From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Erland Sommarskog wrote:   
   > FIFA World Cup 2022 is over, and just like in 2018 I have composed a   
   > quiz about the tournament, and there are also some trivia questions   
   > about FIFA World Cup in general.   
   >   
   > I don't expect this to be a simple quiz, so don't be shy if you only   
   > know a few questions - that could still give you a good score.   
   >   
   > As you will find, some questions are worth fewer points than others. These   
   > are the questions that are quite a bit on the odd trivia side.   
   >   
   > As usual post your answers to this newsgroup. Use no other sources   
   > than your own knowledge and common senses for good guesses.   
   >   
   > I plan to score this quiz on Boxing Day.   
   >   
   > Have fun!   
   >   
   >   1. a) One country made its debut in the World Cup. Which? (5p)   
      
   Qatar   
      
   >      b) Two more teams only played their second World Cup. Name any of   
   >         them (5p)   
      
   Canada   
      
   >   
   >   2. France was not able to defend their title from 2018. For 3p each,   
   >      give all teams that have defended the title, and if you also give the   
   >      year, there are 3p more for each correct year. (There is no penalty   
   >      as such for incorrect answers, but if you have all correct   
   >      answers and add one incorrect, I will deduct 3p from your score.)   
      
   Italy (1938), Brazil (1962)   
      
   >   
   >   3. This was the first final between France and Argentina. Which two teams   
   > have   
   >      played the greatest number of finals against each other? (10p)   
      
   Brazil, Germany   
      
   >   
   >   4. Leo Messi finally became World Champion, well-deserved. Which World Cup   
   >      record previously held by Lothar Mattäus does he now hold? (10p)   
      
   Most minutes played in a WC career   
      
   >   
   >   5. Cristian Ronaldo was less successful, but he did nevertheless make some   
   >      achievements:   
   >      a) What a first in FIFA World Cup did he make? (3p)   
      
   First to score in 5 WC tournaments   
      
   >      b) What overall football record does he now share with Bader Al-Mutawa   
   >         from Kuwait? (3p) >      c) In the match against Switzerland, CR7   
   was relegated to the   
   >         substitutes bench, being replaced in the starting eleven by Gonçalo   
   >         Ramos. How did Ramos fare in that game? (4p)   
      
   Scored 2 goals   
      
   >   
   >   6. We should not forget Kylian Mbappé. He went to the top in a somewhat   
   >      more niched leader board. He also achieved noticeable second, with   
   >      Geoff Hurst being the first one. Name any of these feats for 10p.   
      
   Scored 3 goals in a WC final   
      
   >   
   >   7. One of the stadiums in the World Cup 2022 was called Stadium 974.   
   >      a) It was constructed of 974 what? (5p)   
      
   Steel beams   
      
   >      b) The number 974 was very purposely selected. What does it signify?   
   > (5p)   
   >   
   >   8. For the second consecutive World Cup, Germany failed to qualify from   
   >      the group stage. But there is one former World Champion of which the   
   >      slate for the World Cups 2018 and 2022 is even worse. Which? (10p)   
      
   Italy   
      
   >   
   >   9. Which year was the last time someone scored ten goals or more in the   
   >      same World Cup tournament? Alternatively, give the name of the player.   
   > (10p)   
      
   1958 (Just Fontaine)   
      
   >   
   > 10. Which is the only team from the South American federation CONMEBOL   
   >      to never have played in the World Cup? (10p)   
      
   Venezuela   
      
   >   
   > 11. Football is very much a European and South American affair. For 3p   
   >      each, list all teams not from UEFA (Europe) or CONMEBOL (South America)   
   >      that have reached the semi-finals in the World Cup. Years not required.   
   >      The same principle as in #2 apply to incorrect answers.   
      
   South Korea, Morocco, United States   
      
   >   
   > 12. The match between Germany and Costa Rica constituted what noticeable   
   >      first? (10p)   
      
   Most goals scored by one team   
      
   >   
   > 13. Which team sported the son of a President of a Republic? (7p)   
      
   South Korea   
      
   >   
   > 14. In the quarter-finale against France, the English defender Harry   
   >      Maguire received a yellow card around the 90th minute in the second   
   >      half. There is something noticeable about this. What? (7p)   
      
   It was the latest that the first yellow card of a game has been assessed   
      
   >   
   > 15. Andries Noppert was the goalkeeper in all the five games that   
   >      the Netherlands played. Within 10%, how many games has he played   
   >      in total for the in the Dutch national team? (7p)   
      
   0   
      
   >   
   > 16. There are legendary football players and there are legendary football   
   >      players. Ferenc Puskás certainly belongs to the latter group. He was   
   >      the top star of the best team that never won the World Cup, the   
   >      Hungarian team of 1954. Puskás made one more World Cup appearance,   
   >      and there is something quite remarkable with it. What? (7p)   
   >   
   > 17. Of the teams in the World Cup 2022, there is something with regards   
   >      to the players' background that differentiates Argentina, Brazil,   
   >      Saudi-Arabia and South Korea from all other countries. What? (7p)   
   >   
   > 18. The youngest and the oldest goal scorers in a World Cup final have   
   >      something in common. What? (7p)   
   >   
   > 19. Two questions about the World Cup 2026.   
   >      a) Which country/ies will host it? (5p)   
      
   USA, Canada, and Mexico   
      
   >      b) There is a novelty planned for this World Cup, what? (5p)   
      
   First time with 48 teams?   
      
   >   
   > 20. Finally, a question that I forgot include in my previous World Cup   
   >      quiz, which I include for fun: In the final group game in the World   
   >      Cup, Germany lost against South Korea with 0-2. The second goal   
   >      scored by the Koreans followed a theme which is very unusual in   
   >      football, but which is common in ice hockey. What? (5p) >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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