Q 01/05

Which French star refused to play for West Ham in January 2017 to force a move back to Marseille?

A) Samir Nasri

B) Dimitri Payet

C) Alou Diarra

D) Morgan Amalfitano

Answer · why

B) Dimitri Payet

Dimitri Payet. He had signed a contract to 2021 less than a year earlier, and although the club vowed not to sell, he was on his way within three week...

Q 02/05

Which Victorian warship, built by Thames Ironworks, gives its hull shape to West Ham's 2016 crest?

A) HMS Thunderer

B) HMS Warrior

C) HMS Victory

D) HMS Dreadnought

Answer · why

B) HMS Warrior

HMS Warrior. Britain's first iron-hulled armoured warship changed naval design so quickly that she was outdated within a decade of her 1860 launch, ye...

Q 03/05

Who became West Ham United's first manager, staying in charge until 1932?

A) Ted Fenton

B) Charlie Paynter

C) Syd King

D) Arnold Hills

Answer · why

C) Syd King

Syd King. Still a full-back when he took the job in 1902, he ran the team for thirty years until the board suspended him for being 'drunk and insubord...

Q 04/05

By one account, how did West Ham's forerunners acquire Aston Villa's claret and blue kit?

A) Donated after a friendly

B) Swapped for match balls

C) Bought at an auction

D) Won in a bet on a foot race

Answer · why

D) Won in a bet on a foot race

Won in a bet on a foot race. As the story goes, a sprinter who coached the Ironworks outran four Villa players at a Birmingham fair in 1899, and the l...

Q 05/05

West Ham's first match at Upton Park in September 1904 was a 3-0 win over which fierce rivals?

A) Millwall

B) Tottenham Hotspur

C) Leyton Orient

D) Fulham

Answer · why

A) Millwall

Millwall. The two clubs were still neighbours north of the Thames then: the visitors played on the Isle of Dogs and did not cross the river until 1910...