Bluebirds: Do the Ayatollah! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Riverside AFC

Formed by local artist Bartley Wilson, Riverside were actually a local cricket team who were looking for something to do to keep fit in the winter. They played cricket, and their first football matches were on Sophia Gardens where Glamorgan County Cricket Club have played for over 40 years.

Answer: They didn't play a high enough level of football

King Edward VII invested City status on Cardiff in 1905, and Bartley Wilson immediately sought to change the name from Riverside AFC to Cardiff City. He was refused by the Football Association of Wales as the club didn't play in an organized league. So Wilson entered them for the South Wales Amateur League in 1907, and a year later, the name change was granted.

Answer: From a play being performed at the city's New Theatre

"The Blue Bird" is children's play, written by the Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck in 1909. The play was performed in the New Theatre in Cardiff in October 1911. At around this time, newspaper records refer to the club as the Bluebirds. Although the play was only on for less than a week in Cardiff, it received excellent reviews - possibly tied in with the fact that precisely a week after the play left Cardiff, Maeterlinck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

It's the only feasible argument ever put forward for how the nickname came about.

Answer: Lost in the Final to Sheffield United

In 1927, Cardiff became the only club ever to take the FA Cup out of England, but many people forget that they almost achieved this two years earlier, in 1925, losing 1-0 to Sheffield United, the goal scored by Fred Tunstall.

Answer: Narrowly failed to win the League title

With only one game left, Cardiff found themselves one point ahead of second placed Huddersfield Town. Huddersfield won their game 3-0, meaning that Cardiff City would have to beat Birmingham City to lift their first ever league title. With the scoreline standing at 0-0, Cardiff City were awarded a penalty. Top scorer and Welsh international Len Davies stepped up to take the spot kick, but missed from 12 yards and the game ended up as a 0-0 draw, meaning Cardiff had to settle for 2nd spot on goal average.

Although having scored 1 more goal than Huddersfield during the season, Cardiff also conceded 1 more meaning they had a scoring ratio of 1.794 compared with Huddersfield's 1.818 which meant Huddersfield won the First Division championship of the 1923/1924 season by .024 of a goal.

Answer: Welsh

The goalkeeper responsible for allowing the Cup to leave England for the only time in history was Welsh! Dan Lewis played 142 games for Arsenal between 1924 and 1931, and also earned 3 Welsh caps in that time. Lewis blamed his brand new jersey for the error, saying the wool was too greasy for him to grip the ball properly; since then, according to club legend, no Arsenal goalkeeper has played an FA Cup final with a new jersey.

Answer: Hamburg

Cardiff beat Shamrock Rovers, NAC Breda and Moscow Torpedo to set up the semi- final clash with Hamburg. After drawing 1-1 in Germany, hopes were high for the Welsh side, but a nail biting 2-3 loss at Ninian Park put paid to Cardiff's hopes. Another famous European night came 5 years later, when they beat Real Madrid 1-0 in Cardiff in the First Leg of a quarterfFinal tie, but lost the second leg in Spain 2-0.

They have never played Barcelona or Manchester United in Europe.

Answer: Brown and Orange

Brown and Orange - with Orange shorts were the original colours of the club. The mind boggles at how they must have looked. The shirt was "revived" for the FAW Premier competition in the late 1990s, but only made one brief appearance. A limited number of reproduction shirts were produced, but apparently there weren't that many takers.

Answer: By flying in a "Blimp" over the Wolvehampton ground

Local businesman and Cardiff fan Steve Day hired a blimp, or Airship, to take 20 fans around the ground in the air for the duration of the game. He was thwarted at the last minute when high winds kept the blimp grounded at its base, unable to get to Wolverhampton, let alone fly around the ground. Still, the media had a great time covering this very unusual attempt at watching a football match.

Answer: Slap the palms of your hands on your forehead continuously

Many myths abound about the origins of the Ayatollah - some say it's based on an ancient Celtic ritual, others say it's out of respect for a mad fan from times gone by, whilst others think it's something to do with former owner Sam Hamman. It's none of these though. Not many people know the real truth behind it.