Q 01/05

In which area of Liverpool was Wayne Rooney born?

A) Croxteth

B) Toxteth

C) Bootle

D) Kirkby

Answer · why

A) Croxteth

Croxteth: he grew up in a council house there with Everton pennants filling his bedroom window, yet at 18 he walked out on his boyhood club for Manche...

Q 02/05

Which manager gave Rooney his Everton debut?

A) Walter Smith

B) David Moyes

C) Howard Kendall

D) Joe Royle

Answer · why

B) David Moyes

David Moyes: he later sued over a claim in Rooney's autobiography and won an apology and damages in 2008, five years before he became Rooney's manager...

Q 03/05

In 2007 Rooney carried a title belt into the ring in Las Vegas for which British boxer?

A) Amir Khan

B) Joe Calzaghe

C) Ricky Hatton

D) David Haye

Answer · why

C) Ricky Hatton

Ricky Hatton: the boxer followed a rival club, yet he asked his friend, a United striker, to carry one of his belts into the ring for his fight with J...

Q 04/05

As a boy, Rooney wrote to which Everton striker?

A) Duncan Ferguson

B) Graeme Sharp

C) Kevin Campbell

D) Tony Cottee

Answer · why

A) Duncan Ferguson

Duncan Ferguson: he was in prison at the time and wrote back, and by the age of 16 the young fan was his team-mate in Everton's first-team squad.

Q 05/05

What did Rooney's T-shirt read after he scored in the 2002 FA Youth Cup final?

A) Born a Blue, die a Blue

B) Once a Blue, always a Blue

C) Everton till I die

D) Always Everton, never Red

Answer · why

B) Once a Blue, always a Blue

Once a Blue, always a Blue: two years later he left Everton for Manchester United, and in 2007 he answered the boos at Goodison Park by scoring and ki...