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Round 1

  1. In which year were Rangers founded?
  2. In which city do Rangers play their home matches?
  3. What is the name of Rangers' home stadium?
  4. What is the main colour of Rangers' home shirt?
  5. Rangers' fierce rivalry with which club is known as the 'Old Firm'?
  6. In which country do Rangers compete domestically?
  7. Which European trophy did Rangers win in 1972?
  8. Who is Rangers' all-time record goalscorer?
  9. Which of these is a common nickname for Rangers?
  10. Which manager led Rangers to an unbeaten league title in 2020-21?
Answers — round 1
  1. 1872 — Rangers were formed in Glasgow in 1872 by four young men, including brothers Moses and Peter McNeil.
  2. Glasgow — Rangers are based at Ibrox in the Govan district of Glasgow.
  3. Ibrox Stadium — Ibrox has been Rangers' home since 1899 and now seats over 50,000.
  4. Royal blue — Rangers' royal blue shirts give rise to the nickname 'The Light Blues'.
  5. Celtic — The Rangers-Celtic derby is known worldwide as the Old Firm and is one of football's oldest rivalries.
  6. Scotland — Rangers play in the Scottish league system, most recently the Scottish Premiership.
  7. European Cup Winners' Cup — Rangers won the Cup Winners' Cup in Barcelona in 1972, their only European trophy to date.
  8. Ally McCoist — Ally McCoist scored 355 goals for Rangers and later managed the club.
  9. The Gers — Rangers are known as 'The Gers', 'The Light Blues' and 'The Teddy Bears'; 'The Hoops' is rivals Celtic.
  10. Steven Gerrard — Steven Gerrard led Rangers to the 2020-21 title without a single league defeat, denying Celtic a tenth in a row.

Round 2

  1. Rangers reached the final of which competition in 2022, losing to Eintracht Frankfurt?
  2. Which country did Rangers icon Brian Laudrup represent?
  3. Rangers were demoted to Scottish football's fourth tier in 2012 following what event?
  4. Which club did Rangers beat in the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final?
  5. Roughly how many spectators does Rangers' Ibrox Stadium hold?
  6. Paul Gascoigne joined Rangers in 1995 from which Italian club?
  7. In which city did Rangers win the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final?
  8. Which manager completed Rangers' famous 'nine-in-a-row' run of league titles?
  9. Rangers won nine consecutive league titles ending in which year?
  10. Rangers' 1989 signing of Maurice 'Mo' Johnston was hugely controversial mainly because he was...
Answers — round 2
  1. Europa League — Rangers lost the 2022 Europa League final to Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties in Seville.
  2. Denmark — Danish winger Brian Laudrup joined Rangers in 1994 and starred during the nine-in-a-row years.
  3. Liquidation of the club's company — The old Rangers company was liquidated in 2012 and the newco was placed in the fourth tier.
  4. Dynamo Moscow — Rangers beat Dynamo Moscow 3-2 at the Camp Nou; the other three sides beat Rangers in other European finals.
  5. About 50,000 — Ibrox is an all-seated stadium with a capacity just over 50,000.
  6. Lazio — 'Gazza' signed from Lazio for a then club-record fee of about £4.3m in 1995.
  7. Barcelona — The 1972 final was played at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, where Rangers won 3-2.
  8. Walter Smith — Graeme Souness began the run and Walter Smith completed the ninth successive title in 1996-97.
  9. 1997 — The nine-in-a-row ran from 1989 to 1997, equalling Celtic's earlier record of nine in a row.
  10. a high-profile Catholic and former Celtic player — Johnston was Rangers' first major Catholic signing in decades and had earlier been linked with rivals Celtic.

Round 3

  1. Graeme Souness became Rangers' first player-manager in 1986, arriving from which club?
  2. Which England international defender was one of Graeme Souness's marquee signings in 1986?
  3. Who holds Rangers' record for most appearances?
  4. The 1971 Ibrox disaster, in which 66 fans died in a stairway crush, occurred during a match against which club?
  5. Rangers' record home attendance of 118,567 — a British league record — was set in 1939 against which club?
  6. Rangers' first Scottish league title, in 1890-91, was uniquely shared with which club?
  7. In which season did Rangers become the first Scottish club to win the domestic treble?
  8. Which legendary Rangers manager (1920-1954) won a club-record 18 league titles?
  9. Rangers lost the 2008 UEFA Cup final 2-0 to which club in Manchester?
  10. The Zenit side that beat Rangers in the 2008 UEFA Cup final was managed by which former Rangers boss?
Answers — round 3
  1. Sampdoria — Souness joined from Italy's Sampdoria and sparked a big-money signing revolution at Ibrox.
  2. Terry Butcher — Ipswich and England centre-back Terry Butcher joined Rangers as Souness rebuilt the side.
  3. John Greig — John Greig made 755 appearances and was voted the greatest ever Ranger in 1999.
  4. Celtic — The tragedy struck on Stairway 13 as fans left the Old Firm match on 2 January 1971.
  5. Celtic — A crowd of 118,567 packed Ibrox for the Old Firm game on 2 January 1939.
  6. Dumbarton — Rangers and Dumbarton drew a play-off 2-2 and shared the inaugural championship, the only shared title in its history.
  7. 1948-49 — Under Bill Struth, Rangers won the league, Scottish Cup and League Cup in 1948-49.
  8. Bill Struth — Bill Struth led Rangers for 34 years and is the most decorated manager in the club's history.
  9. Zenit St Petersburg — Walter Smith's Rangers were beaten by Zenit at the City of Manchester Stadium.
  10. Dick Advocaat — Dutchman Dick Advocaat, Rangers manager from 1998 to 2001, was in charge of Zenit that night.

