The World Cup Quiz

By Wayne Wheelwright

This book contains over 200 questions on the football World Cup, from it's humble beginnings to becoming the World's biggest sporting event watched by billions of people. This book is split into chapters. One chapter per tournament. Questions range from the easy to the obscure. The World Cup Quiz will test even the biggest football fan.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AUK Authors
• Release date: Feb 21, 2013
• ISBN: 9781782347279

Book preview

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Questions

1930

Where was the World Cup held in 1930?

All the matches were played in the same city. Which one?

What were the three stadiums used in the tournament?

How many teams participated in the tournament?

How many groups were these teams split into?

Which teams were seeded?

How many teams qualified form each group?

The first two World cup games happened at the same time. Who won them?

And who lost them?

Who were the group winners?

Who played in the World Cup final?

Who won the first World Cup?

What was the final score in the World Cup final?

Who was the top scorer of the 1930 World Cup?

And which country did he represent?

And how many goals did he score?

1934

Where was the 1934 World Cup held?

How many teams applied to play in the tournament?

After the qualifying matches how many teams remained?

Why did the previous winners Uruguay refuse to participate?

Italy became the first and only team to do what as hosts?

Why did Brazil and Argentina not need to play a qualifying match?

Can you name 8 of the 16 teams that qualified for the 1934 World Cup?

How many non European teams qualified for the quarter finals?

Which teams took part in the first replayed game in World Cup history?

Which stadium was the final held in?

Which City was the World Cup final held in?

Who participated in the 1934 World Cup final?

Who won the 1934 World Cup?

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