[jjamez]

So the thought is that I will do a few different types of quizzes, so there will be the good old anagrams and a few other different ones, I'll explain at each round. But some will be football related, others will be more general knowledge, but all will be relative to countries in the World cup. No sneaky googling!


Connections



What links these answers?

1) Pitana, Rizzoli, Webb, Elizondo, Collina

2) Mbappe, Pogba, Muller, Podolski, Donovan

3) Hutchinson, Pepe, Alves, Silva, Ronaldo

4) Uruguay, Italy, England, W Germany, Argentina, France

5) Van Gaal, Queiroz, Santos, Suarez, Tite



Missing Link



Simple enough, here is a sequence, what is the last one missing?

1) If MN=1, LM=10, GB=11, CR=7, HK=?

2) Montevideo, Rome, Paris, Rio de Janiro, ?

3) Lloris, Lahm, Casillas, Cannavaro, ?

4) Pele, Fontaine, Muller, Ronaldo, ?

5) Modric, Messi, Forlan, Zidane, ?


Anagrams



A few anagrams of things to do with world cup football

1) Jittery Rump Holes

2) Gospel Kid Tech

3) Id Coin Casual Stimuli

4) Dear Stonemason Sanctioned

5) Zoom Rail Lag


Group Question



One question about each team per group, simple enough, there are further general knowledge questions further on.

Group A

1) Qatar had a six month training period ahead of the world cup, but which Irish side beat them in a friendly?

2) What is the national tree of Ecuador, bonus kudos for telling me why it is special

3) What is the most popular sport in Senegal?

4) What food stuff got its colour thanks to the Dutch, more accurately the King?

B

1) England fought the shortest ever war, what was it?

2) Which club is the most successful in Iran?

3) What is interesting about the Frankford Avenue Bridge in Philadelphia?

4) Wales has the largest population of what sea mammal in Europe?

C

1) What is the national sport of Argentina?

2) Saudi Arabia is the largest country without what?

3) What is Cuexcomate and what is special about it?

4) What was Karol Józef Wojtyła most famously known as?

D

1) France has won the most Nobel Prizes in what field?

2) The Australian capital, Canberra, means what in Aborigine?

3) Denmark has the worlds oldest what?

4) What is the national flower of Tunisia?

E

1) What happens in the Spanish town of Buñol every year?

2) What is the national animal of Costa Rica?

3) What is the most common surname in Germany?

4) What is traditionally eaten by Japanese families at Christmas time?

F

1) What is the national symbol of Belgium?

2) In Canada it is illegal to kill which mythological creature?

3) Morocco has a valley dedicated to what flower?

4) Which inventor was born in Croatia in 1856?

G

1) Ilha da Queimada Grande in Brazil is also known as what?

2) Serbia is the second largest exporter of what in the world?

3) What is the tallest mountain in Switzerland?

4) The name Cameroon comes from the Portuguese for what animal?

H

1) The Monarchy of Portugal holds the records for what two things?

2) What is the name of Ghana's national dish?

3) Uruguay has the longest what in the world?

4) Haesindang Park in South Korea hosts the largest collection of what?


General Football



General questions about this world cup

1) Who is the youngest outfield player at this world cup?

2) Which club has the most players at the world cup?

3) Which country has the lowest domestic player representation at the world cup?

4) England provides two head coaches for the competition, who are they?

5) Who are the tallest player, tallest outfielder and smallest player at this world cup? Kudos for getting their heights

6) What is the name of this world cup mascot and what does it mean?

7) Who is the oldest player in this competion?

8) Which player in the tournament has the most international caps? bonus for how many

9) Which country has the lowest average aged squad in the competition?

10) Which two countries have the highest?


General Knowledge



Some more general questions

1) Australia has the most southerly capital of all the countries in the world cup, but who is next?

2) How about the most northerly capital

3) The African Renaissance Monument is in which world cup countries capital? Bonus mark for the capital and what nation constructed the statue (hint-not at the world cup)

4) Which countries national anthem is the oldest in the world cup?

5) Which world cup country is home to the tango?

6) Which world cup nation consumes the most doughnuts per annum?

7) Which world cup nations capital city is last alphabetically and what is it?

8) And which Country has the first alphabetically and what is it?

9) Who played the first ever televised world cup final? bonus for what year it was

10) Which world cup had the most venues/host cities? bonus for how many

[Lord Snooty]

I'll guess at number one being WC Final refs, going back in time.

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1) Jittery Rump Holes - The Jules Rimet Trophy

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Nice one, jjamez. I'll have a ponder on the rest of them.

[themaclad]

Section 1 Part 1 agree with Snoots Final referees

General Q5 Tango Argentina

General Q8 Hazard a guess Brazil Sweden 1958

[theo_luddite]

jjamez - my HNC exam papers were easier and shorter 40 odd years ago. Looks like I need to do some revision again.

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Connections

4 - won the World Cup at home as hosts

Group A -

4 - Orange - William of Orange

[Lord Snooty]

2) Montevideo, Rome, Paris, Rio de Janiro, Berne?

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Theo's right. It's harder than Universally Challenged is this.

4) What is traditionally eaten by Japanese families at Christmas time? KFC

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1) Australia has the most southerly capital of all the countries in the world cup, but who is next? Argentina

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Just making it a bit harder for you to mark, jjamez. Putting the answers all jumbled up.

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2) How about the most northerly capital. Denmark

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9) Who played the first ever televised world cup final? bonus for what year it was. Brazil v Sweden, 1958

[jjamez]

Lucky for you snoots I have all the answers written down so I can just look through my post it notes

[themaclad]

Donuts I assume would be those in the USA

[jjamez]

You'd think mac, but it isnt. I've gone on per capita for this.

The first televised final answer isn't the one I'm looking for. Insert Obi wan meme here

Theo you're almost there with one of your answers

As for you Mr snoots, prepare to dodge the chalk! You have a couple right, a couple wrong, but I'll be mean and not tell you which!

I lie, you know one that's wrong, the other is further south in this quiz in the general knowledge section.

[theo_luddite]

Oh, you're right jjamez, this was a QI or QI elves answer I heard a few weeks back - it's the carrot not the orange.

[theo_luddite]

Group Questions

D

1) France has won the most Nobel Prizes in what field?

2) The Australian capital, Canberra, means what in Aborigine? - meeting place

3) Denmark has the worlds oldest what? flag

4) What is the national flower of Tunisia? jasmine