Round 4

  1. Dick Advocaat won a domestic treble in which — his first — season as Rangers manager?
  2. Which manager led Rangers to a domestic treble in 2002-03, the club's seventh?
  3. Rangers' then record signing, bought for around £12m from Chelsea in 2000, was which striker?
  4. Who scored Rangers' goal in the 2022 Europa League final?
  5. Whose missed spot-kick decided the 2022 Europa League final shoot-out against Rangers' favour?
  6. Which Rangers player, a right-back, finished top scorer of the 2021-22 Europa League with seven goals?
  7. Which club legend was Rangers' manager when they began life in the fourth tier in 2012-13?
  8. Which manager led Rangers to the 2015-16 Championship title and promotion back to the Premiership?
  9. Who captained Rangers through most of the nine-in-a-row era in the 1990s?
  10. Which 1990s Rangers goalkeeper was famously nicknamed 'The Goalie'?
Answers — round 4
  1. 1998-99 — Advocaat's imports swept all three domestic trophies in 1998-99.
  2. Alex McLeish — McLeish clinched the 2002-03 league on the final day with a 6-1 win over Dunfermline.
  3. Tore André Flo — The Norwegian's £12m fee was a Scottish transfer record and he scored on his Old Firm debut.
  4. Joe Aribo — Joe Aribo put Rangers ahead in the 57th minute before Frankfurt equalised.
  5. Aaron Ramsey — Substitute Aaron Ramsey's penalty was saved by Kevin Trapp, handing Frankfurt the trophy.
  6. James Tavernier — Captain James Tavernier scored all seven of his goals in the knockout rounds on the run to Seville.
  7. Ally McCoist — Record scorer Ally McCoist stayed on to lead Rangers through the lower divisions after the 2012 demotion.
  8. Mark Warburton — Mark Warburton's side won the second-tier title to complete Rangers' climb back to the top flight.
  9. Richard Gough — Centre-back Richard Gough lifted title after title as skipper during the run.
  10. Andy Goram — Andy Goram, at Ibrox from 1991 to 1998, was voted the club's greatest ever keeper.

Round 5

  1. Who scored twice for Rangers in their 1972 Cup Winners' Cup final win over Dynamo Moscow?
  2. In 1961 Rangers became the first British club to reach a European final, losing the Cup Winners' Cup to which Italian side?
  3. Rangers lost the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup final after extra time to which German club?
  4. Rangers' unbeaten 2020-21 league season made them only the second club to go a Scottish Premiership season without defeat — after which club?
  5. Rangers hold the record for the most wins of which Scottish knockout competition?
  6. Which silky 1960s Rangers midfielder was nicknamed 'Slim Jim'?
  7. Which England striker formed a prolific partnership with Ally McCoist at Rangers in the early 1990s?
  8. Who was Rangers' manager for their 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup triumph?
Answers — round 5
  1. Willie Johnston — Willie Johnston struck twice and Colin Stein got the other goal in the 3-2 win.
  2. Fiorentina — Fiorentina won the two-legged 1961 final 4-1 on aggregate.
  3. Bayern Munich — A Franz Roth goal in extra time won it 1-0 for Bayern Munich in Nuremberg.
  4. Celtic — Celtic were the first to manage it, in 2016-17.
  5. Scottish League Cup — Rangers have lifted the Scottish League Cup a record number of times; Celtic hold the Scottish Cup record.
  6. Jim Baxter — Jim Baxter was the elegant playmaker at the heart of Rangers' early-1960s successes.
  7. Mark Hateley — Mark Hateley joined from Monaco in 1990 and paired with McCoist during the nine-in-a-row years.
  8. Willie Waddell — Willie Waddell masterminded the win in Barcelona; John Greig captained the side on the pitch.

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