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Medium Soccer Trivia Questions
The medium questions from our soccer set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The medium band is World Cup geography and the finer points of restarts. Which country hosted 1994, 1994's counterpart in 2014, what earns a corner rather than a goal kick, and how the offside line is actually drawn. Regular viewers will find it fair rather than easy.
14 medium soccer trivia questions with answers
A corner kick is awarded when the ball crosses the goal line after last touching whom?
Answer: A defending player If an attacker touched it last, the defense gets a goal kick instead.
Which country hosted the 1994 World Cup?
Answer: United States Attendance records for the tournament were set that summer.
Which country hosted the 2014 World Cup?
Answer: Brazil It was Brazil's second time hosting, after 1950.
Which nation won the 1966 World Cup?
Answer: England They beat West Germany in extra time at Wembley.
Which country hosted the very first World Cup in 1930?
Answer: Uruguay The tournament marked the centenary of Uruguay's constitution.
Bayern Munich compete in which country's league?
Answer: Germany Munich is the capital of Bavaria.
The club Ajax is based in which country?
Answer: Netherlands They are from Amsterdam.
What is Europe's premier club competition called?
Answer: The UEFA Champions League The Copa Libertadores is its South American equivalent.
How long is extra time in a knockout match?
Answer: Two halves of fifteen minutes If the score is still level, a penalty shootout follows.
Which country hosted the 2010 World Cup, the first held in Africa?
Answer: South Africa Spain won the final in Johannesburg.
A goalkeeper who finishes a match without conceding is said to have kept what?
Answer: A clean sheet The phrase comes from a scoresheet left unmarked.
Which two nations jointly hosted the 2002 World Cup?
Answer: South Korea and Japan It was the first World Cup held in Asia and the first with co-hosts.
Under the offside law, which opponents does a player need to stay level with or behind?
Answer: The second-last opponent and the ball A player cannot be offside in his own half or from a throw-in.
Which African nation reached the quarterfinals of the 1990 World Cup?
Answer: Cameroon They beat the defending champions Argentina in the opening match.
Answer key
- A defending player
- United States
- Brazil
- England
- Uruguay
- Germany
- Netherlands
- The UEFA Champions League
- Two halves of fifteen minutes
- South Africa
- A clean sheet
- South Korea and Japan
- The second-last opponent and the ball
- Cameroon
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