Q 01/05

Arsenal were founded in 1886 under what name, taken from a Royal Arsenal workshop in Woolwich?

A) Woolwich Wanderers

B) Royal Ordnance

C) Plumstead Rovers

D) Dial Square

Answer · why

D) Dial Square

Dial Square, named after a workshop in the Royal Arsenal, was founded in October 1886 by Scotsman David Danskin and fifteen fellow munitions workers; ...

Q 02/05

For two seasons from 1998, where did Arsenal play their Champions League home matches?

A) White Hart Lane

B) Wembley Stadium

C) Stamford Bridge

D) Craven Cottage

Answer · why

B) Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium held over 70,000, and Arsenal's record home crowd, 73,707 against Lens in November 1998, came there.

Q 03/05

In 1893 Woolwich Arsenal became the first club from which region to join the Football League?

A) The south of England

B) Wales

C) The Midlands

D) The north-east of England

Answer · why

A) The south of England

Woolwich Arsenal joined the Second Division in 1893 as the first Football League club from the south of England; they reached the First Division in 19...

Q 04/05

Which chairman moved Arsenal from Plumstead to Highbury in 1913?

A) Henry Norris

B) Samuel Hill-Wood

C) David Danskin

D) Bracewell Smith

Answer · why

A) Henry Norris

Henry Norris, the Fulham chairman who took over Woolwich Arsenal in 1910, moved the club north of the Thames to Highbury in 1913; 'Woolwich' was dropp...

Q 05/05

Herbert Chapman was lured to Arsenal in 1925 from which club, where he had just won two league titles?

A) Leeds City

B) Northampton Town

C) Tottenham Hotspur

D) Huddersfield Town

Answer · why

D) Huddersfield Town

Chapman left Huddersfield Town, champions in 1924 and 1925, for Arsenal in 1925, and later won both the league and the FA Cup with Arsenal too.