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  2010 FIFA World Cup Quiz Challenge   great trivia quiz  
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"Ke Nako. Celebrate Africa's Humanity". The 2010 FIFA World Cup took place from June 11 to July 11 in South Africa. A total of 32 teams competed in this prestigious football event. How much can you recall?
Average, 10 Qns, Matthew_07, Jan 14 17
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  2010 World Cup - Group Stage   top quiz  
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This is a quiz about the group stage of the 2010 World Cup held in South Africa. The group stage consists of eight groups which play a round robin tournament within a group.
Average, 10 Qns, christopherm, Jul 11 10
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  Test yourself! 2010 FIFA World Cup Quiz   popular trivia quiz  
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Test your knowledge on some basic and obscure known facts about the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Average, 10 Qns, Ishtari11, Jul 19 10
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  Nicknames of National Teams   popular trivia quiz  
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Just like Europe, international teams are known by nicknames.
Average, 15 Qns, GoodVibe, Jul 17 10
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  2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying   great trivia quiz  
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The qualifying phase of the first World Cup held in Africa had its share of drama and surprises. How much do you remember?
Tough, 10 Qns, Hews, Dec 05 10
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  2010: Road to the Championship   great trivia quiz  
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This World Cup tournament provided a host of new records and exciting football, replete with controversy and exhilaration. Here is a brief quiz about some of these events.
Average, 10 Qns, christopherm, Jul 19 10
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  Take this FIFA World Cup 2010 Quiz   popular trivia quiz  
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This quiz is about the FIFA World Cup which took place in 2010.
Average, 10 Qns, hithesh111, Jan 16 11
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  World Cup 2010   popular trivia quiz  
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Do you think you already know everything there is to know about the FIFA World Cup 2010? Then try this quiz on trivia about the World Cup that requires your attention but sometimes also makes you smile.
Tough, 10 Qns, Evil Sorcerer, Jul 11 10
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  10 2010 FIFA World Cup Questions   great trivia quiz  
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Many of you must had watched the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but then too you would have to scratch your head to get all these questions right.
Tough, 10 Qns, Vishal_Sood95, Sep 24 10
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  FIFA World Cup 2010 Quiz Challenge    
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I hope you enjoy this quiz on the FIFA World Cup 2010.
Average, 10 Qns, charizard410, Feb 13 11
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trivia question Quick Question
What country's team is known as the Charruas and La Celeste Olimpica?

From Quiz "Nicknames of National Teams"




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  Road to Victory: Spain 2010    
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Hello! This is a special quiz of the road to victory of Spain in FIFA 2010. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, godisgreat97, Jul 31 10
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  World Cup Winners and Awards   popular trivia quiz  
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List the awards given to people and country involved in the 2010 World Cup.
Average, 10 Qns, Ishtari11, Sep 12 10
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  2010 FIFA World Cup: Group B    
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Hello and welcome to a quiz on Group B from the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group featured the teams South Korea, Argentina, Nigeria, and Greece. Can you remember who won and who flopped? If you think you can, play this quiz and jog your memory. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, runaway_drive, Mar 15 11
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  FIFA World Cup: 2010    
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FIFA World Cup 2010 quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, ProQuiz1997, Sep 29 10
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  2010 FIFA World Cup: Group A    
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Hello and welcome to a quiz on Group A from the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group featured the teams South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, and France. Can you remember who won and who flopped? If you think you can, play this quiz and jog your memory. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, runaway_drive, Mar 14 11
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2010 South Africa Trivia Questions
1. Who came on top of Group B?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup: Group B

Answer: Argentina

Argentina came on top with nine points and played extremely well through the group stages with three out of three wins. South Korea qualified along with Argentina with four points (a win, a draw and a loss).

2. Who came on top of Group A?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup: Group A

Answer: Uruguay

Uruguay came on top with seven points and were the clear winners of the tournament. They qualified along with Mexico, who squeezed through on goal difference.

3. Which country won 2010 FIFA World Cup?

From Quiz FIFA World Cup 2010

Answer: Spain

Spain won their first ever World Cup final, beating The Netherlands 1-0 with a goal in the extra time. South Africa hosted the 19th World Cup finals tournament; Spain became the 8th nation to be crowned World Champions.

4. How many total goals were scored in FIFA World Cup 2010?

From Quiz FIFA World Cup: 2010

Answer: 145

There were 64 matches. Goals scored were 145, or 2.27 per match.

