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Trivia Quiz:
Trivia Quiz:
1. Which player has scored maximum number of goals in world cup history until 2010?
a)Pele b)Diego Maradona c)Ronaldo d)Gerd Muller
2. Which player has scored maximum number of goals for Argentina in world cups until 2010?
a)Guillermo Stabile b)Gabriel Batistuta c)Diego Maradona d)Mario Kempes
3. Which player has scored maximum number of goals for Brazil in world cups until 2010?
a)Ronaldo b)Ademir c)Jairzinho d)Pele
4. Which player has scored maximum number of goals for France in world cup's history until 2010?
a)Zinedine Zidane b)Thierry Henry c)Michel Platini d)Just Fontaine
5. Which player holds the record for scoring most number of goals in a single world cup tournament?
a)Ronaldo b)Just Fontaine c)Pele d)Gerd Muller
6. How many goals did Pele score in his world cup career?
a)12 b)13 c)14 d)15
7. How many goals did Diego Maradona score in world cup in his career?
a)9 b)10 c)8 d)12
8. Which player has played in most number of matches for Argentina in world cups?
a)Gabriel Batistuta b)Mario Kempes c)Diego Maradona d)Oscar Ruggeri
9. Who holds the record for the most World Cup matches played by a single player?
a)Lothar Matthaus b)Paolo Maldini c)Uwe Seeler d)Diego Maradona
10. Who is youngest player to play in a world cup match?
a)Samuel Etoo b)Salomon Olembe c)Femi Opabunmi d)Norman Whiteside
11. Who is the oldest player to play in a world cup match?
a)Peter Shilton b)Roger Milla c)Dino Zoff d)Pat Jennings
12. Which player scored fastest goal from kickoff in a world cup match?
a)Hakan sukur b)Ronaldo c)Pele d)David Villa
13. Which player had been given the most number of yellow cards in world cup history so far?
a)Zinedine Zidane b)Cafu c)Diego Maradona d)Gabriel Batistuta
14. Which player has played in most number of matches for Brazil in world cups?
a)Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes) b)Ronaldo c)Dunga d)Lucio
15. Who is the only player who scored a hat-trick in a world cup final?
a)Zinedine Zidane b)Geoff Hurst c)Pele d)Ronaldo
16. Who is the only player who was part of world cup winning side thrice?
a)Ronaldo b)Vava c)Pele d)Diego Maradona
17. Who is the youngest goal scorer in the world cup history?
a)Norman Whiteside b)Pele c)Salomon Olembe d)Samuel Etoo
18. Who is the youngest hat-trick scorer in the world cup history?
a)Just Fontaine b)Gerd Muller c)Gabriel Batistuta d)Pele
19. Which player scored most goals in a lost match?
a)Oleg Salenko b)Ernest Wilimowski c)Archie Thompson d)Geoff Hurst
20. Who is the youngest goal scorer in the world cup final?
a)Pele b)Ronaldo c)Vava d)Diego Maradona
21. Who is the oldest goal scorer in a world cup match?
a)Cafu(Marcos Evangelista de Moraes) b)Zinedine Zidane c)Roger Milla d)Diego Maradona
