2022 World Cup football Quiz

2022 WORLD CUP FOOTBALL
QUIZ
BY SHIBIN AZAD
SHIBINAZAD@GMAIL.COM
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• This quiz was conducted at College of Engineering,
Thiruvananthapuram, as part of an informal session.
• Majority of the questions are sourced from the commentary
during the matches, and newspapers during the course of the
world cup.

• 1) According to statistics, of the 7,829 players to have played at the
World Cup, X, Jose and Luis have been the top three names to
feature. And out of the three, X is the most frequent (72), followed by
Jose (59) and Luis (56).
• Y – is the city that has produced the most number of World Cup
players (95).
• Mexico City is second with 72 players.
• Buenos Aires (66) and
• Rio de Janeiro (63)
• X and Y, please.

• 2) Garra Charrua – literally ‘claw of the Charrua’ – is about
tenacity and courage in the face of adversity, about being
resourceful and daring, to never give up. The Charrua were the
native people of the country. It portrays the country as the
perennial underdog in a near-impossible fight against others,
seeking to achieve the impossible. With which team would you
associate this philosophy?

• 3) In 1914, English FA chose to send Exeter city FC for a series
of exhibition matches against sides in Argentina. After the tour,
they received an invitation to play another 3 fixtures in Brazil to
be played at Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo. Exeter was unable to
get their visas extended, and was only able to play at Rio. Sao
Paulo also wanted to participate on the tour, and it was decided
to select a team from both cities. What did this effectively lead
to?

• “select a team from both cities” – this is why Brazil’s national
team is called the ‘selecao’

• 4) What name has been blanked out from this billboard? It was put
up in support of the USMNT in different parts of USA. Also, tell me
the player, in whose support the second billboard has been put
up.

• 5) In 2022, along with Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi, he became only
the third player to have scored in each of the last 3 world cups. Shown in the
image, is the boot he wore during a match in 2012. Identify the player.

• 6) The world cup emblem has several layers of symbolism,
1. It has been designed to represent the shape of traditional woollen shawls
that are often worn in the gulf region during winter months.
2. Its curves designed to represent "undulations of desert dunes“
3. The continuous form is also meant to evoke the "interconnected nature of
the event“
4. It also denotes infinity
• What other 2 symbolism, does the emblem denote?

• The world cup trophy
• The symbol 8, for the 8 stadiums of the Qatar World cup

• 7) The largest city in the Golestan Province of Iran, Gonbad
Kovos, has its first team represented in the Women’s volleyball
Premier league by Sirik Gonbad, a newborn volleyball club. Who
provides financial support to this club? He is the son of a
former Iranian national volleyball team player, and was himself
an U15 national team player.

• 8) Dodds sat down with this player, and told him that he had
the ability to play all areas of the midfield – sitting midfielder,
box-to-box midfielder, and a scorer and an assister. Dodds
was explaining the logic behind a player choosing a certain
shirt number. Identify the player, and the shirt number.
• Jersey number 4 is used for sitting midfield position in this
case.

• Sitting midfielder -4, box-to-box midfielder -8, scorer and an
assister – 10
• 4+8+10=22

• 9) Identify the player who holds the Guinness world record for the
longest hand-held throw in an official game at 61.66m
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slev7ty7Ff4

• 10) The two main reasons for this particular controversy was
the fact that,
1. FIFA was counting tickets sold, rather than the number of
fans entering the stadium
2. And the reference capacity, is usually lower than the original
official capacity
• What controversy was this?

• 11) Shown in the image is the lead
character Dibu (“drawing”) after the
lead character from 90s show ‘My
family is a Drawing’. Which player
was nicknamed Dibu, based on his
red hair and freckles when he
arrived at Independiente in 2008.

• 12) This word emphasizes generosity of spirit and sharing of
material possessions in all encounters – even with strangers.
This builds a culture in which there is no ‘other’. Perhaps, this
is the spirit that motivated, possibly the most famous player of
the national team to do what he is known for. Football fans
would have come across this word, referenced in the nickname
of a national team that played in the 2022 world cup. Identify
the term.

• Teranga, from Lions of Teranga/Teranga lions

• 13) Its origins date back to 5th century BC. It was initially used
as a traveling coat to protect the skin of nomadic shepherds
and Bedouins. The word comes from Persian and translates
literally to “on one’s back”. Also called an ‘aba’ in Arabic, it is
made of camel hair and goat hair. What is this?

• 14) What connects the illustrators of these two mangas shown in the
images below, to the 2022 World cup?

• 15) There are 9 players who have achieved this feat. Messi
joined this list in 2022. Apart from Messi, the list includes
Bobby Charlton, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Paolo Rossi,
Zinedine Zidane, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and Kaka. What set of
achievements is exclusive to this group of people?

• Winning the World cup, UCL and Balon D’or

• 16) During the course of the world cup 2022, the football fans
around the world saw the jerseys of lesser known clubs like AS
Bondy, Drapeau-Fougères, SJ D'Artigues, Cedac Cimiez, UF
Mâconnais et all. What was the context in which they came into
the limelight?

• 17) Dave the cat, became the unofficial mascot of which team during the 2022
World cup? Initially, it was said that Dave would accompany the team if they
won the world cup. Although the team didn’t win the world cup, the mascot
went home with them, and is now spending his time in quarantine.

• 18) Christine Sinclair, holds the record of most number of international goals
with 190. She was also the first person to achieve a certain feat, with regard to
the World cup. She was later joined by the Brazilian legend Martha. Who
achieved this feat in the 2022 World cup?