5. Who won the 2010 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball?

From Quiz World Cup Winners and Awards

Answer: Diego Forlan

Diego Forlan played for European clubs such as Manchester United, Villareal and Atletico Madrid. His father and grandfather were both footballers.

6. Which team received the most yellow cards during the 2010 FIFA World Cup?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Netherlands

Most yellow cards received were Netherlands (24), Chile (15), Uruguay (13) and Germany (13). Brazil received 7 yellow cards.

7. The first match played by Spain was the only match Spain lost. Who beat them?

From Quiz Road to Victory: Spain 2010

Answer: Switzerland

Spain lost only one match in the 2010 World Cup, their first. Spain lost 1-0 to Switzerland.

8. In a very tightly contested series of matches, Spain emerged the new champion from this extraordinarily popular event. However, on the road to world champions, Spain lost a match. To which team did Spain lose their only game of the tournament?

From Quiz 2010: Road to the Championship

Answer: Switzerland

In their very first match of the tournament, Spain suffered a loss to a very determined and talented team from Switzerland. Despite this early and unexpected defeat, Spain persevered and continued through the rounds, to claim the world championship for their very first time.

9. What was the host country of the 2010 World Cup?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup

Answer: South Africa

South Africa was the first African nation to host the World Cup. It was the 19th FIFA World Cup, and was played between 11th June and 11th July 2010.

10. Who won the Best Young Player Award in the FIFA World Cup 2010?

From Quiz FIFA World Cup 2010

Answer: Thomas Muller

Thomas Muller was a player on the Germany team. Meust Ozil also played for Germany. Giovanni Dos Santos was a player on the Mexico team. Andre Ayew was a player on the Ghana team.

11. What country's national team is known as the Socceroos?

From Quiz Nicknames of National Teams

Answer: Australia

The nickname was first used by an Australian journalist in the last 1960s. It is now the official (nick)name of the Australian soccer team.

12. Which Asian team joined host South Africa to become the first team to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, on June 6th 2009?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying

Answer: Japan

Japan defeated Uzbekistan 1-0 in Tashkent, meaning neither Bahrain nor Qatar could beat them to second spot in AFC Group A. Australia, South Korea and The Netherlands qualified later the same day.

13. South Korea vs Greece: Played at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, South Korea beat Greece 2-0. Which Manchester United player scored the second goal?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup: Group B

Answer: Park Ji-Sung

South Korea made a good start with a 2-0 win over Greece. Lee Jung-Soo scored the first goal after just seven minutes, and Park Ji-Sung scored in the 52nd minute to finish off a comfortable win for the Asian side.

14. The first match, South Africa vs Mexico, was started with a Tshabalala goal from South Africa. Who scored the Mexico goal?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup: Group A

Answer: Rafael Marquez

Millions of people tuned in to watch the first match of the tournament which was contended between South Africa and Mexico. Siphiwe Tshabalala scored the opening goal from the tournament which was smashed into the top corner in the 55th minute. A cross from the left was hit in by Rafael Marquez to give Mexico a point in the 79th minute. The Man of the Match was awarded to Tshabalala of South Africa.

15. Which country hosted 2010 FIFA World Cup?

From Quiz FIFA World Cup 2010

Answer: South Africa

South Africa hosted the 2010 World Cup. It was the first time the World Cup finals tournament was held on the continent of Africa.

16. What was the score of the quarterfinals game between Uruguay vs Ghana?

From Quiz FIFA World Cup: 2010

Answer: Uruguay vs Ghana (penalties) 4-2

Penalties by Uruguay were Forlan, Victorino, Scotti, Abreu. Ghana's penalites were Gyan and Appiah.

17. Which country won the 2010 FIFA World Cup?

From Quiz World Cup Winners and Awards

Answer: Spain

Spain won their first-ever World Cup in 2010. Previously, their best results were quarterfinals.

18. Which two countries conceded the least number of goals (1) in the entire tournament?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Portugal and Switzerland

Portugal (and Uruguay) didn't concede any goals in their group matches. Portugal lost 0-1 to Spain, the eventual winners, in the Round of 16. Switzerland failed to progress past the group stage.

19. The second match played by Spain was against Honduras. What was the score (Spain won)?

From Quiz Road to Victory: Spain 2010

Answer: 2-0

Spain won the match by 2-0. This was the 32nd match of the World Cup in the group stage.

