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The Golden Team Trivia Quiz

Hungary produced the world's best ever soccer team in the years after WWII. The 'Magic Magyars' revolutionised the way the game was played and electrified crowds everywhere. Soccer today is better for what they brought to it.

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

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Bellyra

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5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
259,882

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. What were 'The Golden Team' known as in Hungarian? Hint

Aranycsillag

Aranycsempe

Aranycsap

Aranycsapat

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the coach of 'The Golden Team'?
Hint

Gy�la Szak�cs

Guszt�v Sebes

G�bor Juh�sz

Gy�rgy Zig�ny

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Question 3 of 10

3. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, 'The Golden Team' won the final and the gold medal against Yugoslavia. What was the final score? Hint

1 - 0

3 - 2

2 - 1

2 - 0

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 1953, Hungary became the first non-British team to defeat England on their own home soil in an invitational played at Wembley on November 25th. What was the score? Hint

2 - 0

6 - 3

3 - 1

4 - 2

5. Which of the players scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and in 1995 was recognized as the 20th Century's top scorer by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics? Hint

Gyula Grosics

Nandor Hidegkuti

Jen� Buzanszky

Ferenc Puskas

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Question 6 of 10

6. Hungary set a record for the largest unbeaten sequence at international level for how many consecutive wins? Hint

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Question 7 of 10

7. From 15 June 1952 until 18 February 1956, and excepting the 1954 World Cup, how many victories did 'The Golden Team' amass? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. Hungary set a record for the highest ever ELO football rating of how many points, posted in June 1954? Hint

2173 pts

2128pts

2116pts

2135pts

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the team opened a restaurant in Barcelona, Spain, after retirement called 'Tete D'Or'? Hint

S�ndor Kocsis

Zolt�n Czibor

Ferenc Pusk�s

J�zsef Bozsik

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the reason 'The Golden Team' disbanded, never to play together again? Hint

1956 Suez Crisis

1956 Hungarian Uprising

World War II

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What were 'The Golden Team' known as in Hungarian?

Answer: Aranycsapat

Literally, "aranycsapat" means gold troop, band, or group. The other three words listed mean gold star (aranycsillag), gold tap (aranycsap), and gold tile (aranycsempe).

2. Who was the coach of 'The Golden Team'?

Answer: Guszt�v Sebes

Guszt�v Sebes was an inspired and inspiring coach. He created and believed in all that his team could achieve.

3. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, 'The Golden Team' won the final and the gold medal against Yugoslavia. What was the final score?

Answer: 2 - 0

This was the first of Hungary's three gold medals for football at Olympic level. The other two came in 1964 and 1968.

4. In 1953, Hungary became the first non-British team to defeat England on their own home soil in an invitational played at Wembley on November 25th. What was the score?

Answer: 6 - 3

A score of 7-1 to defeat England again a year later in Budapest, set a record for an England defeat.

Answer: Ferenc Puskas

Born 2 April 1927, Ferenc Pusk�s was probably the most gifted footballer ever seen and is still revered and idolised. Having defected to the West in 1956, he was officially fully pardoned by the Hungarian Government in 1993. The N�pst�dion in Budapest was renamed in his honour in 2002. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in 2000, he died 17 November 2006, and was buried under the dome of St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest in December 2006.

6. Hungary set a record for the largest unbeaten sequence at international level for how many consecutive wins?

Answer: 32

Time and again, 'The Golden Team' proved themselves the best.

7. From 15 June 1952 until 18 February 1956, and excepting the 1954 World Cup, how many victories did 'The Golden Team' amass?

Answer: 43

As well as 7 games that ended in a draw.

8. Hungary set a record for the highest ever ELO football rating of how many points, posted in June 1954?

Answer: 2173 pts

Hungary also posted the second highest rating of 2153 pts in 1956, , beating Brazil, Argentina, and Germany in all-time competition.

9. Which of the team opened a restaurant in Barcelona, Spain, after retirement called 'Tete D'Or'?

Answer: S�ndor Kocsis

Born 21 September 1929, S�ndor Kocsis was diagnosed with leukaemia and stomach cancer and on 22 July 1979, and at age 49, fell from the 4th floor of a hospital in Barcelona in a possible but unproven suicide.

10. What was the reason 'The Golden Team' disbanded, never to play together again?

Answer: 1956 Hungarian Uprising

In October 1956, Hungary rose up against the occupying Soviet forces. Thousands fled and defected to the West including many of 'The Golden Team'. Some of those who chose to return were interrogated by the Soviets. When the eyes of the world turned away from Hungary to the Suez Crisis, the Soviets came back and brutally crushed the Uprising with tanks and executed thousands while the world stood by.

In later years, the same thing would happen in Czecholsovakia.

Source: Author Bellyra

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