FOOTBALL WORLD CUP FACTS

Question 1

_________ has become the first woman to referee at a men’s World cup match between Germany and Costa Rica

Accepted Answer

Stephanie Frappart

Question 2

How many goals did Spain score against Costa Rica in Qatar 2022?

Accepted Answer

seven

Question 3

Who has played the most games in the biggest tournament in men's football?

Accepted Answer

Lionel Messi

Question 4

Who scored this incredible goal in Mexico 1986?

Accepted Answer

Maradona

Question 5

Who is the player with the most World Cup wins?

Accepted Answer

Pelé

Question 6

FIFA World Cup was held in Japan and South Korea in 2002

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Who holds the record for the most goals scored in a FIFA World Cup match?

Accepted Answer

Oleg Salenko

Question 8

Which National Squad has won the World Cup 5 times?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 9

What is the only team to have won the World Cup finals without winning the final?

Accepted Answer

Uruguay in 1950

Question 10

Germany WC 1974: What is the player from Zaire (in the wall) going to do after the referee blows his whistle?

Accepted Answer

He kicks the ball away

Question 11

_____________ holds the record for the most goals scored at a single tournament, with 13 goals in 1958

Accepted Answer

Fontaine

Question 12

Megan Rapinoe scored the first goal from the penalty spot in the FIFA Women's WC final, France 2019.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Johan Cruyff has never won a World Cup

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Spain didn't qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup played in France in 2019.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Andres Escobar tried to cut out a cross but turned the ball into his own net. He was killed on account of the own goal.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Who scored the winning goal in the WC final, 2014, Argentina vs. Germany?

Accepted Answer

Mario Götze

Question 17

The World Cup happens every __________ in order to have enough time for the qualification tournaments.

Accepted Answer

four years

Question 18

Who scored the winning goal in the match Spain - England (1 - 0) in Brazil 1950?

Accepted Answer

Zarra

Question 19

Who are the current champions of the FIFA Women's World Cup?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 20

Who was the Spanish goalkeeper in the 2010 WC final in South Africa?

Accepted Answer

Iker Casillas

Question 21

The final France played against Italy in Germany 2006 was Zinedine Zidane's last professional match.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

How many immigrant workers died in the process of building the football stadiums for Qatar 2022?

Accepted Answer

6.500

Question 23

What was the name of the official mascot in Spain 1982 World Cup?

Accepted Answer

Naranjito

Question 24

Achraf Hakimi scored the winning penalty as Morocco shocked Spain on penalty shootouts in their round of 16 clash.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Which national squad won the first World Cup in 1930?

Accepted Answer

Uruguay

Question 26

What Russian goalkeeper was known as the "Black Spider"?

Accepted Answer

Lev Yashin

Question 27

The largest attendance for a football match was the 1950 World Cup final of Brazil vs Uruguay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

The 2026 World Cup will be a special one. For the first time ever there will be three host nations, which are________

Accepted Answer

Canada, USA & Mexico

Question 29

Who scored the winning goal for Spain in the semifinal against Germany in South Africa 2010?

Accepted Answer

Carles Puyol

Question 30

Who assisted Iniesta to score the winning goal in the 2010 WC final?

Accepted Answer

Cesc Fábregas

Question 31

Which National Team won the World Cup in Spain 1982?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 32

France won the final against Croatia in the previous World Cup, Russia 2018, in the penalty shootout.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in 5 consecutive World Cups.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

The first African Nation to reach the quarter-finals in a World Cup was _______________ in 1990

Accepted Answer

Cameroon

Question 35

Ronaldo Nazario has never won a World Cup.

Accepted Answer

False

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