20. Even though this team did not advance to the round of 16, they hold the distinction of not having posted a single loss. Ironically, every other team in the tournament posted at least one loss. Can you identify this team?

From Quiz 2010: Road to the Championship

Answer: New Zealand

Paraguay and Brazil did not lose until the quarterfinal stage. Australia lost to Germany in the group stage. Interestingly enough, New Zealand did not lose a single game. However, they did not win any games, either (they drew all three of their group matches). Hence, they didn't quite make it to the knockout stage.

21. The team selection for the 32 spots in the 2010 FIFA World Cup began three years earlier in 2007. Which country, who had finshed third at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea/Japan, did not qualify for South Africa 2010?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Turkey

In 2002, Turkey beat South Korea for the third-place spot. The 32 teams that qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in alphabetical order, were as follow: Algeria, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea, Paraguay, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the United States and Uruguay.

22. This secretive team had the dubious distinction of having to play in the "group of death". The team finished in the ignominious last position of their group without a win or a draw. Can you name this Asian team?

From Quiz 2010 World Cup - Group Stage

Answer: North Korea

Even though North Korea, otherwise known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, played a credible game against Brazil, they lost by the narrowest of margins by 2-1. However, fortune failed to favor North Korea as they lost to Portugal by seven points, without scoring a single point. North Korea proceeded to succumb to an aggressive offense posted by the Ivory Coast.

23. South Africa 2010 saw Honduras make their second appearance in the FIFA World Cup tournament. What record did they set?

From Quiz World Cup 2010

Answer: Most brothers in a World Cup squad

Honduras was the first team to nominate three brothers for their squad. The Palacios brothers Jerry, Wilson, and Johnny. All three started their career playing for CD Victoria in Honduras.

24. What was the name of the mascot at 2010 World Cup?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Zakumi

Zakumi is a leopard with green hair. It is described as energetic, spontaneous, adventurous and self-confident. Also, its name was derived from a combination of the acronym for South Africa 'ZA', and 'kumi', which is the number 10 in several African languages.

25. Which team was champion in the FIFA World Cup 2006, but didn't make it in the last 16 in the FIFA World Cup 2010?

From Quiz FIFA World Cup 2010

Answer: Italy

Italy was last place in their group. Spain won the World Cup, Brazil got out in the quarterfinals, and Germany got out in the semi-finals.

26. What is the nickname for the Nigerian national team?

From Quiz Nicknames of National Teams

Answer: Super Eagles

Nigeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup after failing to make the 2006 competition. Veteran and top players include Nwankwo Kanu, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Jospeh Yobo, and Taye Taiwo.

27. Which team's elimination from 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying centered around what became known as the "Hand of Henry" affair?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying

Answer: Ireland's

On November 18th 2009, on the last day of qualifying, France eliminated Ireland after drawing 1-1 at Stade de France in the second leg of their play-off. They had won 1-0 at Croke Park a few days earlier and progressed to the finals thanks to a 2-1 aggregate. Controversy surrounded the French goal in the second leg because France Thierry Henry appeared to handle the ball in the build up to William Gallas finding the net. He admitted as such after the match, prompting the Football Association of Ireland to appeal to FIFA to have the tie replayed. FIFA were unmoved and France advanced at Ireland's expense.

28. Argentina vs Nigeria: Nigeria was undone by an early goal from which Argentinian left-back?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup: Group B

Answer: Gabriel Heinze

Gabriel Heinze scored a goal with a powerful header into the top corner from a Veron corner. This was the only goal in the match, but the expressions of Diego Maradona said it all.

29. Uruguay vs France: A disappointing bore draw was the result of this match, but the game was livened up a little when which Uruguayan player was given a red card?

From Quiz 2010 FIFA World Cup: Group A

Answer: Nicolas Lodeiro

Nicolas Lodeiro came on as a substitute in a mediocre game of football. He was given a yellow card within three minutes of his appearance and with ten minutes to go, he was given a second yellow card.

30. Who got the Golden Boot as top goal scorer for the tournament?

From Quiz FIFA World Cup 2010

Answer: Thomas Muller

Wesley Sneidjer (Netherlands), Thomas Muller (Germany), David Villa (Spain) and Diego Forlan (Uruguay) each scored five goals. Thomas Muller received Golden Boot on a countback; assisting 3 goals. The other three players had one assist each.

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