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1 What was the original name of Everton Football Club?
Answer: St. Domingos

In early 1870 Everton was formed under the name of St.Domingos. They played their first match at Stanley Park against St. Peters winning 6-nil.
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2 In what year were the club formed?
Answer: 1878

The club were formed as St. Domingo's FC in 1878, and changed their name to Everton FC in 1879.
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3 Peter Beardsley was purchased in 1991. From which English club did he arrive at Everton?
Answer: Liverpool

Peter Beardsley has played for many clubs during his career including Newcastle United, Liverpool and Everton and he has been a favourite with the fans of each of his clubs.
    Your options: [ Newcastle United ] [ Manchester City ] [ Liverpool ] [ Manchester United ]
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4 How many goals in total, did Dixie Dean score for Everton?
Answer: 377

Dixie Dean scored a record 60 goals in one season in his time at Everton.
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5 Everton's 1996-1997 season proved disastrous. Joe Royle, the manager of the FA Cup-winning team, left after a dispute with then chairman Peter Johnson, and was replaced by which former Everton manager?
Answer: Howard Kendall

After a month with Dave Watson as caretaker manager, Kendall returned to Everton. This was his third tenure as manager at the club, but unfortunately, it failed to live up to the great days of the '80s, with Everton dropping rapidly down the table and several players left during his tenure, including cup winners John Ebbrell, Anders Limpar, Matt Jackson and Vinny Samways in the 1996-1997 season, and Neville Southall, Andy Hinchcliffe, Graham Stuart and Earl Barrett the season after. Kendall left by mutual consent at the end of the 1997-1998 season, after Everton narrowly avoided relegation.
    Your options: [ Mike Walker ] [ Howard Kendall ] [ Jimmy Gabriel ] [ Colin Harvey ]
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6 Where did the club first play their home games?
Answer: Stanley Park

Everton played at Stanley Park between 1878-82, followed by Priory Road until 1884, when they moved into Anfield, which became the home of Merseyside neighbours Liverpool after Everton moved into Goodison Park in 1891.
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7 Which football club did Niclas Alexandersson join Everton from in 2000?
Answer: Sheffield Wednesday

Niclas represented Sweden in the 2002 World Cup and he grabbed a goal in the 1-1 draw with England in the second opening game of group F.
    Your options: [ Halmstads BK ] [ Sheffield United ] [ Sheffield Wednesday ] [ IFK Gothenburg ]
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8 Who scored the winning goal in the game at home against Wimbledon, in the season 1993-1994?
Answer: Graham Stuart

Stuart's goal kept Everton up in the 1993-1994 season.
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9 In 1892 Everton moved to which ground?
Answer: Goodison Park

In 1892 Everton moved to Goodison Park after playing at Anfield for 8 years.
    Your options: [ Anfield ] [ Goodison Park ] [ Old Trafford ] [ The Marine ]
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10 Who was the club's first manager in their history?
Answer: W E Barclay

Barclay was manager between 1888-89, followed by Molyneux (1889-1901), Cuff (1901-18), and Sawyer between 1918-19.
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11 How many total appearences, did Dave Watson have for Everton (up to the end of 1999-2000 season)?
Answer: 523
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12 Which homegrown Everton player made his full senior debut against Tottenham Hotspur on 17th August 2002, aged just 16?
Answer: Wayne Rooney

Rooney was Everton's youngest debutant since Joe Royle, and appeared just a few months shy of his 17th birthday. He was named the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2002. He left to join Manchester United in August 2004, and had a glittering career there, racking up 183 goals, becoming their captain and one of the few English players to win the FA Cup, Premier League, UEFA Champions' League, League Cup, Europa League and FIFA Club World Cup (along with team mate Michael Carrick). Many seasons later, aged 31, he returned to Everton at the start of the 2017-2018 season and was the club's top scorer for that season.
    Your options: [ Ross Barkley ] [ Wayne Rooney ] [ Franny Jeffers ] [ Danny Cadamartery ]
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13 How many times did Everton win the League title in the 20th century?
Answer: 8

Everton won their first title in the 1890-91 season, and their championships in the 20th century were the 1914-15 season, followed by seven more in 1927-28, 1931-32, 1938-39, 1962-63, 1969-70, 1984-85, and 1986-87.
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14 Everton purchased Tobias Linderoth towards the end of the 2001/2002 season from which club?
Answer: Stabaek

Linderoth also represented Sweden in the 2002 World Cup, held in Japan and Korea.
    Your options: [ AC Milan ] [ Elfsborg ] [ Stabaek ] [ Lillestrom ]
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15 Where was goalkeeper, Neville Southall born?
Answer: Llandudno
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16 Throughout my university career, and for some years afterwards, David Moyes was Everton's manager. For how many full seasons did he manage Everton in total?
Answer: 11

David Moyes spent a massive 11 seasons at Everton, starting on 14th March 2002 during the 2001-02 season, and leaving at the end of the 2012-13 season to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. During his time at Everton, they regularly finished in the top half (difficult second season aside), and even made it into the Europa and Champions' Leagues, as well as a Cup Final.
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17 Who played for Everton in the 1920s and was a record setting striker?
Answer: Dixie Dean

William Ralph (Dixie) Dean joined the club from Tranmere in 1925. In his first season for the club he scored 60 goals setting a record.
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18 Andrei Kanchelskis joined Everton in 1995 from which club?
Answer: Manchester United

Andrei was born in the Ukraine but actually represented Russia at international level.
    Your options: [ Fiorentina ] [ Rangers ] [ Manchester United ] [ Shakhtar Donetsk ]
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19 How much did Peter Beardsley cost Everton?
Answer: 1 million
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20 In 2009, Everton reached their first FA Cup Final since 1995, against Chelsea. Who scored a record-breakingly early goal for Everton at just 25 seconds in?
Answer: Louis Saha

