Soccer Trivia Quiz # 129
This is Soccer Quiz # 129, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Soccer Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Soccer Question 1
Soccer Ultimate II - Which country did Italy defeat to win the 1982 world Cup Final?
The correct answer is 'West Germany'
3-1 it finished and Italy won their third World Cup.
Soccer Question 2
Welcome to China Soccer - Former Bolton ball-winner Stig Tofting, celebrated his release from prison by signing a six-month contract with Chinese first division side Hong Kong United?
The correct answer is 'No'
Tofting joined TianJin KangShiFe (TEDA) during his stay in China in 2003.
Soccer Question 3
Soccer Ultimate II - Which team has Ian Rush (of Wales) NOT played for?
The correct answer is 'AEK Athens (Greece)'
Thats correct ! He flopped with Juventus. Played great for Liverpool and made two guest appearances for Sydney Olympic in the 1999-00 domestic Australian season and never played for the Greeks.
Soccer Question 4
I Love Soccer - What don't soccer players have to be wearing to play a game?
The correct answer is 'Sweet Spots'
Sweet Spots are worn on the shoes to give better aim to your shots and do not have to be worn. However shingaurds, jerseys, and cleats must be worn.
Soccer Question 5
Soccer Tactics - The game is kicked off! Your ploy of playing with the wide players seem to be working, as you create chance after chance, but your team just can't seem to convert their opportunities into goals. You go close to scoring a few times, what do you do?
The correct answer is 'Leave the team as it is'
If you're creating plenty of chances, and they're going close, it's only a matter of time before they get that ball in the back of the net! If possible, you shouldn't make any changes until at least halftime, unless something is clearly wrong. The worst thing to do at this moment would be to panic and make changes, it would disrupt the balance of the team.
Soccer Question 6
2002 World Soccer Rankings - What Asian team that made the World Cup was ranked lowest?
The correct answer is 'China'
China: 51st, Saudi Arabia: 38th, Japan: 22nd, South Korea: 22nd.
Soccer Question 7
Portuguese Soccer - In February 2001, a former chairman of Benfica was arrested for having committed a fraud regarding a player's transfer. What's his name?
The correct answer is 'Joao Vale e Azevedo'
Soccer Question 8
United States Youth Soccer - In the Olympic Development Program endeavor as well as all other activities, the USYSA was divided into how many regions in 2004?
The correct answer is '4'
They generally translate into : Reg I - Northeast, Reg II - Midwest, Reg III - South and Reg IV - West.
Soccer Question 9
Belgian Soccer - Which club won the first championship in Belgium?
The correct answer is 'Club Luik'
The Belgian league kicked off in 1896.
Soccer Question 10
Laws of Soccer - Advanced - An attacking player, who is in his opponent's half of the pitch, is in an offside position when, at that moment, his teammate, who is in his own half of the pitch, plays a lateral (or "square") pass across the pitch. The first attacking player runs back into his own half of the pitch, and there he receives the pass. Is this an offside offense?
The correct answer is 'Yes'
You may have considered the saying "You can't be offside in your own half of the pitch," when you answered this question, but that saying is only partly true. What's true is that you cannot be in an offside POSITION in your own half of the pitch, and the difference is subtle but crucial here. For an offside offense to occur, two things must happen: 1. A player must be in an offside position at the moment the ball is played or touched by a teammate, and 2. He must become involved in active play. (Law 11 - Offside) For this question, playing the ball is sufficient for "active play" to have taken place, though there are in fact three ways in which active play is defined. So ask yourself, was the player in an offside position when the ball was played by his teammate? Yes, he was behind the second to last defender, ahead of the ball and in the opponent's half of the pitch. Did he become involved in active play? Yes: and where that occurs is irrelevant. So the flag goes up for offside.