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Sting Ray Quiz 1 - 50       Sting Ray Quiz 50-100

1. Capped by England "B" & U21 level. Made his league debut with his first club against Everton at Goodison Park at 18. Went on to win League and cup medals. He later played in the 1st Division and helped his new club gain promotion to the Premiership. Made his debut for The Blues at Anfield. Played over 150 games for Everton before leaving and is still playing in the Premiership today. Who is he?
2. Which former Everton player was on the losing side in 4 FA Cup finals?
3. Who scored in every round of the European Cup Winners Cup run in 1984/85, but not in the final?
4. Who scored the only goal in a European game against Fortuna Sittard?
5. Which former Everton player played for Porto in the 1983/84 European Cup Winners Cup Final against Juventus?

Answers: Wed (25/01/06)
1. Kevin Campbell
2. Paul Bracewell
3. Graeme Sharp
4. Peter Reid
5. Mickey Walsh

Sting Ray Quiz 149 (11/01/06)

1. Name the player! Signed for Everton whilst playing for Hull City. Prior to signing he had already won 2 league and 1 Cup medal. Played over 150 games for the Blues. Added an FA Cup Winners medal before finishing his career with Blackburn. Who is he?
2. Which player was named Everton's Young Player of the Season 2003/04?
3. What 3 Awards did Tim Cahill win in 2005?
4. What Award did Kevin Killbane win in 2005?
5. With which club did Lee Carsley start his career with?

Answers: Wed (18/01/06)
1. Gary Ablett
2. Joseph Yobo
3. A) Blue Kipper Star Man Award, B) Oceania Player Of The Season, C) Everton's Player Of The Season
4. International Player of the Season (By the Irish FA)
5. Derby County

Sting Ray Quiz 148 (04/01/06)

1. Which Everton player scored 3 hat-tricks in one season? Take your pick from Cottee, Lineker, or Latchford.
2. Who has scored more penalties for Everton? Vernon, Steven or Unsworth?
3. Who is the odd one out? Two of these players scored on their debut. Madar, Samways, and Unsworth. Who didn't?
4. Bob Latchford left Everton in 1981 and went on to play for 3 other clubs. Name them?
5. How many England caps did Paul Bracewell get whilst an Everton player?

Answers: Wed (11/01/06)
1. Gary Lineker
2. David Unsworth
3. Vinny Samways
4. Swansea, Coventry, Lincoln
5. 3 Caps

Sting Ray Quiz 147 (28/12/05)

1.When Was The Last Time Everton played at Wembley?
2. In the above game, who was the opposition and what was the occasion?
3. Who is Everton's longest serving manager?
4. In the Championship winning side of 1969/70, who was Everton's leading scorer?
5. Name the player? Made his debut winning 5-0 at home on boxing day. Played 30 games for Everton scoring 10 goals. He played over 30 games as substitute. He was transferred back to his old club in the 90's. Name the player?

Answers: Wed (04/01/06)
1. August 1995
2. Blackburn - Charity Shield - Vinny Samways
3. Harry Catterick
4. Joe Royle - 23 Goals
5. Joe Max Moore

Sting Ray Quiz 146 (21/12/05)

1.Who Was Everton's Manager in the 1st Season of the Premiership?
2. Which Everton player has made the most appearances in the Premiership?
3. Who is Everton's leading goalscorer in the Premiership?
4. How many managers have Everton had in the Premiership?
5. Who is by far the greatest team the world has ever seen?

Answers:
1. Howard Kendall
2. Dave Watson
3. Duncan Ferguson
4. Six
5. EVERTON

Sting Ray Quiz 145 (14/12/05)

1. Name The Player? He was an apprentice with the Blues in 1978, signed professional forms in 1980. Won league & cup honours with Everton and other clubs he played for. Gained 1 England cap. Played in Spain for Real Sociadad. Finished his career as assistant manager with Stockport County in 2003.
2. From which club did Everton sign Paul Rideout?
3. True or False? Everton have gone through a full season without losing a home match in the league
4. In the 1986 World Cup, which 4 Everton players played in the same England team against Poland, Paraguay and Argentina?
5. In 1987 Adrian Heath left Everton and signed for which club?

