World Cup Football

 

Welcome to the first edition of quiz (9Jun2026)

As the Men's football worldcup is about to begin, I have listed down 10 questions on this topic. You can type the answers in the comments section.

Q1) When looking at the 2026 World Cup squads across all nations, the following five numbers can be uniquely attributed to five specific individuals: 8, 5, 1, 1, 1. What do these numbers represent?

Q2) If I plot a specific statistical chart across the entire history of World Cup football, I get the following dataset. Can you guess what I have plotted here?

12, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

Q3) ​Which country holds the unique distinction of being the only nation to not have conceded a single goal during regular and extra time across an entire World Cup tournament run?

Q4) Can you help to fill the missing number

 __, 16, 24, 32, 48  

Q5) I was counting the official championship stars on jerseys of the teams(one jersey per team that qualified 2026 World Cup). Can you work out what my count is?

Q6) You don't call them legends without the stats to back it up.

A- The only person to win the World Cup 3 times as a player.

​B - The only player to score in 5 different World Cup tournaments.

C - ​The only player to win the tournament's official Golden Ball award twice.

D - ​The only player to win the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot in separate tournaments.

​E - The only player in history to record 5 goals and 5 assists in a single World Cup tournament. 

While the GOAT debate will never end, can you name these five legends?

Q7) Fill in the blanks..

MP, FB, OK, GB, IC, MN, TC, __

Q8) If currently Germany is at 20%, Italy at 22.2%, how much is Brazil at?

Q9) Consistency at its peak.. 

Team A - At every world cup if you had taken attendance, this team would have registered its presence.(96 year streak on going) 

Team B: 16 times(60 years streak) consecutively, this team whether broken or not, managed to reach the quarter finals(last 8)

Name the teams A & B

Q10) Unique record holders:

A) Diego Maradona, Dunga and Hugo Lloris - what is the unique record these 3 people hold

B) Robert Prosinecki