Q 01/05

Atlético Madrid was founded in 1903 as a branch of which other Spanish club?

A) Real Madrid

B) Real Sociedad

C) Athletic Bilbao

D) Espanyol

Answer · why

C) Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao. Basque students living in Madrid set up the branch within weeks of watching their home club win the first Copa del Rey final in the c...

Q 02/05

At which Madrid fountain do Atlético fans gather to celebrate trophies, a short walk from Real Madrid's Cibeles?

A) Neptune

B) The Fallen Angel

C) The Artichoke

D) The Four Seasons

Answer · why

A) Neptune

Neptune. The sea god stands less than a mile from Cibeles on the same boulevard, and after the 2014 league title a vast crowd packed the square to mee...

Q 03/05

What colours did Atlético Madrid originally play in?

A) Blue and white halves

B) Blue and white stripes

C) Plain royal blue

D) Green and white hoops

Answer · why

A) Blue and white halves

Blue and white halves. The design was Blackburn Rovers', whose shirts the parent club's founders used to buy on trips to England, and it lasted until ...

Q 04/05

Atlético Madrid's nickname Los Colchoneros refers to which trade?

A) Bread bakers

B) Coal miners

C) Cloth tailors

D) Mattress makers

Answer · why

D) Mattress makers

Mattress makers. Spanish mattresses used to be covered in red-and-white striped ticking just like the team's shirts, and the story goes that cheap off...

Q 05/05

Tradition says Juan Elorduy bought Atlético's first red and white striped shirts from which English club?

A) Southampton

B) Brentford

C) Stoke City

D) Sheffield United

Answer · why

A) Southampton

Southampton. The story goes that he was sent for Blackburn Rovers kits, found none and bought striped shirts in the port he sailed home from; a 2023 s...