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Quiz about World Cup Finals Tournaments
Quiz about World Cup Finals Tournaments

World Cup Finals Tournaments Trivia Quiz


How much do you know about some of the strange or unusual things that has happened during the seventy year history of the World Cup Finals.

A multiple-choice quiz by Ridgeback. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Ridgeback
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
19,490
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
2002
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Question 1 of 10
1. What was introduced for the first time in the World Cup in Mexico in 1970? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Ferenc Puskas was the last player to play for two different countries in the World Cup Finals, Hungary in 1954 and Spain in 1962. True or False?

Answer: (True or False ... T or F)
Question 3 of 10
3. How long did it take for Jose Batista to get sent off for Uruguay against Scotland in the 1986 World Cup Finals? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What is unusual about the feat achieved by the Hungarian player, Laszlo Kiss, which has only happened once in the World Cup Finals? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. How old was the Cameroon player, Roger Milla, when he scored a goal against Russia in 1994? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. When Daniel Passarella was coach of Argentina, what kind of players would he not select for the team? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Every letter in the alphabet has been used for players surnames who have competed in the Finals. True or False?

Answer: (True or False ... T or F)
Question 8 of 10
8. Which player returned to playing football just weeks before the 1982 World Cup Finals, due to him being suspended for two years for a bribery scandal? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Erik Nilsson of Sweden and Alfred Bickel of Switzerland are known in the history of the Finals for what? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In the World Cup Finals in 1978, Ramon Quiroga, a goalkeeper playing in a game for Peru was booked for what? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What was introduced for the first time in the World Cup in Mexico in 1970?

Answer: Substitutes plus Red and Yellow Cards

2. Ferenc Puskas was the last player to play for two different countries in the World Cup Finals, Hungary in 1954 and Spain in 1962. True or False?

Answer: False

Robert Prosinecki played for Yugoslavia in 1990 and Croatia in 1998.
3. How long did it take for Jose Batista to get sent off for Uruguay against Scotland in the 1986 World Cup Finals?

Answer: 56 seconds

He holds the dubious record of the fastest sending off in the Finals.
4. What is unusual about the feat achieved by the Hungarian player, Laszlo Kiss, which has only happened once in the World Cup Finals?

Answer: He is the only substitute to score a hat-trick

When Hungary beat El Salvaldor 10-1 in 1982.
5. How old was the Cameroon player, Roger Milla, when he scored a goal against Russia in 1994?

Answer: 42

6. When Daniel Passarella was coach of Argentina, what kind of players would he not select for the team?

Answer: Players with long hair or earrings

As long as a player performs - who cares what they are or what they look like.
7. Every letter in the alphabet has been used for players surnames who have competed in the Finals. True or False?

Answer: True

8. Which player returned to playing football just weeks before the 1982 World Cup Finals, due to him being suspended for two years for a bribery scandal?

Answer: Paolo Rossi

Paolo Rossi ended up being the top scorer of the Finals and a World Cup Winner. (Italy 3 West Germany 1).
9. Erik Nilsson of Sweden and Alfred Bickel of Switzerland are known in the history of the Finals for what?

Answer: The only players to play before and after World War II

10. In the World Cup Finals in 1978, Ramon Quiroga, a goalkeeper playing in a game for Peru was booked for what?

Answer: For a foul in the opponent's half of the field

Source: Author Ridgeback

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