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Quiz I

  1. Name the the first nation to win the new FIFA World Cup Trophy three times?
  2. Which country became the first African team to score four goals in a World Cup game during the 2014 tournament in Brazil?
  3. Fabio Capello has had seven World Cup finals tournament games as manager, how many has he won?
  4. In a group game against Morocco at the 1986 World Cup, who became the first England player to be sent off in a World Cup finals match?
  5. Who was top scorer at the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament?
  6. Roger Milla found international stardom at 38 years of age playing on the world stage for which country?
  7. Who was voted the tournament's best player in 2018?
  8. Before taking the England manager's job, which team did Sir Alf Ramsey win the English league title with in their first season in the top flight?
  9. Which country will go to Qatar to play in their first World Cup in 64 years?
  10. Who was awarded the Best Young Player Award for his performances at the 2014 World Cup?
  11. Which country reached the quarter finals on their World Cup debut in 1966 and next qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 2010, their only other appearance?
  12. Which two English players had penalties saved by Argentina's Carlos Roa in the 1998 World Cup?
  13. England came bottom of 'Group D' in the 2014 World Cup, which team won their group? And which other European team was eliminated from the same group?
  14. Scotland have qualified for eight finals tournaments, how many times have they advanced beyond the first round of the finals competition?
  15. How many times have Holland played in the World Cup Final?
  16. Which team beat West Germany 1-0 in the highly anticipated last game of 'Group 1' in the 1974 World Cup finals?
  17. In 2006, two players that represented England were playing their club football abroad, name both?
  18. Which Englishman refereed the 2010 World Cup Final?
  19. Which player is best known for scoring the most goals in a single edition of the World Cup? In 1958 he scored thirteen in six matches.
  20. In the 1998 World Cup, which French player kissed keeper Fabien Barthez's shaved head before the start of every match, supposedly for good luck?
  21. In the last minute of extra time in his country's hard-fought 2010 quarterfinal match against Ghana, which player was sent off after he used his hands to keep out a goal-bound header?
  22. In the 1990 World Cup semi-finals, a German free kick looped high into the air over goalkeeper Peter Shilton after clipping which English defender?
  23. How many world cup finals have been won on a penalty shootout?
  24. Which Republic of Ireland player 'lost it' when a touch line administrative cock-up stopped him getting on the field in USA, 1994?
  25. Who was the youngest member in Gareth Southgate's 2018 squad?
  26. Which country entered the 1954 World Cup as favourites, having gone undefeated in their previous 28 games?
  27. In which city was the last time we saw a crowd of over 100,000 in attendance for the final?



Answers

  1. Germany
  2. Algeria (when they beat South Korea 4-2)
  3. One (he's managed both England and Russia at World Cup tournaments)
  4. Ray Wilkins
  5. James Rodríguez (Colombia)
  6. Cameroon (1990 FIFA World Cup)
  7. Luka Modric (Croatia)
  8. Ipswich Town
  9. Wales
  10. Paul Pogba
  11. North Korea
  12. David Batty and Paul Ince
  13. Costa Rica. Italy were also eliminated./li>
  14. None (no country has qualified for as many World Cup finals without progressing past the first round!)
  15. 3 (runners-up, 1974, 1978, and 2010)
  16. East Germany
  17. David Beckham (Spain), Owen Hargreaves (Germany)
  18. Howard Webb
  19. Just Fontaine
  20. Laurent Blanc
  21. Luis Suarez
  22. Paul Parker
  23. Two (Brazil in 1994, and Italy in 2006)
  24. John Aldridge
  25. Trent Alexander-Arnold (19 years old)
  26. Hungary
  27. Mexico City (1986)