Arsenal Quiz Questions and Answers

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Round 1

  1. Which club ended Manchester United's grip on the Premier League title in 2001-02?
  2. Which Arsenal striker scored both goals in the 1987 League Cup final — the club's first League Cup trophy, beating Liverpool 2-1?
  3. Thierry Henry joined Arsenal in August 1999 for £11m — which Italian club did he leave to join the Gunners?
  4. What shirt number did Patrick Vieira wear at Arsenal for most of his career (1996-2005)?
  5. Who assisted Olivier Giroud's scorpion kick for Arsenal vs Crystal Palace on New Year's Day 2017?
  6. Dennis Bergkamp scored a hat-trick for Arsenal against Leicester in August 1997, with the third goal widely regarded as iconic — what made that third goal so memorable?
  7. Arsene Wenger managed how many clubs before Arsenal?
  8. Who scored the winning penalty for Arsenal in their 2005 FA Cup final shootout win over Manchester United?
  9. The 'Pizzagate' / Battle of the Buffet incident at Old Trafford in October 2004 saw which 17-year-old Arsenal player throw a slice of pizza that hit Sir Alex Ferguson?
  10. Who scored Arsenal's extra-time winning goal in the 2014 FA Cup final — completing the comeback from 2-0 down against Hull City?
Answers — round 1
  1. Arsenal — Arsenal won the 2001-02 title under Wenger, sandwiched between Man Utd titles in 2000-01 and 2002-03. They then won the 2003-04 'Invincibles' title.
  2. Nicholas — 'Champagne Charlie' ended Ian Rush's 144-match unbeaten run under George Graham at Wembley.
  3. Juventus — Henry had joined Juventus from Monaco in January 1999 but struggled on the wing in Serie A.
  4. 4 — Vieira wore #4 throughout his Arsenal spell. He kept the same number at Juventus, then switched to #14 at Inter Milan and #24 at Manchester City.
  5. Sánchez — Alexis Sanchez whipped in a cross from the left and Giroud, with his back to goal, flicked it past the keeper off the underside of the bar — a scorpion-kick stunner that won the 2017 Puskás Award.
  6. A three-touch turn and finish — His three touches — control, flick past Matt Elliott, finish past Kasey Keller — are essentially a dress-rehearsal for his more famous 1998 World Cup goal vs Argentina.
  7. 3 — Wenger managed Nancy and Monaco in France and Nagoya Grampus in Japan before joining Arsenal in 1996.
  8. Vieira — Arsenal won 5-4 on penalties; the captain who later moved to Juventus put away the decisive spot-kick.
  9. Cesc Fàbregas — Fàbregas admitted it in 2017 on A League of Their Own. The match was Man Utd 2-0 Arsenal (24 Oct 2004), ending Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten run.
  10. Ramsey — Cazorla's free kick (17') and Koscielny's equaliser (71') hauled Arsenal back to 2-2; Ramsey scored the winner 11 minutes from the end of extra time.

Round 2

  1. Which Spanish teenager left Barcelona's La Masia academy at 16 in September 2003 to join Arsenal — becoming, at the time, the Gunners' youngest-ever first-team player?
  2. In which season did Tottenham first finish above Arsenal in the Premier League under Arsène Wenger — ending a 20-year 'St Totteringham's Day' streak?
  3. Which Dutch winger did Arsenal sell to Barcelona in 2000 for £25m — making him the most expensive Dutch player at the time?
  4. Which player was sold by Arsenal to Barcelona for around £35m in 2011 — and later returned to London to join Chelsea in 2014?
  5. Arsenal's famous 1990s back four featured Adams, Bould, Dixon — who was the fourth completing the defensive unit?
  6. Which Arsenal legend won the Premier League Golden Boot four times between 2001-02 and 2005-06?
  7. Which former Arsenal midfielder (Invincible) managed Crystal Palace from 2021 to 2023 — plus NYCFC and Nice — but never Arsenal?
  8. Who was Arsenal's top Premier League scorer in 2023-24 with 16 goals?
  9. Which club finished as Premier League runners-up for three consecutive seasons from 2022-23 to 2024-25 — twice behind Manchester City and once behind Liverpool?
  10. Arsene Wenger — how many FA Cups did he win at Arsenal?
Answers — round 2
  1. Cesc Fàbregas — He made his debut just weeks later in a League Cup tie against Rotherham, aged 16 years and 177 days, before breaking into the first team during the 2004-05 injury crisis.
  2. 2016-17 — Spurs finished 2nd in 2016-17 with Arsenal 5th — Arsenal's only sub-Spurs finish in Wenger's 22 years.
  3. Marc Overmars — Overmars moved to the Camp Nou with Emmanuel Petit in the summer of 2000 after three successful seasons at Highbury.
  4. Cesc Fàbregas — Fàbregas came through La Masia, spent eight years at Arsenal, and returned to England with Chelsea under José Mourinho.
  5. Nigel Winterburn — Nigel Winterburn (left-back) completed Arsenal's famous back four: Tony Adams (captain), Steve Bould, Lee Dixon, Nigel Winterburn.
  6. Henry — Thierry Henry won 4 Golden Boots (2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06). Shearer and Kane each won 3.
  7. Patrick Vieira — Patrick Vieira played for Arsenal 1996-2005 (captain, Invincible). Managed NYCFC, Nice, Crystal Palace (2021-23, sacked), Strasbourg.
  8. Saka — Saka scored 16 Premier League goals, with Havertz close behind on 13 as Arsenal finished second.
  9. Arsenal — Under Mikel Arteta, Arsenal finished 2nd behind Man City in 2022-23 and 2023-24, then 2nd behind Liverpool in Arne Slot's first season in 2024-25.
  10. 7 — Wenger's seven FA Cups is a record for any manager, including the 2017 final win over Chelsea in his final triumph at Arsenal.

