World Cup Finals Tournaments

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What was introduced for the first time in the World Cup in Mexico in 1970? Substitutes plus Red and Yellow Cards Red Cards and Penalty Shoot-outs Substitutes and Injury Time Yellow Cards, Injury Time and 32 Countries Competing

2. Ferenc Puskas was the last player to play for two different countries in the World Cup Finals, Hungary in 1954 and Spain in 1962. True or False? Answer: (True or False ... T or F)

3. How long did it take for Jose Batista to get sent off for Uruguay against Scotland in the 1986 World Cup Finals? 103 seconds 4 seconds 56 seconds 79 seconds

4. What is unusual about the feat achieved by the Hungarian player, Laszlo Kiss, which has only happened once in the World Cup Finals? He is the only player to appear who used to be a woman He missed two penalties and scored an own goal in one game He is the only person to play and referee in the history of the finals He is the only substitute to score a hat-trick

5. How old was the Cameroon player, Roger Milla, when he scored a goal against Russia in 1994? 42 40 56 44

6. When Daniel Passarella was coach of Argentina, what kind of players would he not select for the team? Players with long hair or earrings Players with long hair and unshaven faces Players with blue eyes Players with Italian origin

7. Every letter in the alphabet has been used for players surnames who have competed in the Finals. True or False? Answer: (True or False ... T or F)

8. Which player returned to playing football just weeks before the 1982 World Cup Finals, due to him being suspended for two years for a bribery scandal? Paolo Rossi Mario Kempes Socrates Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

9. Erik Nilsson of Sweden and Alfred Bickel of Switzerland are known in the history of the Finals for what? They were involved in the first double sending off They were the first brother-in-laws to play The only two players to play over 50 years of age The only players to play before and after World War II

10. In the World Cup Finals in 1978, Ramon Quiroga, a goalkeeper playing in a game for Peru was booked for what? Spitting at his manager Balancing on the crossbar of the goal during a celebration Kissing a Linesman For a foul in the opponent's half of the field