Answers:
1. Kevin Richardson
2. Rangers
3. True
4. Lineker, Stevens, Reid, Steven
5. Espanyol

Sting Ray Quiz 144 (07/12/05)

1. Barry Horne scored Everton's 1st ever Premiership goal at Goodison Park. Against who?
2. During Colin Harvey's reign as manager, which ex-blue was his 1st team coach?
3. From which club did we sign Olivier Dacourt?
4.which club did Tony Cottee join from Everton?
5. In November 2001, Paul Gascoigne scored his one and only goal for Everton. Against who?

Answers:
1. Sheff Wed
2. Paul Power
3. R.C. Strasbourg (£4m)
4. West Ham Utd
5. Bolton

Sting Ray Quiz 143 (30/11/05)

1. Prior To Simon Davis who was the last Spurs player to sign for Everton?
2. From which club did Everton sign Craig Short?
3. Which Everton player holds the record for most Appearances for the club?
4. Who was the last Everton player to be the league's leading goal scorer?
5. Kevin Ratcliffe never scored a goal at Goodison Park. True or False?

Answers:
1. Vinny Samways
2. Derby County
3. Neville Southall
4. Gary Lineker
5. True. (But he did score at analfield)

Sting Ray Quiz 142 (23/11/05)

1. Pat Van Den Hauwe won a FA Cup winners medal in 1991 with Spurs.
Which other player later to join the Blues played in the same team?
2. Who was Everton's first £5m player?
3. Which former player signed the same time as Peter Reid, had 3 seasons at Everton but only played 24 games and won a League Winners medal?
4. Name the former blue who won a FA Youth Cup medal with Everton, was transferred, and scored the winning goal for his new club at Anfield to send the reds out of the League cup?
5. When Everton signed Duncan McKenzie from Anderlecht in december 1971, which other player did they sign on the same day?

Answers:
1. Paul Gascoigne
2. Andri Kanchelskis
3. Terry Curran
4. Phil Jevans (Grimsby)
5. Bruc Rioch

Sting Ray Quiz 141 (16/11/05)

1. Everton won their first away game in the Premiership 3-0 on 19th Aug 1992. Against who?
2. What is Everton's Biggest Win in The Premiership?
3. Name The Former Blue Who Won a Gold Medal At The Olympic Games in Atlanta?
4. Which Former Blue Won League and Cup Medals with Everton and was sent off in a Premiership game whilst playing against Everton at Goodison?
5. Who was The Last Everton Player To Score A Hat-trick against Everton?

Answers:
1. Man Utd
2. 7-1 (Southampton, 16th Nov 96)
3. Daniel Amokachi (96)
4. Graeme Sharp (Oldham 5th March 94)
5. Tony Cottee (5th Oct 91)

Sting Ray Quiz 140 (09/11/05)

1. Which former Blue scored hat-tricks for 3 different clubs?
2. When was the last time 2 Everton players scored hat-tricks in the same game?
3. Who was the last player to score a hat-trick against Bolton?
4. In which season did Dixie Dean score the all time record of 60 goals?
5. Who was Everton's 1st ever substitute?

Answers:
Wednesday 16th November 2005 (Gary Naysmith's Birthday)

1. Kevin Campbell (Notts Forest, Arsenal, Everton)
2. 29 Aug 1978 - Bob Latchford & Martin Dobson - 8-0 v Wimbledon in League Cup
3. Duncan Ferguson 28th Dec 1997
4. 1927/28
5. John Hurst 1965 v Stoke City

Sting Ray Quiz 139 (02/11/05)

1. Name 7 Everton players who have played against the Toffees in Wembley Cup Finals?
2. 1n 1977 League Cup Final was played over 3 games at Wembley, Hillsborough and Old Trafford, Everton had 3 different right backs. Name them?
3. Name 10 players who have played for Everton and have played in Premiership winning teams?
4. Who was the last Everton player to score a hat-trick against Birmingham?
5. Who was the last Everton player to score 2 penalties in one game?

Answers:
1. Mo Johnstone (84), John Gidman (85), Norman Whiteside (85), Mark Hughes (85), Steve McMahon (89), Peter Beardsley (89), Gary Ablett (89).

2. Dave Jones - Wembley. Mike Bernard - Hillsborough. Neil Robinson - Old Trafford

3. Mark Hughes, Andrei Kanchelskis, Jesper Blomquist, Phil Neville - all Man Utd.
Bobby Mimms and Mike Newell - Blackburn.
Martin Keown, Stephen Hughes, Richard Wright, Francis Jeffers - Arsenal.

