Football quiz: Wayne Rooney (on and off the field)

Wayne Rooney is back in the England squad for their match against USA at Wembley. Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images via Reuters

1. Against which team did Wayne Rooney make his Premier League debut for Everton on 17 August 2002?

   1. Liverpool

   2. Tottenham

   3. Arsenal

   4. Norwich

2. In which part of Liverpool did Rooney grow up?

   1. Huyton

   2. Toxteth

   3. Dingle

   4. Croxteth

3. Rooney scored his first England goal in a Euro 2004 qualifier against which team?

   1. Denmark

   2. Macedonia

   3. Liechtenstein

   4. Croatia

4. Rooney has tattoo of which Stereophonics album title?

   1. Performance and Cocktails

   2. Word Gets Around

   3. You Gotta Go There to Come Back

   4. Just Enough Education to Perform

5. Rooney scored a hat-trick against which team on his Manchester United debut?

   1. Galatasaray

   2. Besiktas

   3. Fenerbahce

   4. Olympiakos

6. What did Rooney "love writing" when he first met his future wife, Coleen?

   1. Songs

   2. Poems

   3. Stories

   4. Letters

7. How many Premier League titles has Rooney won?

   1. Four

   2. Five

   3. Six

   4. Seven

8. Rooney once said he does what the night before a game …

   1. "I listen to an audiobook the night before a game to relax"

   2. "I lie in bed the night before a game and visualise myself scoring goals"

   3. "I build lego models the night before a game to switch off"

   4. "I listen to jazz"

9. Which sitcom has Rooney said is his favourite TV show?

   1. Father Ted

   2. Only Fools and Horses

   3. Friends

   4. Bread

10. Which striker was Rooney talking about when he said: "He was the best. I was actually watching a documentary on him yesterday. It was in the massage room on the TV and it was great to see how he played. Sometimes you forget how good he was as a finisher, quick, strong, different type of goals. As an out-and-out forward he was probably the best."

    1. Cristiano Ronaldo

    2. Romario

    3. Ronaldo

    4. Alan Shearer

Solutions

1:B - He was booed by the Spurs fans who shouted "Who are ya?" when he touched the ball., 2:D - Rooney attended De La Salle School – as did Francis Jeffers, who made his England debut on the same night as Rooney., 3:B - It was the first of 53 goals for his country., 4:D - Stereophonics played at Rooney's wedding in 2008., 5:C - He was 18 at the time., 6:B - "I used to love writing poems," he said in 2015. "I don’t know why. I used to like writing little stories, too. So when I first got with Coleen, I used to write her lots of poems.", 7:B - Rooney won the lot at Manchester United: the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League, Europa League and Fifa Club World Cup., 8:B - In 2012 he said: "Part of my preparation is to go and ask the kit man what colour we're wearing – if it's red top, white shorts, white socks or black socks. Then I lie in bed the night before the game and visualise myself scoring goals or doing well. You're trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a 'memory' before the game. I've always done it, my whole life. When I was younger, I used to visualise myself scoring wonder goals, stuff like that. From 30 yards out, dribbling through teams.", 9:B - He is also a big fan of the film Grease., 10:C - It's hard to argue with his choice.

Scores

1. 0 and above.

   Go home, son. You're useless ...

2. 1 and above.

   You're not fit to wear the shirt ...

3. 2 and above.

   You're not even good enough to play for Accrington Stanley ...

4. 3 and above.

   You're not fit to polish Danny Cadamarteri's boots ...

5. 4 and above.

   You're the Paul Telfer of Football Quiz land ...

6. 5 and above.

   Stay off the shandy and you might one day play professionally ...

7. 6 and above.

   You're a reasonable winger but you need to work on your crossing ...

8. 7 and above.

   You could get an international call-up if you maintain this kind of form ...

9. 8 and above.

   You're so good you've got a wag and a mock Tudor house in the suburbs ...

10. 9 and above.

    You've won the league, you could star in Dallas, you've got more silver than Buckingham Palace ...

11. 10 and above.

    Maradona, Pele, Zidane. They've got nothing on you ...