22. Who scored fastest goal in a world cup final?
a)Hakan sukur b)Davide Gualtieri c)Johan Neeskens d)Ebbe Sand
23. Who is the only player who scored for both teams in a single match?
a)Jorge Costa b)Ernie Brandts c)Jeff Agoos d)Ronaldo
24. What is the maximum number of own goals scored in a single edition of world cup?
a)5 b)4 c)6 d)3
25. Most number of own goals scored in a single world cup match?
a)2 b)3 c)4 d)1
26. What is the fewest number of goals scored in a world cup edition?
a)65 b)70 c)75 d)80
27. Which goalkeeper conceded most number of goals in a single match?
a)Antonio Carbajal b)Hong Duk-Yung c)Luis Guevara Mora d)Mohamed Al-Deayea
28. Which goalkeeper conceded most number of goals in a single world cup tournament?
a)Hong Deok-young b)Antonio Carbajal c)Mohamed Al-Deayea d)Luis Guevara Mora
29. Who acted as a coach for most number of matches in world cup history?
a)Carlos Bilardo b)Helmut Schon c)Vittorio Pozzo d)Mario Zagallo
30. The coach to win most number of matches in world cup history?
a)Mario Zagallo b)Carlos Bilardo c)Helmut Schon d)Vittorio Pozzo
31. The coach who was part of most number of world cup tournaments?
a)Helmut Schon b)Mario Zagallo c)Carlos Alberto Parreira d)Bora Milutinovic
32. The coach with most consecutive wins in world cup history?
a)Carlos Alberto Parreira b)Helmut Schon c)Vittorio Pozzo d)Luiz Felipe Scolari
33. Coach with most consecutive matches without a loss?
a)Luiz Felipe Scolari b)Carlos Bilardo c)Carlos Alberto Parreira d)Bora Milutinovic
34. Youngest coach in world cup history?
a)Juan Jose Tramutola b)Luiz Felipe Scolari c)Helmut Schon d)Vittorio Pozzo
35. Oldest coach in world cup history?
a)Luiz Felipe Scolari b)Otto Rehhagel c)Vittorio Pozzo d)Carlos Alberto Parreira
36. A Uruguay vs Brazil match witnessed highest attendance in a world cup match, which year was it?
a)1986 b)1998 c)1950 d)2006
37. Which edition of world cup had the highest attendance in a tournament?
a)1998 b)2002 c)2006 d)1994
38. A Romania vs Peru match witnessed lowest attendance in a match in world cup history, which year was it?
a)1934 b)1930 c)1950 d)1954
39. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1930 world cup?
a)Pedro Cea b)Jose Nasazzi c)Jose Leandro Andrade d)Guillermo Stabile
40. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1934 world cup?
a)Giuseppe Meazza b)Matthias Sindelar c)Oldrich Nejedly d)Edmund Conen
41. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1938 world cup?
a)Gyula Zsengeller b)Gyorgy Sarosi c)Silvio Piola d)Leonidas
42. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1950 world cup?
a)Oscar Miguez b)Zizinho c)Ademir d)Juan Schiaffino
43. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1954 world cup?
a)Max Morlock b)Fritz Walter c)Ferenc Puskas d)Sandor Kocsis
44. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1958 world cup?
a)Pele b)Just Fontaine c)Vava d)Didi
45. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1962 world cup?
a)Garrincha b)Vava c)Josef Masopust d)Leonel Sanchez
46. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1966 world cup?
a)Bobby Moore b)Bobby Charlton c)Eusebio d)Helmut Haller
47. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1970 world cup?
a)Pele b)Jairzinho c)Gerd Muller d)Gerson
48. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1974 world cup?
a)Grzegorz Lato b)Kazimierz Deyna c)Franz Beckenbauer d)Johan Cruyff
49. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1978 world cup?
a)Dirceu b)Rob Rensenbrink c)Mario Kempes d)Paolo Rossi
50. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1982 world cup?
a)Zico b)Paolo Rossi c)Karl-Heinz Rummenigge d)Falcao
51. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1986 world cup?
a)Preben Elkaer Larsen b)Gary Lineker c)Harald Schumacher d)Diego Maradona
52. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1990 world cup?
a)Salvatore Schillaci b)Lothar Matthaus c)Diego Maradona d)Roger Milla
53. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1994 world cup?