4. Gary Lineker - August 1985.

5. David Unsworth v Birmingham (Jan 2000)

Sting Ray Quiz 138 (26/10/05)

1. Name the only member of the Everton team to play Man Utd in the 1985 FA Cup final who did not win an International cap.
2. Who was the oldest player to make his debut for Everton?
3. How many times was Neville Southall sent off while playing for Everton in the premiership?
4. When Everton won the league in 1986/87 who was the leading goal scorer?
5. Which former blue was the first English player to appear in a European Cup Final for a foreign club?

Answers:
1. Derek Mountfield
2. Richard Gough (37)
3. 2
4. Trevor Steven
5. Duncan McKenzie. (Anderlecht)

Sting Ray Quiz 137 (19/10/05)

1. Who was the Everton player who scored from a penalty in the semi-final of the FA Cup in 1980 and then was sent off?
2. Name the player who scored his one and only Cup goal and an own goal in a 1985/86 match.
3. Only one player played in 1977 and 1984 League Cup Finals. Name him.
4. Which former Blue played in 4 Wembley Cup Finals and only won one winners medal?
5. Name The Last 2 Everton players who played together with the same surname.

Answers:
1. Brian Kidd (West Ham villa park 1-1)
2. Pat Van Den Hauwe (Blackburn w3-1)
3. Andy King
4. Pat Van Den Hauwe (Spurs 91)
5. Mark & Stephen Hughes (19 games 2000/01)

Sting Ray Quiz 136 (12/10/05)

1. An instrumental Midfield Player.
2. Man In Defence Who Played With Pride.
3. Another Fine Mess. Sent Off in A Derby Match.
4. Would Be A Partner For A Wife.
5. Sharpen A Piece Of Wood.

Answers:
1. Barry Horne
2. Mick Lyons
3. Garry Stanley
4. Jimmy Husband
5. Alan Whittle

Sting Ray Quiz 135 (05/10/05)

1. Everton's biggest home defeat in the Premiership came in a 5-1 thrashing in 1993. Who was the team?
2. A 2-0 win over QPR secured the Championship in 1985. Who scored the goals?
3. A 2-0 Win against West Brom on 1st April 1970 secured another Championship. Who scored the goals?
4. Everton's first ever game in the Football League on 8th September 1888 against Accrington was a 2-1 win. Where was the game played?
5.Who is the only Merseyside team to reign for 125 years supreme ?

Answers:
1. Norwich
2. Sharp & Mountfield
3. Harvey & Whittle
4. Anfield (Now renamed Analfield)
5. E-V-E-R-T-O-N

Sting Ray Quiz 134

1. Who was the 1st Everton player to win an England cap?
2. In the now famous 'Oxford' game away in 1983, who made the back pass which Inchy latched onto & what was the score in the replay?
3. From which club did we sign 'Ooo Ahhh' Mike Madar?
4. Which club, now in the Premiership, knocked Everton out of the FA Cup in 1975 & went onto the Final?
5. Who is the only Merseyside team to reign for 125 years supreme?

Answers :
1. johnny Holt 1898
2. Kevin Brock
3. Deportivo la Coruna
4. Fulham
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 133

1.Everton signed Abel Xavier from which club?
2. Who left Everton in 1978 after 15 years service to sign for Vancouver Whitecaps?
3.Which future Everton player (& Championship Winner) scored the goal which knocked us out of the League Cup 1984?
4.Which Anglo-Scottish Cup competition did Everton take part in 1973?
5. Who is the only Merseyside team to reign for 125 years supreme?

Answers :
1.PSV Eindhoven
2. Roger Kenyon
3. Paul Wilkinson
4. Texaco Cup
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!

Sting Ray Quiz 132

1.How much was the transfer fee paid by Everton to Wolves for Andy Gray in November 1983?
2. Who does Colin Harvey state as this 'finest ever' signing'?
3. In the 1934-35 season, Dixie Dean played in an FA Cup Replay v Sunderland which Everton won 6-4. How many goals did Dixie score in the game?
4.Which Everton player scored a hat-trick on his England debut in 1964?
5. Who is the only Merseyside team to reign for 125 years supreme?

