2. Rules
⢠2 rounds. Theme â FIFA WC 2018 qualified countries.
⢠Round 1: Each team picks 1 group, 1 number from each group.
⢠Correct answer (+10/-0)
⢠Other teams cannot pick from any of the groups chosen by
previous teams in that round.
⢠Round 2: Again pick any one number from any group.
⢠NOTE: Teams cannot pick the same group chosen in previous
round by them.
⢠Correct answer (+10/-0)
⢠On correct answer to both questions, +10 bonus.
14. Saudi Arabia
⢠In May 2015, ______ entered The Guinness Book Of Records,
as the first and only Saudi Arabian/Asian club entering it,
because the club had won 232 different local and regional
championships in games in Mansour Albalawi's reign as a
chairman of the club from 2002 to 2008, and for back-to-back
wins of the AFC Champions League in 2004 and 2005, as the
only Asian team to accomplish it.
⢠FITB
16. Egypt
⢠X made his Premier League debut for West Brom on
12 August 2017, scoring a headed goal in a 1â0 win
vs. Bournemouth and winning the Man of the match
award.
⢠Id X
19. Answer
⢠Uruguay Argentina joint bid to host 2030 FIFA WC to
celebrate the centenary of the event, with Paraguay
joining the bid later.
20. Portugal
⢠The UEFA Euro 2004 Final was played on 4 July 2004 at the
EstĂĄdio da Luz in Lisbon.
⢠The match featured tournament hosts Portugal, who went
into the match as favourites and X, playing in only their
second European Championship.
⢠The match was won by the underdogs X 1-0 over Portugal.
⢠Id X.
22. Spain
Pic shows Naranjito, mascot of the only world cup held in Spain
so far. The tournament was won by Italy, their 3rd title and
Paolo Rossi won the Golden Boot. Which year?
26. Iran
⢠Iranâs Womens National Football team was banned
from international competition in 2011 for wearing
Hijabs.
⢠In 2015, the countryâs football association was in the
news for doing something âUnethicalâ.
⢠What?
28. France
⢠X knows his way around the Stade de France with his eyes
closed. His personal history with Les Bleus â a century of caps
and the honour of a World Cup and European Championship
double â guarantees respect.
⢠But it is notable he is admired as a manager for what he does
now. The French look at the man they have always called
âDedeâ, and see an ordinary-looking guy who they can have a
joke with, put their arm around, as if he might be a friend or a
brother.
⢠Who is X, also known as âWater-carrierâ?
30. Australia
⢠In 1966 (to North Korea), 1970 (to Israel), 1986 (to Scotland),
1994 (to Argentina), 1998 (to Iran) and 2002 (to Uruguay),
Australia were knocked out of the World Cup in inter-
continental play-offs.
⢠This being the primary reason, Australia were keen to embark
on an easier WC challenge & looked at better marketing
opportunities this way.
⢠Speaking of the move, then FIFA President Sepp Blatter
said: "All the participants were happy with the move and this
being the case, the executive committee approved it under
the statutes.â
⢠Which move, which feels an âanamolyâ?
31. Answer
⢠Australia (being a continent) playing in the Asian
Confederation having come out of the Oceanian
Confederation.
32. Peru
⢠X is nicknamed Foca (Seal) in Spanish.
⢠X currently plays for Lokomotiv Moscow and
has also played for Schalke 04 as a winger.
⢠X scored the first goal vs New Zealand in the
inter-continental playoffs in 2017.
⢠Id X.
36. Argentina
⢠2015 Copa America Semi-finals-
1. Chile vs Peru
2. Argentina vs Paraguay
⢠All semi-finalists were coached by Argentines.
⢠Chile were coached by X, Peru by Ricardo Gareca,
Argentina by Y and Paraguay by Ramon Diaz.
⢠X, Y ?
38. Iceland
⢠Fans of the Minnesota Vikings American football
team unveiled something new to inspire their
players. More than 66,800 fans joined.
⢠The Vikings (of Minnesota) acknowledged their
debt to Iceland, with the captain of the countryâs
soccer team, Aron Gunnarsson, appearing in
videos to teach American fans how to do it. He
also appeared at the season opener itself.
