World Cup 1966 in England Trivia Quiz

Answer: 10

Ten out of 16 seems a bit lopsided in a World Cup. They were England, Hungary, West Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Bulgaria, USSR, and Switzerland.

Answer: A dog named Pickles

Pickles burst on to the scene when he discovered the illustrious trophy concealed under a bush in a garden in south London. Walter Winterbottom
was the England manager prior to Alf Ramsey.

Answer: Because Wembley refused to cancel a scheduled greyhound meeting

The nearby White City Stadium in London was used for the match which featured Uruguay and France. The White City was built for the 1908 London Olympics, but was ironically better known as a famous greyhound stadium.

Answer: Anfield (Liverpool)

Although the city of Liverpool was selected to host matches, it was Everton's ground Goodison that was preferred. London, Manchester, and Birmingham were also amongst the seven cities used to stage games.

Answer: 0

Pele was injured against Bulgaria in Brazil's first game, which they won 2-0. He missed the next match, a 3-1 defeat to Hungary before being injured in their final encounter, another 3-1 defeat this time to Portugal.

Answer: Eusebio of Portugal

Although Eusebio was born in Mozambique, he became a legend playing for Portugal. Nicknamed the Black Panther, Eusebio starred for Benfica during their golden period when they dominated domestically and won the European Cup.

Answer: Italy

After losing 1-0 to North Korea, Italy returned home to be pelted with rotten tomatoes.

Answer: North Korea & Portugal

North Korea led 3-0 after 25 minutes before Portugal awoke and scored five in reply. Eusebio scored four goals in this one game.

Answer: Argentina

Argentina met England in an ill-tempered quarterfinal which saw the South American's Antonio Rattin sent off. England won the game 1-0, but Ramsey refused to let his players swap shirts with the opposition at the end of the game.

Answer: Soviet Union

West Germany won the game 2-1.

Answer: Mexico

Mexico finished third in England's group ahead of France. Switzerland came last in the group won by West Germany. Luckless Bulgaria were bottom of the group of death won by Portugal, whilst Chile languished at the foot of the group headed by the Soviet Union.

Answer: A lion type boy called World Cup Willie

World Cup Willie was the first of a long line of future World Cup mascots.

Answer: 50,459

The 1966 World Cup attracted 1,614,677 spectators through the turnstiles. The 1994 World Cup in the United States was by far the best supported tournament of the 20th century. A staggering 3,587,538 spectators watched the 52 matches, which resulted in an average of 68,991 fans per game. Not too bad for a supposedly non-soccer country.

Answer: First player to play in five consecutive World Cup Finals

He featured as goalkeeper for Mexico against Uruguay in a 0-0 draw. Although it sounds like a boring game with no goals, in fact it was a personal triumph for Carbajal as it was the first time Mexico had not conceded a goal in a World Cup finals match.

Answer: 1982

Not that it is ever mentioned by the English media, but in fact it was England who won the 1966 World Cup. After losing to West Germany in Mexico in 1970, England failed to reach the finals in Germany in 1974, and Argentina in 1978. Eventually they did manage to qualify on their own playing merits in 1982 when the tournament was held in Spain.