Q 01/05

Gus Mears founded Chelsea in 1905 after which club turned down his offer to lease Stamford Bridge?

A) Fulham

B) Queens Park Rangers

C) Brentford

D) Woolwich Arsenal

Answer · why

A) Fulham

Fulham already existed as a club, so the new team took the name of the neighbouring borough of Chelsea instead.

Q 02/05

Which Chelsea striker is credited with helping bring peace to Ivory Coast during its civil war?

A) Salomon Kalou

B) Didier Drogba

C) Nicolas Anelka

D) Samuel Eto'o

Answer · why

B) Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba proposed playing a 2007 Nations Cup qualifier in Bouaké, the rebels' capital, so both sides came together to watch.

Q 03/05

In which pub, across the road from Stamford Bridge, were Chelsea founded in March 1905?

A) The Fox and Pheasant

B) The Cross Keys

C) The Rising Sun

D) The Cock Tavern

Answer · why

C) The Rising Sun

The Rising Sun meeting created a club that was accepted into the Football League before it had played a single match.

Q 04/05

Before Chelsea existed, Stamford Bridge had been used for decades as an arena for what?

A) Greyhound racing

B) Cricket

C) Rugby

D) Athletics

Answer · why

D) Athletics

Athletics meetings of the London Athletic Club filled it from 1877, and Chelsea were later formed from scratch just to fill the new stadium.

Q 05/05

Which architect of Ibrox, Craven Cottage and Hampden Park also designed Stamford Bridge?

A) Archibald Leitch

B) Edwin Lutyens

C) Owen Williams

D) Giles Gilbert Scott

Answer · why

A) Archibald Leitch

Archibald Leitch had seen his name hurt in 1902, when part of a stand he designed at Ibrox collapsed and 25 people died.