General Knowledge Quiz 311

Questions

1. Soccer rules award what after an 'own goal' directly from a throw-in?

   1. Goal
   2. Penalty
   3. Corner
   4. Drop-ball

2. Soccer has been an Olympic event since?

   1. 1900
   2. 1964
   3. 1992
   4. 2002

3. The first, second and third placed teams at the 2014 World Cup receive how many medals?

   1. 20
   2. 30
   3. 40 or 50

4. Matthias Sammer, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Rivaldo, and Luis Figo won what between 1990-2002?

   1. European Cup
   2. World Cup
   3. Golden Boot
   4. European Footballer of the Year

5. The centre circle of a soccer pitch is used only at kick-offs/re-starts, and in which other game feature?

6. A white ball was first used in a World Cup in?

   1. 1930
   2. 1950
   3. 1966
   4. 1982

7. The first ever £100,000 (or above) football transfer, in 1961, was?

   1. Bobby Moore
   2. Pele
   3. Dennis Law
   4. Eusebio

8. The World Cup Qualifiying matches between El Salvador v Honduras in 1969 coincided with what mutual event?

   1. Independence
   2. Earthquake
   3. Drought
   4. War

9. Who has made the World Cup footballs since 1970?

   1. Adidas
   2. Puma
   3. Umbro
   4. Nike

10. The headquarters of FIFA are in Brussels; London; Zurich, or Oslo?

11. A soccer goal is what dimensions, yards wide and feet high?

    1. 8x7
    2. 7x8
    3. 8x8 or 9x8

12. The minimum rest-period between two games for any team at the 2014 World Cup is how many hours?

    1. 24
    2. 36
    3. 48
    4. 72

13. In the 2010 World Cup Final, Jo'bulani was the?

    1. Winner's national anthem
    2. Winning goalscorer
    3. Ball
    4. Trumpet-like horn blown by fans

14. FIFA's 2014 World Cup Finals/Qualifying rules dictate a match squad of how many players?

    1. 18
    2. 23
    3. 26
    4. 30

15. What city/club football rules, which spread widely in the late 1800s, introduced heading, corners, throw-ins, changing ends, and the goal crossbar?

    1. Sheffield
    2. Paris
    3. Milan
    4. Berlin

16. The 2014 World Cup Finals allocated African and European teams respectively how many places?

    1. 3 and 9
    2. 4 and 10
    3. 5 and 13
    4. 6 and 15

17. What is not required by the rules of soccer?

    1. Goal net
    2. Penalty spot
    3. Specified ball pressure
    4. Shin guards

18. The word soccer derives from?

    1. Sock
    2. Association
    3. Kosher
    4. Socrates

19. Approximately how many million people play regular organized football in the world (at the early 2000s)?

    1. 5
    2. 25
    3. 65
    4. 250

20. According to FIFA World Cup rules which flag must be displayed inside each match stadium besides those of FIFA/Fair Play, and the two competing nations?