Manchester City Quiz Questions and Answers

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Round 1

  1. Which Manchester City goalkeeper famously played the final 17 minutes of the 1956 FA Cup final win with a broken neck?
  2. At exactly which minute and second did Sergio Aguero score the title-winning goal against QPR in May 2012?
  3. Who scored the stoppage-time equaliser in the 1999 Division Two play-off final against Gillingham, a goal credited with saving the modern club?
  4. Robinho was City's first marquee signing on the day of the 2008 Abu Dhabi takeover. Which club did he join from?
  5. Sergio Aguero broke City's all-time goalscoring record in 2017, surpassing a mark that had stood for 78 years. Whose record did he beat?
  6. In the 2023 Champions League final, who scored the only goal as City beat Inter Milan to complete the Treble?
  7. Erling Haaland set a new single-season Premier League goal record in his debut 2022-23 campaign. How many league goals did he score?
  8. City's 2017-18 side earned a nickname for setting an English top-flight record. What were they called?
  9. City won their first major European trophy back in 1970. Which competition was it?
  10. Before the 2011-12 triumph, when had City last won the English top-flight league title?
Answers — round 1
  1. Bert Trautmann — A former German paratrooper and WWII prisoner of war, Trautmann's 1949 signing sparked a 20,000-strong protest before he became a club legend; an X-ray three days after the final revealed the cracked vertebrae.
  2. 93:20 — "93:20" has entered City folklore as shorthand for the goal, scored seconds before the final whistle to clinch the club's first league title since 1968.
  3. Paul Dickov — City were 2-0 down with minutes left; Horlock pulled one back in the 90th minute and Dickov levelled deep in injury time, before Nicky Weaver's shootout saves sealed promotion.
  4. Real Madrid — In the dying minutes of deadline day, City broke the British transfer record (£32.5m) to snatch the Brazilian, signalling the start of the Sheikh Mansour era.
  5. Eric Brook — Aguero passed Eric Brook's 177 goals with his 178th, scored in a Champions League win over Napoli, and took far fewer appearances to do it.
  6. Rodri — Rodri's calm side-foot in the 68th minute delivered City's first European Cup and made them only the second English men's club to win the Treble.
  7. 36 — His 36 goals broke the 38-game record of 32 set by Mohamed Salah in 2017-18; no player had scored more in an English top-flight season since Ron Davies (37) in 1966-67.
  8. The Centurions — They became the only team to reach 100 points in a Premier League season, securing the milestone with a stoppage-time winner at Southampton on the final day.
  9. European Cup Winners' Cup — Under Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison, City beat Gornik Zabrze in the final, capping a golden era that also brought the 1968 league title and 1969 FA Cup.
  10. 1968 — The 1967-68 title, sealed by a 4-3 win at Newcastle, was their last before Aguero's QPR goal ended a 44-year wait for the championship.

Round 2

  1. Which two managers shared the dugout during City's celebrated late-1960s golden era?
  2. Roberto Mancini's first trophy as City manager came in 2011. Which competition was it?
  3. Cult hero Shaun Goater, a fan favourite around the turn of the millennium, hailed from which unusual footballing nation?
  4. City's home before the Etihad was Maine Road. For how long was it the club's home ground?
  5. Which City striker scored the goal at Southampton that took the 2017-18 side to their historic 100th point?
  6. Pep Guardiola won his first trophy at City in February 2018. Which one was it?
  7. City's round crest, reintroduced in 2016, features a ship and a red rose. What does the ship represent?
  8. Yaya Toure, a midfield colossus of City's first title era, joined the club in 2010 from which side?
  9. Mike Summerbee, a 1960s great, formed a famous attacking trio with Colin Bell and which other player?
  10. In 1989 City beat Manchester United in a derby by a famous scoreline at Maine Road. What was it?
Answers — round 2
  1. Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison — Mercer's calm management paired with Allison's flamboyant coaching produced the 1968 league title, 1969 FA Cup and 1970 European trophy.
  2. FA Cup — The 2011 FA Cup, won 1-0 over Stoke with a Yaya Toure goal, was City's first major trophy in 35 years and the springboard to the title a year later.
  3. Bermuda — The Bermudian striker inspired the terrace chant 'Feed the Goat and he will score' and became an icon of City's lower-league years before their resurgence.
  4. About 80 years — City played at Maine Road from 1923 to 2003, an 80-year stay, before moving to the City of Manchester Stadium built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
  5. Gabriel Jesus — Gabriel Jesus struck deep into stoppage time on the final day to complete the unprecedented century of points.
  6. League Cup — His first silverware came in the EFL Cup, a 3-0 win over Arsenal, before the Centurions sealed the league title later that spring.
  7. The Manchester Ship Canal — The ship symbolises the Manchester Ship Canal, while the red rose represents Lancashire; the round badge was a fan-driven return to an older design.
  8. Barcelona — Toure arrived from Barcelona and became a goalscoring powerhouse, later sparking a saga over forgotten birthday-cake celebrations in 2014.
  9. Francis Lee — The 'Bell-Lee-Summerbee' trio drove City's late-60s success; Francis Lee was the penalty-winning forward known for his powerful running.
  10. 5-1 — The 5-1 demolition in September 1989 remains one of the most cherished derby results among City supporters from the pre-takeover era.

