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FIFA: World Cups Trivia Quiz

Football is one of the most popular sports in the world. FIFA World Cup is the most important soccer tournament, and below you'll find ten questions to test your knowledge of this event.

A multiple-choice quiz by Graccho. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Graccho

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
115

Updated
May 07 26

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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3909

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which country hosted the first World Cup finals tournament? Hint

Uruguay

Brazil

England

France

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is the first person to win a World Cup medal 4 times? Hint

Pele

Puskas

Cruyff

Zagallo

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Question 3 of 10

3. What player, at the World Cup of Mexico 1986, scored a goal 'with his head and the hand of God'? Hint

Maradona

Matthaus

Lineker

Zico

4. Cameroon had a surprising performance in the World Cup of Italy 1990, reaching the quarter-finals, something never before achieved by an African team, but was eliminated by England 3-2 (extra time). The star player of Cameroon was remarkably old for a professional soccer player, and holds the title of oldest player to participate in a World Cup match. Who is this player? Hint

Milla

Mboma

Eto'o

Olembe

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which city holds the title of World Cup Capital?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 6 of 10

6. At the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, Brazil became the first country to win the competition three times and was thus entitled to keep indefinitely the cup trophy. What was the name of this trophy?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Name the mascot of the World Cup in Spain 1982. Hint

El Toro

Toreador

Naranjito

Hidalgo

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Question 8 of 10

8. Korea-Japan in 2002 was the 17th edition of the FIFA World Cup. How many nations had won the previous 16 titles of 'World Champion'? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the World Cup winners have never won the title when hosting the tournament? Hint

England

Germany

Brazil

Italy

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Question 10 of 10

10. Franz Beckenbauer was the captain of Germany when they defeated The Netherlands in the final match of World Cup 1974. His skill and finesse when playing ball earned him the nickname _________ .

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which country hosted the first World Cup finals tournament?

Answer: Uruguay

13 teams (Argentina, Chile, France, Mexico, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Romania, Peru, USA, Paraguay and Belgium) participated in the first World Cup in history. This was the only Cup not to have a preliminary {round;} all the participants entered by invitation.

2. Who is the first person to win a World Cup medal 4 times?

Answer: Zagallo

Zagallo was two times Cup winner as a player (Sweden 1958 and Chile 1962), one as coach (Mexico 1970) and one as Assistant Coach (USA 1994). He was also coach of the Brazilian Team in the World Cup France-98, but saw the host country team win the final match 3-0.

3. What player, at the World Cup of Mexico 1986, scored a goal 'with his head and the hand of God'?

Answer: Maradona

Maradona, possibly the best soccer player in the world after Pele, was the star of Argentina in the conquest of their second World Cup, defeating Germany in the last match. Germany would have revenge over the Argentinians in the following World Cup of Italy 1990, when even in spite of Maradona, Matthaus' Germany won the final 1-0.

Answer: Milla

Roger Milla led Cameroon in the World Cup of Italy 1990. When he played for Cameroon against Russia in World Cup USA 1994 (on June 28, 1994), he was 42 years and 39 days of age.

5. Which city holds the title of World Cup Capital?

Answer: Mexico City

'A total of 460 venues hosted at least one match. Mexico City is the World Cup Capital as it has hosted the highest number of matches, 74 (23 in final phases). Seoul is 2nd with 54 matches a record for preliminaries - followed by Singapore (48), Montevideo (47), Doha (46), Tegucigalpa (43), Dublin and Paris (42 each).' (quoted from www.fifa.com)

6. At the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, Brazil became the first country to win the competition three times and was thus entitled to keep indefinitely the cup trophy. What was the name of this trophy?

Answer: Jules Rimet

Originally named 'Victoire aux Ailes d'Or', the golden statuette, designed by french sculptor Abel Lafleur, was renamed 'Jules Rimet' in 1946 in honor of the first president of FIFA, for his efforts in mantaining alive the spirit of soccer during the WWII.

7. Name the mascot of the World Cup in Spain 1982.

Answer: Naranjito

Korea-Japan 2002 was the first World Cup to sport three different mascots.

8. Korea-Japan in 2002 was the 17th edition of the FIFA World Cup. How many nations had won the previous 16 titles of 'World Champion'?

Answer: 7

Only seven countries had won the previous 16 World Cups:
4 by Brazil (58-62-70-94),
3 by Italy (34-38-82),
3 by Germany (54-74-90),
2 by Uruguay (30-50),
2 by Argentina (78-86)
and one each by England (66) and France (98).

9. Which of the World Cup winners have never won the title when hosting the tournament?

Answer: Brazil

Brazil hosted the World Cup in 1950, but bowed to Uruguay in the final match (2-1) before a capacity crowd of 174,000 spectators. All the other cup winners - Uruguay (30), Italy (34), England (66), Germany (74), Argentina (78)and France (98) - have won the World Cup when they were the host nation.

Answer: Kaiser

The 'Kaiser' Beckenbauer led Germany to an astounding 2-1 victory over The Netherlands. In World Cup Italy 1990, coaching Germany, he became the first person to win the World Cup as Captain and then Coach.

Source: Author Graccho

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