2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Trivia Quiz

Answer: Canada

The six cities that hosted tournament matches were Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, and Moncton. Canada had a strong performance at the tournament making it all the way to the quarterfinals before losing to England.

Answer: Hawk-eye

The Hawk-eye system was developed by Dr Paul Hawkins from the United Kingdom. In 2006 the Hawk-eye system started to be utilized in tennis tournaments as players whereby players would be allowed to challenge calls made by referees. FIFA adopted the Hawk-eye technology later than other sports as the governing body wanted the developers of Hawk-eye to ensure there'd be a 100% success rate.

Answer: North Korea

Upon investigation it was found that at least five players from North Korea utilized performance enhancing drugs at the 2011 Women's World Cup. In addition to being banned from the 2015 tournament the team was also fined $400,000. Through the first seven World Cup tournaments North Korea had only made it past the Group Stage once but the team did win the AFC Asian Cup in 2001, 2003, and 2008.

Answer: Germany

In addition to Germany, Group B consisted of Norway, Thailand, and Ivory Coast. Norway actually tied with Germany in points, in the Group Stage as both teams had seven points but Germany had a huge advantage in goal difference so they won the tiebreaker.

Answer: Spain

As a member of Group E Spain scored only one point due to its tie with Costa Rica. The other teams that did not advance past the Group Stage were New Zealand, Thailand, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Nigeria, Costa Rica, and Mexico.

Answer: Brazil

Brazil and Japan were the only teams to win all three of their Group matches. Australia had a much more eventful Group Stage than Brazil as the team won one game, lost one game, and had a draw in the other. Australia beat Brazil 1-0 but ended up losing in the quarterfinals to Japan.

Answer: France

The Germany-France match was the only match of the tournament that went to penalty kicks. Lavogez actually hit a relatively good shot but the German goalie guessed correctly and made a phenomenal save to give Germany a 5-4 edge in the penalty shoot-out.

Answer: Celia Sasic

Sasic was born in Bonn, West Germany in 1988 and she started playing professionally in 2004. She won the German Footballer of the Year Award in 2012 and was the top goal scorer in the Bundesliga for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. At the 2015 World Cup Sasic scored a hat trick against Ivory Coast in Germany's opening game.

Answer: Laura Bassett

The first two goals of the semifinal match between Japan and England were scored on penalty kicks and the game looked as if it was going into extra time. Bassett's own goal actually hit the crossbar and barely bounced past the goal line past England's goalie.

The England team would go on to beat Germany in the third place match 1-0 after Fara Williams scored on a penalty kick in extra time.

Answer: Carli Lloyd

In addition to her hat trick in the final game, Carli Lloyd was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player at the tournament. Hope Solo of the United States won the Golden Glove as the best goalie of the tournament. The win for the United States was the country's third World Cup title after they had won in 1991 and 1999.