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World Cup Stats Trivia Quiz

This quiz is on the many stats of the 2002 World Cup, hope you know them!

A multiple-choice quiz by marchmadness. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
marchmadness

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
84,639

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
11 / 25

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Question 1 of 25

1. Who scored the most goals at the 2002 World Cup Finals? Hint

Rivaldo

Ronaldo

Miroslav Klose

Jon Dahl Tomasson

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Question 2 of 25

2. What non-goalie led the World Cup in minutes played? Hint

Chong Gug Song

Cafu

Fatih Aykel

Thomas Linke

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who led the World Cup in assists?

Answer: ( Two Words, or just surname ... scored 3 goals)

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Question 4 of 25

4. Who had the most shots on goal? Hint

Fernando Morientes

Rivaldo

Ronaldo

Christian Vieri

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Question 5 of 25

5. Who led the World Cup with 2 penalty goals? Hint

Ronaldinho

Rivaldo

Robbie Keane

Fernando Hierro

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Question 6 of 25

6. Who took the most free kicks in the World Cup? Hint

Roberto Carlos

Francesco Totti

Bernd Schneider

Johan Walem

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Question 7 of 25

7. Who suffered the most tackles? Hint

Hasan Sas

Ki Hyeon Seol

Ronaldo

Damien Duff

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Question 8 of 25

8. Who was fouled the most times? Hint

Ji Sung Park

Francesco Totti

Damien Duff

Yildiray Basturk

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Question 9 of 25

9. Who was called for offsides the most times? Hint

Raul

El Hadji Diouf

Cafu

Christian Vieri

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Question 10 of 25

10. Who committed the most tackles? Hint

Torsten Frings

Chong Gug Song

Omar Daf

Lucio

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Question 11 of 25

11. What Brazilian player was tied with Dieter Hamann for most fouls committed?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 12 of 25

12. Which one of these players had 3 yellow cards? Hint

Beto

Hasan Sas

Omar Daf

Hakan Sukur

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Question 13 of 25

13. How many red cards were given out in the World Cup? Hint

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Question 14 of 25

14. What team scored the most goals? Hint

South Korea

Germany

Brazil

Turkey

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Question 15 of 25

15. What team had the most shots on goal? Hint

Germany

Brazil

Turkey

Spain

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Question 16 of 25

16. What team took the least shots on goal? Hint

South Africa

Nigeria

China

Tunisia

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Question 17 of 25

17. What team was called for the most offsides? Hint

Germany

Brazil

Spain

Senegal

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Question 18 of 25

18. What team had the best goals against average? Hint

Spain

Germany

Belgium

England

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Question 19 of 25

19. What team had the worst-goals against average? Hint

Costa Rica

Slovenia

Saudi Arabia

Tunisia

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Question 20 of 25

20. What two teams tied with 133 fouls committed? Hint

Germany & Turkey

Brazil & Germany

Germany & South Korea

Brazil & Turkey

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Question 21 of 25

21. What team committed the most tackles? Hint

Mexico

Brazil

Turkey

USA

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Question 22 of 25

22. What team had the most yellow cards? Hint

Turkey

Germany

South Korea

USA

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Question 23 of 25

23. Which of these countries did not receive two red cards? Hint

Paraguay

USA

Portugal

Turkey

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Question 24 of 25

24. What goal-keeper led the World Cup in saves? Hint

Woon Jae Lee

Rustu Recber

Oliver Kahn

Marcos

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Question 25 of 25

25. What goal-keeper (who started all his team's games) had the least saves, along with Costa Rican goalkeeper Erick Lonnis? Hint

Seigo Narazaki

Pablo Cavallero

Ruslan Nigmatullin

Magnus Hedman

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who scored the most goals at the 2002 World Cup Finals?

Answer: Ronaldo

Ronaldo (Brazil) got the Golden Boot award with 8 goals, Rivaldo (Brazil) and Klose (Germany) scored 5 each, and Tomasson (Denmark) 4.

2. What non-goalie led the World Cup in minutes played?

Answer: Chong Gug Song

Song (Korea) 687 minutes played, Aykel (Turkey) 634, Cafu (Brazil) and Linke (Germany) 630 each.

3. Who led the World Cup in assists?

Answer: Michael Ballack

Michael Ballack (Germany) had 4 assists to go with 3 goals.

