A Question of United was our daily Manchester United quiz. From 13 July to 19 August 2021 we posted one question every evening and published the answer the next evening. All 30 questions are collected here, each with its answer. Try them before you open the answers.
Question 1
In what year was Manchester United Football Club formed following the bankruptcy of Newton Heath Football Club?
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1902.
Question 2
Only one player has scored for Manchester United against Manchester City in the Manchester Derby as well as scoring for one of the two Scottish giants in the Old Firm Derby and he also scored a goal in the Merseyside Derby. Can you name him and the other two clubs he scored Derby goals for?
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Andrei Kanchelskis – he also scored for Glasgow Rangers v Glasgow Celtic and for Everton v Liverpool.
Question 3
Eric Cantona made his debut for Manchester United on 6 December 1992, but can you name the opposition and the score of the game?
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Eric Cantona made his debut for Manchester United versus Manchester City in a 2-1 Premier League win at Old Trafford on 6 December 1992. Eric came on as a substitute for Ryan Giggs at half-time with Paul Ince and Mark Hughes scoring for United.
Question 4
When Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United for Real Madrid on 1 July 2009 in an £80 million transfer, who took over his No.7 jersey?
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Michael Owen was given the No.7 shirt after Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid.
Question 5
What is Manchester United’s record Premier League win and can you name either one of the opponents they recorded it against?
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Manchester United beat Ipswich Town 9-0 in season 1994-95 and Southampton 9-0 in season 2020-21. Both games were played at Old Trafford in the Premier League.
Question 6
Can you name the two grounds Newton Heath/Manchester United played their home games at prior to moving to Old Trafford in 1910?
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Newton Heath played at North Road, Newton Heath from 1878-93 and at Bank Street Clayton from 1893-1902. Manchester United played at Bank Street, Clayton from 1902-10.
Question 7
Who is the only player to win the Golden Boot award as a Manchester United player and name either the season he won it in or the total number of goals he scored to win it.
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Cristiano in season 2008-09 with 31 goals.
Question 8
Name the two Manchester United players who were suspended for Manchester United’s 1999 UEFA Champions League final triumph against FC Bayern Munich.
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Roy Keane (captain) & Paul Scholes were both suspended for Manchester United’s 1999 UEFA Champions League final 2-1 win over FC Bayern Munich.
Question 9
Can you name any 5 of the 8 players who have played for Manchester United who were born in Africa?
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In the history of Newton Heath Football Club (1878-1902) and Manchester United Football Club (1902-Present), only eight players who were born in Africa have pulled on the famous jersey for the club. Gary Bailey, Manchester United goalkeeper from 1978-87, was signed by Manchester United from Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa but Bailey was born in Ipswich, England on 9 August 1958.
Quinton Fortune – South Africa – 126 games – 11 goals: 1999-2006
Eric Djemba Djemba – Cameroon – 39 games – 2 goals: 2003-05
Mateus Alberto Contreiras Goncalves (Manucho) – Angola – 3 games – 0 goals: 2008-09
Mame Biran Diouf – Senegal – 9 games – 1 goals: 2009-12
Wilfried Zaha – Ivory Coast – 4 games – 0 goals: 2013-15
Eric Bailly – Ivory Coast: 2016-Present
Odion Ighalo – Nigeria – 23 games – 5 goals: 2020-21
Amad Diallo – Ivory Coast: 2021-Present
Question 10
What player in his squad did Louis van Gaal mistakenly refer to as ‘Mike” in two press conferences during his two years as the manager of Manchester United, 2014-16?
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Chris Smalling.
Louis van Gaal dropped a clanger after United beat CSKA Moscow on 3 November 2015, by getting Chris Smalling’s name wrong again. Van Gaal made the mistake of calling the defender “Mike Smalling” while he was sat alongside him at a press conference in San Jose, USA during United’s pre-season tour in July 2015.
Question 11
Manchester United’s record UEFA Champions League victory was a 7-1 win at Old Trafford on 10 April 2007 in a quarter-finals, second leg tie after they lost the first leg 2-1 just six days earlier. Who were their opponents?
