World Cup Trivia II

WORLD CUP TRIVIA II

11) Which team went 559 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal in the 2006/2010 World Cups?

Switzerland's 559 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal was broken when Mark González scored in 75th minute for Chile in 2010 (the second game of the tournament). They had played four games at the 2002 World Cup without condeding a goal (they went out on penalties vs. Ukraine).

12) Who was the first World Cup winning coach?

LUIZ FELIPE SCOLARI ALBERTO SUPPICI VITTORIO POZZA JUAN LOPEZ

Alberto Suppici, known as el Profesor (the Professor), was coach of the Uruguay team in 1930, leading the host nation to victory in the first ever FIFA World Cup.

13) Which player appeared in the first two FIFA World Cup final matches, but with two different teams?

FRANCISCO VARALLO PIETRO ARCARI LUIS MONTI PABLO DORADO

Italian Argentine footballer Luis Monti played with his native Argentina in the 1930 final (losing to Uruguay) and with Italy in 1934 (winning in a 2-1 victory over Czechoslovakia).

14) Who holds the record for most goals scored in a single World Cup match?

OLEG SALENKO PELÉ HRISTO STOICHKOV RONALDO

On 28 June 1994, Oleg Salenko set a World Cup record by scoring five goals in Russia's 6-1 win against Cameroon. He finished the 1994 World Cup with six goals, having scored from the penalty spot against Sweden in the previous match and shared the Golden Boot with Bulgarian Hristo Stoichkov.

15) What award is given to the most outstanding player at each World Cup?

THE GOLDEN GLOVE THE GOLDEN BOOT THE GOLDEN BALL THE GOLDEN PITCH

The Golden Ball for best player was first awarded in 1982.

16) Which national World Cup qualifying team was nicknamed Les Elephants?

SRI LANKA GHANA IVORY COAST BANGLADESH

The Ivory Coast national football team earned their nickname when Alain Gouaméné was goalkeeper for the 1992 team that won the African Cup of Nations. During that tournament, he reportedly kept an elephant's tooth in his cleat. As the story goes, a holy man from one of Ivory Coast's traditional religions told Gouaméné the tooth would make him as large as an elephant in goal. He went on to keep a clean sheet for the entire tournament.

17) Which player scored the very first World Cup goal?

FELIPE ROSAS MARCEL CAPELLE LUCIEN LAURENT LUIS PEREZ

22-year-old French forward Lucien Laurent made history with a volley in the 19th minute of a game against Mexico on 13 July 1930.

18) What was the name of the dog that helped recover the World Cup trophy after it was stolen in 1966?

PICKLES WINNIE THE POODLE STRIKER SWEEPER

Seven days after the theft, on March 27, docker David Corbett was taking his cross-bred collie Pickles for a walk when he spotted the cup in the street. Corbett collected a £6,000 reward.

19) What was the first year the World Cup was held in two different countries?

2002 1990 2008 1996

The 2002 World Cup was the first to be held in Asia, the first to be held outside of the Americas or Europe, as well as the first to be jointly-hosted by more than one nation: South Korea and Japan.

20) Who was the first player to miss a penalty kick at the World Cup?

RICARDO ZAMORA LUCIEN LAURENT WALDEMAR DE BRITO RUDOLF WETZER

Brazilian footballer Waldemar de Brito will be forever remembered for two things: being the first player to miss a penalty at the World Cup (the shot was saved by Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora) and discovering/mentoring the legendary Pelé.