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World Cup Top Goalscorers Trivia Quiz

This Quiz will test your World Cup knowledge of the top goalscorers from 1930-2002. I'm going to name the year and where it took place, and all you have to do, is to guess who scored the most goals in that particular Cup. Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by Kopp2003. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Kopp2003

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
119,364

Updated
Aug 20 24

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

Plays
2380

Last 3 plays: Kankurette (10/20), xchasbox (6/20), pehinhota (20/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. Who scored the most goals in 1930, held in Uruguay? Hint

Pedro Cea

Santos Iriarte

Pablo Dorado

Guillermo Stabile

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Question 2 of 20

2. 1934 Cup held in Italy, who scored the most goals? Hint

Krcil

Schiavio

Nejedly

Conen

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Question 3 of 20

3. Who scored the most goals in 1938, held in France? Hint

Gyula Zsengelller

Juan Schiaffino

Leonidas da Silva

Roberto Piola

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Question 4 of 20

4. Who scored the most goals in 1950, held in Brazil? Hint

Ademir de Menezes

Sune Andersson

Ricardo Carapelles

Zizinho da Silva

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Question 5 of 20

5. Who scored the most goals in 1954, held in Switzerland? Hint

Stefan Hugi

Werner Liebrich

Sandor Kocsis

Stanley Matthews

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Question 6 of 20

6. Who scored the most goals in 1958, held in Sweden? Hint

McParland

Pele

Just Fontaine

Vava

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Question 7 of 20

7. 1962, held in Chile. How many players were tied with the same amount of goals? Hint

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Question 8 of 20

8. Who scored the most goals in 1966, held in England? Hint

Geoff Hurst

Helmut Haller

Eusebio

Franz Beckenbauer

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Question 9 of 20

9. Who scored the most goals in 1970, held in Mexico? Hint

Jairzinho

Cubillas

Pele

Gerd Mueller

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Question 10 of 20

10. Who scored the most goals in 1974, held in Germany? Hint

Johan Neeskens

Lato

Johan Cruyff

Gerd Mueller

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Question 11 of 20

11. Who scored the most goals in 1978, held in Argentina? Hint

Johnny Rep

Rob Rensenbrink

Mario Kempes

Cubillas

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Question 12 of 20

12. Who scored the most goals in 1982, held in Spain? Hint

Paulo Rossi

Zico

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Zbigniew Boniek

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Question 13 of 20

13. Who scored the most goals in 1986 held in Mexico? Hint

Gary Lineker

Careca

Emilio Butragueno

Alessandro Altobelli

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Question 14 of 20

14. Who scored the most goals in 1990, held in Italy? Hint

Thomas Skuhravy

Andreas Brehme

Lothar Matthaus

Salvatore Schillaci

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Question 15 of 20

15. Which two players shared the honour of the Golden Boot in 1994, held in the USA? Hint

Martin Dahlin and Andersson

Roberto Baggio and Romario

Oleg Salenko and Hristo Stoichkov

Jurgen Klinsmann and Gabriel Batistuta

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Question 16 of 20

16. Who scored the most goals in 1998, held in France? Hint

Cristian Vieri

Marcelo Salas

Gabriel Batistuta

Davor Suker

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Question 17 of 20

17. Who scored the most goals in 2002, held in Japan and Korea? Hint

Miroslav Klose

Ronaldo

Rivaldo

Michael Owen

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Question 18 of 20

18. Which of these players scored more goals in qualifying rounds and the World Cup finals tournaments? Hint

Pele

Gerd Mueller

Paulo Rossi

Just Fontaine

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Question 19 of 20

19. Which of these players scored the most goals in one tournament? Hint

Just Fontaine

Zico

Gerd Mueller

Gary Lineker

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Question 20 of 20

20. Which of these players scored the most goals in one game? Hint

Pele

Oleg Salenko

Just Fontaine

Sandor Kocsis

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who scored the most goals in 1930, held in Uruguay?

Answer: Guillermo Stabile

Stabile scored 8 goals for Argentina, but they still lost to Uruguay 4-2 in the final.

