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Football World Cup quiz

World Cup football quiz questions: winners, hosts, golden boots and famous matches.

  • 231 questions

1. Who is Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known as?

2. England won the Cricket World Cup at Lord's on boundary count after a super over. Which country did they beat?

3. On 13th July 1930, the first FIF World cup kicked off. Which country hosted it? (BQ: which country won it?)

4. Laurent Blanc made history on 28 June 1998 when he became the first ever player to do what during a FIFA World Cup match?

5. Who was the manager when England won the 1966 World Cup?

6. Which surname beginning with the letter "G" has been since 1930 the most common surname at FIFA World Cups?

7. Who was the England manager when the side failed to reach the 1994 World Cup finals?

8. How many members (national football associations) does FIFA currently have? (+/- 10)

9. Billions of eyes around the world watched which football superstar muff the deciding penalty in the 1994 football world cup final ?

10. Poland beat Brazil to finish third at the 1974 World Cup. True or false?

11. Who deliberately handled the ball in order to set up the goal for France that deprived the Ireland soccer team of a place in the World Cup in November 2009?

12. Which French player scored a record 13 goals during the 1958 FIFA World Cup?

13. Which player was sent off in the 1998 World Cup final?

14. Who scored the quickest goal ever by an England player in a World Cup match?

15. In which football world cup final was there, according to some, a brown and white ball?

16. Which Band Recorded 'Three Lions' With David Baddiel and Frank Skinner for Euro 96 and the 1998 World Cup?

17. Who captained England in the 1995 World Cup Final?

18. Which two countries have been runners-up in two consecutive Football World Cup tournaments?

19. Andoni Goiocochea once broke Maradona?s leg in four places, what was his nickname in Spanish football?

20. In which year was the only World Cup in which England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all qualified?

ANSWERS

1. Pele

2. New Zealand

3. Uruguay (Uruguay)

4. Score a 'Golden Goal'

5. Alf Ramsey

6. Gonzalez (or Gonzales)

7. Graham Taylor

8. 207

9. Roberto Baggio ( Il Divin Codino, the divine pony tail)

10. True

11. Thierry Henry

12. Just Fontaine

13. Marcel Desailly

14. Bryan Robson

15. 1966, after the 5th goal

16. Lightning Seeds

17. Dennis Betts

18. Holland (1974 and 1978) and West Germany (1982 and 1986)

19. The Butcher of Bilboa

20. 1958 in Sweden

Where these questions come from
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  2. Quiz of the Year 2019
  3. QuizMiz Quiz 12
  4. Pauls Quiz 418
  5. Football Quiz 5
  6. Pauls Quiz 400
  7. QuizMiz Quiz 18
  8. Pauls Eye Quiz 1
  9. World Cup Quiz 1
  10. Foul Deeds Quiz 1
  11. Pauls Quiz 413
  12. Sporting Bad Boys Quiz 1
  13. Pauls Quiz 8
  14. Entertainment Quiz 9
  15. Rugby Quiz 4
  16. Pauls Football World Cup Quiz 2
  17. Football Quiz 1
  18. Pauls Football World Cup Quiz 1

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