Answers :
1. £250,000
2. Martin Keown
3. None!
4. Fred Pickering v USA 27.5.64
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 131

1.In December 1976 Everton signed Duncan McKenzie. Who from & to which club was he sold?
2. In July 1979 Gordon Lee paid Plymouth £150,000 for a goalie who only played 31 games for us, who was he?
3. Which player, born in Bethnal Green, joined us for £2.2m in August 1994 & went on to score for Everton at Wembley?
4.After winning league & cup medals with Everton, Kevin Richardson transferred to Watford, which two clubs did he move onto after The Hornets?
5. Who is the only Merseyside team to reign for 125 years supreme?

Answers :
1. Anderlecht & Chelsea
2. Martin Hodge
3. Vinnie Samways
4. Real Sociedad
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 130

1.Which 2 clubs knocked Everton out of the FA Cup whilst Colin Harvey was Manager (87-90)?
2.Which former Everton star (who is a guest at the Blue Kipper Presentation Night Night on 12 May) resigned
as Manager of Bristol Rovers in 1991?
3. Who became Everton's Chairman in 1991?
4. Who was Everton's leading goalscorer in the triumphant 1966 FA Cup run?
5. Who is the only Merseyside team to reign for 125 years supreme?

Answers :
1. Oldham & the shite
2. Martin Dobson
3. Dr David Marsh (steered us down the pan!)
4. Derek Temple
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 129

1. Who was the last player to be sold by Colin Harvey when he was Everton's Manager?
2. Who was the only Everton player named in the 1986 Scotland World Cup squad?
3. Which former Everton player appeared in the 1984 ECWC Final Juventus v FC Porto?
4. After 278 appearances, Brian Labone scored his 1st goal against which club?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce?

Answers :
1. Neil Pionton
2. Graeme Sharp
3. Micky Walsh (FC PORTO)
4. Blackburn Rovers
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 128

1. Which Everton keeper made his debut in a 5 - 2 defeat at Leeds in November 1975 ?
2. Which Everton player did Harry Catterick describe as 'The Greatest Everton discovery of all time ' ?
3. Everton's record victory is against Derby County. the score was 11 - 2, but in which competition?
4. Who has played the most Premiership games for Everton - Neville Southall,
Dave Watson or David Unsworth ?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce?

Answers :
1. Drew Brand
2. Alan Whittle
3. FA CUP
4. David Unsworth
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 127 (15/06/03) v Blue Kipper Night Quiz 5

1. How many caps did Graeme Sharp win for Scotland?
2. In the Inter Cities Fairs Cup tie v Nurenbuerg 1965/66 who became Everton's first ever substitute in a European cup tie?
3. Everton have only ever had 2 players who have been signed from the same team, played in the same position & have the same initials, who?
4. Bob Latchford scored 30 goals in the 77/78 season, how many were penalties?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce?

Answers :
1. 12
2. Andy Rankin
3. Gordon West & George Wood - Blackpool
4. One!
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 126 (05/06/03) v Blue Kipper Night Quiz 4

1. In what season did Everton win 29 league games, their highest ever?
2. Duncan Ferguson wears No.10, what was his previous shirt number?
3. Our biggest Charity Sheild win was 4 - 0, who against?
4. What shirt number did Wayne Rooney wear on his England debut?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce?

Answers :
1. 1969/70
2. 24
3. Man Utd (Aug 1963)
4. 23
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 126 (27/05/03) v Blue Kipper Night Quiz 3

1. In what year did Everton finally adopt their famous Royal Blue shirts ?
2. Who was the last player to score twice in a league derby at Goodison ?
3. What is Graeme Sharp's middle name ?
4. Which 3 Everton players scored in the epic League Cup Final with Aston Villa in 1977
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce?

Answers :
1. 1901
2. Alan Ball
3. Marshall
4. Bob Latchford, Mick Lyons & Roger Kenyon (OG)
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 125 (20/05/03) v Blue Kipper Night Quiz 2

1.After leaving Everton, Howard Kendall joined Birmingham. Which club did he play his last game for?
2.The most goals scored in the 'League Cup' in a season for Everton is seven.
Shared by Frank Wignall 60/61 & who else in 86/87?
3. Whilst playing for us, how many England caps did Bob latchford collect?
4. How many goals did Dixie Dean score in the epic 6- 4 F.A.Cup Replay with Sunderland in 1935 ?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce?