a)Hristo Stoichkov b)Romario c)Oleg Salenko d)Roberto Baggio
54. Who won the Golden Ball award in 1998 world cup?
a)Gabriel Batistuta b)Lilian Thuram c)Ronaldo d)Davor suker
55. Who won the Golden Ball award in 2002 world cup?
a)Oliver Kahn b)Ronaldo c)Hong Myung-Bo d)Rivaldo
56. Who won the Golden Ball award in 2006 world cup?
a)Andrea Pirlo b)Miroslav Klose c)Zinedine Zidane d)Fabio Cannavaro
57. Who won the Golden Ball award in 2010 world cup?
a)Thomas Muller b)David Villa c)Wesley Sneijder d)Diego Forlan
58. Who won the Golden Boot award in 1998 world cup?
a)Ronaldo b)Christian Vieri c)Gabriel Batistuta d)Davor Suker
59. Who won the Golden Boot award in 2002 world cup?
a)Christian Vieri b)Rivaldo c)Miroslav Klose d)Ronaldo
60. Who won the Golden Boot award in 2006 world cup?
a)Zinedine Zidane b)Miroslav Klose c)Ronaldo d)Hernan Crespo
61. Who won the Golden Boot award in 2010 world cup?
a)Diego Forlan b)Wesley Sneijder c)Thomas Muller d)David Villa
62. Who won the Golden Glove award in 2010 world cup?
a)Iker Casillas b)Oliver Kahn c)Fabien Barthez d)Gianluigi Buffon
63. Where was the first world cup played?
a)Argentina b)Uruguay c)Brazil d)Germany
64. Who won the first world cup?
a)Yugoslavia b)Argentina c)Uruguay d)Brasil
65. Which country has won the world cup most number of times?
a)Italy b)Brazil c)Germany d)Argentina
66. Which country has reached the world cup finals most number of times?
a)Brazil b)Argentina c)Italy d)Germany
67. Which country has never won the world cup even after reaching world cup finals for 3 times?
a)Hungary b)Sweden c)Czechoslovakia d)Netherlands
68. How many times world cup tournament has been conducted so far?
a)18 b)20 c)19 d)17
69. How many nations have won the world cup so far?
a)10 b)8 c)12 d)9
70. Where will be 2018 world cup hosted?
a)Qatar b)China c)Russia d)Australia
71. Where will be 2022 world cup hosted?
a)Spain b)Qatar c)Japan d)south Korea
72. Which is the only team which played in every world cup so far?
a)Italy b)Argentina c)Germany d)Brazil
73. Where was the 1934 world cup held?
a)France b)Germany c)Italy d)Brazil
74. Which national team won the 1934 world cup?
a)Italy b)Czechoslovakia c)Germany d)Austria
75. Which is the only team which participated in every World Cup tournament so far?
a)Italy b)Germany c)Argentina d)Brazil
76. How many countries have participated in world cup so far?
a)76 b)67 c)78 d)68
77. Which Country has won most number of matches in world cup history so far?
a)Italy b)Germany c)Brazil d)Argentina
78. Which team has scored more number of goals in world cup history so far?
a)Argentina b)Brazil c)Italy d)Germany
79. Which team has appeared in most number of drawn matches in world cup history?
a)England b)Brazil c)Italy d)Germany
80. Which team has lost most number of matches in world cup history so far?
a)Germany b)Mexico c)Argentina d)France
81. Which country has played most number of matches in world cup history?
a)Brazil b)Germany (West Germany) c)Argentina d)Italy
82. Which team conceded most of number of goals in the history of world cup?
a)Argentina b)Italy c)Brazil d)Germany (West Germany)
