Q 01/05
A) Real Madrid
B) Real Sociedad
C) Athletic Bilbao
D) Espanyol
Answer · why
Three Basque students set it up after watching Athletic win that year's Copa del Rey final in Madrid.
Q 02/05
A) 1903
B) 1907
C) 1910
D) 1921
Answer · why
It became independent of its Bilbao parent club in 1921.
Q 03/05
A) Blue and white halves
B) Red and white stripes
C) All white kit
D) Green and white hoops
Answer · why
They were Athletic Bilbao's colours at the time; the red and white stripes arrived in 1911.
Q 04/05
A) Bread bakers
B) Coal miners
C) Cloth tailors
D) Mattress makers
Answer · why
Red and white striped cloth was used for mattress ticking, and offcuts supposedly became shirts.
Q 05/05
A) Southampton
B) Sunderland
C) Stoke City
D) Sheffield United
Answer · why
He had failed to find Blackburn kits; a 2023 investigation proposed Sunderland as an alternative source.
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