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1. Who holds Real Madrid's all-time appearance record, turning out 741 times between 1994 and 2010?

   • Raul
   • Manuel Sanchis
   • Iker Casillas
   • Sergio Ramos
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   Answer: Raul

   Raul edges out Casillas (725) and Sanchis (710); the academy-bred captain won six LaLigas and three Champions Leagues across 16 seasons.

2. Real Madrid completed a long-awaited 'Decima' in 2014 — but how long had fans waited since the previous (ninth) European Cup?

   • 8 years
   • 6 years
   • 20 years
   • 12 years
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   Answer: 12 years

   The ninth came in 2002 via Zidane's volley at Hampden; the drought that followed made 'La Decima' an obsession finally ended in Lisbon.

3. Real Madrid beat which fellow Spanish side 3-0 in an all-Spanish Champions League final in 2000?

   • Atletico Madrid
   • Deportivo La Coruna
   • Valencia
   • Barcelona
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   Answer: Valencia

   Madrid thrashed Valencia 3-0 at Hampden Park, with goals from Morientes, McManaman and Raul.

4. Real Madrid signed teenage winger Vinicius Junior from which Brazilian club?

   • Flamengo
   • Santos
   • Corinthians
   • Palmeiras
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   Answer: Flamengo

   Vinicius Junior joined from Flamengo in 2018 and grew into the matchwinner of the 2024 Champions League final.

5. 'La Quinta del Buitre', Madrid's celebrated homegrown group of the 1980s, was named after which forward's nickname?

   • Hugo Sanchez
   • Emilio Butragueno
   • Santillana
   • Michel
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   Answer: Emilio Butragueno

   Emilio Butragueno was 'El Buitre' (The Vulture); the quintet of academy graduates drove Madrid's five straight LaLiga titles from 1986.

6. Which elegant Argentine playmaker, the deep-lying heartbeat of Real Madrid's late-1990s side, once turned down a place in his national team rather than cut his flowing hair?

   • Santiago Solari
   • Esteban Cambiasso
   • Fernando Redondo
   • Jorge Valdano
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   Answer: Fernando Redondo

   Nicknamed 'El Principe' for his regal touch, his slaloming backheel past Henning Berg at Old Trafford in 2000 set up Raul and is one of the club's most-replayed pieces of skill.

7. What is the name of Real Madrid's reserve/B team, a historic launchpad for academy stars and once managed by Zinedine Zidane?

   • Real Madrid Castilla
   • Real Madrid Juvenil A
   • Real Madrid Aficionados
   • Real Madrid Atletico
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   Answer: Real Madrid Castilla

   Castilla has produced talents from Butragueno to Casillas; Zidane coached it before stepping up to win three straight Champions Leagues with the first team.

8. The legendary madridista war cry '90 minutes at the Bernabeu are very long' was coined in 1985 by which cult-hero forward, taunting Inter Milan before a famous comeback?

   • Emilio Butragueno
   • Hugo Sanchez
   • Santillana
   • Juanito
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   Answer: Juanito

   Juanito needled Inter after a 2-0 first-leg defeat in the 1985 UEFA Cup semi; Madrid won the Bernabeu return 3-0 (Santillana, Valdano and Michel) to go through, and the phrase became eternal Bernabeu folklore.

9. Which French winger, signed in the 1950s, formed a devastating partnership with Di Stefano and won the inaugural Ballon d'Or in 1958 while at Real Madrid?

   • Raymond Kopa
   • Roger Marche
   • Michel Platini
   • Just Fontaine
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   Answer: Raymond Kopa

   Raymond Kopa was the only Frenchman in those early dynasty sides. He had joined Madrid straight from Reims in 1956 — and in the 1959 European Cup final he helped beat his old club, before later returning to Reims himself.

10. In their record-setting 2011-12 LaLiga title season under Jose Mourinho, how many points did Real Madrid amass?

    • 96
    • 104
    • 92
    • 100
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    Answer: 100

    Mourinho's side reached 100 points and scored 121 goals, both LaLiga records at the time, to dethrone Barcelona.

11. Real Madrid's longtime president Florentino Perez first won the presidency in 2000 on a stunning campaign promise. What did he vow to deliver?

    • The signing of Luis Figo
    • A new Bernabeu roof
    • Free season tickets
    • Zidane and Ronaldo
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    Answer: The signing of Luis Figo

    Perez pledged to bring Barcelona's Figo to Madrid (and refund members' fees if he failed); pulling it off launched the Galacticos era and a presidency that has spanned decades.

12. Madrid's record 7-3 European Cup final (1960) and Zidane's volley (2002) were both played at the same iconic stadium. Which ground hosted both?

    • Old Trafford
    • Stade de France
    • Wembley
    • Hampden Park
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    Answer: Hampden Park

    Glasgow's Hampden Park staged both classics — a happy hunting ground that bookends Madrid's European story across two very different eras.

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