World Cup Trivia Quiz # 129
This is World Cup Quiz # 129, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main World Cup Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.World Cup Question 1
Random Football - Which World Cup-winning player scored a hat-trick for his country, but never scored for his club?
The correct answer is 'Geoff Hurst'
He played one county championship game for Essex as wicket keeper prior to his retirement in 1976 and didn't scored any runs.
World Cup Question 2
World Cup Qualifying - UEFA - What was the score in the two games between Turkey and Austria?
The correct answer is 'Turkey 6-0'
Turkey won the 1st game in Vienna 1-0, and the 2nd 5-0 in Istanbul.
World Cup Question 3
World Cup: 2002 - Which one of these key players got injured and didn't play for France in the World Cup?
The correct answer is 'Robert Pires'
Robert Pires got injured against Newcastle late in the season when he was playing for Arsenal. One of my favorite players.
World Cup Question 4
World Cup 1974 - The name of the referee in the final was?
The correct answer is 'Taylor'
World Cup Question 5
2002 World Soccer Rankings - What was the highest CONCACAF (North and Central America) that made it to the 2002 World Cup finals?
The correct answer is 'Mexico'
Mexico was ranked 6th, USA was 11th, Costa Rica 26th, and Honduras did not qualify for the 2002 finals) was 30th.
World Cup Question 6
1960s English Football - At the start of the 1966 World Cup finals, few people agreed with England Manager Alf Ramsey's boast that, "England will win the World Cup". England's first match, a dull 0-0 draw with Uruguay, did little to sway the doubters. But in England's second game against Mexico, the first English goal, a gem, did much to convince the skeptics that maybe England would not be disgraced in the tournment. Who scored this first English goal of the World Cup?
The correct answer is 'Bobby Charlton'
Writer David Miller described the goal, with which Charlton capped a surging run as, "the catalyst for later confidence".
Charlton, possibly the best-loved English footballer of his generation, certainly the most respected, played 106 times for England between 1959 and 1970, and scored 49 goals. His Manchester United career, which saw him win three League Championship medals, the FA Cup and the European Cup, lasted from 1956 to 1973.
England won the game against Mexico 2-0, with Roger Hunt getting the second goal.
Charlton, possibly the best-loved English footballer of his generation, certainly the most respected, played 106 times for England between 1959 and 1970, and scored 49 goals. His Manchester United career, which saw him win three League Championship medals, the FA Cup and the European Cup, lasted from 1956 to 1973.
England won the game against Mexico 2-0, with Roger Hunt getting the second goal.
World Cup Question 7
I Played in That Team #1 - Fillol, Olguin, Galvan, Tarantini, Ardiles, Gallego, Kempes, Bertoni, Luque, Ortiz. Which of the following also started the 1978 World Cup final for Argentina?
The correct answer is 'Daniel Passarella'
None of the other three played for Argentina in the 1978 finals, but Passarella lifted the trophy as captain. Argentina won the game 3-1 against a Dutch team that many thought should have been World Champions. Kempes scored twice, with Bertoni scoring the other Argentinian goal. Nanninga got the only goal for Holland.
World Cup Question 8
World Cup 2002 - 1930 to 2002: of the teams that have have won the World Cup, which team is the only one not to have won it as hosts?
The correct answer is 'Brazil'
Surprisingly the team that has won the World Cup a record 5 times has never won it at home. The World Cup has only been held in Brazil once in 1950 when Uruguay beat Brazil 2-1. For your information Italy won at home in 1934, Germany in 1974 and Argentina in 1978.
World Cup Question 9
My World Cup Literary Eleven - My second midfield (and team captain) position I've reserved for a strong general who earned his spurs as a charismatic leader of men in more than one of Will's plays. On one memorable occasion in history as well as in a play he spotted the gap and urged his men forward. So who is the noble team captain I've picked?
The correct answer is 'Henry V'
Henry V and English king born in Wales. He famously inspired the troops:
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.'
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.'
World Cup Question 10
World Cup Goalkeepers - What was the name of the goalkeeper that got the cup for Italy in 1982?
The correct answer is 'Dino Zoff'
Dino Zoff the Italian goalkeeper was also the captain of his team and was honored by getting the cup.