Round 3

  1. Dennis Tueart scored a spectacular winner in the 1976 League Cup final, City's last major trophy before a long drought. What kind of goal was it?
  2. Kevin De Bruyne joined City in 2015 for what was then a club-record fee. Which club did he sign from?
  3. Which manager, appointed by Manchester City in 2016, led them to the 2023 Champions League title?
  4. What is the name of Manchester City's home stadium, which has been their ground since 2003?
  5. Erling Haaland joined Manchester City in 2022 from which club?
  6. What is the nationality of striker Erling Haaland, who joined Manchester City in 2022?
  7. What is the traditional colour of Manchester City's home shirt?
  8. What nationality is former Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, who joined the club in 2015 and left in 2025?
  9. Pep Guardiola was appointed Manchester City manager in 2016 after leaving which club?
  10. Who was Manchester City's captain when they lifted the Champions League trophy for the first time in 2023?
Answers — round 3
  1. An overhead bicycle kick — Tueart's acrobatic overhead kick beat Newcastle 2-1 at Wembley; it was City's last major silverware until the 2011 FA Cup ended a 35-year wait.
  2. VfL Wolfsburg — After being let go by Chelsea, De Bruyne rebuilt his reputation in the Bundesliga and City paid a then-record fee to bring him from Wolfsburg, where he'd been named the league's player of the season.
  3. Pep Guardiola — Pep Guardiola arrived in 2016 and built the most successful side in the club's history, including the 2023 Treble.
  4. Etihad Stadium — City moved into the City of Manchester Stadium, later renamed the Etihad Stadium, after leaving Maine Road in 2003.
  5. Borussia Dortmund — City triggered Haaland's release clause to sign him from Borussia Dortmund, where he had been a prolific goalscorer.
  6. Norwegian — Haaland represents Norway at international level, having been born in Leeds to Norwegian parents.
  7. Sky blue — City have long been associated with their distinctive sky-blue home kit, earning them the nickname 'the Sky Blues'.
  8. Belgian — De Bruyne is a Belgian international and captained his country while starring as City's chief creator for a decade.
  9. Bayern Munich — Guardiola spent three seasons at Bayern Munich, winning three Bundesliga titles, before taking over at City.
  10. Ilkay Gundogan — Ilkay Gundogan wore the armband in 2022-23 and lifted the European Cup after the win over Inter Milan in Istanbul.

Round 4

  1. Jack Grealish became Britain's first £100m player when City signed him in 2021 from which club?
  2. Which manager led Manchester City to the 2013-14 Premier League title, their second in three seasons?
  3. Defender Ruben Dias, who transformed City's back line, joined the club in 2020 from which side?
  4. Playmaker David Silva, a key figure of City's title-winning era, arrived in 2010 from which Spanish club?
  5. Riyad Mahrez became City's then club-record signing in 2018 when he joined from which club?
  6. Which Manchester City midfielder was named winner of the 2024 Ballon d'Or?
  7. City pipped Manchester United to the 2011-12 Premier League title on which tiebreaker, with both clubs on 89 points?
  8. Colin Bell, one of City's greatest midfielders, earned a nickname borrowed from a famous racehorse. What was it?
  9. In 1998, Manchester City suffered a low point by being relegated to which level of English football?
  10. Manchester City reached their first-ever Champions League final in 2021, losing 1-0 to which club?
Answers — round 4
  1. Aston Villa — City paid a British-record £100m to prise Grealish from boyhood club Aston Villa in August 2021.
  2. Manuel Pellegrini — Chilean Manuel Pellegrini won the league and League Cup double in his first season in charge, 2013-14.
  3. Benfica — City signed Dias from Benfica in 2020, and he was voted the Premier League's Player of the Season in his debut campaign.
  4. Valencia — City signed Silva from Valencia in 2010; he spent a decade at the club and was nicknamed 'Merlin' by supporters.
  5. Leicester City — City paid around £60m to bring Mahrez from Leicester City, where he had won the 2016 Premier League title.
  6. Rodri — Spain's Rodri won the 2024 Ballon d'Or, capping a season in which he was central to City's title and Spain's Euro triumph.
  7. Goal difference — City and United both finished on 89 points, but City's superior goal difference (+64 to +56) clinched the title on the final day.
  8. Nijinsky — Bell was dubbed 'Nijinsky' after the champion racehorse, a tribute to his tireless running and stamina in the late 1960s and 70s.
  9. The third tier — City dropped into the third tier (then Division Two) in 1998 before bouncing back through the play-offs a year later.
  10. Chelsea — Chelsea beat City in the 2021 final in Porto thanks to a Kai Havertz goal, denying City European glory until 2023.

Round 5

  1. Which Georgian playmaker became a cult hero at Maine Road during City's turbulent mid-1990s?
  2. In 2018-19 Manchester City became the first English men's club to do what?
Answers — round 5
  1. Georgi Kinkladze — Georgi Kinkladze dazzled City fans with his dribbling from 1995 to 1998, a rare highlight of the club's relegation years.
  2. Win the league, FA Cup and League Cup in the same season — City beat Chelsea on penalties in the League Cup final, retained the Premier League by a point from Liverpool and thrashed Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup final.

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