How much do you know about the Merseyside Derby? Test your knowledge by answering the 15 questions below!
Q1. In which year was the first ever Merseyside Derby?
Q2. Which Liverpool player scored for Everton in Everton's infamous 2-1 defeat to Liverpool in October 2007?
Q3. Who was Everton's mascot for the Merseyside Derby in November 1996?
Q4. Who is the youngest ever verified goalscorer in the Merseyside Derby?
Q5. Only two players have scored for both Everton and Liverpool in the Merseyside Derby - David Johnson and who?
Q6. Who scored the only goal in Everton's 1-0 win over Liverpool in the second replay of the fifth round of the FA Cup in 1991?
Q7. How many minutes did Glenn Keeley last before he got sent off in his only appearance for Everton in the Blues' 5-0 defeat to Liverpool in November 1982?
Q8. Only 3 Everton players have scored a hat-trick in the Merseyside Derby - Sandy Young, Dixie Dean and who?
Q9. The Merseyside Derby went through a run of 4 consecutive 0-0 draws in the 1970s. It was nearly 5 in a row until which Liverpool player scored in the 88th minute in Everton's eventual 1-0 defeat to the Reds?
Q10. In March 1967, the Merseyside Derby was played at Goodison Park, but the match was also shown on some big screens at Anfield. What was the combined attendance?
Q11. Two Everton players scored own goals in the Blues' 4-0 defeat to Liverpool in March 1972. Who were they?
Q12. The last Floodlight Challenge Cup - an annual friendly competition between Everton and Liverpool - took place in which year?
Q13. Who was the referee who disallowed a legitimate goal by Everton's Bryan Hamilton three minutes from full-time in Everton's 2-2 draw against Liverpool in the 1977 FA Cup semi-final?
Q14. In another referee howler, who disallowed Don Hutchison's goal in the 0-0 draw between Everton and Liverpool in April 2000, claiming he blew the whistle for full-time before the goal, even though he didn't (which he later admitted)?
Q15. In 1955, Everton lost to lower-league Liverpool 4-0 in the FA Cup. Who left the game at half-time when Everton were 2-0 down to tearfully talk to hospital patients about the game?
How much do you know about Dixie Dean? Test your knowledge by answering the 20 questions below!
Q1. What is the name of the street Dixie Dean was born in?
Q2. What was Dean's nickname before people started calling him "Dixie"?
Q3. Dixie Dean left school at the age of 14 to work as an apprentice what?
Q4. Dixie Dean's first Everton goal was against which club?
Q5. Dixie Dean scored two hat-tricks for England: one against Luxembourg and the other against which team?
Q6. How many seasons did Dixie Dean become the First Division's top goalscorer?
Q7. Which Irish team did Dixie Dean play for in 1939?
Q8. How many times did Dixie Dean score at least 4 goals in a game for Everton?
Q9. To which player did Dixie Dean say: "Youngster, you've come here to take my place. Anything I can do to help you, I will."?
Q10. Between the 1926/27 season and the 1936/37 season, Dixie Dean failed to become Everton's top goalscorer only twice. Apart from Tommy White in Dean's injury-plagued 1933/34 season, who was the only player to overtake him?
Q11. Dixie Dean's record tally against one club as an Everton player was 20 against 3 different clubs. Which of these teams did he NOT score 20 goals against?
Q12. In December 1933, who did Everton try but fail to sign as a replacement for Dixie Dean while he fought his injury woes?
Q13. Who previously held the record for the most goals in an English league season before Dixie Dean?
Q14. Dixie Dean's pre-match beverage was a sherry mixed with two what?
Q15. On 29th August 1939, Dixie Dean scored his last ever competitive goal in a match between his club Hurst and which other club?
Q16. In 1940, Dixie Dean got into trouble with the law for what?
Q17. Which royal said: "Even I know who Dixie Dean is."?
Q18. In 1942, Dixie Dean was a guest player for which team, scoring 8 goals against an RAF XI?
Q19. After retiring from football, Dixie Dean ran a pub where?
Q20. Dixie Dean died on 1st March 1980 at Goodison Park watching his beloved Everton play against which team?
The first of many Everton general knowledge quizzes for you to enjoy. There will be more variants of the quizzes in the future, but in the meantime, test your Everton knowledge by answering the 10 questions below!
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Which Irish team did Everton play in the first round of their successful 1984/85 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign?
Who is the only Everton player to be sent off in more than one Merseyside Derby?
How many goals did Pelé score at Goodison Park in the 1966 World Cup?
Ted Sagar had a trial at which other team before Everton swooped in and signed him in 1929?
Which team has scored the most hat-tricks against Everton in the Premier League era?
Who were Everton meant to play in the first round of the 1886/87 FA Cup but the match was changed to a friendly because Everton realised they were about to field several ineligible players?
Who assisted Dixie Dean's 60th goal of the memorable 1927/28 First Division season?
Who has scored the second-highest amount of hat-tricks for Everton in the club's history?
As well as Howard Kendall, who did Everton sell to Birmingham in exchange for Bob Latchford in 1974?
Stefan Rehn became the first overseas player to play a competitive game for Everton in over 60 years in a match against which team in 1989?