World Cup Football Quiz (IIM Kashipur) - Part - 2

World Cup Quiz

Siddhartha Talukdar

Q1. Argentina is nicknamed ‘La Albiceleste’. What does it mean?

Ans. Albi-white, celeste-sky blue

Q2. What happens next? Semi-final match between Brazil and Uruguay in World Cup 1970

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UzRsvCsC4c

Ans. Pele dummies the Uruguay goalkeeper but fails to score the goal

Q3. Can you name the countries who have hosted the World Cup twice.

Ans. Italy (1934, 1990), France (1938, 1998), Brazil (1950, 2014), Mexico (1970, 1986),

Germany (1974, 2006)

Q4. Which of these countries have never played the World Cup?

a-Bolivia b-Finland c-Kuwait d-Angola e-Indonesia

Ans. b-FinlandBolivia-1930, 1950, 1994

Kuwait-1982Angola-2006

Indonesia as Dutch East Indies-1938

Q5. Who scored the famous 24 pass goal against Serbia in 2006 World Cup?

Ans. Esteban Cambiassohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5W6vBI3mGE

Q6. Which is the only European team to win on non-European soil?

Ans. Spain in 2010

Q7. Which player secured the Golden Boot by scoring a total of 6 goals while scoring 5 goals

in one match? He never scored any other international goal.

Ans. Oleg Salenko of Russia in 1994 World Cup

Q8. During France’s qualification playoff match against Ireland for 2010 World Cup, which

player handled the ball in the lead up to the winning goal?

Ans. Thierry Henry

Q9. Ronaldo and which other player were the only players to score against Oliver Kahn in

2002 World Cup?

Ans. Robbie Keane in group stage

Q10. In 1966, the Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen but was found 7 days prior to start of the

World Cup by a dog. Name the dog.

Ans. Pickles

Q11. Mascot of which World Cup

Ans. Ciao of World Cup 1990

Q12. Which was the first independent Asian country to participate in World Cup?

Ans. South Korea in 1954

Q13. Connect this person to the World Cup

Ans. Komaleeswaran Sankar, assistant referee during 2002 World Cup

Q14. From which World Cup did Australia qualify from Asia zone?

Ans. 2010

Q15. Which team made its debut in this World Cup?

Ans. Bosnia & Herzegovina