Answers :
1. EVERTON as player-manager!
2. Paul Wilkinson
3. 12
4. None!!
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 124 (06/05/03) v Blue Kipper Night Quiz 1

1. Odd one out Saddam, Adolf, Dave Hickson, Osama or Nick Barmby ?
2. Postcode of Goodison Park?
3. A - Z of Everton players, what is first & last surname?
4. Who did we sign Mike Madar from?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce ?

Answers :
1. Dave Hickson, all the others are twats!
2. L4 4EL
3. ABBOT & Young
4. Deportivo la Coruna
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 123 (15/04/03) v the shite

1. Last Everton player to score a hat-trick v the shite?
2. Last Everton player to score two at Goodison v the shite?
3. Who is Everton's youngest player ever to score v the shite?
4. Last Everton player to score a penalty v the shite?
5. Who are the shite after AGAIN?

Answers :
1. Dixie Dean
2. Alan Ball
3. Francis Jeffers
4. David Unsworth
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 122 (08/04/03) Howard Kendall?

1. How old was Howard when he played in the 1964 FA Cup Final?
2. From which club did 'The Catt' sign him for Everton?
3. Which club was he player/manager for, before managing Everton in 1981?
4. Which Spanish club did he leave us for in 1987?
5. Who are the shite after AGAIN?

Answers :
1. 17 (ala The Duke!)
2. Preston NE
3. Blackburn
4. Athletic Bilbao
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 121 (01/4/03) v What team did they transfer to?

1. Ken McNaught?
2. Henry Newton?
3. Neil Robinson?
4. Duncan McKenzie?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce ?

Answers :
1. Aston Villa
2. Derby County
3. Swansea
4. Chelsea
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 120 (18/3/03) v Misc?

1.Which Everton player was once the youngest to ever appear in a league game?
2. Who was appointed Youth Coach at Everton in 1976?
3. Two Everton players have represented England at football & cricket, who?
4. Where was 'Psycho' Pat van den Hauwe born?
5. Who are the shite STILL after ?

Answers :
1. Albert Geldard (Bradford) 15 Years & 115 Days
2. Colin Harvey
3. Harry Makepeace & Jack Sharp
4. Belgium
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 119 (11/3/03) v Misc?

1.Whose career was ended following a tackle in 1980 by Jimmy 'Shit'ouse' Case?
2. Which player won the 1985 PFA Player of the Year award?
3. Where did Billy Bingham go after he left Everton as Manager?
4. Who had 2 spells at Everton with a 10 year gap in between?
5. Who are the shite STILL after ?

Answers :
1. Geoff Nulty
2. Peter Reid
3. PAOK Salonika
4. David Johnson
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 118 (04/3/03) v Misc?

1.Which Everton player turned down Gordon Lee when offered the Youth Coach job?
2. Who left Everton when Mickey Walsh joined in 1981?
3. What injury caused Mark Higgins to quit football?
4. Neville Southall once went on loan to which team?
5. Who are the shite STILL after ?

Answers :
1. Terry Darracott
2. John Gidman
3. Pelvic Disorder
4. Port Vale
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 117 (25/02/03) v This Season 2002/03?

1.Who scored our first goal?
2. Who was the first player to be booked?
3. Who was the first player to score twice in a match?
4. Who was the first player sent off?
5. Who are the shite STILL after ?

Answers :
1. Mark Pembridge
2. Mark Pembridge
3. Super Kev 'v' Boro
4. Alan Stubbs 'v' Brum
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 116 (11/02/03) v The Saints ?

1. Which Everton defender was sent off at The Dell in March 1998?
2. Who was the last Everton player to score at hat-trick against the Saints?
3. Which Everton player scored an own goal at The Dell in March 1997?
4. Who scored Everton's last ever goal at The Dell?
5. Who are the shite STILL after ?

Answers :
1. Slaven Bilic
2. Gary 'shit'ouse' Speed
3. Craig Short
4. Carl Tiler (March 1998)
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 115 (04/02/03) Who ?

1. Which former Blue has won at Analfield with 5 different clubs ?
2. Wrighty is our 4th ever goalie to keep clean sheets for over 10 hrs.(18 mins)Name the others?
3. Howard managed 2 players at both Blackburn & Everton, who?
4. At Crystal Palace in 1981 we missed 2 pens in 12 mins, who missed?
5. Who were the shite after before the transfer deadline?