Round 3

  1. Who scored the dramatic last-minute winner as Arsenal beat Manchester United 3-2 in the 1979 FA Cup final — dubbed the 'Five-minute Final'?
  2. Tony Adams, a one-club man at Arsenal, holds the distinction of having captained a top-flight title-winning side across how many different decades?
  3. After 22 years of waiting (and three straight runner-up finishes), Arsenal were finally crowned Premier League champions in which season?
  4. Who is Arsenal's all-time leading goalscorer?
  5. What was the very first name of the club that would become Arsenal, when it was founded by munitions workers in 1886?
  6. Arsenal hold the outright record for winning which major English competition the most times?
  7. In a piece of marketing genius, Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman successfully lobbied for what to be renamed after the club in 1932?
  8. Arsenal's iconic red shirts with white sleeves are linked to a famous (if exaggerated) story involving shirts from which other club?
  9. Which player holds Arsenal's all-time record for most appearances, with 722 between 1975 and 1993?
  10. On 7 May 2006, Arsenal played their final ever match at Highbury. How did Thierry Henry sign off the 93-year-old stadium?
Answers — round 3
  1. Sunderland — The forward latched onto Graham Rix's cross after Liam Brady drove forward from a kick-off that followed Man Utd's two goals in three minutes.
  2. Three (1980s, 1990s, 2000s) — He lifted championships under both George Graham and Arsène Wenger, spanning the old First Division and the Premier League era as the same club's skipper.
  3. 2025-26 — It ended a title drought stretching back to the 2003-04 Invincibles, with Mikel Arteta becoming the first Arsenal boss to win the top flight in 22 years.
  4. Thierry Henry — He netted 228 goals and overtook Ian Wright's record in 2005 with a typically gorgeous curling strike against Sparta Prague.
  5. Dial Square — It was named after a workshop in the Royal Arsenal complex in Woolwich; the name 'Royal Arsenal' was adopted shortly afterwards.
  6. FA Cup — They've lifted it a record 14 times — seven of those came under Arsène Wenger alone.
  7. A London Underground station — Gillespie Road station became 'Arsenal' — to this day it's the only London Underground station named directly after a football club.
  8. Nottingham Forest — Founding players who'd come from Forest brought red kit with them; the white sleeves came much later, a 1930s Herbert Chapman design touch.
  9. David O'Leary — The Irish centre-back finished 101 games clear of second-placed George Armstrong and made his final appearance in the 1993 FA Cup Final replay.
  10. A hat-trick in a 4-2 win over Wigan — The hat-trick also snatched the final Champions League spot from under Tottenham's noses on a dramatic last day before the move to the Emirates.

