The Amazing Trivia Quiz On World Cup Soccer

1. Per FIFA World Cup rules, if a team has 23 members, how many must be goalkeepers?

2

5

3

1

2. What year did the World Cup known as the "Miracle of Berne" take place?

1950

1968

1954

2000

3. What year did Germany win the World Cup held in Switzerland?

1950

1954

1958

1960

4. Which of these years did Ademir Marques de Menezes win the Golden Shoe Award?

1958

1960

1948

1950

5. What year did Uruguay win and Spain come in fourth in the World Cup?

1954

1958

1950

1953

6. How many goals were scored in the 1950 FIFA World Cup?

125

88

250

44

7. Win In Africa With Africa is the theme of which World Cup?

1990

1962

2010

2002

8. A match ball called Jabulani, which means "to celebrate" in Zulu, was created for which World Cup?

1994

2002

2010

1990

9. What South African-born model/movie star was the guest presenter at the draw for the 2010 World Cup?

Candice Derman

Thuli Sithole

Charlize Theron

Cokey Falkow

10. How many African nations bid to host the 2010 World Cup?

5

10

12

2

11. What does WAGS, thought to have been England's undoing at the 2006 World Cup, stand for?

White And Green Kits

Wives And Girlfriends

Women Against German Soccer

Wish Against Germany Slogan

12. On a scale of 1-10, how did FIFA rate the readiness of 2010 World Cup host South Africa in March 2010?

2

5

3

9

13. Andoni Zubizarreta, legendary goalkeeper for Spain, played in how many World Cups?

4

1

0

6

14. Considered perhaps the greatest goalkeeper ever, the USSR's Lev Yashin played in how many World Cups?

3

1

5

6

15. How many times must a country win the World cup in order to keep the solid gold trophy permanently?

3

6

5

4

16. Columbia's Valderrama, with his trademark golden mops of curls, played in how many World Cups?

5

1

6

3

17. For which World Cup did Mexico wear jerseys the press referred to as a "psychedelic hallucination"?

1962

1970

1994

1990

18. When did FIFA introduce the Silver and Bronze Ball awards to the 2nd and 3rd most outstanding players?

1990

1930

1942

1950

19. In what year did Germany's Oliver Kahn take home the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball trophy?

1998

1982

2002

1990

20. How many goals did Brazil's top scoring Ronaldo rack up in the 2002 World Cup games?

12

8

13

11

21. When Brazil won in 2002, it then boasted a total of how many World Cup championships?

6

4

5

7

22. When was the first World Cup in which anthems were not played by live bands but by recordings?

1962

1724

1994

1982

23. Who gets a medal along with the FIFA World Cup Fair Play trophy?

Coach

Every Player

Captain

Goalie

24. When was the first World Cup in which teams from all 6 continental confederations participated?

1994

1982

2006

2002

25. What did Cesar Menotti, coach of 1978 host Argentina, do the entire time his team was on the field?

Cheered

Chain Smoked

Paced

Hyperventilated

26. For which World Cup did Iraq play all qualifying matches on neutral ground due to the Iran-Iraq war?

1962

1990

1982

1986

27. In what year were the World Cup mascots a lion named Golio and a talking soccer ball named Pille?

2006

1986

1990

1998

28. The Spheriks, Kaz, Ato and Nik, were trotted out as the mascots of which World Cup?

2002

1990

2006

1998

29. Team Bulgaria's Hristo Stoitchkov is widely regarded as the best player of which World Cup?

1994

1986

1982

1990

30. In what year was a lion named World Cup Willie, modeled on the designer's son, the official mascot?

1994

1970

1966

1990

31. In what year did FIFA hold the first World Cup?

1934

1954

1930

1950

The Amazing Trivia Quiz On World Cup Soccer

1. Per FIFA World Cup rules, if a team has 23 members, how many must be goalkeepers?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. What year did the World Cup known as the "Miracle of Berne" take place?

3. What year did Germany win the World Cup held in Switzerland?

4. Which of these years did Ademir Marques de Menezes win the Golden Shoe Award?

5. What year did Uruguay win and Spain come in fourth in the World Cup?

6. How many goals were scored in the 1950 FIFA World Cup?

7. Win In Africa With Africa is the theme of which World Cup?

8. A match ball called Jabulani, which means "to celebrate" in Zulu, was created for which World Cup?

9. What South African-born model/movie star was the guest presenter at the draw for the 2010 World Cup?

10. How many African nations bid to host the 2010 World Cup?

11. What does WAGS, thought to have been England's undoing at the 2006 World Cup, stand for?

12. On a scale of 1-10, how did FIFA rate the readiness of 2010 World Cup host South Africa in March 2010?

13. Andoni Zubizarreta, legendary goalkeeper for Spain, played in how many World Cups?

14. Considered perhaps the greatest goalkeeper ever, the USSR's Lev Yashin played in how many World Cups?

15. How many times must a country win the World cup in order to keep the solid gold trophy permanently?

16. Columbia's Valderrama, with his trademark golden mops of curls, played in how many World Cups?

17. For which World Cup did Mexico wear jerseys the press referred to as a "psychedelic hallucination"?

18. When did FIFA introduce the Silver and Bronze Ball awards to the 2nd and 3rd most outstanding players?

19. In what year did Germany's Oliver Kahn take home the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball trophy?

20. How many goals did Brazil's top scoring Ronaldo rack up in the 2002 World Cup games?

21. When Brazil won in 2002, it then boasted a total of how many World Cup championships?

22. When was the first World Cup in which anthems were not played by live bands but by recordings?

23. Who gets a medal along with the FIFA World Cup Fair Play trophy?

24. When was the first World Cup in which teams from all 6 continental confederations participated?

25. What did Cesar Menotti, coach of 1978 host Argentina, do the entire time his team was on the field?

26. For which World Cup did Iraq play all qualifying matches on neutral ground due to the Iran-Iraq war?

27. In what year were the World Cup mascots a lion named Golio and a talking soccer ball named Pille?

28. The Spheriks, Kaz, Ato and Nik, were trotted out as the mascots of which World Cup?

29. Team Bulgaria's Hristo Stoitchkov is widely regarded as the best player of which World Cup?

30. In what year was a lion named World Cup Willie, modeled on the designer's son, the official mascot?

31. In what year did FIFA hold the first World Cup?