Super quizzes for students. The first is very simple - see how your students do. The second, students can research answers online and then take up. Both with answer keys. Get them on EFL Classroom 2.0. https://community.eflclassroom.com

1. World Cup Quiz Name_____________________________
1. This word starts with a "A." It is the name of the country
that Diego Maradona played for. What is it?
___________________________________________
2. This word starts with an "E." This country hasn't won the
World Cup since 1966. What is the country?
___________________________________________
3. This is a number. It is the number of teams that qualified to play.
in the World Cup. How many? _______________________
4. This word starts with an "S." It is a large building in which
football games are held. What is it called?
_______________________
5. This word starts with an "F." It is the last game of the World
Cup. What is it? _______________________
6. This word starts with a "P." It is the name of one of the most
players in the World Cup. Who is he?
____________________________________
7. This country starts with a "G." This country won the last
World Cup. What is it? _______________________

2. 8. This word starts with an "R." It is what you get if you do a
serious foul during a game. What is this called?
__________________________________________
9. This word starts with a "U." It is the country where the
first World Cup took place in 1930. What country was it?
_____________________________________________
10. This word starts with an "I." This is the smallest nation
to ever qualify for a World Cup. What country is it?
_____________________________________________
11. This word starts with a "G." It is a trophy give to the
player who scores the most goals in the World Cup.
What is the trophy called? __________________________
12. This word starts with a "A." It is the company that makes
the soccer balls for the World Cup.
What is it called? _____________________________
13. This word starts with a "Z" It is the name of the mascot
for this year's World Cup in Russia. What is it called?
___________________________________
14. This name starts with an "Z." He is now a coach but won a
World Cup with France in 1998. Who is he?
___________________________________
15. This word starts with an "F." It is the international
governing body of football and the World Cup. What is it?
_________________________________

3. Answer key:
1. Argentina 2. England 3. 32 4. Stadium
5. Final 6. Pele 7. Germany 8. Red card
9. Uruguay 10. Iceland 11.Golden Boot 12. Adidas
13. Zabivaka 14. Zinedine Zidane
15. FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association

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World Cup Trivia
1. What does FIFA stand for?
2. What country is FIFA headquartered in?
3. How many Russian cities will World Cup matches be played in? ___________________________
4. How many teams will participate in this year’s World Cup?
5. Which of the 6 FIFA regions does Mexico play in? ____________________________________________
6. Who was awarded the Adidas Golden Boot in 2014 for being the top goal scorer in the
World Cup that year?
7. Who has won the World Cup the most times? How many?
8. What country won the World Cup in 2018?
9. What country was the first World Cup held in?
Bonus Point: What year?
10. How many teams participated in the first World Cup?
11. Which of these countries did not participate in the first World Cup?
a. Romania b. Peru c. Germany d. USA
12. What nation has played in every World Cup?
13. Where will the 2018 and 2022 World Cup take place?
Which cities?

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14. Which of the 6 FIFA continental regions has the most teams competing in the 2014
World Cup?
Bonus Point: How many are there?
15. Which teams are new to the World Cup?
16. How many different countries have won a World Cup?
17. How many countries have won multiple World Cups?
18. What is the official 2018 FIFA World Cup mascot?
19. Who makes the official soccer ball of the 2018 World Cup?
Bonus Point: What is the name of the ball?
20. Which city will host the first match of the World Cup?
Bonus Point: Who plays in the first match?
21. What was the slogan of the 2014 World Cup?
22. How many players must each team have in the World Cup? How many of those spots
must be goal keepers?
23. Which African country has competed in 7 World Cups, the most of any African country?
a. Nigeria b. Morocco c. Cameroon d. Ghana
24. Who holds the all-time record for the most number of goals scored during World Cup?
25. Who is the only player to win three World Cups?
26. Who was the youngest player ever to score at the World cup?

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27. Austria vs. Switzerland is the highest-scoring game in World Cup history. What was the
score?
28. This will be Russia’s firt time hosting the World Cup. Name the four countries that
have hosted the World Cup twice.
1.
2.
3.
4.
29. What two nations have won consecutive World Cup titles?
1. 2.
30. Name three of the six teams that have won the World Cup as the host team. Bonus Point:
Name the other three.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
31. What country has finished in second place three times but has never won a World Cup?
32. What’s the highest place the US Men’s team ever finished in the World Cup?
33. The US Men’s National team played in the 1950 World Cup in Brazil. The next time they
qualified for a world cup was in ?
Bloopers Bonus:
34. What is the most number of own goals scored in a tournament?
35. Ernie Brandts is the only player to score a goal for both teams during a World Cup match.
What country did Ernie play for?