⢠What are we talking about?
40. Croatia
⢠X had represented Switzerland from the U-15s right
through to the U-21s and a keenly observant Swiss
Footballing body was almost certain that heâd be one of
theirs in time.
⢠That was when X did something completely unexpected.
Born and brought up in Switzerland to Croat parents, X was
qualified to play with the Croatian national setup.
⢠X rejected a national call up from Switzerland and waited
for his decision on the nation he wanted to represent.
⢠He didnât wait long as then Croatia head coach, Slaven Bilic
came calling and he agreed to represent them in the blink
of an eye.
⢠Id X.
51. Serbia
⢠When civil war broke out in his country, X was about to join
the army but was sent home as he was a footballer.
⢠He himself admitted:âI went for all the medical tests at the
army training headquarters and it was only because I was
able to produce some paperwork to show that I was a
footballer with Red Star Belgrade that I was sent home.
⢠I was 18 and eligible for National Service, but people like
students and footballers were not sent to fight. â
⢠Id X, who has a record of 4 red cards vs Liverpool, more
than any other player against an opponent in Premier
League history.
53. Germany
⢠For the 1958 WC final, the Germans wanted rain, which would
neutralise the skills of the Hungarians - among them Puskas and
Nandor Hidegkuti.
⢠The skies remained blue in the morning, but as the players departed
for the stadium, they were ecstatic to feel the first drops of a steady
downpour. X weather,' Herberger said, was what the Germans needed
most.
⢠The time had come for Y, the Bavarian shoe-maker, to play his part in
'The Miracle'. As Y revealed to his friend Herberger before the start of
the World Cup, he had just come up with a technical invention that
became known as removable studs - to be screwed on or off
depending on the state of the pitch. â___, screw them on,' Herbeger
instructed, as it became clear that the Wankdorf pitch would soon be
soaked.
⢠Id X & Y
55. Mexico
⢠The ______ was the first fully
synthetic/polyurethane-coated match ball,
and was the first match ball to feature a
design specifically inspired by the host nation,
with its motif inspired by native architecture.
⢠FITB
57. Sweden
⢠Sweden's national women's football team came up with
something different last year to celebrate Womenâs day.
⢠At the Rio Olympics in 2016, they defeated the US and
Brazil to win a silver medal. It was big news, because not
only did they supersede two top teams after US goalkeeper
Hope Solo labelled them "a bunch of cowards", but they
were much more successful than Sweden's men's team.
⢠The team debuted the innovation at the Algarve Cup as
part of a collaboration with the Swedish Football
Association and Adidas for International Women's Day.
⢠What did they do?
59. South Korea
⢠X was the manager of South Korea when they
reached the FIFA WC Semi-finals in 2002.
⢠X became a national hero in South Korea,
becoming the first person to be granted
honorary citizenship as well as being given a
private villa.
⢠Id X
66. Answer
⢠Ali Bennaceur, the referee who didnât spot the handball and
gave the goal to Maradona which infamously became known
as theâ Hand of Godâ goal
71. Senegal
⢠X netted three goals in 2 minutes and 56
seconds in the 6-1 win against Aston Villa
which is described as the fastest hat-trick in
Premier League history.
⢠Id X
73. Colombia
⢠X was a Colombian footballer who played as a
defender. He played for AtlĂŠtico Nacional, BSC
Young Boys, and the Colombia national team.
Nicknamed âThe Gentlemanâ, he was well-known
for his clean style of play and calmness on the
pitch.
⢠X was murdered in the aftermath of the 1994
FIFA World Cup, reportedly as retaliation for
having scored an own goal which contributed to
the team's elimination from the tournament.
75. Japan
⢠Spanish striker Fernando Torres has revealed the
inspiration behind his medal-laden career - not Pele,
Diego Maradona or Johan Cruyff, but a Japanese
cartoon called X.
⢠The Spanish striker, who has a World Cup, two
European Championships and a Champions League
title to his name, said his love for the game owes its
origins to a popular manga animation he watched as
a boy.
⢠Id X.
