961-62 and 1966-67?
Five consecutive seasons in European competition
Q 21In 1997-98 Everton stayed up only on goal difference at the expense of which club?
Bolton Wanderers
Howard Kendall was in his third spell as manager; Walter Smith replaced him that summer.
Q 22Wayne Rooney's first Everton goal in October 2002 ended which champions' unbeaten run?
Arsenal
At 16 he became the youngest league scorer in English history; he was sold to Manchester United for £28 million in 2004.
Q 23What nickname did the incoming manager give Everton in 2002, now semi-official?
The People's Club
'School of Science' came from a 1928 Steve Bloomer remark and 'Black Watch' from the club's brief black kit.
The Catterick era ended with the 1970 title before a sharp decline in the early 1970s.
Q 14Which Everton striker topped the First Division scoring chart with 30 goals in 1977-78?
Bob Latchford
Gordon Lee's side finished fourth the following year, but he was sacked in 1981 with Liverpool dominant across the park.
Q 15Which club did Everton beat 3-1 in the 1985 Cup Winners' Cup semi-final, voted the greatest match in Goodison history?
Bayern Munich
They beat Rapid Vienna by the same score in the final for their only European trophy.
Q 16Everton's only European trophy, the 1985 Cup Winners' Cup, was won 3-1 in the final against which club?
Rapid Vienna
Everton had also won the league that year and lost the FA Cup final to Manchester United, narrowly missing a treble.
Q 17Whose 1985 arrival from Leicester sparked Andy Gray's departure back to Aston Villa?
Gary Lineker
Lineker stayed one season, then left for Barcelona after Everton finished second in both league and Cup in 1985-86.
Q 18After winning the 1987 title, Howard Kendall left Everton to manage which Spanish club?
Athletic Bilbao
The Heysel ban had shut English clubs out of Europe; assistant Colin Harvey took over and reached the 1989 FA Cup final.
Q 19Which early Premier League-era manager is statistically the least successful in Everton's history?
Mike Walker
Joe Royle replaced him in 1994 and won his first game 2-0 against Liverpool.
Q 20Who scored the only goal when Everton's 'Dogs of War' beat Manchester United in the 1995 FA Cup final?
Paul Rideout
Neville Southall made vital saves; it remains Everton's most recent major trophy.
Q 24Which signing in September 2008 set a then club record fee of £15 million?
Marouane Fellaini
Moyes broke the record four times: Beattie £6m, Johnson £8.6m, Yakubu £11.25m and then Fellaini.
Q 25How many points did Everton earn in 2013-14, Roberto Martínez's first season and their best total in 27 years?
72
He was sacked two years later with the club 12th after semi-final exits in both cups.
Q 26Which manager was sacked in October 2017 after a 5-2 home defeat left Everton in the relegation zone?
Ronald Koeman
The club had spent around £150 million that summer, including a British-record £25 million for goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
Q 27Which former player was caretaker for three games in December 2019 before Ancelotti arrived, then stayed as assistant?
Duncan Ferguson
Ancelotti left in June 2021 to return to Real Madrid.
Q 28Rafael Benítez's 2021 appointment made him only the second person to manage both Everton and which club?
Liverpool
He was dismissed in January 2022 after nine losses in 13 games and replaced by Frank Lampard.
Q 29How many points was Everton docked in November 2023, the Premier League's biggest deduction, for breaching PSR rules?
Ten
It surpassed the nine taken from Portsmouth in 2010; the club had lost £124.5 million over three years against a £105 million limit.
Q 30Which American billionaire, owner of Roma, completed his purchase of Everton in December 2024?
Dan Friedkin
A previous deal with Miami-based 777 Partners had collapsed; the Friedkins later launched Pursuit Sports to run both clubs.