Q 01/05

Who formally constituted Celtic at a meeting in St. Mary's church hall in 1887?

A) Willie Maley

B) John Glass

C) James Kelly

D) Brother Walfrid

Answer · why

D) Brother Walfrid

The Irish Marist Brother wanted to raise money for his Poor Children's Dinner Table charity.

Q 02/05

What was the charitable purpose behind Celtic's founding?

A) Funding a Catholic school

B) Feeding the East End's poor

C) Building a new church

D) Irish famine relief

Answer · why

B) Feeding the East End's poor

Walfrid was inspired by Hibernian, formed by Edinburgh's Irish immigrant community a few years earlier.

Q 03/05

Which Edinburgh club's example inspired the founding of Celtic?

A) Hearts

B) St Bernard's

C) Hibernian

D) Leith Athletic

Answer · why

C) Hibernian

Hibs had been formed out of the immigrant Irish population a few years earlier.

Q 04/05

What was the result of the club's first official match, against its future Old Firm rivals in 1888?

A) A 2–1 defeat

B) A 3–3 draw

C) A 1–0 win

D) A 5–2 win

Answer · why

D) A 5–2 win

Neil McCallum scored the club's first goal.

Q 05/05

Why is the club nickname spelled 'The Bhoys' with an h?

A) A printer's error stuck

B) It imitates Gaelic spelling

C) It stands for 'Brother'

D) To avoid a trademark clash

Answer · why

B) It imitates Gaelic spelling

An early-20th-century postcard reading 'The Bould Bhoys' is the first known example.