2. 1934 Cup held in Italy, who scored the most goals?

Answer: Nejedly

Nejedly (Czechoslovakia) scored 5 goals in the tournament, inlcuding a hat-trick in the semi-final vs. Germany, which Czechoslovakia won 3-1. Schiavio (Italy), and Conen (Germany), each scored 4 goals in the tournament.

Some old sources credited Nejedly with 2 gaols in the semi-final, and Krcil with the other. This was subsequently corrected.

3. Who scored the most goals in 1938, held in France?

Answer: Leonidas da Silva

Leonidas scored 8 goals for Brazil in 1938, which was knocked by Italy in the semi-final, but won the third place game 4-2 over Sweden.

4. Who scored the most goals in 1950, held in Brazil?

Answer: Ademir de Menezes

Ademir scored 9 goals in the Cup, scoring in all the games except the final, which they lost 2-1 to Uruguay.

5. Who scored the most goals in 1954, held in Switzerland?

Answer: Sandor Kocsis

Kocsis scored a good 11 goals in 6 games for Hungary, but was unable to get to the score sheet in the final, as Hungary lost to Germany 3-2.

6. Who scored the most goals in 1958, held in Sweden?

Answer: Just Fontaine

Just Fontaine scored an amazing 13 goals for France in the tournament, which set the record for most goals in one World Cup tournament.

7. 1962, held in Chile. How many players were tied with the same amount of goals?

Answer: 6

Garrincha and Vava (Brazil), Sanchez (Chile), Jerkovic (Yugoslavia), Albert (Hungary) and Ivanov (Soviet Union). All were tied with 4 goals in the tournament.

8. Who scored the most goals in 1966, held in England?

Answer: Eusebio

The famous Portuguese striker scored 9 goals for his team, which won the won the third place game over the Soviet Union.

9. Who scored the most goals in 1970, held in Mexico?

Answer: Gerd Mueller

Gerd Mueller scored a fine 9 goals for Germany in 1970, where they finished third.

10. Who scored the most goals in 1974, held in Germany?

Answer: Lato

The striker scored 7 goals for Poland, who finished in 3rd place.

11. Who scored the most goals in 1978, held in Argentina?

Answer: Mario Kempes

12. Who scored the most goals in 1982, held in Spain?

Answer: Paulo Rossi

Paulo Rossi scored 6 goals, including a shock hat-trick against the Brazilians. The Italians also took the trophy in 1982.

13. Who scored the most goals in 1986 held in Mexico?

Answer: Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker scored 6 goals for England in only 5 games, who didn't make past the quarter-finals, which they lost to Argentina 2-1, thanks to a brilliant Diego Maradona solo effort, and a dubious hand-ball effort.

14. Who scored the most goals in 1990, held in Italy?

Answer: Salvatore Schillaci

Schillaci scored 6 goals for Italy, which finished in 3rd place.

15. Which two players shared the honour of the Golden Boot in 1994, held in the USA?

Answer: Oleg Salenko and Hristo Stoichkov

Oleg Salenko and Hristo Stoichkov shared the honour with 6 goals.

16. Who scored the most goals in 1998, held in France?

Answer: Davor Suker

Davor Suker had 6 goals, en route to a surprising 3rd place in the Cup by Croatia.

17. Who scored the most goals in 2002, held in Japan and Korea?

Answer: Ronaldo

Ronaldo was the man with 8 goals, including two in the final, giving Brazil its 5th World Cup.

18. Which of these players scored more goals in qualifying rounds and the World Cup finals tournaments?

Answer: Gerd Mueller

Indeed, his total goals for West Germany were 68.

19. Which of these players scored the most goals in one tournament?

Answer: Just Fontaine

Fontaine scored an amazing 13 goals in the 1958 World Cup.

20. Which of these players scored the most goals in one game?

Answer: Oleg Salenko

Salenko had a sizzling 5 goals against Cameroon, in the group phase, in the 1994 World Cup.

Source: Author Kopp2003

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