Answers :
1. Kevin Richardson - Everton, Arsenal, Villa, Coventry & Southampton
2. West (13hrs 24 min), Mimms (11 hrs 12 min), Southall (10 hrs 45 mins)
3. Jim Arnold & Glen Keeley
4. Trevor Ross and Steve McMahon
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N !!!!

Sting Ray Quiz 114 (28/01/03) Who ?

1. Played for Everton, Arsenal & England and managed Man City?
2. Missed the 1995 FA Cup Final through injury and later signed for Everton?
3. Joined Everton from Man City in exchange for Neil 'Dizza' Pointon plus £200k?
4. Won the English Schools Final with Huyton, played for us in the 'glory days' & managed Man City?
5. Who were the shite after before the transfer deadline?

Answers :
1. Alan Ball AND Joe Mercer
2. Andre Kanchelskis
3. Andy Hinchcliffe
4. He's fat, he's round, he's worth £1m - Peter Reid
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N

Sting Ray Quiz 113 (14/01/03) Who am I ?

1. A defender. Born in Liverpool 1952?
2. Played 50 times for Everton & 10 times for my country?
3. Scored twice for the Blues before leaving for York City?
4. Had to fill Tommy Wright's boots ?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce ?

Answers :
1. Peter Scott
2. Peter Scott
3. Peter Scott
4. Peter Scott
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N

Sting Ray Quiz 112 (08/01/03)

1. Who missed a penalty on his Everton debut, one month after he scored against Brazil?
2. Who was the last Everton player to score in an international match at Wembley?
3. Who was caretaker manager between Billy Bingham and Gordon Lee?
4.How many games did Mike Walker manage Everton for 31, 35 or 38?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce?

Answers :
1. John Collins
2. Don Hutchinson
3. Steve Burtenshaw
4. 31 (W6 D8 L17)
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N

Sting Ray Quiz 111 (24/12/02)

1. Who was our only ever-present player in the 86/87 Championship season?
2. Which Everton players have played under 5 different Everton managers?
3.Name the 4 Everton players in the England team for the opening game in World Cup 1970?
4.Who were Everton's first shirt sponsors?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce?

Answers :
1. Kevin Ratcliffe
2. Dave Watson & Duncan Ferguson
3. Ball, Labone, Newton & Wright
4. Hafnia
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N

Sting Ray Quiz 110 (17/12/02)

1. Four Everton players who have scored in World Cup Final stages?
2. First Everton player signed from a foreign club?
3.Who scored Everton's 1st Premiership goal?
4. Before Rhino who was the last Everton player to return after a stint elsewhere?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce?

Answers :
1. Gary Lineker, Stuart McCall, Nic Alexandersson & Kevin Sheedy
2. Duncan McKenzie
3. Barry Horne
4. Alan Harper
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N

Sting Ray Quiz 109 (10/12/02)

1. Last Everton player to be the League's leading goalscorer?
2. Since 1984, 7 players who have appeared for us have played against us in FA Cup Finals, who?
3.Only player to score in derbies in Merseyside, Manchester & Glasgow?
4. Last Everton player to score on his league debut?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce?

Answers :
1. Gary Lineker (you should have got that one!)
2.McMahon, Johnston, Hughes, Beardsley, Ablett, Whiteside & Gidman
3. Kanchelskis
4. Ooo Ahh, Mike Madar
5.E-V-E-R-T-O-N

Sting Ray Quiz 108 (03/12/02) Goals

1. Last Everton player to be the League's leading goalscorer?
2. Other than the obvious Dixie Dean, who has been our leading goalscorer on the most occasions?
3.Who scored his 100th league goal for Everton in his last game 13.3.1965?
4. Which defender scored the most goals in a season (14)?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce?

Answers :
1. Gary Lineker
2. Dean (10 seasons), the other Alex Young (6) 1901 - 1911, then Bob Latchford (5).
3. Roy Vernon
4. Deadly Derek Mountfield
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Sting Ray Quiz 107 (26/11/02) The Derby .. who was he/they?

1. First player to captain both the redshite & Everton?
2.He stopped the redshite beating Leeds 29 game unbeaten run in our March1988 victory?
3.Played in Derby games in Dundee, Glasgow, London & Merseyside?
4. Same surnames but on different sides in Derby matches 3.2.68 & 27.11.99?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win 6 Premiership games on the bounce?

