The FIFA World Cup Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

Which match holds the record for the biggest winning margin in World Cup finals history, a nine-goal thrashing at the 1982 tournament in Spain in which the losing side conceded ten for the first time?

Question 2

Which French lawyer, president of FIFA from 1921 to 1954, is regarded as the father of the World Cup, having pushed through the decision to hold the first one in 1930 against considerable scepticism?

Question 3

Which Brazilian was the first person to win the World Cup as both a player and a head coach, playing in the winning sides of 1958 and 1962 and managing the team that won in 1970?

Question 4

Which Egyptian goalkeeper became, at 45, the oldest player ever to appear at a World Cup, featuring against Saudi Arabia at the 2018 tournament in Russia and saving a penalty in his one and only match?

Question 5

Which German goalkeeper is the only one to have been voted the best player of a World Cup, winning the award in 2002 despite spilling a shot to allow Ronaldo the opening goal in the final his team lost?

Question 6

Which Brazilian forward is the only player to have won three World Cups, in 1958 as a 17-year-old who scored twice in the final, in 1962, and in 1970 with a side often called the greatest team ever?

Question 7

Which Argentine forward finally won the World Cup at his fifth attempt in 2022, scoring twice in a 3-3 final against France that his team won on penalties, and collecting the player-of-the-tournament award for the second time?

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About The FIFA World Cup

The World Cup is the most watched sporting event on Earth, a month-long tournament held every four years since 1930, with a break only for the Second World War. This quiz covers the men's competition in eighty questions. Each describes a player, a winning team, a host, a final, a trophy, a rule, a moment or an administrator, and asks you to name it from four choices, then explains what happened, the records and the argument that usually goes with it. Every answer is a single name chosen from four, so nothing turns on remembering exact scores or dates, and the questions are written to be followed whether or not you saw the match.

The first pack is the essentials: the first tournament in Uruguay; the two trophies, the stolen Jules Rimet cup and the current one; FIFA itself; the giants Pele, Maradona and Messi; the most successful nations, Brazil and Germany; the 1950 Maracana defeat; Zidane's two finals; Geoff Hurst's hat-trick; the Golden Boot and Just Fontaine's untouchable 13; England 1966; Miroslav Klose's scoring record; the vuvuzela; the penalty shootout; Kylian Mbappe; and how the format has grown.

The second pack widens out. The other winners, Italy, Argentina, France and Spain. The great finals and matches: the Miracle of Bern, the 1970 and 1974 finals, the shootouts of 1994 and 2006, the Ronaldo redemption of 2002, and Germany's 7-1 demolition of Brazil in 2014. The players: Beckenbauer, Cruyff, Bobby Moore, Puskas, Garrincha, Rossi, Ronaldo, Cafu, Kahn, Lineker, Neymar. The hosts and their stories, from Qatar 2022 back to USA 1994. And the furniture of the modern game: the golden goal, video review, the Adidas ball, the Maracana, the Group of Death, the confederations, the mascot, and the two most cynical matches ever played, the Battle of Santiago and the Disgrace of Gijon.

The third pack is the records and the governance: Jules Rimet and the Hand of God; the FIFA corruption case and the presidents Blatter and Infantino; Lev Yashin and the goalkeeping award; the biggest win, the fastest goal, the oldest player; the women's World Cup; goal-line technology and the vanishing spray; the six hosts who won at home; the 1966 ghost goal; the third-place play-off and the qualifying tournament; the 48-team 2026 edition; and Zaire's chastening debut. Because a photograph of a player, a team or a host stadium almost always gives the answer away, images are used only where a neutral building or object does not, and every figure has been checked. A few common misconceptions get straightened out along the way: that there was no single final match in 1950, only a decisive last group game; that the original trophy was won outright by Brazil and later stolen for good; that only European and South American teams have ever lifted the cup; and that England's disputed 1966 goal has never actually been settled.