- 1. Which tournament holds the record for the most red cards issued in a single edition?
A) 1990
B) 2006
C) 2010
D) 2022
- 2. How many red cards were issued in the 2006 tournament?
A) 345
B) 4
C) 28
D) 11
- 3. Which two teams share the record for the most red cards in World Cup history?
A) Spain and France
B) Netherlands and Portugal
C) Italy and Germany
D) Argentina and Brazil
- 4. How many red cards were shown in the 1990 final match between Argentina and West Germany?
A) 4
B) 3
C) 2
D) 1
- 5. Which team holds the longest streak without a red card in World Cup history?
A) Japan
B) Brazil
C) Spain
D) France
- 6. Which team has the most own goals in World Cup history?
A) Mexico and Morocco
B) Argentina
C) France
D) Spain
- 7. Which team has benefited from the most own goals?
A) Argentina
B) Germany
C) Brazil
D) France
- 8. Which country has played the most penalty shoot-outs?
A) Argentina
B) Germany
C) Netherlands
D) Spain
- 9. How many penalty shoot-outs has Croatia won without ever losing?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 3
D) 6
- 10. Who holds the record for the most World Cup titles won by a player?
A) Cristiano Ronaldo
B) Lionel Messi
C) Pelé
D) Cafu
- 11. Who is the oldest player to win the World Cup?
A) Pelé
B) Lionel Messi
C) Cafu
D) Dino Zoff
- 12. Which player has played the most matches in World Cup history?
A) Pelé
B) Lionel Messi
C) Cafu
D) Cristiano Ronaldo
- 13. Which player holds the record for the most matches played as a substitute?
A) Guillermo Ochoa
B) Lionel Messi
C) Cristiano Ronaldo
D) Marcus Rashford
- 14. Which three players have been nominated as part of a squad for 6 tournaments?
A) Pelé, Cafu, and Dino Zoff
B) Marcus Rashford, Lionel Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo
C) Guillermo Ochoa, Pelé, and Cafu
D) Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Guillermo Ochoa
- 15. What is the record for the most yellow cards in a single tournament?
A) 28
B) 18
C) 345
D) 10
- 16. In which match were 18 yellow cards given (the record for a single match)?
A) Argentina v West Germany, 1990
B) Argentina v Netherlands, 2022
C) Netherlands v Spain, 2010
D) Portugal v Netherlands, 2006
- 17. How many goals did Hungary score in the 1954 tournament to set the record for most goals in a single tournament?
A) 22
B) 30
C) 27
D) 25
- 18. Which country conceded the most goals in a single World Cup tournament?
A) South Korea
B) Brazil
C) Switzerland
D) Germany
- 19. What was the highest number of goals scored in a single tournament?
A) 171
B) 350
C) 308
D) 270
- 20. Which year had the fewest goals per match in a tournament?
A) 2026
B) 1954
C) 1930
D) 1990
- 21. What is the most common score in a regular World Cup match?
A) 0–0
B) 1–0
C) 2–1
D) 1–1
- 22. How long is the longest winning streak in World Cup history?
A) 7
B) 11
C) 13
D) 9
- 23. Which team holds the record for the longest winless streak?
A) Bolivia
B) Honduras
C) Bulgaria
D) Mexico
- 24. How many minutes was the longest streak without conceding a goal?
A) 517
B) 650
C) 700
D) 600
- 25. What is the longest drawn streak by a team?
A) 7
B) 4
C) 3
D) 5
- 26. How many teams share the record for the longest goalless streak?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 2
- 27. What is the longest streak without a clean sheet?
A) 20
B) 22
C) 17
D) 15
- 28. How many national teams have competed at the finals of the men's FIFA World Cup as of the 2026 edition?
A) 84
B) 100
C) 23
D) 19
- 29. How many nations have won the FIFA World Cup?
A) Twenty-three
B) Twelve
C) Eight
D) Five
- 30. Who were the inaugural winners of the World Cup in 1930?
A) Italy
B) Uruguay
C) Argentina
D) Brazil
- 31. How are matches decided by penalty shoot-outs counted in the official ranking system?
A) As draws
B) As losses
C) As wins
D) They are excluded from records
- 32. What is the longest gap between successive titles for any nation?
A) 44 years
B) 30 years
C) 50 years
D) 20 years
- 33. Which team has the most appearances in the final of the World Cup?
A) Italy
B) Argentina
C) Brazil
D) Germany
- 34. What is the longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup?
A) 48 years
B) 64 years
C) 44 years
D) 30 years
- 35. Which team has the most appearances without advancing to the second round?
A) Mexico
B) Scotland
C) Italy
D) Luxembourg
- 36. Who is the youngest player to have played in a FIFA World Cup match?
A) Kylian Mbappé
B) Norman Whiteside
C) Pelé
D) Lionel Messi
- 37. Who holds the record for the oldest player to appear in a World Cup match?
A) Cristiano Ronaldo
B) Dino Zoff
C) René Llense
D) Essam El-Hadary
- 38. How many matches did Lionel Messi win in the World Cup?
A) 23
B) 22
C) 25
D) 20
- 39. Who holds the record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup tournament?
A) Gerd Müller
B) Oleg Salenko
C) Kylian Mbappé
D) Just Fontaine
- 40. Who is the longest-lived player in World Cup history?
A) Aníbal Paz
B) Enrique Sesma
C) Dino Sani
D) René Llense
- 41. Which player scored the most goals in World Cup knockout stages?
A) Lionel Messi
B) Just Fontaine
C) Kylian Mbappé
D) Gerd Müller
- 42. Who scored the first ever goal in a FIFA World Cup?
A) Lucien Laurent
B) Bobby Collins
C) Rob Rensenbrink
D) Angelo Schiavio
- 43. Who scored a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final?
A) Kylian Mbappé
B) Geoff Hurst
C) Sándor Kocsis
D) Pelé
- 44. What is the record for the most penalty kick goals scored by a single player in World Cup history?
A) 4
B) 6
C) 2
D) 8
- 45. Who holds the record for the most headed goals in World Cup history?
A) Pelé
B) Tomáš Skuhravý
C) Gabriel Batistuta
D) Miroslav Klose
- 46. Who scored the 3,000th goal in World Cup history?
A) Enzo Fernández
B) Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
C) Marcus Allbäck
D) Claudio Caniggia
- 47. Which player is the oldest to score a goal in a final?
A) Pelé
B) Cristiano Ronaldo
C) Nils Liedholm
D) Roger Milla
- 48. Which player scored the 1,000th goal in World Cup history?
A) Angelo Schiavio
B) Lucien Laurent
C) Rob Rensenbrink
D) Bobby Collins
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