Sports · FIFA World Cup
Football World Cup Trivia Quiz
Extra Time Men's and women's World Cups from Brazil 2014 to Spain's 2026 win, plus the all-time legends. Upsets, heroes and heartbreak.
206 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts
About this quiz
This Football World Cup Trivia Quiz has 206 questions: 73 easy, 87 medium and 46 hard. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.
Sample questions
20 of the 206 FIFA World Cup questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.
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FIFA's sponsor rules meant the 2026 men's World Cup final venue was called 'New York New Jersey Stadium'. Which NFL stadium, home of the Giants and Jets, was it?
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MetLife Stadium
Grass was laid over its artificial turf for the tournament, and it hosted eight games in all.
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Who scored Canada's first ever men's World Cup goal, a header barely a minute into a 2022 game they lost 4-1?
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Alphonso Davies
It was the fastest goal in Qatar, but Croatia won 4-1; Davies had missed a penalty against Belgium days earlier.
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South Korea's players huddled around a phone on the pitch at the 2022 men's World Cup, waiting for another group game to finish. Which team had they just beaten 2-1?
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Portugal
Hwang Hee-chan's stoppage-time winner put them into the last 16 ahead of Uruguay on goals scored.
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Spain will be the first defending champions to co-host the next men's World Cup, in 2030. Which country failed with five bids before winning a share of it?
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Morocco
Morocco lost races for 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 and 2026; it reached the 2022 semi-finals in between.
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Before the 2022 men's World Cup, Messi and Ronaldo posed for a Louis Vuitton advert playing which board game?
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Chess
The board showed a real position from a 2017 game between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, which ended in a draw.
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Brazil's number 10 scored in extra time of a 2022 men's World Cup quarter-final to equal whose Brazil scoring record, minutes before Brazil went out on penalties?
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Pelé
It was his 77th goal; Croatia equalised in the 117th minute, and Neymar never got to take a kick in the shoot-out.
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DR Congo returned to the men's World Cup in 2026 for the first time since 1974. Under what name had they played back then?
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Zaire
They didn't score in 1974; in 2026 Yoane Wissa got their first ever World Cup goal, against Portugal.
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Lionel Messi scored his first ever men's World Cup knockout goal in the 2022 last 16, at his fifth World Cup. Who were the opponents?
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Australia
It was also the 1,000th game of his career; Argentina won 2-1, with Julián Álvarez adding the second.
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Which 40-year-old goalkeeper came off the bench against the Czech Republic in 2026 to join Messi and Ronaldo as the only men involved at six men's World Cups?
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Guillermo Ochoa
He was named in Mexico's squads in 2006 and 2010 without playing, then started in 2014, 2018 and 2022.
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At the 2022 men's World Cup, which striker passed Thierry Henry to become France's record scorer, a record Mbappé took from him in 2026?
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Olivier Giroud
His 52nd goal came against Poland, past old Arsenal teammate Wojciech Szczęsny; Mbappé passed him with a double against Senegal.
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Who became the first woman to referee a men's World Cup match, Costa Rica's 4-2 defeat in December 2022?
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Stéphanie Frappart
Her assistants Neuza Back and Karen Díaz made it an all-female trio; three American women repeated it in 2026.
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Which Bollywood dancer sang and danced 'Light the Sky' at the 2022 men's World Cup closing ceremony before the final?
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Nora Fatehi
She performed it with Balqees, Rahma Riad and Manal; the song was produced by Morocco's RedOne.
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Lamine Yamal's first men's World Cup goal, against Saudi Arabia in 2026, made him Spain's youngest World Cup scorer. Whose 2022 record did he break?
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Gavi
Yamal was 18 years and 343 days old; the old record was set in Spain's 7-0 win over Costa Rica in Qatar.
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Which Bollywood star walked the trophy out onto the pitch at Lusail with Iker Casillas before the 2022 men's World Cup final?
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Deepika Padukone
She carried it in a Louis Vuitton trunk; that night Argentina beat France on penalties.
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In the 2022 men's World Cup final, Lionel Messi played his record 26th World Cup game. Which German captain's record of 25 did he break?
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Lothar Matthäus
Matthäus played at five World Cups and lifted the trophy in 1990; Messi kept adding games in 2026.
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With the 2022 men's World Cup final at 3-3 in the last minute of extra time, Argentina's goalkeeper blocked a one-on-one with his leg. Which France substitute was denied?
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Randal Kolo Muani
Kolo Muani had won France's first penalty; he scored in the shoot-out anyway, but Argentina won it 4-2.
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Before the 2022 men's World Cup, giant cut-outs of Messi, Ronaldo and Brazil's number 10 were set up in a river in which Indian state, and FIFA shared the photo?
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Kerala
The 30-foot Messi went up first in Pullavoor, near Kozhikode; the state's chief minister thanked FIFA for noticing.
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Mohamed Salah was carried through the streets on fans' shoulders in Canada after Egypt's first ever men's World Cup win. Who did they beat?
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New Zealand
Egypt then beat Australia on penalties, before Argentina came from 2-0 down to beat them 3-2 in the last 16.
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Spain failed to score a single kick in their 2022 men's World Cup last-16 shoot-out. Which goalkeeper saved two of them?
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Yassine Bounou
Pablo Sarabia hit the post and Bounou stopped Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets; Morocco won the shoot-out 3-0.
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Sixteen years after 'Waka Waka', Shakira returned with 'Dai Dai' as the official song of the 2026 men's World Cup. Which Nigerian star sings it with her?
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Burna Boy
It came out in May 2026, and a walkout remix of it played before matches from the second round of group games on.
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How many questions are in the Football World Cup Trivia Quiz?
206. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.
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