Weekly Football Quiz #2 - FIFA World Cup

1. Who is the only UEFA Nation to have taken part in the qualifying stages for every single World Cup? Pass

2. Which country was the first to wear names on the back of their shirts in a World Cup tournament? Austria


3. Which country has been to the World Cup 8 times but has never once made it past the 1st Round? Scotland

4. Any of the Four players to have been to 5 World Cups? Lothar Mattheus

5. What happened in a 2006 game between Australia and Croatia that has never happened in any other World Cup game? The same player was shown three yellow cards (Simunic) - Graham Poll I'm looking at you!


6. The highest scoring game in World Cup finals history was in 1982 and finished 10-1, which 2 teams were involved? Pass


7. In World Cup Qualifying, Australia acheived the highest ever score in a single international game against American Samoa. What was the final score? Pass


8. What is the only World Cup finals that every single Home Nations team (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) qualified?
1958

9. When was the tournament first hosted in Africa and which nation were the hosts? South Africa 2010 World cup


10. As of 2018 only 3 African Teams have made it to the Quarter Finals of the World Cup, which 3 teams did this and in which years? Cameroon 1990 and pass on the rest


11. England's first ever appearance in the World Cup in 1950 saw them crash out in the group stage, who did they get their only win against in the tournament and by what score? Pass


12. Who won the Golden Boot at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, despite only making the squad due to injuries? Toto Schillaci

13. Why was Stuart Pearce's free-kick goal against the Netherlands at Italia 90 disallowed? Indirect free kick and Gazza stepped over the ball, failing to touch it beforehand.

14. England temporarily lost the World Cup trophy in 1966 but which country lost it permanently? Brazil

15. Name all 8 Winning Nations of the World Cup.

Hungary, Brazil, Germany, Italy, France, England, Argentina, Spain


For what it's worth!

Apologies for the late reply gents, I've had a busy couple of days!



1. Who is the only UEFA Nation to have taken part in the qualifying stages for every single World Cup?

Luxembourg are the only UEFA Nation to compete in every World Cup qualifying stage, some teams like France come close but due to hosting it twice didn't have to qualify for them tournaments.

2. Which country was the first to wear names on the back of their shirts in a World Cup tournament?

England were the first ever nation to have names on shirts at Euro 92 but at the World Cup...Germany or Bolivia is the answer, as that was the opening game at the 1994 World Cup in the USA, the first World Cup to use names on players shirts.

3. Which country has been to the World Cup 8 times but has never once made it past the 1st Round?

Scotland in '54, '58, '74, '78, '82, '86, '90 and '98 but never once progressed past the group stage.

4. Any of the Four players to have been to 5 World Cups?

Antonio Carbajal of Mexico in '50, '54, '58, '62 and '66
Lothar Matthäus of Germany in '82, '86, '90, '94 and '98
Rafael Márquez of Mexico in '02, '06, '10, '14 and '18
(Sidenote, Gianluigi Buffon was selected in every Italy squad from '98-'14 but didn't play in '98)

5. What happened in a 2006 game between Australia and Croatia that has never happened in any other World Cup game?

A Player was shown 3 Yellow Cards (Josip Šimunić of Croatia by Graham Poll!).

6. The highest scoring game in World Cup finals history was in 1982 and finished 10-1, which 2 teams were involved?

Hungary defeated El Salvador 10-1.

7. In World Cup Qualifying, Australia acheived the highest ever score in a single international game against American Samoa. What was the final score?

The final score was the international record 31-0.

8. What is the only World Cup finals that every single Home Nations team (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) qualified?

Sweden 1958.

9. When was the tournament first hosted in Africa and which nation were the hosts?

South Africa in 2010.

10. As of 2018 only 3 African Teams have made it to the Quarter Finals of the World Cup, which 3 teams did this and in which years?

Cameroon in 1990 lost 3-2 after extra time to England.
Senegal in 2002 lost 1-0 after extra time to Turkey.
Ghana in 2010 lost on Penalties after a 1-1 draw with Uruguay.

11. England's first ever appearance in the World Cup in 1950 saw them crash out in the group stage, who did they get their only win against in the tournament and by what score?

They beat Chile 2-0 in their opening game.

12. Who won the Golden Boot at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, despite only making the squad due to injuries?

Salvatore Schillaci of Italy with 6 goals.

13. Why was Stuart Pearce's free-kick goal against the Netherlands at Italia 90 disallowed?

It was an indirect free-kick.

14. England temporarily lost the World Cup trophy in 1966 but which country lost it permanently?

It was stolen from a display case in Brazil in 1983.

15. Name all 8 Winning Nations of the World Cup.

Uruguay in '30 and '50
Italy in '34, '38, '82 and '06
Germany/West Germany in '54, '74, '90 and '14
Brazil in '58, '62, '70, '94 and '02
England in '66
Argentina in '78 and '86
France in '98 and '18
Spain in '10



This weeks final score see's Maccy score 12 and Gazza not far behind with 8 and would've been 9 if he'd just remembered Uruguay!

So the updated overall table is now this...

Duds - 0
Gazz - 10
Maccy - 24

As long as you guys keep enjoying it, I'll keep doing it! Hopefully more people will notice it soon!