Football Special
Quiz #263
ROUND 1: WORLD CUP BASICS
1. How many players does each team have on the field in a football match?
2. How long is a normal football match, not counting stoppage time?
3. Which country has won the men’s World Cup the most times?
4. Which three countries hosted the 2026 men’s World Cup?
5. Who won the 2022 men’s World Cup in Qatar?
ROUND 2: HOST NATIONS
6. Which country hosted the first men’s World Cup, in 1930?
7. Which two countries co-hosted the 2023 Women’s World Cup?
8. Which country hosted the 2014 men’s World Cup?
9. Which country is hosting the 2027 Women’s World Cup?
10. Which country hosted the 2010 men’s World Cup, the first held in Africa?
ROUND 3: MATILDAS
11. What is the nickname of Australia’s women’s national football team?
12. Who captained the Matildas at the 2023 Women’s World Cup?
13. Which team knocked the Matildas out in the 2023 semi-final?
14. Who scored the winning penalty in the Matildas’ 2023 quarter-final shootout against France?
15. Where did the Matildas finish at the 2023 Women’s World Cup?
ROUND 4: SOCCEROOS
16. What is the nickname of Australia’s men’s national football team?
17. Who scored the penalty against Uruguay in 2005 that sent Australia to the 2006 World Cup?
18. Who is the Socceroos’ all-time top goal scorer?
19. At the 2022 World Cup, which eventual champion knocked Australia out in the round of 16?
20. Since 2006, has Australia played in the Asian or the Oceania football confederation?
ROUND 5: RULES OF THE GAME
21. How far is the penalty spot from the goal line, to the nearest metre?
22. What colour card sends a player off?
23. Which player may handle the ball inside their own penalty area?
24. What is it called when one player scores three goals in a match?
25. What does VAR stand for?
PEOPLE'S QUESTION
26. Which country won the first Women’s World Cup, in 1991?
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