4. Who had the most shots on goal?

Answer: Ronaldo

Ronaldo (Brazil) had 21 shots on goal, Rivaldo (Brazil) 12,
Vieri (Italy) 11, and Morientes (Spain) had 10.

5. Who led the World Cup with 2 penalty goals?

Answer: Fernando Hierro

Hierro (Spain) scored twice from the penalty spot,
Ronaldhino (Brazil), Keane (Ireland), and Rivaldo (Brazil) scored 1 each.

6. Who took the most free kicks in the World Cup?

Answer: Francesco Totti

Totti (Italy) took 11 free kicks, Carlos (Brazil) 9,
Schneider (Germany) 8, and Walem (Belgium) 7.

7. Who suffered the most tackles?

Answer: Ki Hyeon Seol

Seol (Korea) 79 tackles suffered, Sas (Turkey) 59,
Ronaldo (Brazil) 58, Duff (Ireland) 53.

8. Who was fouled the most times?

Answer: Yildiray Basturk

Basturk (Turkey) 31 fouls suffered, Park (Korea) 24,
Duff (Ireland) 22, Totti (Italy) 18.

9. Who was called for offsides the most times?

Answer: El Hadji Diouf

Diouf (Senegal) was caught offside 16 times, Raul (Spain) 9, then Cafu (Brazil) and Vieri (Italy) with 8 each.

10. Who committed the most tackles?

Answer: Chong Gug Song

Song (Korea) 57 tackles, Frings (Germany) 55, Daf (Senegal) 51, Lucio (Brazil) 46.

11. What Brazilian player was tied with Dieter Hamann for most fouls committed?

Answer: Cafu

Cafu (Brazil) and Dieter Hamann (Germany) tied with 19 fouls committed.

12. Which one of these players had 3 yellow cards?

Answer: Beto

Beto (Portugal) , along with Tugay Kerimoglu (Turkey), Francesco Totti (Italy), Emre Belozoglu (Turkey) and Michael Ballack (Germany), had 3 yellow cards.

13. How many red cards were given out in the World Cup?

Answer: 17

Seventeen separate players were given red cards.

14. What team scored the most goals?

Answer: Brazil

Brazil scored 18 goals, Germany 14, Turkey 10, and South Korea 8.

15. What team had the most shots on goal?

Answer: Brazil

Brazil ahd 54 shots on goal, Germany 44, Spain 36, and Turkey 32.

16. What team took the least shots on goal?

Answer: Tunisia

Tunisia 6 shots on goal, South Africa 10, China 10, and Nigeria had 11.

17. What team was called for the most offsides?

Answer: Brazil

Brazil had 26 offsides, Spain 25, Senegal 21, and Germany 16.

18. What team had the best goals against average?

Answer: Germany

Germany conceded an average of 0.43 goals per game, England 0.60, Spain 1.00, and Belgium 1.75 .

19. What team had the worst-goals against average?

Answer: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia conceded and average of 4.00 per game, Slovenia 2.33, Costa Rica 2.00,and Tunisia 1.67 .

20. What two teams tied with 133 fouls committed?

Answer: Germany & South Korea

Germany and South Korea 133 fouls committed, Turkey 119, and Brazil had 106.

21. What team committed the most tackles?

Answer: Turkey

Turkey - 355, Brazil - 299, USA - 217, Mexico - 184.

22. What team had the most yellow cards?

Answer: Turkey

Turkey had 19 yellow cards, Germany 18, and South Korea & USA had 14 each.

23. Which of these countries did not receive two red cards?

Answer: USA

Paraguay- Roberto Acuna and Carlos Peredes.
Portugal- Beto and Joao Pinto.
Turkey- Alpay Ozalan and Hakan Unsal.

24. What goal-keeper led the World Cup in saves?

Answer: Rustu Recber

Recber (Turkey) - 34 saves, Lee (Korea) - 25, Kahn (Germany) - 22, Marcos (Brazil) - 21.

25. What goal-keeper (who started all his team's games) had the least saves, along with Costa Rican goalkeeper Erick Lonnis?

Answer: Ruslan Nigmatullin

Nigmatullin (Russia) - 5 saves, Cavallero (Argentina) - 8,
Hedman (Sweden) - 8, Narazaki (Japan) - 8.

Source: Author marchmadness

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