Q 01/05

Which Gene Autry song did Hull FC fans adopt after singing it to goal-kicker Joe Oliver?

A) Home on the Range

B) Old Faithful

C) Red River Valley

D) Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Answer · why

B) Old Faithful

Old Faithful suited Oliver, a full-back so dependable with the boot in the early 1930s that the crowd burst into the song at a match, and it has been ...

Q 02/05

Before the 1980 all-Hull Wembley final, what did a famous homemade sign on the road out of Hull ask?

A) Lock the gates

B) Bring the trophy home

C) Turn the lights off

D) Close the docks

Answer · why

C) Turn the lights off

Turn the lights off was the request to the last one out of the city, on a cardboard sign three fans propped against a lamppost the night before Hull K...

Q 03/05

Which Hull FC winger, the club's record try scorer, was Great Britain's first black captain?

A) Clive Sullivan

B) Jason Robinson

C) Martin Offiah

D) Ellery Hanley

Answer · why

A) Clive Sullivan

Clive Sullivan led Great Britain to the 1972 World Cup, scoring a length-of-the-field try in the final, and the main road into the city is now named C...

Q 04/05

Which feat did Hull FC's 1978–79 Division Two side achieve on the way to promotion?

A) Scored 1,000 points

B) Conceded no home tries

C) Used only 13 players

D) Won every league match

Answer · why

D) Won every league match

Hull FC won every league match, 26 out of 26, to go straight back up under new coach Arthur Bunting, and within four years they were champions of the ...

Q 05/05

Which nickname did Hull FC take from the street where the main entrance to The Boulevard stood?

A) The Airlie Birds

B) The Hessle Hawks

C) The Robins

D) The Anlaby Larks

Answer · why

A) The Airlie Birds

The Airlie Birds comes from Airlie Street, and the name outlived the ground: the club left The Boulevard after 107 years, and the demolition crews mov...