From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   This quiz was not a stunning success. Pete Gayde was the only one   
   to enter, so he is obviously the winner. He has a very good entry,   
   so he would have been difficult to beat.   
      
   Since there is only one entry, I will simply quote Pete's post and   
   include the correct answers, and compute his score as I move on.   
      
   Pete Gayde (pete.gayde@gmail.com) writes:   
      
   > Erland Sommarskog wrote:   
   >>   1. a) One country made its debut in the World Cup. Which? (5p)   
   >   
   > Qatar   
      
   Correct. 5p.   
      
      
   >>      b) Two more teams only played their second World Cup. Name any of   
   >>         them (5p)   
   >   
   > Canada   
      
   Correct. 10p in total.   
      
   The other country was Wales. None of these three teams did very well.   
   Canada and Qatar lost all their games (but Canada was still a lot better   
   than Qatar). Wales played 0-0 against USA, but lost the next two games.   
      
   >>   
   >>   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)   
      
   Correct. 22p.   
      
   >>   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   
      
   Incorrect. Correct answer is Argetina and (West) Germany who met in the   
   finals 1986 (winner: Argentina), 1990 (West Germany) and 2014 (Germany).   
      
   The only other teams to have played a final more than once are Brazil-   
   Italy, 1970 and 1994, Brazil won both.   
      
   Brazil and Germany met in the final 2002, with Brazil winning gold. But   
   that is the only one.   
      
   Still 22p.   
      
   >>   
   >>   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   
      
   The answer I was looking for "Played most WC matches". Messi has now   
   played 26, whereas Mattäus played 25. Hypothetically, Mattäus could   
   have played more minutes than Messi, if Messi came in as a late   
   subsitute in some games or similar. But I am not going to ressarch   
   that, so I am ruling Pete's answer as correct. 32p.   
      
   >>   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   
      
   Correct. 35p.   
      
      
   >>      b) What overall football record does he now share with Bader Al-   
   >>         Mutawafrom Kuwait? (3p)   
      
   Most games played in a men's national team. The number is 196. There are   
   quite a few women who have played more than 200 international mathces. And   
   the overall record holder is Kristine Lilly, USA, with 354 matches.   
      
   Still 35p.   
      
   >      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   
      
   Even better, it was a hat trick! But 2 goals is close enough, 39p.   
      
   >>   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   
      
   Correct. Geoff Hurst was the first to score a hat trick in a final in 1966.   
      
   Kylian Mbappé has in total scored four goals in WC Finals, more than   
   any other player.   
      
   49p.   
      
   >>   7. One of the stadiums in the World Cup 2022 was called Stadium 974.   
   >>      a) It was constructed of 974 what? (5p)   
   >   
   > Steel beams   
      
   Nope. 974 containers. And if someone reacted to "was" and thinking that   
   the stadium is still there: It is not. Reportedly, they started   
   dismantling it right after the last game was played there. The containers   
   will be shipped to Montevideo. And maybe it will once again become a World   
   Cup stadium. Uruguay has a bid for the 2030 WC together with Argentina,   
   Chile and Paraguay.   
      
   Still 49p.   
      
   >>      b) The number 974 was very purposely selected. What does it signify?   
   >> (5p)   
      
   It's the calling code for Qatar.   
      
   Still 49p.   
      
   >>   
   >>   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   
      
   Correct. Italy failed to qualify both 2018 and 2022. In 2018 they lost   
   in the play-off against Sweden. This year, they lost in the first   
   play-off against North Macedonia. North Macedonia lost the play-off   
   final against Portugal. 59p.   
      
   >>   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)   
      
   Incorrect. Correct answer is 1970, and the player was Gerd Müller.   
      
   Frenchman Fontaine holds the overall record with 13 goals in a single   
   tournament, and that was indeed in 1958.   
      
   Still 59p.   
      
   >> 10. Which is the only team from the South American federation CONMEBOL   
   >>      to never have played in the World Cup? (10p)   
   >   
   > Venezuela   
      
   Correct. 69p.   
      
   >> 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   
      
   Correct. The years were 2002, 2022 and 1930 repsectively. Of these only   
   USA managed to get medals, bronze. (Which they shared with Jugoslavia,   
   as no bronze game was played 1930.) 81p.   
      
   >> 12. The match between Germany and Costa Rica constituted what noticeable   
   >>      first? (10p)   
   >   
   > Most goals scored by one team   
      
   Incorrect. This was the first game with a female referee, Stéphanie   
   Frappert. FIFA got a bit flak here. Normally a referee and the two   
   linesmen are a team who have made many games together. But Mme   
   Frappert had to work with two linesment, also women, from other   
   parts of the world, and who were non French-speaking, which is   
   kind of a difficult situation. Nevertheless, the game ended without   
   indicdents that can be blamed on her.   
      
   The record for the number of goals by a single team is held by   
   Hungary who crushed El Salvador with 10-1 in the World Cup 1982.   
      
   Germany won over Costa Rica with 4-2. Plenty of goals, but no   
   record.   
      
   Still 81p.   
      
   >> 13. Which team sported the son of a President of a Republic? (7p)   
   >   
   > South Korea   
      
      
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