Q 01/05

Ajax's 1970s style, in which outfield players freely swapped positions, became known around the world as what?

A) Catenaccio

B) Tiki-taka

C) Total Football

D) Gegenpressing

Answer · why

C) Total Football

Total Football let any outfield player step into a teammate's role mid-move, and the side built on it won the European Cup three years running.

Q 02/05

Ajax is named after a hero from which mythology?

A) Norse

B) Greek

C) Roman

D) Egyptian

Answer · why

B) Greek

Greek: the club's namesake is the giant warrior of Homer's Iliad, who fought the Trojan champion Hector in single combat and was rated second only to ...

Q 03/05

Which Ajax captain was branded the "Cannibal of Ajax" by a Dutch newspaper after biting an opponent in 2010?

A) Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

B) Luis Suárez

C) Jan Vertonghen

D) Zlatan Ibrahimović

Answer · why

B) Luis Suárez

Luis Suárez bit a rival's shoulder late in a goalless league match, accepted a seven-match ban and was sold to Liverpool before it had run its course.

Q 04/05

Which Englishman managed Ajax in three spells between 1915 and 1947?

A) Vic Buckingham

B) Jack Kirwan

C) Bob Glendenning

D) Jack Reynolds

Answer · why

D) Jack Reynolds

Jack Reynolds won eight national titles across those spells, and in the last of them gave a debut to the young striker who would later coach the club ...

Q 05/05

Why did Ajax change to a white shirt with a broad red stripe in 1911?

A) Sparta Rotterdam had the same kit

B) It copied an English club

C) The city council required it

D) Supporters voted for it

Answer · why

A) Sparta Rotterdam had the same kit

Sparta Rotterdam had the same kit of red and white stripes, and under league rules it was the newly promoted club that had to find something different...