Answers :
1. Steve McMahon
2. Wayne Clarke
3. Richard Gough
4. Hunt & Gerrard
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Sting Ray Quiz 106 (19/11/02) The Derby

1. Only 3 Everton players have scored penalties in a post-war league derby, who?
2.Derby debutants, 3 'beauts' 4.3.1972, 6.11.1982 & 17.10.1998, who were they?
3.Made his debut 'v' the shite in 1984 Charity Sheild & last game in '89 Cup Final, who?
4. 3 players made their Everton debut 'v' the redshite in 1986 Charity Sheild, who were they?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win a Domestic trophy in England?

Answers :
1. David Unsworth, Wayne Clark & Roy Vernon
2. Bernie Wright, Glenn Keeley & Ibrahim Bakayoko
3. Paul Bracewell
4. Neil Adams, Kevin Langley & Paul Power
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Sting Ray Quiz 105 (12/11/02) The 'Derby'

1. Only 2 players have scored league goals for both sides in derby games, who are they?
2. Who are the only 2 players (post War) to score, in a season, in the league & FA Cup 'v' the redshite?
3. Tommy Lawton was the youngest pre-war derby scorer, who is the youngest post war (in 1999)?
4. Last own goal conceeded in a derby by Everton was when?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win a Domestic trophy in England?

Answers :
1. Peter Beardsley & David Johnson
2. Alan Ball & Gary Lineker
3. Francis 'Dumbo' Jeffers
4. Claus 'the Scouse' Thomsen 12.4.1997
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Sting Ray Quiz 104 (06/11/02) Misc

1. Everton have played a League club in 6 different competitions name the team & the comps?
2. What has been the most commonly played fixture in English football?
3. Last Everton player to score 2 goals in a derby match?
4. Last Everton player to score twice in a Goodison derby?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win a Domestic trophy in England?

Answers :
1. Man U - Prem/League , FA CUP, League Cup, Charity Shield, Inter Cities Fairs Cup & Screen Sport Super Cup
2. Everton v Aston Villa
3. Andrei Kanchelskis
4. Alan Ball
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Sting Ray Quiz 103 (30/10/02) Other Cups
Sting Ray was on holiday last week)

1. Who were our opponents in our only ever Texaco Cup appearance in 1973?
2. Who were our 2 opponents in The Full Members Cup 1986/87?
3. Our lowest post-war crowd, 3073 v Millwall 20.12.88 who made his only ever 1st team appearance (goalie)?
4. Who beat us in the Simod Cup Final 1989 & who beat us in the ZDS Cup Final 1991?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win a Domestic trophy in England?

Answers :
1. Hearts, lost 1-0
2. Newcastle & Charlton
3. Mike Stowell
4. Simod - Notts Forest (lost 4-3) & ZDS Crystal Palace (lost 4-1)
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Sting Ray Quiz 102 (16/10/02) Charity Sheild

1. How many have we appeared in? (First 1928 & last 1995)
2. What Charity Sheild record did we create in 1987?
3. An incident occured which was unique in our history at Wembley & had the team in fits of laughter?
4. Only player to score in 2 Charity Sheild matches?
5. Who was the last Merseyside team to win a Domestic trophy in England?

Answers :
1. 11
2. First team ever to appear in 4 consecutive Sheilds
3. Howard Kendall subbed the sub, Neil Adams
4. Adrian Heath '85 & '86
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Sting Ray Quiz 101 (09/10/02) The Cups last Season 2001/02

1. Who scored our first goal in each competition, Worthy & FA?
2. One player scored 2 goals in a cup game last year, name him & the opponents?
3. Only 2 players played in all our cup games last year, who were they?
4. Which Div.1 team took us to an FA Cup replay?
5.Who was the last Merseyside team to win a Domestic trophy in England?

Answers :
1. Worthy - Big Dunc. FA - Stubbsy
2. Super Kev - Leyton Orient
3. Weir & Stubbs
4. Crewe Alexandra
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Sting Ray Quiz 100 (02/10/02) ' An' if, yer know, yer 'istory'

1. What year where we formed?
2. What was our original name?
3. Which hotel was the meeting held where it was decided to adopt the district of Everton?
4.Who were our first league opponents, score and who scored our first ever goal?
5.Who was the first and IS the only team on Merseyside?

Answers :
1. 1878
2. St. Domingo's
3. Queen's Head Hotel, Village Street
4. Accrington Stanley (h) 1-1, G Fleming, 8.9.1888
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