quiz on world cup 2014

8/12/2019 Quiz on World Cup 2014

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1. Estadio Jornalista Mario Filho is the second-most popular tourist destination in Rio de Janerio.

How it is lovingly called ?

The Maraccana

2. In 1989, the Atlas Lions became the first African team to qualify for the second stage of a

World Cup Finals. Which country ?

Morocco

3.

What is the contribution of the then 18-year-old illustrator Aldyr Garcia Schlee to Brazils World

Cup leagcy?

He designed the famous National team kit of yellow

shirt with green trim, blue shorts and white socks.

4. Which have the first and the most recent host nations to emerge triumphant?

Uruguay (1930) and France (1998)

5. Identify this footballer and his claim to fame.

Frances Lucien Laurent and he scored the first-ever

goal in World cup Finals (at Uruguay in 1930)

6. Name this Mascot.

Footix

7.

Which team at this years event has the nickname Los Cafeteors (The Coffee Growers)?

Colombia

8. Who slotted in five goals in Russias 6-1 annhilation in a 1994 Group match?

Oleg Salanko

9. Of the eight seeds for the 2014 event, three have never triumphed before. One is the team

mentioned in Q7. Mention the other two.

Belgium and Switzerland

10.Which former champion, that has played the most games at the World Cup Finals, will complete

a centuray in its first match on June 16?

Germany (inclusing earstwhile west Germany)

11.

Name this World cup Legand?Hungarys Ference Puskas

12.Name the only two teams that have defended their World Cup title.

Italy (1934 & 1938) and Brazil (1958 & 1962)

13.What first did the encounter between USA and Switzerland, at the Pontiac Silverdome (Detroit)

set in 1994.


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It was the firstever indoor Wolrd cup

14.The official match ball of the 2014 FIFA World cup is named?

Brazucca

15.Which was the first country to play country host to two World cup Finals?

Mexico (1970 & 1986)

16.Which World cup-winning skipper also holds for the most number of appearances (25) in the

Finals, between 1982 & 1998.

Lothar Matthasus

17.What first did Italys Pedro Monzon achieve in the 1990 summint clash?

He become the first ever player to be sent off in a

World Cup Final.

18.Ricky Martins La Copa de la Vida (The cup of Life), which is seeing a revival, was the offical song

for which World Cup?1998 in France

19.Which Asian team was drawn in Group 3 along with Italy, Paraguay and Sweden at the Finals in

Brazil but did not make it?

India

20.

Identify this Wolrd cup winner who has coached five National teams at the World cup between

1982 and 2010/

Carlos Alberto Parreira

21. Italys Giampiero Combi is the first of only three to achieve this distinction. Name the other two

and the distinction?

Dino Zoff (Italy) and Iker Casillas (Spain), the only other

goal keepers to have led their team to glory.

22.Which was the first World cup to have a mascot?

The 1996 edition in England

23.Which two teams fought each other in the infamous the battle of Berne in 1954.

Brazil and Hungary

24.

Which was the only undefeated team in the last edition in South Africa?

New Zealand25.What individual first is ascribed to USAs Bert Patenaude after his show in the match against

Paraguay at the 1930 World Cup?

Hat-trick in a WC Match

26.The world cup winning players have gone on to coasch their contrie to glory. Name both.


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Mario Zagallo (Brazil) and Franz Beckenbauer (Wesy

Germany)

27. In the 1974 final, the dutch scored before the west Germans had even touched the ball because

Johan Cruyff was brought down the box. Name the offender.

Uli Hoeness28. In 1966, against which Asian nation did Portugal rally from 0-3 down to win their quarterfinal

encounter 5-3?

North Korea

29.Which Serie A team was the German trio of Andreas Brehme, Lothar Matthaus, and Juergen

Klinsman part of when they tasted succes in Italia 90 ?

F.C Internazionale (Inter Milan)

30.

What dubious distintiondoes the goal scored by Ernst Loertscher of Swistzerland, against

Germany in 1938, hold?

The first owned goal in the history of the Finals

31.Come July 12, what will the last the team standing take home as prize money?

$35million

32.Who made this comment and about what .13 goals is an enormous total.Beating my record ?

I dont think it can ever be done

Frances Just Fonataine who holds the record of most

goals for a single World cup.

33.Aaprt from Pele (1958 and 1970) which Brazelian has scored in two summit clashes?

Vava (1958 & 1962)

34.Name this gentleman whose name is synonimous with the global football fiesta?

Jules Rimet

35. Which Italian missed the last penalty in the 1994 final shoot out that resulted in Brazil winning

its fourth title?

Roberto Baggio

36.Which is the only debundant nation at this years gala in Brazil?

Bosnia and Herzegovina

37.

Which award given at the end of the World cup carries a diploma, a medal for each player andofficial, and $50000 worth of football equiment to be used for youth development?

Fifa fair play trophy

38.How many champion teams names can be inscribed on the base of the current FIFA World cup

that was introduced in 1974?

17, inscriptions, enough for all winners until 2038


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39.Mexico, Costa Rica, USA, Nigeria and China should thank this man (pix) for enabling them to

make it to the Finals. Name this super coach.

Velibor Bora Milutinovic

40.How many nations have figured in the Finals over the 84year period beginning 1930?

Seventy Six

41.

On June 28, 1998, in the match against Paraguay Frances Laurent Blanc became the first player

to do something that decided the fate of the game. What did he do?

Score a Golden Goal

42. The most goals ever scored (excluding tie-breaker) in a summit clash is seven. Name the teams,

scoreline and the year.

In 1958, Brazil beat host Sweden, 5-2

43.Name the two corporate entities debuting as FIFA World Cup sponsors in Brazil 2014.

Moy Park and Yingli.

44.Which Is the only stadium to host two summit clashes?

Mexico Citys fables Estadio Azteca 1970 and 1986 finals

45.

Name the spanish star nicknamed El Buitre (The vulture) who delighted fans with a quadraple

strike against Denmark in 1986.

Emilio Butragueno

46.Who is me in this quote. Only three people have silenced 200,000 people at the Maracana

with a single gesture: Frank Sinatra, Pop John Paul two and me?

Alcides Ghiggia, His goal broke Brazilian hearts and won

the cup for Urugauy in 1950

47.What is the former name if the adidas Golden glove award to the best goal keeper in a

particular edition of the event?Lev Yashin award

48.At 59, whii=ch is the lowest ranked nation at this event?

Australia

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