World Cup Trivia Quiz
Amazing World Cup Stories 2006

91. Besides UK, which is the other country that has four national associations in FIFA?
Yugoslavia.
Central African Republic.
China.
None of the above.

92. What was the referee's mistake that led to forfeiture of the result of a qualifying play-off match between Uzbekistan and Bahrain on 3 Sep. 2005?
Failing to suspend a match played under thunder and lightning.
Allowing a red-carded player to continue to play for 3 minutes.
Failing to abandon a match after several players were assaulted by the invading crowd.
Failing to order a penalty kick to be re-taken.

93. In April 2006, a priest came to Germany to 'purify' the 12 World Cup stadia before the start of the finals. Where did he come from?
Ecuador.
Ukraine.
Ghana.
Togo.

94. What was the object that Brazilian player Ronaldino donated for charity during World Cup 2006?
His hair.
A bongo drum engraved with his name.
A video of a match he played when he was 13.
A fibreglass statue of himself.

95. Why did Togo's coach Otto Pfister suddenly quit his team four days before Togo's first finals match played on 13 June 2006.?
He went to hospital for a minor operation.
He went to get married.
He had pay dispute with the Togolese officials.
His squad had pay dispute with the Togolese officials.

96. What kind of foul did Milan Dudic of Serbia and Montenegro commit twice in a finals match on 21 June 2006 that led to two penalty goals?
Bad tackle.
Handball.
Deliberate obstruction.
Shirt-pulling.

97. Besides football training, what did the Ivory Coast players normally do during training sessions in World Cup 2006?
Doing Aerobic exercises.
Practising dancing.
Practising English.
Playing volleyball by foot.

98. What mistake did British referee Graham Poll make that led to his expulsion from World Cup 2006?
Disallowing a perfectly legal goal.
Blowing the final whistle 1 minute before expiry of stoppage time.
Giving one player three yellow cards.
Giving a red card before a yellow card to the same player.

99. What World Cup record did Switzerland make in Germany 2006?
The lowest-ranked team to win the group in finals.
The first team to miss all penalties in a penalty shoot-out in finals.
The first team not conceding any goal in the first and second round of a finals.
All of the above.

100. France captain Zinedine Zidane narrowly missed a goal on a header during extratime of the final of World Cup 2006. Had that been a goal, what was the World Cup record Zidane would have broken?
Most career goals scored by a player in final.
Most career header goals scored by a player in final.
Most goals scored by a captain in a final.
All of the above.


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