World Cup 2010 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Find a toilet

After the match against Algeria, an England fan, Pavlos Josephs, made his way into England's dressing room without being stopped by security. David Beckham first noticed the intruder and asked who he was. Suddenly realising where he was, Pavlos replied: "Hello, I am Pavlos and I need to go to the toilet!".
Later Prince William, who was visiting the team together with his brother Harry, took the blame on himself as he and his brother had left the door open.

Answer: Most brothers in a World Cup squad

Honduras was the first team to nominate three brothers for their squad. The Palacios brothers Jerry, Wilson, and Johnny. All three started their career playing for CD Victoria in Honduras.

Answer: Germany and Ghana

Both were born in Berlin, Germany. While Jerome decided to play for Germany, his mother's country, Kevin-Prince chose to play for his father's country, Ghana. Kevin-Prince played for Germany until the age of 22 before deciding to play for Ghana instead. Due to an injury, he missed the chance of playing in the European Under-21 Championship for Germany with his brother which Germany had won.

Answer: He insulted his coach

During his speech at halftime in the match France vs. Mexico, French coach Raymond Domenech told Anelka to stick to his position. Anelka responded with words I can't quote here. Domenech told him he was out, and Anelka just said "fine", and disappeared into the shower.
After Anelka's words had appeared in the newspapers the next day, Domenech had no choice but to ban Anelka from the team and send him home.

Answer: They boycotted training

The team was not happy with the decision of sending Anelka home, and team captain Patrice Evra announced that he was angry that Anelka's speech had ended up in the press and that he would find out who has talked to the press.
On the next day, he thought he had found the traitor in fitness coach Robert Duverne and started an argument with him before the training. Coach Domenech had to separate the two from each other.

Answer: Missed seeing England's goal

Just after the game had started, viewers of ITV's HD channel got to see an advert instead of the game. Then the screen went black for a few seconds before the pictures from Rustenburg came back. Unfortunately, after Steven Gerrard's goal for England in the 4th minute.
[ they had also missed Everton's winning goal in the FA Cup final against Liverpool FC]

Answer: Uwe Seeler

Before the tournament had even started, the Vuvuzelas already had a nickname in Germany. "Uweseela", named after former German international Uwe Seeler.
When asked about this, Seeler answered that he thought it was funny. Seeler reached the final of the World Cup in 1966 with Germany.

Answer: He turned his hearing aid off

The Vuvuzelas were an annoyance to many players and coaches. Most coaches complained that they could not reach their players because of the loud noise.
When asked about his opinion on this issue, Danish coach Morton Olsen stated that the Vuvuzelas would not pose a problem to him as "he just turns his hearing aid off and doesn't hear them anymore".

Answer: Fastest goal by a substitute player

Cacau (born as Jeronimo Maria Barreto Claudemir da Silva in Santo Andre, Brazil) played for Germany. In the match against Australia, he was substituted in for Miroslav Klose in the 68th minute. Only 110 seconds later he scored the goal to make the score 4-0, the final score. It was Cacau's 4th goal for Germany in his 9th cap.

Answer: They practised Italian style 'flopping'

Upset about the result of the game, kids from Auckland, and big fans of their "All Whites", practised "how to fall like a real Italian". Wearing all white and with New Zealand flags painted on their faces, they accused Italian player Daniele De Rossi of diving before the penalty that lead to the final score of 1-1, and tried to dive just like him.