Quiz 77 - World Cup - Answers

How well did you do?

10 correct
Yep, you are a world champ!

7, 8 or 9 correct
So you too are glued to the box every 4 years.

4, 5 or 6 correct
Well done.

1, 2 or 3 correct
Yes I know, England supporters always try to forget the World Cup...

0 correct
...and if you are Scottish you never have anything to remember!

Who were the first European country to win a World Cup in a finals competition played outside of Europe?
Spain who won the 2010 World Cup when the finals were played in South Africa

2.

The only African national to reach the knock-out stages of the 2006 World Cup finals were playing in the finals for the first time. Which country?
Ghana

The player - pictured right - hit the headlines at the 1978 World Cup Finals. Who is he and why did he hit the headlines?
Scotland's Willie Johnston who was sent home following a failed drugs test

Who was the Celtic player who was in the England squad for the 2014 World Cup finals?
Goalkeeper Fraser Forster - he didn't play in Brazil

How many countries took part in the 2018 World Cup finals held in Russia?
32

 

At which World Cup finals did Kevin Keegan make his final international appearance for England?
1982 (Spain)

The emblem printed alongside came from which World Cup finals?
Argentina 1978

In which country was the 2002 final between Brazil and Germany played?
Japan - who co-hosted with South Korea

Which country has reached the final of the World Cup twice but will never reach it a third time?
Czechoslovakia, who reached the final in 1934 and 1962 but is now no more having split into two, Slovakia and the Czech Republic

The England football team didn't get to the 2010 World Cup final but England did supply the officials for the final! Howard Webb was the referee - name either of his linesmen.
Darren Cann/Michael Mullarkey

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