FIFA World Cup Quiz Game

Which country hosted the very first FIFA World Cup in 1930?

• Uruguay
• Brazil
• Italy
• France

Answer: Uruguay. Uruguay hosted the first World Cup and won it too, beating Argentina 4-2 in the final in Montevideo.

Which country has won the FIFA World Cup a record five times?

• Germany
• Brazil
• Italy
• Argentina

Answer: Brazil. Brazil won in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, and is the only team to have played at every World Cup. Germany and Italy have four titles each.

The 2022 World Cup, the first held in the Middle East and the first played in November and December, was hosted by which country?

• Saudi Arabia
• United Arab Emirates
• Qatar
• Bahrain

Answer: Qatar. Qatar hosted in winter to avoid the desert summer heat. Argentina won the final against France.

Who scored a hat-trick in the 2022 World Cup final but still finished on the losing side?

• Lionel Messi
• Angel Di Maria
• Olivier Giroud
• Kylian Mbappe

Answer: Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe's three goals made it 3-3, but Argentina won on penalties. He was the first player since Geoff Hurst in 1966 to score a hat-trick in a final.

Which country won the 2026 World Cup, beating defending champions Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the final?

• Spain
• France
• England
• Portugal

Answer: Spain. Ferran Torres scored in the 106th minute at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on 19 July 2026. It was Spain's second title, after 2010.

The 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico, was the first to feature how many teams?

• 32
• 48
• 40
• 64

Answer: 48. FIFA expanded the tournament from 32 to 48 teams for 2026, and it was also the first World Cup shared by three host countries.

Diego Maradona's famous 'Hand of God' goal at the 1986 World Cup was scored against which team?

• Brazil
• West Germany
• England
• Belgium

Answer: England. It came in the quarter-final in Mexico City. Minutes later Maradona dribbled past half the England team for the 'Goal of the Century'.

Which of these countries has NEVER won the FIFA World Cup?

• Spain
• Uruguay
• England
• Netherlands

Answer: Netherlands. The Netherlands reached the final three times (1974, 1978 and 2010) and lost all three, the last of them to Spain.

At the 2022 World Cup, Morocco became the first African team to reach which stage?

• Semi-final
• Final
• Quarter-final
• Round of 16

Answer: Semi-final. Cameroon (1990), Senegal (2002) and Ghana (2010) had stopped at the quarter-finals. Morocco beat Spain and Portugal to reach the last four.

What was the original World Cup trophy, awarded from 1930 to 1970, called?

• The Henri Delaunay Trophy
• The Jules Rimet Trophy
• The Golden Globe Cup
• The Lipton Trophy

Answer: The Jules Rimet Trophy. It was renamed in 1946 after Jules Rimet, the FIFA president who founded the tournament. Brazil kept it for good after winning a third title in 1970.

When the World Cup trophy was stolen in London in 1966, who found it a week later?

• A police detective
• A taxi driver
• A dog named Pickles
• A schoolboy

Answer: A dog named Pickles. Pickles, a collie out on a walk, sniffed out the trophy wrapped in newspaper under a hedge. England went on to win it that summer.

Which player is the only one to have won three FIFA World Cups?

• Ronaldo Nazario
• Franz Beckenbauer
• Diego Maradona
• Pele

Answer: Pele. Pele was part of Brazil's winning squads in 1958, 1962 and 1970. He was just 17 at his first triumph.

Who scored the extra-time winner for Germany against Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final?

• Mario Gotze
• Thomas Muller
• Miroslav Klose
• Toni Kroos

Answer: Mario Gotze. Gotze volleyed in the only goal in the 113th minute at the Maracana. Days earlier Germany had beaten hosts Brazil 7-1 in the semi-final.

The 2002 World Cup was the first held in Asia and the first with two hosts. Japan shared it with which country?

• China
• South Korea
• Thailand
• Saudi Arabia

Answer: South Korea. South Korea co-hosted and also reached the semi-finals. Brazil won the final against Germany in Yokohama, Japan.

At which World Cup was the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) used for the first time?

• 2010 South Africa
• 2014 Brazil
• 2018 Russia
• 2022 Qatar

Answer: 2018 Russia. VAR made its World Cup debut in Russia in 2018, where France beat Croatia 4-2 in the final.