Manchester City Quiz

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1. City's 2017-18 side earned a nickname for setting an English top-flight record. What were they called?

   • The Centurions
   • The Galacticos
   • The Immortals
   • The Invincibles
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   Answer: 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.

2. Manchester City reached their first-ever Champions League final in 2021, losing 1-0 to which club?

   • Bayern Munich
   • Chelsea
   • Liverpool
   • Real Madrid
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   Answer: Chelsea

   Chelsea beat City in the 2021 final in Porto thanks to a Kai Havertz goal, denying City European glory until 2023.

3. Yaya Toure, a midfield colossus of City's first title era, joined the club in 2010 from which side?

   • AS Roma
   • Barcelona
   • Monaco
   • Olympiacos
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   Answer: Barcelona

   Toure arrived from Barcelona and became a goalscoring powerhouse, later sparking a saga over forgotten birthday-cake celebrations in 2014.

4. Riyad Mahrez became City's then club-record signing in 2018 when he joined from which club?

   • Lyon
   • Arsenal
   • Leicester City
   • Marseille
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   Answer: Leicester City

   City paid around £60m to bring Mahrez from Leicester City, where he had won the 2016 Premier League title.

5. Which manager led Manchester City to the 2013-14 Premier League title, their second in three seasons?

   • Roberto Mancini
   • Manuel Pellegrini
   • Pep Guardiola
   • Mark Hughes
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   Answer: Manuel Pellegrini

   Chilean Manuel Pellegrini won the league and League Cup double in his first season in charge, 2013-14.

6. City's home before the Etihad was Maine Road. For how long was it the club's home ground?

   • About 50 years
   • About 80 years
   • About 100 years
   • About 35 years
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   Answer: 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.

7. Which Manchester City goalkeeper famously played the final 17 minutes of the 1956 FA Cup final win with a broken neck?

   • Bert Trautmann
   • Joe Corrigan
   • Nicky Weaver
   • Frank Swift
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   Answer: 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.

8. 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?

   • A 35-yard free kick
   • An overhead bicycle kick
   • A diving header
   • A solo dribble from halfway
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   Answer: 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.

9. Which two managers shared the dugout during City's celebrated late-1960s golden era?

   • Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison
   • Mel Machin and Howard Kendall
   • Tony Book and Ron Saunders
   • Les McDowall and George Poyser
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   Answer: 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.

10. In 1989 City beat Manchester United in a derby by a famous scoreline at Maine Road. What was it?

    • 4-2
    • 5-1
    • 3-1
    • 6-0
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    Answer: 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.

11. 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?

    • Eric Brook
    • Tommy Johnson
    • Francis Lee
    • Joe Hayes
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    Answer: 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.

12. Colin Bell, one of City's greatest midfielders, earned a nickname borrowed from a famous racehorse. What was it?

    • Arkle
    • Nijinsky
    • Red Rum
    • Shergar
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    Answer: Nijinsky

    Bell was dubbed 'Nijinsky' after the champion racehorse, a tribute to his tireless running and stamina in the late 1960s and 70s.

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