Kai (Thorno) Thornton’s Bumper World Cup Quiz. 1 correct answer gains you 1 point. 0-14 goals The World Cup is coming. Did you know? 15-26 goals Good work but more to be done before kick-off. 27-34 goals Fox Sports need you 35-42 goals Capital Football legend: Can you write the next quiz? 1.
Who hosted the first World Cup in 1930? (1 point)
2. England have only won the World Cup once, but which year did they win it? (Were you even born?) (1 point) 3. Who was the Australian keeper v Croatia in the last World Cup? (1 point) 4. Who scored Australias LAST World Cup finals goal in Germany 2006? (1 point) 5. Name ALL the World Cup winners? (7 points) 6. Canberran Joe Simunic, playing for Croatia, got how many yellow cards against Australia in Germany 2006? (1 point) 7. Who won the 2010 Euro Champions League Final; Inter Milan or Bayern Munich? (1 point) 8. What year were New Zealand last in the World Cup? And what country was it held in?(2 points) 9. Socceroos Carl Valeri is from Canberra. But who did he play for as a young boy and who is his current Italian Serie B club? (2 points) 10. Name the last three Australian National Team Coaches, including Pim? (3 points) 11. What is the playing formation for your clubs Under 8/9 teams as set by the National Curriculum? (1 point)
12. What is the playing formation for your clubs Under 10/11 teams as set by the National Curriculum? (3 points) 13 What is the playing formation for your clubs Under 12-18 teams as set by the National Curriculum? (1 point) 14 Who was the player sent-off for a head butt (ouch) in the last World Cup Final? ( 1 point 15
What country does Chelsea star Didier Drogba play for? (1 point)
16 Who won the Scottish Premier League? (Ed: Nasty question Thorno)(1 point) 17
Name THREE of FIVE African nations at the World Cup? (3 points)
18 Name THREE of the FIVE South American nations at the World Cup? (3 points) 19
Name THREE of the TEN A-League players at the World Cup. ( 3 points)
20 Which former World Player of the Year, still playing in Europe, was not selected for the Brazilian World Cup squad? (1 point.) 21 Australia holds the record for the highest ever score in a World Cup qualifier. What was the score, and who was it against? (2 points) 22 The scorer of THIRTEEN goals in that match was a current A-League player. It remains the highest number of individual goals in an International but who is it?(1 points) 23 How many Football Clubs are there in Australia? (AFL, League and Union are not included in the list.) You need to be within 500 on the correct number to gain a point. ( 1 point) On behalf of the fans of the quiz, Kai that was some quiz! Thankyou. Answers: next page.
World Cup Quiz Answers: 1.
Uruguay (1 point)
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1966 (Were you even born?) (1 point)
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Zeljko Kalac. (1 point)
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Harry Kewell. (1 point)
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Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, England, Uruquay (7 points) Three (1 point) Inter Milan (1 point) 1982, Spain (2 points) Tuggeranong United, Sassuolo (2 points) Pim Verbeek, Graham Arnold, Gus Hiddink (3 point) 1-3-3 (1 point) 1-3-2-3 (3 points) 1-4-3-3 (1 point) Zinedine Zidane, France. ( 1 point) Cote d’Ivoire(1 point) Rangers (Ed: Nasty question Thorno)(1 point) Cameroon, South Africa, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Algeria? (3 points) Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile? (3 points) Shane Smeltz, Ben Sigmund, Justin Pasfield, Jeremy Brockie, Jason Culina, Leo Bertos, Glenn Moss, Tony Lochhead, Craig Moore, Eugene Galekovic, Tommy Oar. ( 3 points) Ronaldhino (1 point.) 31-0 v Samoa (2 points) Archie Thompson.(1 points) 3308 ( 1 point)
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