Round 4

  1. Which Dutchman, nicknamed the 'Non-Flying Dutchman' for his fear of flying, became one of Arsenal's most beloved playmakers?
  2. In 2023, Arsenal broke their transfer record to sign which midfielder for a club-record fee of around £105m?
  3. Arsenal's dominant 1930s side, known for its lavish spending, earned which nickname?
  4. Who scored the goal that clinched Arsenal's dramatic 1988-89 title at Anfield, in the last seconds of the final game of the season?
  5. Arsène Wenger arrived at Arsenal in 1996 from a club in which country, leading some fans and press to ask 'Arsène Who?'
  6. What is the name of the stadium Arsenal moved into in 2006, leaving Highbury behind?
  7. Goalkeeper David Seaman produced one of Arsenal's most iconic saves — an acrobatic flying stop late in a 2003 FA Cup semi-final — against which player?
  8. Arsenal's nickname, 'The Gunners', and the cannon on their crest both derive from what?
  9. In the 2003-04 Invincibles season, who finished as the Premier League's top scorer, powering Arsenal's unbeaten title?
  10. Arsenal's George Graham side won the 1993-94 European Cup Winners' Cup with a famous 1-0 final win over Parma, courtesy of a goal from whom?
Answers — round 4
  1. Dennis Bergkamp — His phobia famously meant he'd sometimes miss European away trips — but his goals and assists at home made him an Arsenal icon.
  2. Declan Rice — The England midfielder arrived from West Ham; the deal smashed Arsenal's previous record of £72m paid for Nicolas Pépé.
  3. The Bank of England Club — The Chapman-built dynasty won five league titles and two FA Cups that decade; in 1938 they paid a world-record £14,000 for Bryn Jones.
  4. Michael Thomas — His injury-time strike — 'It's up for grabs now!' — won the title on goals scored, level with Liverpool on points and goal difference. One of the most dramatic finishes in English football history.
  5. Japan — He'd been managing Nagoya Grampus Eight in the J-League — and went on to become Arsenal's longest-serving and most decorated manager.
  6. Emirates Stadium — Built on the nearby Ashburton Grove site, the 60,000-seat ground roughly doubled Highbury's capacity.
  7. Paul Peschisolido — The Sheffield United striker's header looked a certain goal until the 39-year-old Seaman somehow clawed it back over the bar.
  8. The club's munitions-factory origins in Woolwich — The club was founded in 1886 by armaments workers at the Royal Arsenal munitions factory in Woolwich — the cannon has appeared on the badge in various forms ever since.
  9. Thierry Henry — He bagged 30 league goals that campaign and was named both PFA and FWA Player of the Year.
  10. Alan Smith — His left-footed volley settled it in Copenhagen — and star man Ian Wright was suspended for the final. '1-0 to the Arsenal' was practically the team's anthem in that era of grinding defensive wins.

Round 5

  1. Which centre-back, signed from Lille in 2020, became a defensive cornerstone of Arsenal's 2025/26 title-winning side, regularly partnering William Saliba at the back?
  2. Where do Arsenal's nickname 'The Gunners' and the cannon on their crest come from?
  3. Herbert Chapman successfully lobbied London Underground in 1932 to rename which station in the club's honour?
  4. Which manager introduced Arsenal's iconic white shirt sleeves in 1933?
  5. The English top-flight record of seven goals by one player in a single match was set in 1935 by which Arsenal forward?
  6. When Ian Wright broke Arsenal's all-time scoring record in 1997, whose mark — standing since 1939 — did he surpass?
  7. Arsenal lifted their first major European trophy in 1970. Which competition was it?
  8. Who scored the extra-time winner in the 1971 FA Cup final that sealed Arsenal's first ever League and Cup Double?
  9. Despite losing only one league game all season in 1990-91, George Graham's title-winning Arsenal were docked two points for what?
  10. Arsenal's record 49-match unbeaten league run ended in October 2004 against which club?
Answers — round 5
  1. Gabriel Magalhães — Saliba's centre-back partner cost around £27m and ended Arsenal's 22-year league-title wait alongside him.
  2. They were founded by workers at the Royal Arsenal armaments factory in Woolwich — The club was formed by munitions workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, and the artillery heritage still defines the crest and nickname today.
  3. Gillespie Road — Chapman got Gillespie Road renamed simply 'Arsenal' — still the only Tube station named after a football club, a marketing masterstroke decades ahead of its time.
  4. Herbert Chapman — Chapman added contrasting white sleeves to Arsenal's red shirt in 1933 to give his team a more distinctive strip, and the two-tone look has been an Arsenal signature ever since.
  5. Ted Drake — Ted Drake scored all seven in a 7-1 demolition of Aston Villa at Villa Park on 14 December 1935 — a First Division single-game record that, as of 2026, still stands.
  6. Cliff Bastin — Cliff Bastin's tally of 178 had survived for 58 years until Wright overtook it, before Thierry Henry later eclipsed them both.
  7. Inter-Cities Fairs Cup — After losing the first leg 3-1 to Anderlecht, Arsenal won the Fairs Cup with a 3-0 Highbury night that ended a 17-year trophy drought and set up the following season's Double.
  8. Charlie George — Charlie George buried the winner against Liverpool and celebrated by lying flat on his back, arms outstretched — one of the most iconic images in the club's history.
  9. An on-pitch brawl with Manchester United — A 21-man melee at Old Trafford cost Arsenal two points (and United one), yet they still cruised to the title having lost just a single match — to Chelsea.
  10. Manchester United — United ended the 'Invincibles' streak 2-0 at Old Trafford via a disputed Van Nistelrooy penalty, sparking the tunnel bust-up remembered as 'Pizzagate'.

