Q 01/05

Which club won the 2016 Premier League title after bookmakers had rated them 5,000–1 outsiders?

A) Stoke City

B) Leicester City

C) Swansea City

D) West Bromwich Albion

Answer · why

B) Leicester City

Leicester City's triumph triggered the largest payout in British sporting history, with winnings totalling £25 million. Two big bookmakers had offered...

Q 02/05

Which pop star became chairman of Watford, his boyhood team, in 1976?

A) Rod Stewart

B) David Bowie

C) Elton John

D) Phil Collins

Answer · why

C) Elton John

Elton John has a stand named after him at Vicarage Road, the Watford ground where he has also staged fundraising concerts. He served two spells as cha...

Q 03/05

Which stadium did England great Bobby Charlton nickname the Theatre of Dreams?

A) Old Trafford

B) Maine Road

C) Elland Road

D) Wembley Stadium

Answer · why

A) Old Trafford

Old Trafford has been Manchester United's home since 1910, though wartime bombing forced an eight-year exile at Maine Road, the ground of their local ...

Q 04/05

Liverpool's anthem You'll Never Walk Alone comes from which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?

A) South Pacific

B) The King and I

C) State Fair

D) Carousel

Answer · why

D) Carousel

Carousel dates from 1945, and its show tune reached Anfield after local band Gerry and the Pacemakers topped the UK chart with a cover in 1963.

Q 05/05

Which club had London Underground's Gillespie Road station renamed in its honour in 1932?

A) Leyton Orient

B) Millwall

C) Arsenal

D) Watford

Answer · why

C) Arsenal

Arsenal remain the only football club with a Tube station named directly after them. The change came while they played at nearby Highbury.