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Hard Soccer Trivia Questions
The hard questions from our soccer set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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Hard means the lawbook and the archive: pitch dimensions in metres, ball circumference, the fate of the Jules Rimet Trophy, the body that writes the laws, and the ground names that fans use as shorthand. Every answer is documented rather than debatable.
14 hard soccer trivia questions with answers
Which nation won the 1930 World Cup?
Answer: Uruguay They beat Argentina four goals to two in Montevideo.
Which nation won the 1950 World Cup final round in Brazil?
Answer: Uruguay The result at the Maracana became known in Brazil as the Maracanazo.
What happened to the original Jules Rimet Trophy after 1970?
Answer: Brazil kept it permanently after a third title A new trophy was commissioned and first awarded in 1974.
Which body writes and amends the Laws of the Game?
Answer: The International Football Association Board FIFA holds half the votes on the board, with the four British associations holding the rest.
Which competition is contested by South American national teams?
Answer: The Copa America The Libertadores is for clubs rather than countries.
Under the Laws of the Game, what length must an international pitch fall between?
Answer: 100 and 110 metres Non-international matches allow a wider range of ninety to one hundred and twenty metres.
A size five match ball must have a circumference within which range?
Answer: 68 to 70 centimetres Its weight must be between four hundred and ten and four hundred and fifty grams at kickoff.
Anfield is the home ground of which club?
Answer: Liverpool Everton actually played there first, before Liverpool was founded.
Which club plays home matches at the Santiago Bernabeu?
Answer: Real Madrid It is named after a former player who became club president.
The San Siro stadium in Milan is shared by which two clubs?
Answer: AC Milan and Inter Milan Inter officially call the ground the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium.
What does the advantage rule allow a referee to do?
Answer: Let play continue when stopping it would benefit the offending team The referee may still caution the offender at the next stoppage.
Playing the ball through an opponent's legs is known by which nickname?
Answer: A nutmeg The other three names all describe particular kicking or turning techniques.
A penalty taken as a gentle chip down the middle is named after which player?
Answer: Antonin Panenka He converted one that way in the 1976 European Championship final shootout.
Which nation won the first European Championship, held in 1960?
Answer: The Soviet Union They beat Yugoslavia in the final in Paris.
Answer key
- Uruguay
- Uruguay
- Brazil kept it permanently after a third title
- The International Football Association Board
- The Copa America
- 100 and 110 metres
- 68 to 70 centimetres
- Liverpool
- Real Madrid
- AC Milan and Inter Milan
- Let play continue when stopping it would benefit the offending team
- A nutmeg
- Antonin Panenka
- The Soviet Union
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