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World Cup Finals Tournaments Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about some of the strange or unusual things that has happened during the seventy year history of the World Cup Finals.

A multiple-choice quiz by Ridgeback. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Ridgeback

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
19,490

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
2001

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What was introduced for the first time in the World Cup in Mexico in 1970? Hint

Yellow Cards, Injury Time and 32 Countries Competing

Substitutes and Injury Time

Substitutes plus Red and Yellow Cards

Red Cards and Penalty Shoot-outs

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Question 2 of 10

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)

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Question 3 of 10

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

4 seconds

103 seconds

79 seconds

56 seconds

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is unusual about the feat achieved by the Hungarian player, Laszlo Kiss, which has only happened once in the World Cup Finals? Hint

He is the only player to appear who used to be a woman

He is the only substitute to score a hat-trick

He is the only person to play and referee in the history of the finals

He missed two penalties and scored an own goal in one game

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Question 5 of 10

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

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Question 6 of 10

6. When Daniel Passarella was coach of Argentina, what kind of players would he not select for the team? Hint

Players with blue eyes

Players with Italian origin

Players with long hair and unshaven faces

Players with long hair or earrings

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Question 7 of 10

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)

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Question 8 of 10

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? Hint

Paolo Rossi

Mario Kempes

Socrates

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

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Question 9 of 10

9. Erik Nilsson of Sweden and Alfred Bickel of Switzerland are known in the history of the Finals for what? Hint

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

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the World Cup Finals in 1978, Ramon Quiroga, a goalkeeper playing in a game for Peru was booked for what? Hint

For a foul in the opponent's half of the field

Kissing a Linesman

Spitting at his manager

Balancing on the crossbar of the goal during a celebration

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was introduced for the first time in the World Cup in Mexico in 1970?

Answer: Substitutes plus Red and Yellow Cards

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: False

Robert Prosinecki played for Yugoslavia in 1990 and Croatia in 1998.

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

Answer: 56 seconds

He holds the dubious record of the fastest sending off in the Finals.

4. What is unusual about the feat achieved by the Hungarian player, Laszlo Kiss, which has only happened once in the World Cup Finals?

Answer: He is the only substitute to score a hat-trick

When Hungary beat El Salvaldor 10-1 in 1982.

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

Answer: 42

6. When Daniel Passarella was coach of Argentina, what kind of players would he not select for the team?

Answer: Players with long hair or earrings

As long as a player performs - who cares what they are or what they look like.

7. Every letter in the alphabet has been used for players surnames who have competed in the Finals. True or False?

Answer: True

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?

Answer: Paolo Rossi

Paolo Rossi ended up being the top scorer of the Finals and a World Cup Winner. (Italy 3 West Germany 1).

9. Erik Nilsson of Sweden and Alfred Bickel of Switzerland are known in the history of the Finals for what?

Answer: 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?

Answer: For a foul in the opponent's half of the field

Source: Author Ridgeback

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