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AS Roma.
Question 12
Aged 46 years, 281 days, which player was the oldest to ever appear for Manchester United?
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Billy Meredith.
The Legendary Manchester United player, nicknamed “The Welsh Wizard,” played his 335th and final game for the club on 7 May 1921 in a 3-0 win over Derby County at Old Trafford in the English First Division. He scored 36 goals.
Question 13
A statue called “The United Trinity” stands proudly outside Old Trafford, featuring which three iconic Manchester United players?
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George Best, Bobby Charlton & Denis Law.
Question 14
On the opening day of the 1995-96 season United lost 3-1 away to Aston Villa. Can you name the pundit on the BBC’s Match of the Day programme who infamously remarked, much to his regret, “You can’t win anything with kids ?
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Alan Hansen, ex-Liverpool captain.
Manchester United, and their kids, Fergie’s Fledglings, went on to win their second Double at the end of the season.
Question 15
Who so famously dubbed Old Trafford as “The Theatre of Dreams?”
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Sir Bobby Charlton
Question 16
Can you name the United defender who was sent off in the 89th minute for a second bookable offence for a foul on Dirk Kuyt, the third successive game he was shown a red card against Liverpool when United lost 2-0 at Anfield on 25 October 2009 in the Premier League?
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Nemanja Vidic
Question 17
On 23 August 2003,Sir Alex Ferguson was sent off during a 2-1 away win in the Premier League. Who did United defeat and can you name the manager, a Knight also, whose office did he watch the rest of the game from?
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Newcastle United – Sir Bobby Robson
Question 18
Who scored for United in their 4-0 win over Chelsea in the 1994 FA Cup final?
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Eric Cantona (2 pens), Mark Hughes & Brian McClair
Question 19
Name the Manchester United player who was sent off in the last minute of the 1994 League Cup final, a 3-1 loss to Aston Villa.
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Andrei Kanchelskis
Question 20
What did a United fan throw on to the pitch when they lost 2-0 away to Liverpool in the Premier League on 25 October 2009?
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A beach ball. The United fan threw on to the pitch to mock Liverpool who lost to Sunderland a week earlier when their goalkeeper was put off by a beach ball when he conceded a goal.
Question 21
He was nicknamed The Welsh Wizard and won two English First Division titles and an FA Cup winners’ medal with Manchester United. Who is he?
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Billy Meredith
Question 22
Who was appointed caretaker of Manchester United for three months after the Munich Air Disaster on 6 February 1958?
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Jimmy Murphy, Matt Busby’s assistant manager
Question 23
Can you name the team which Manchester United have played in a Premier League game whose name contains a letter which no other club who have played in the Premier League has in their name?
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Queens Park Rangers – the letter Q
Question 24
Manchester United have won the Premier League on 13 occasions. But, on how many occasions did they win the English First Division Championship?
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7 (1907-08, 1910-11, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1964-65 and 1966-67)
Question 25
Three Irish players have captained Manchester United to FA Cup success. Name any two of them.
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Johnny Carey (1948), Noel Cantwell (1963) & Roy Keane (1999)
Question 26
Can you name the first foreign player to play for Manchester United after signing for the club in January 1980, and the country he played for?
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Nikola Jovanovic – Yugoslavia
Question 27
During Manchester United’s 1998-99 Treble winning season they played this club four times but do you know who they are?
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Arsenal – twice in the Premier League and two times in the semi-finals of the FA Cup
Question 28
Name any two of the three players who have made a senior appearance for Manchester United whose surname is a country.
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Alan Brazil, Derek Brazil & Joe Jordan
Question 29
From which club did Manchester United sign Bryan Robson on 3 October 1981, in a new British record transfer fee of £1.5 million?
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West Bromwich Albion
Question 30
Who was the manager of Manchester United when they prevented Liverpool from winning the Treble in season 1976-77, after beating the Merseyside club 2-1 in the 1977 FA Cup final?
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The answer to this question was never published: the series ended before the next post.