7. 1
World Cup Trivia – ANSWER KEY
1. What does FIFA stand for? Fédération Internationale de Football Association
2. What country is FIFA headquartered in? Switzerland
3. How many Brazilian cities will World Cup matches be played in? 11 cities.
Kalingrad, Leningrad, Moscow, Kazan, Nizny Novogrod, Rostov-On-Don, Samara,
Saransk, Sochi, Volgograd, Ekaterinburg
4. How many teams will participate in this year’s World Cup? 32
5. Which of the 6 FIFA regions does the Mexico play in? CONCACAF – Confederation of
North, Central American and Caribbean Football Association
6. Who was awarded the Adidas Golden Boot in 2014 for being the top goal scorer in
the World Cup that year? Jaime Rodriguez, Colombia
7. Who has won the World Cup the most times? How many? Brazil, 5 times: 1958,
1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002
8. What country won the World Cup in 2014? Germany
9. What country was the first World Cup held in? Montevideo, Uruguay
Bonus Point: What year? 1930
10. How many teams participated in the first World Cup? 13
11. Which of these countries did not participate in the first World Cup?
a. Romania b. Peru c. Germany d. USA
12. What nation has played in every world cup? Brazil
13. Where will the 2018 and 2022 World Cup take place? 2018: Russia, 2022: Qatar

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14. Which of the 6 FIFA continental regions has the most teams competing in the 2014
World Cup? Europe
Bonus Point: How many are there? 13.
15. Which teams are new to the World Cup? Iceland, Panama
16. How many different countries have won a World Cup? 8
17. How many countries have won multiple World Cups? 5
18. What is the official 2018 FIFA World Cup mascot? Zabivaka
19. Who makes the official soccer ball of the 2018 World Cup? Adidas
Bonus Point: What is the name of the ball? Telstar 18
20. Which city will host the first match of the World Cup? Moscow, Russia
Bonus Point: Who plays in the first match? Russia vs. Saudia Arabia
21. What was the slogan of the 2014 World Cup? All in one Rhythm.
22. How many players must each team have in the World Cup? How many of those spots
must be goal keepers? 23 players per team, 3 goal keepers
23. Which African country has competed in 7 World Cups, the most of any African country?
a. Nigeria b. Morocco c. Cameroon d. Ghana
24. Who holds the all-time record for the most number of goals scored during World Cup?
Retired Brazil player Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, aka. “Ronaldo”. 15 goals.
25. Who is the only player to win three World Cups? Retired Brazil footballer Edson
Arantes do Nascimento, aka. “Pele”. Won in 1958, 1962, 1970.
26. Who was the youngest player ever to score at the World cup? Retired Brazil
footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento, aka. “Pele”. In 1958, he was 17 years old

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27. Austria vs. Switzerland is the highest-scoring game in World Cup history. What was the
score? 7-5, Austria in 1954
28. This will be Brazil’s second time hosting the World Cup. Name the four other
countries that have hosted the World Cup twice.
1. Italy
2. Germany
3. France
4. Mexico
29. What two nations have won consecutive World Cup titles?
1. Brazil (1958 & 1962) 2. Italy (1934 & 1938)
30. Name three of the six teams that have won the World Cup as the host team. Bonus Point:
Name the other three.
1. Uruguay
2. Italy
3. England
4. West Germany (Germany)
5. Argentina
6. France
31. What country has finished in second place three times but has never won a World Cup?
The Netherlands
32. What’s the highest place the US Men’s team ever finished in the World Cup? 3rd
place in 1930. The next highest place was 8th place in 2002.
33. The US Men’s National team played in the 1950 World Cup in Brazil. The next time they
qualified for a world cup was in 1990 in Italy ?
Bloopers Bonus:
34. What is the most number of own goals scored in a tournament? 4 goals
35. Ernie Brandts is the only player to score a goal for both teams during a World Cup match.
What country did Ernie play for? The Netherlands