Fifty questions on the best of the World Cup. Answers at the bottom of the page – no peeking!
Questions
1. In which year did the first competition take place?
2. Which fellow South American country lost to hosts Uruguay in that first final?
3. Brazil were the first team to win the trophy outside of their continent, true or false?
4. Which Russian scored five goals in a single match against Cameroon in 1994?
5. Carlos Alberto Parreira managed sides in how many different tournaments?
6. Which country has lost the most finals, beaten four times?
7. Just Fontaine holds the record for most goals in a single tournament. How many, in 1958?
8. Which two European goalkeepers hold the record for most clean sheets?
9. Germany thrashed which side 8-0 at the start of the 2002 tournament?
10. When was the first final to involve a team keeping a clean sheet?
11. Which side have drawn the most matches (including games going to shoot-outs)?
12. Which North American side have lost the most matches in total at the World Cup finals?
13. Miroslav Klose has the most tournament goals with 16 – one clear of who?
14. Italy’s success in 1982 ended a title drought of how many years for the Azzurri?
15. How many World Cup holders have gone out at the group stage this century?
16. Whose missed penalty cost their side the title in 1994 (clue – not Diana Ross)?
17. Who were the last host country to win the title?
18. How many of Harry Kane’s eight finals goals have been penalties?
Well you know at least one Harry Kane goal was a penalty (Photo: Getty)19. Who scored England’s 100th finals goal, vs Wales in Qatar?
20. Brazil and which side are the only teams to retain the World Cup?
21. Austria beat which neighbouring country 7-5 in the highest-scoring game, on their own patch in 1954?
22. Honduras hold the record for most matches without a single win. How many?
23. Which European side lost successive finals in the 1970s?
24. Which side scored nine and eight in matches in 1954 and 10 in another match in 1982?
25. Who, in 2010, was the last Golden Ball (best player) winner without the initials LM?
26. Zinedine Zidane and which former Liverpool player are the only players to be shown two red cards at the tournament?
27. In which year did Brazil win their most recent title?
28. Whose four goals make him the leading overall goalscorer in World Cup finals?
29. Which defender is the only player to play in three World Cup finals?
30. Vittorio Pozzo is the only manager with multiple wins. Who did he lead to glory twice?
31. Whose 11-second strike for Turkey in 2002 remains the fastest goal (prior to this year)?
32. Brazil were the most recent non-European third-place play-off winners. When?
33. How many Argentina players were sent off in their 1990 final defeat?
34. Which Celtic player scored Scotland’s most recent finals goal, a lob against Norway in 1998?
35. Lionel Messi holds the record for most matches played, with how many?
Lionel Messi has played the most World Cup games (Photo: Getty)36. Which 40-year old lifted the trophy in 1982?
37. Whose scissor kick against Serbia in 2022 won Goal of the Tournament?
38. Which side have featured in all three finals to have been won by three goals?
39. Which side ended a record 64-year wait between tournament appearances in 2022?
40. At 17 years and 41 days old in 1982, who became the youngest player to appear at the tournament?
41. Which side have made four of the last seven World Cup finals?
42. Which Croat was booked three times in a game by Graham Poll in the pre-VAR days of 2002?
43. How many of the last five World Cup finals have gone to extra time?
44. How many red cards were shown in Portugal’s win over the Netherlands in 2006?
45. How many of England’s last eight knockout stage goals were scored by Tottenham Hotspur players?
Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick in the 2022 final (Photo: Getty)46. Kylian Mbappe’s eight goals in Qatar was the most by a Golden Boot/Shoe winner since who hit the same amount in 2002?
47. At what age did Roger Milla become the oldest tournament scorer, netting for Cameroon in 1994?
48. Before Mbappe in 2018, who was the last teenager to win the Young Player award, in 1998?
49. How many countries have scored more tournament goals than England’s 104?
50. Which country won the Fair Play Trophy in Qatar?
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