• Cristiano Ronaldo, scoring in 5 world cups

• 19) Give me the name of the protagonist of a fictional underdog story, that has
been blanked out. Part of a franchise, the first iteration was released in 1976.

• 20) Which Brazilian player in the
2022 squad was named after the
German player shown in the
picture. Known for his ability with
either foot, led his national team
manager Franz Beckenbauer to
state: "I have known him for 20
years and I still don't know if he
is right or left-footed"

• Gleison Bremer, named after Andreas Brehme

• 21) To mark their protest against the Iranian govt, after the death of Mahsa
Amini, many Iranian fans used this flag. Under whose rule was this flag used?
He was overthrown in the Iranian revolution of 1979.

• Muhammad Shah Reza Pahlavi

• 22) The Brazilian word to describe this position is called
‘volante’ – which when translated literally, means a ‘steering
wheel’. The person who played as the ‘volante’ for the Brazilian
team in the 2022 world cup is nicknamed ‘The tank’. Identify
the position and the player.

• Casemiro, holding midfielder

• 23) “Go-kart is breaking records at the World cup, while the F1
car is still on a holiday”.
• Who/What is the Go-kart and the F1 car?

• 24) The place where Antony comes from is called ‘Inferninho’, which
means ‘little hell’.
• He says “I always say that wherever I go in life, no matter what
happens to me, I represent the place that taught me everything.
Without my home and my people, none of this matters. On my boots,
before every match, I write myself a little reminder.”
• “When I tie my laces, I remember. I remember everything.”
• What word does he ‘write’ on his boots?

• 25) Who joined an exclusive list of 3, with regard to the football
world cup, which includes Guillermo Stabile (1930), and
Miroslav Klose (2002)?

• Goncalo Ramos
• Hattrick on their full world cup debut

• 26) This was given by Argentine journalist
Rama Pantarotto.
• Paulo Dybala wore it in 2019 and scored his
first competitive goal for Argentina.
• Both Lautaro Martinez and Rodrigo De Paul
have worn it.
• During the shootout against France,
goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez wore it too,
and saved Coman’s penalty in the process.
• What was this ‘good-luck charm’?

• 27) Literally meaning ‘the dream’, what was the name of the official
match ball used for the final match of the World cup between
Argentina and France?

• 28) After which world cup winning player, was this Dutch player
named?

• 29) England's win percentage in one set of matches stands at
an awful 13% (W2, D6, L7).
• The win percentage jumps to a staggering 75% (W12, D1, L3)
from those 16 games in another set of matches.
• What superstition has this led to?

• 30) ‘How Japan achieved the Miracle of Doha’ was an article by
Mihir Vasudeva tracing the steps that led to Japan’s success.
The first and foremost one was establishing the J-league. Then,
the focus shifted to developing players who can flourish in
Europe. In the next step of its progression, Japan declared its
ambition to become an export hub of footballers, with the year
2030 as the target.
• What was this project aimed at Developing natural abilities of
players called?

• Project DNA (Developing Natural Abilities)

• 31) Gareth Southgate adopted this formation from the league Two NBA team
Lincoln City, and it helped England a lot during set piece play in the 2018
world cup. It was employed in 2022 world cup matches as well. Also the name
of a 1972 hit single, what is this formation called?

• 32) Grant Wahl, the American journalist who died during Qatar World
cup 2022, is seen here with Henri Szwarc. Henri Szwarc is a
photographer who has covered 12 World cups, and also had a keen
eye for spotting talent. He identified Kylian Mbappe as a future
superstar.
• An incident during a world cup match, bought him into the limelight.
When asked about it, he said the incident itself wasn’t disrespectful,
and he hoped that football would start to have something which was
ubiquitous in tennis.
• What incident bought him into the limelight?

• Henri Szwarc on the right, with Grant Wahl

• Weston McKennie dried his hands on his bib.

• 33) This shot is not a Brazilian
invention, but attributed to a
Spanish-born Chilean player
named Ramon Unzaga. This is
called chillena in Latin America.
What type of shot is this?

• 1. _____ ______ _-_ _________(8.7% chance) 2022
• 2. United States 1-0 England (9.5% chance) 1950
• 3. Switzerland 1-0 Spain (10.3%) 2010
• 4. Algeria 2-1 West Germany (13.2%) 1982
• 5. Ghana 2-0 Czech Republic (13.9%) 2006

• This player’s granddad netted 125000 pounds after placing a
50 pound bet on a then 18-month old kid going on to playing
for his country. Who?

• “put me in coach, I’m ready to play today” is a line from the song Centerfield
by John Fogerty. Connect it to the World cup.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq3hEMUeBGQ&t=3s

• Quoted by Joe Biden when he called the USMNT before the
World Cup

• Aspire Academy, owns both KAS Eupen in Belgium, and Cultural
Leonesa to help develop talents for the Qatar national team.

• The white emblem is also decorated
with several marks in maroon – the
two colours on Qatar's flag. The
bottom is decorated with floral
patterns similar to those seen on
traditional shawls while on the top of
the form, a football is flanked by two
diacritic dots. From where has been
this design element inspired from?

• Arabic calligraphy, these are the dots placed above/below a
letter

• She was the first woman to officiate in a men’s champions league match.
She was the first woman to officiate a men’s world cup qualifying match.
She also became the first woman to officiate in a world cup as well.
Identify her.

2022 World Cup football Quiz