The previous record for the fastest goal in an FA Cup Final was set by Bob Chatt of Aston Villa in the 1895 Cup Final against West Bromwich Albion, at 30 seconds. Unfortunately for Everton, Chelsea fought back, with goals from Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard, and went on to become the 2009 FA Cup winners.
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21 When did Everton win their first FA Cup?
Answer: 1906

Everton beat Newcastle 1-0 in the 1906 FA Cup final, and won it four more times in the 20th century in 1933, 1966, 1984, and 1995.
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22 Thomas Gravesen arrived at Everton in 2000. From which club was he purchased?
Answer: SV Hamburg

Thomas began his career at Vejle BK in his home country of Denmark. SV Hamburg spotted his talents whilst he was playing in Denmark and purchased him from Vejle BK. Everton then agreed a deal to take Thomas to Everton in 2000.
    Your options: [ Schalke 04 ] [ Vejle BK ] [ SV Hamburg ] [ Bayern Munich ]
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23 What team was Peter Beardsley purchased from?
Answer: Liverpool
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24 Roberto Martinez replaced David Moyes in 2013, though I only saw Everton play under him twice. To which position did he take Everton in his first season?
Answer: 5th

Under former Wigan Athletic manager Martinez, Everton achieved one of their highest points tallies of all time, as well as beating Manchester United both at home and away for the first time since Harry Catterick's tenure in 1969-1970. (Wigan, funnily enough, had knocked Everton out of the FA Cup the previous season.) Antolin Alcaraz, Arouna Koné, James McCarthy and Joel Robles all followed Martinez from Wigan, and Romelu Lukaku was brought in on loan from Chelsea. He would subsequently become Everton's top goalscorer for four seasons running.
    Your options: [ 3rd ] [ 5th ] [ 4th ] [ 6th ]
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25 Who was the manager of Everton before David Moyes?
Answer: Walter Smith

In 1998 Walter Smith was appointed Everton manager. He stayed with the club until 2002 when he was replaced by David Moyes. Whilst at the club he failed to uplift the club back to its once glory and was sacked by chairman Bill Kenwright.
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26 How many League goals did Adrian Heath score for Everton?
Answer: 71

Heath made 226 League appearances for Everton between 1982-89.
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27 Goalkeeper Neville Southall began his Everton career in October 1981 and was still at the club in November 1997. He was a terrific servant to Everton, but which club was he signed from?
Answer: Bury

Southall played for Stoke City and Torquay United in the twilight of his career. He also managed Dover Athletic for a brief period.
    Your options: [ Dover Athletic ] [ Stoke City ] [ Bury ] [ Torquay United ]
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28 Who scored the last goal for Everton in the 1985 European Cup Winners Cup Semi-Final against Bayern Munich?
Answer: Trevor Steven
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29 In Roberto Martinez's final season at Everton, the squad performed poorly in the league, but reached two semi-finals. Manchester United were the FA Cup semi-finalists and eventual winners, but who knocked Everton out of the League Cup semi-final?
Answer: Manchester City

Everton beat Manchester City 2-1 at Goodison Park in the first leg but sadly, Manchester City fought back with a 3-1 victory in the second leg at the Etihad. City's then manager Manuel Pellegrini criticised Ramiro Funes Mori's goal, which he believed was offside, and the referee for not granting a penalty when Kevin Mirallas brought down Jesus Navas in the box. Everton goalkeeper Joel Robles also angered City fans when he mistakenly tried to help Kevin de Bruyne up, only for de Bruyne to end up screaming in agony, as he had injured his cruciate.
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30 Who are Everton's arch rivals?
Answer: Liverpool

Since the start of both clubs rivalry has been a part of Evertonian's and Liverpudlian's lives. The atmosphere on derby days is electric because each side has to face glory or shame!
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31 Where did Everton sign Alan Stubbs from in 2000?
Answer: Glasgow Celtic

Stubbs began his career with Bolton in 1990, and signed for Celtic in 1996, until moving to Everton in 2000.
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32 Tomasz Radzinski joined Everton in 2001, from which Belgian club?
Answer: Anderlecht

Everton signed the highly rated striker in 2001.
    Your options: [ Club Brugge ] [ Legia Warsaw ] [ Anderlecht ] [ Polonia Warsaw ]
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33 What score did Everton beat Rapid Vienna in the European Cup Winners Cup Final?
Answer: 3-1
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34 Who did Everton play in the 1985 European Cup-Winners Cup final?
Answer: Rapid Vienna

Everton beat Rapid Vienna 3-1, with Andy Gray, Trevor Steven and Kevin Sheedy getting on the scoresheet.
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35 Bob Latchford joined Everton in 1974 from which English team?
Answer: Birmingham City

Latchford was a favourite with the Everton fans back in the 70's.
    Your options: [ Derby County ] [ Aston Villa ] [ Birmingham City ] [ Crystal Palace ]
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36 When Howard Kendall left as manager of Everton at the end of 1987, which Spanish club did he join?
Answer: Athletic Bilbao
    Your options: [ Athletic Bilbao ] [ Real Betis ] [ Athletico Madrid ] [ Real Sociedad ]
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37 How many League goals did William 'Dixie' Dean score for the club?
Answer: 349

Dean scored 349 League goals for the club between 1925-37, including 60 in one season!
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38 How many trophies did Howard Kendall win with Everton, as a player?
Answer: one

1969-1970 League Championship.
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