Free Tottenham Hotspur trivia questions with explained answers.
Tottenham Hotspur have chased glory their own stylish way since 1882 — this is the club of "To Dare Is to Do", of Danny Blanchflower's insistence that the game is about glory. This free Tottenham quiz covers the full sweep: from the 1901 FA Cup, when Spurs became the only non-League club to win it since the Football League was formed, to Bilbao in May 2025, when Brennan Johnson's goal against Manchester United ended a seventeen-year wait for a trophy. In between sit Arthur Rowe's push-and-run champions of 1951, the Glory Glory European nights at White Hart Lane, and the move into the vast new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2019. If you know your Spurs, this is where you prove it.
The defining moments are all in here. Bill Nicholson's 1960-61 side winning the League and FA Cup Double — the first English club to do it in the twentieth century — then beating Atlético Madrid 5-1 in 1963 to become the first British winners of a European trophy. Ricky Villa slaloming through Manchester City's defence in the 1981 FA Cup final replay. Paul Gascoigne's ferocious free-kick past David Seaman in the 1991 FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal at Wembley. Lucas Moura's second-half hat-trick in Amsterdam that sent Spurs to the 2019 Champions League final, and Son Heung-min lifting the Europa League as captain six years later.
The questions range across transfers, records, managers and cult heroes. Easy ones first: who scored in Bilbao, which club Gareth Bale joined for a then-world-record fee in 2013, who holds the club's all-time scoring record. Then it gets harder — the two Argentinian World Cup winners who arrived together in 1978, Jürgen Klinsmann and the dive celebration of 1994, Jimmy Greaves' goals, David Ginola gliding down the left, and the chaotic 2025-26 season that ran through three head coaches before Roberto De Zerbi kept Spurs up on the final day. Difficulty is graded easy to hard, so you settle in before the deep cuts on specific finals, fees and managerial reigns.
Every question comes with a short explained answer — miss one and you still walk away with the story behind it, whether that's why the 1961 Double mattered so much or what actually happened in Bilbao. Play the sample set here for free, straight in your browser, no sign-up needed. When you want the full Tottenham Hotspur quiz — plus the daily challenge, leaderboards and multiplayer — it's all in the Ball IQ app.
Ball IQ has 23 Tottenham Hotspur questions — 6 easy, 11 medium and 6 hard.
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Tottenham's old stadium, demolished in 2017, went by what name?
Answer: White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane was Spurs' home for 118 years; the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was then built on the very same site.
Lucas Moura's miraculous 2019 hat-trick against Ajax sent Spurs to a first-ever final in which competition?
Answer: Champions League
Trailing 3-0 on aggregate at half-time in Amsterdam, his late treble sent Spurs through on away goals to their only Champions League final to date.
Spurs are named after Harry Hotspur — a knight immortalised in a play by which famous writer?
Answer: William Shakespeare
Sir Henry 'Harry Hotspur' Percy, whose family owned land near Tottenham, appears as the hot-headed rebel in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1.
Spurs' famous cockerel emblem stands on top of what?
Answer: A football
The fighting cockerel — a nod to the spurs worn by both fighting cocks and the knight Harry Hotspur — has perched on a ball since a bronze version went up in 1909.
Spurs' Latin motto 'Audere est Facere' translates to which defiant phrase?
Answer: To dare is to do
The motto, formally added to the badge in 1983, captures the club's self-image as a side that should play bravely and take the game to opponents.
Spurs' great rivalry with which club is contested in the 'North London Derby'?
Answer: Arsenal
The fierce rivalry intensified after Arsenal controversially moved north to Highbury in 1913, landing on Spurs' doorstep.
The club anthem heard at home games, 'Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspur', is sung to the tune of which song?
Answer: Battle Hymn of the Republic
The 'Glory Glory' chant borrows the Battle Hymn of the Republic melody, fitting Bill Nicholson's belief that the game is about 'glory'.
In 1963 Spurs became the first British club ever to do what?
Answer: Win a major European trophy
Their 5-1 demolition of Atletico Madrid in the European Cup Winners' Cup final made them the first English — and British — club to lift a major European prize.
Spurs' 2008 League Cup final win — their last trophy before 2025 — came against which club at Wembley?
Answer: Chelsea
Spurs beat Chelsea 2-1 after extra time, with Jonathan Woodgate heading the winner — the trophy that ended their drought until the 2025 Europa League.
Which Argentine's jinking solo goal in the 1981 FA Cup final replay is regularly voted the greatest Wembley cup-final goal of all time?
Answer: Ricardo Villa
Ricky Villa, who'd been substituted and trudged off in tears days earlier, slalomed past four Manchester City defenders to win the replay 3-2.
Son Heung-min, a beloved modern Spurs hero, joined the club in 2015 from which German team?
Answer: Bayer Leverkusen
Son arrived from Bayer Leverkusen and went on to become a Premier League Golden Boot winner and the club's all-time top Asian scorer.
Glenn Hoddle, a Spurs midfield great, later managed England — but which 1980s move saw him leave White Hart Lane?
Answer: A transfer to Monaco
Hoddle joined Monaco in 1987, winning a French league title and flourishing under a young Arsene Wenger.
Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa stunned English football in 1978 by signing for Spurs straight after which triumph?
Answer: Winning the 1978 World Cup with Argentina
Their arrival weeks after Argentina's home World Cup win was a landmark moment that helped open English football to overseas stars.
Which defender played his entire career at Spurs despite chronic knee problems that meant he often trained only on matchdays?
Answer: Ledley King
Ledley King's knees were so bad he frequently skipped training entirely, yet he remained a world-class centre-back and club captain.
Who holds the Spurs club record for most first-team appearances, with a staggering 854?
Answer: Steve Perryman
Steve Perryman spent his entire 17-year senior career at the club, captaining the Double-decade sides of the 1970s and early '80s.
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