World Cup Trivia Quiz Amazing World Cup Stories 1990 & 1994
71. What made 13 spectators die in the qualifier between Nigeria and Angola in 1989? Stifling conditions at the stadium. Riot after match. Lightning. A collapsed balcony. 72. Why was Chile disallowed to participate in the 1994 qualifying competition? A Chilean goalkeeper faked his injury in a qualifying match. Chile were unable to pay the participation fee. Chile refused to play a play-off match in USSR in 1989. The Chilean military government was accused of murdering thousands of political opponents. 73. Why was Mexico banned from participating in the 1990 World Cup? Violating the Human Rights Convention. Bribing some FIFA members in order to host the 1986 World Cup. Falsification in the accounts of the 1986 World Cup. Misrepresentation of ages in international youth tournaments. 74. Why did the referee add on 8 minutes of injury time to the first half of extra-time in the 1990 Semi-Final between Italy and Argentina? The referee forgot about the time. The stadium clock had stopped moving. The Italian goalkeeper was knocked down unconscious. Three players were sent off during that period. 75. Why did the Albanian coach ask his players not to swap shirts after playing with Spain in a qualifying match on 22/9/1993? They had no money to make new shirts. The whole team would attend a TV show right after the match. They had forgotten to take a team photograph before the match. The coach was angry with the Spanish players which had 'played like animals'. 76. What was the good luck ritual that Belgium goalkeeper Michael Preud'homme abandoned in USA 94? Wearing a woollen hat. Wearing a Standard Leige shirt. Wearing the briefs his mother gave him. Wearing a pair of cotton long pants. 77. Italian Striker Gianfranco Zola would never forget his 28th birthday when he played in a 1994 finals match. Why? He was sent off. He missed a penalty kick. He broke his leg. He scored his first World Cup goal. 78. For what reason was German midfielder Stefan Effenberg sent home early in USA 1994? He had to undergo an operation on his knee. He had a bitter recrimination with his coach. He gave the finger to a fan during a finals match. He had failed a drug test. 79. Colombian player Andreas Escobar was killed soon after he returned home from USA 94. Who killed him? A drunken driver. A drug trafficker. A soccer fan. A bar tender. 80. What were the similarities of the hat-tircks scored by Argentina's Gabriel Batistuta in 1994 and in 1998? The date was 21 June of the year. The opponents were World Cup finals debutants. The third goal was a penalty. All of the above.
72. Why was Chile disallowed to participate in the 1994 qualifying competition? A Chilean goalkeeper faked his injury in a qualifying match. Chile were unable to pay the participation fee. Chile refused to play a play-off match in USSR in 1989. The Chilean military government was accused of murdering thousands of political opponents.
73. Why was Mexico banned from participating in the 1990 World Cup? Violating the Human Rights Convention. Bribing some FIFA members in order to host the 1986 World Cup. Falsification in the accounts of the 1986 World Cup. Misrepresentation of ages in international youth tournaments.
74. Why did the referee add on 8 minutes of injury time to the first half of extra-time in the 1990 Semi-Final between Italy and Argentina? The referee forgot about the time. The stadium clock had stopped moving. The Italian goalkeeper was knocked down unconscious. Three players were sent off during that period.
75. Why did the Albanian coach ask his players not to swap shirts after playing with Spain in a qualifying match on 22/9/1993? They had no money to make new shirts. The whole team would attend a TV show right after the match. They had forgotten to take a team photograph before the match. The coach was angry with the Spanish players which had 'played like animals'.
76. What was the good luck ritual that Belgium goalkeeper Michael Preud'homme abandoned in USA 94? Wearing a woollen hat. Wearing a Standard Leige shirt. Wearing the briefs his mother gave him. Wearing a pair of cotton long pants.
77. Italian Striker Gianfranco Zola would never forget his 28th birthday when he played in a 1994 finals match. Why? He was sent off. He missed a penalty kick. He broke his leg. He scored his first World Cup goal.
78. For what reason was German midfielder Stefan Effenberg sent home early in USA 1994? He had to undergo an operation on his knee. He had a bitter recrimination with his coach. He gave the finger to a fan during a finals match. He had failed a drug test.
79. Colombian player Andreas Escobar was killed soon after he returned home from USA 94. Who killed him? A drunken driver. A drug trafficker. A soccer fan. A bar tender.
80. What were the similarities of the hat-tircks scored by Argentina's Gabriel Batistuta in 1994 and in 1998? The date was 21 June of the year. The opponents were World Cup finals debutants. The third goal was a penalty. All of the above.
