Q 01/05

In what year was FC Bayern Munich founded?

A) 1900

B) 1899

C) 1904

D) 1910

Answer · why

A) 1900

Eleven footballers walked out of a gymnastics club meeting and formed the club the same evening.

Q 02/05

Who led the eleven founding players?

A) Kurt Landauer

B) Max Gablonsky

C) Franz John

D) Wilhelm Neudecker

Answer · why

C) Franz John

Within months the new club was beating local rivals by scores like 15–0.

Q 03/05

Bayern won their first national championship in 1932 by beating whom 2–0 in the final?

A) Schalke 04

B) Eintracht Frankfurt

C) 1. FC Nürnberg

D) Hertha BSC

Answer · why

B) Eintracht Frankfurt

Coach Richard 'Little Dombi' Kohn and president Kurt Landauer, both Jewish, soon had to flee the Nazis.

Q 04/05

Which Jewish club president returned from exile in 1947 to lead Bayern again?

A) Roland Endler

B) Josef Kellner

C) Wilhelm Neudecker

D) Kurt Landauer

Answer · why

D) Kurt Landauer

He remains the president with the longest accumulated tenure and is credited with the club turning professional.

Q 05/05

Which local rival was picked ahead of Bayern for the inaugural Bundesliga in 1963?

A) 1. FC Nürnberg

B) Augsburg

C) Bayern Hof

D) 1860 Munich

Answer · why

D) 1860 Munich

Bayern were only sixth in the twelve-year ranking; 1860 were reigning Oberliga Süd champions.