83. Who is the only manager who has been part of world cup winning side twice?
a)Vittorio Pozzo b)Vicente Feola c)Luiz Felipe Scolari d)Carlos Bilardo
84. Who was the manager of Spain when it won the world cup in 2010?
a)Dunga b)Carlos Queiroz c)Vicente del Bosque d)Guus Hiddink
85. Who was the manager of Italy when it won the world cup in 2006?
a)Enzo Bearzot b)Marcello Lippi c)Dunga d)Vicente del Bosque
86. Who was the manager of Brazil in 2002 when they won the world cup title?
a)Rudi Voller b)Senol Gunes c)Guus Hiddink d)Luiz Felipe Scolari
87. Who was the only player to score a hat-trick in 2010 world cup?
a)Thomas Muller b)David Villa c)Gonzalo Higuain d)Diego Forlan
88. How many players scored hat-trick in 2006 World Cup?
a)0 2)1 c)2 d)3
89. Who was the only player who scored a hat-trick in 1998 world cup?
a)Gabriel Batistuta b)Davor Suker c)Ronaldo d)Zidane
90. Maximum number of hat-tricks was scored in which edition of world cup?
a)1986 b)1954 c)1982 d)1938
91. How many hat-tricks did pele score in his world cup career?
a)2 b)0 c)1 d)3
92. How many hat-tricks did Diego Maradona score in his world cup career?
a)1 b)0 c)3 d)4
93. Which player scored most goals in a single world cup match?
a)Gerd Mueller b)Oleg Salenko c)Just Fontaine d)Ronaldo
94. Which team scored most number of goals in a single match?
a)Hungary b)Brazil c)Argentina d)Germany
95. Most number of goals scored in a single world cup match?
a)10 b)12 c)11 d)13
96. Which team scored most number of goals in a world cup final match?
a)Argentina b)Italy c)Germany d)Brazil
97. Most number of goals scored in a world cup final match?
a)7 b)5 c)6 d)8
98. Which team scored most number of goals in a single world cup tournament?
a)Germany b)Brazil c)Hungary d)Argentina
99. Most number of goals was scored in which edition of World cup?
a)1998 b)1994 c)1986 d)2002
100. Which team scored most number of goals in 1930 world cup?
a)Italy b)Hungary c)Argentina d)Germany
101. Which team scored most number of goals in 1934 world cup?
a)Brazil b)Italy c)Argentina d)Germany
102. Which team scored most number of goals in 1938 world cup?
a)Hungary b)France c)Argentina d)Brazil
103. Which team scored most number of goals in 1950 world cup?
a)Italy b)Argentina c)France d)Brazil
104. Which team scored most number of goals in 1954 world cup?
a)Brazil b)France c)Hungary d)Italy
105. Which team scored most number of goals in 1958 world cup?
a)Argentina b)France c)Germany d)Italy
106. Which team scored most number of goals in 1962 world cup?
a)Brazil b)Portugal c)Italy d)France
107. Which team scored most number of goals in 1966 world cup?
a)Italy b)Argentina c)France d)Portugal
108. Which team scored most number of goals in 1970 world cup?
a)Poland b)Brazil c)Portugal d)Germany
109. Which team scored most number of goals in 1974 world cup?
a)Poland b)Brazil c)Argentina d)Italy
110. Which team scored most number of goals in 1986 world cup?
a)Argentina b)Brazil c)France d)Italy
111. Which team scored most number of goals in 1990 world cup?
a)West Germany b)Brazil c)Italy d)France
112. Which team scored most number of goals in 1994 world cup?
a)Germany b)France c)Sweden d)Brazil
113. Which team scored most number of goals in 1998 world cup?
a)Brazil b)Germany c)Argentina d)France
114. Which team scored most number of goals in 2002 world cup?
a)Argentina b)Portugal c)Brazil d)Germany
115. Which team scored most number of goals in 2006 world cup?
a)Brazil b)Germany c)France d)Italy
116. Which team scored most number of goals in 2010 world cup?
a)Germany b)Brazil c)Argentina d)France
117. How many world cups did host nations win so far?
a)6 b)8 c)5 d)7
118. Which country became the first host to be eliminated in first round?
a)Spain b)Portugal c)South Africa d)Japan
119. When was the Yashin Award (now Golden Glove Award) first awarded?
a)1994 b)1998 c)2002 d)2006
120. When was the Best Young Player award was awarded for the first time?
a)2010 b)2006 c)2002 d)1998
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