Round 6

  1. In 2001 Arsenal caused an uproar by signing which England defender on a free transfer directly from arch-rivals Tottenham?
  2. Arsenal's continuous top-flight run since 1919 — the longest in English football as of 2026 — began with a controversial election to the expanded First Division, largely at the expense of which club?
  3. Cliff Bastin's Arsenal goalscoring record stood for 58 years. Which striker finally overtook it in 1997?
  4. As of the 2025-26 season, who holds Arsenal's all-time appearance record?
  5. Whose 1999 sale to Real Madrid netted such a profit that Arsenal's London Colney training ground was nicknamed the house he built?
  6. What was Patrick Vieira's final act as an Arsenal player?
  7. On his 2012 loan return to Arsenal, Thierry Henry marked his 'second debut' with a winning goal against which club in the FA Cup?
  8. Which Arsenal captain was controversially sold to Manchester United in 2012, months after a 30-goal Premier League season?
  9. Who scored all four Arsenal goals in the famous 4-4 draw at Liverpool in April 2009?
  10. Whose stoppage-time goal at Anfield in 1989 snatched the title from Liverpool on goals scored?
Answers — round 6
  1. Sol Campbell — Sol Campbell's Bosman switch to Spurs' bitterest rival made him a 'Judas' at White Hart Lane, but he repaid Arsenal with Double and Invincibles medals.
  2. Tottenham Hotspur — When the league expanded after WWI, Arsenal were voted up despite finishing only fifth in the Second Division, while neighbours Tottenham dropped down — a slight that helped forge the North London derby's venom.
  3. Ian Wright — Ian Wright passed Bastin's 178 with a hat-trick against Bolton in September 1997, wheeling away in a 'Just Done It' vest — his record would in turn fall to Henry in 2005.
  4. David O'Leary — David O'Leary turned out 722 times between 1975 and 1993, outlasting even one-club captain Tony Adams' 669 to top the list.
  5. Nicolas Anelka — Bought for around £500,000, Anelka left for roughly £23m after two seasons, and the windfall largely bankrolled Arsenal's state-of-the-art new training base at London Colney.
  6. Scoring the decisive penalty in the 2005 FA Cup final shootout — Vieira converted the winning spot-kick against Manchester United at the Millennium Stadium — his last-ever kick for Arsenal before joining Juventus that summer.
  7. Leeds United — Henry came off the bench and slotted the only goal against Leeds in the FA Cup third round, a fairytale moment on his brief loan back from the New York Red Bulls.
  8. Robin van Persie — Van Persie's 'the boy inside me' statement signalled the end, and his move to United — where he immediately won the title — cut deep with Arsenal fans.
  9. Andrey Arshavin — Arshavin's Anfield masterclass made him one of the few visiting players to score four at Liverpool, though it ultimately dented Arsenal's title hopes.
  10. Michael Thomas — 'It's up for grabs now' — Michael Thomas surged through and flicked home the last-gasp goal that won the most dramatic title decider in English football history.

Round 7

  1. Which forward scored a 15-minute hat-trick at Stamford Bridge in 1999, finishing from a near-impossible angle to beat Chelsea 3-2?
  2. Which Arsenal club captain lifted the 2017 FA Cup after starting the final against Chelsea despite having played almost no minutes all season?
  3. Who scored Arsenal's goal in the 2006 Champions League final defeat to Barcelona?
  4. Which Arsenal goalkeeper holds the unwanted distinction of being the first player ever sent off in a Champions League final?
  5. As of the 2025-26 season, Arsenal hold the record for most FA Cup wins - how many times have they lifted it?
  6. Who scored Arsenal's dramatic late winner in the 1979 'Five-Minute Final' FA Cup final against Manchester United?
  7. Arsenal lost the 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup final on penalties to which Spanish club?
Answers — round 7
  1. Nwankwo Kanu — Two down with quarter of an hour left, Kanu conjured three goals — the last from an outrageous acute angle by the byline — for one of the great individual comebacks.
  2. Per Mertesacker — Sidelined by a knee injury for almost the entire campaign, 'the BFG' was thrust into the final and marshalled the Arsenal defence superbly, earning man of the match as captain in the 2-1 win over Chelsea.
  3. Sol Campbell — Down to ten men after Jens Lehmann's early red, Arsenal led through Sol Campbell's header before Barcelona hit back late to win 2-1 in Paris.
  4. Jens Lehmann — Lehmann was dismissed after just 18 minutes of the 2006 final for hauling down Samuel Eto'o, becoming the first man red-carded in the showpiece.
  5. 14 — Arsenal's 2-1 win over Chelsea in 2020 sealed a record 14th FA Cup, one clear of Manchester United.
  6. Alan Sunderland — Leading 2-0, Arsenal were pegged back to 2-2 in the final minutes before Alan Sunderland stabbed home an 89th-minute winner in one of Wembley's wildest finishes.
  7. Valencia — After a goalless final in Brussels, Valencia won the shootout as Liam Brady and Graham Rix both missed - part of a punishing run of finals for that Arsenal side.

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