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• 1. * While returning home from a concert before the start of the 2010 World Cup, she was run over by a drunk driver. Whose death, overshadowed the opening ceremony of the World Cup?
• 2. Herbert Zimmerman, when the goal was scored: "Aus dem Hintergrund müsste ____ schießen, Rahn schießt - TOR, TOR, TOR!"
• Herbert Zimmerman, when it finally happened: "AUS! AUS! AUS! Das Spiel ist aus. Deutschland ist Weltmeister, schlägt Ungarn 3 zu 2!"
• Fill in the blank.
• 3. Whose comments after the match between England and U.S.A. in the 2010 World Cup?– ‘It looked to me as if the English have gone backwards
to the bad old times of kick and rush. I am not sure if the England coach Fabio Capello can change much there.
– 'The English are being punished for the fact that there are very few English players in the Premier League as clubs use better foreign players from all over the world.’
• 4. Nicknamed as Der Terrier, he was given the responsibility of marking Johann Cryuff in the 1972 World Cup Finals. He later went on to coach the German national team.
• Who?
6. * Id the film / subject.
• His epitaph reads:• Here rests in peace the one
who was the Joy of the People – ____ _________."
• People had painted on a nearby wall:
• Obrigado, _________, por você ter vivido (Thank you, _________, for having lived).
• 7. * During the 2010 World Cup, Germany fielded 22 of the 23 players that they sent. Who was the only person in the squad who did not play a single game of the 2010 World Cup?
• 9. “Twenty years ago, an African named _____ _____ celebrated a goal in a way no one else ever had before by dancing and goal celebrations changed forever. There and then, he set everyone free. That simple dance snowballed into an uncontrollable madness where fans and players just let go. Because on that day, this man showed the whole world not just how to celebrate, but how to live.”
• Who? / Fill in the blanks.
• 10. He is remembered as the person against whom Laurent Blanc scored the first Golden Goal against, in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
• Among other things, he holds the record for most international goals by a goalkeeper (8).
• Who?
• 12. He and his brother played on two different teams in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was responsible for injuring his brother’s captain before the FIFA World Cup, but one can sympathize with him due to the manner in which his team was eliminated in the World Cup. Who?
• 13. In 1978, this country became the first (and so far only) team to win the World Cup after failing to win 2 matches.
• Which country?
• 14. Playing in a total of 5 World Cups, including being the captain for one of them where his team won, who is currently the head coach of the Bulgarian national football team?
• 15. The game was the first time that the two nations met in a Football game, and fittingly so, in the Finals of a World Cup. At the time, they were also two of the most successful teams at the World Cup. It was won by a brace scored by the tournament’s leading scorer, at the time. As a consolation for the losing captain, he was awarded the Golden Ball Award at the World Cup.
• Which two teams?
• 17. Defeating Brazil 4 – 3 in penalty shoot-out in the FIFA U–20 World Cup, who are the current U–20 World Champions?
• 19. * Playing in only 2 World Cup games, he took a total of 11 wickets. He was Man of the Match in both games, as well as Man of the Series. Who?
• 20. Being the top scorer in the 1996 and 2003 World Cups (he was also the Man of the Series in 2003), who has scored the most runs in the World Cup?
• 21. He was the captain of the West Indies’ cricket team for the 1987 Cricket World Cup. He is also the only captain of the West Indies cricket team never to have lost a Test series. His dismissal, courtesy of a brilliant backwards-running catch was the turning point of the game that led to India’s maiden cricket World Cup triumph. Who?
• 22. Date: 17 June,1999.• Place: Edgbaston Oval• Bowler: Damien Fleming• On strike: X.• Runs left: 9• Wickets in hand: 1• Over: 4, 4, ., W.• Id X.
• 23. He is the only player to score over 5000 runs and take over 400 wickets in Test cricket. Aside from that, he also led his team to a World Cup win, as well as scored the most runs in a single World Cup game (that record has been broken). Who?
• 24. Before it began: 22 needed off 13 balls
• At the first break: 22 needed off 7 balls
• When it stopped: 22 needed off 1 ball.
• What was the controversey?
• 25. * In the inaugural Cricket World Cup, there were two teams without Test status. One of them would later go on to win the World Cup, while the other never played in another World Cup. However, the latter team later appeared in the cricket World Cup in another form, that once beat the winners of their debut World Cup (in the edition where the former won) as well as the former team (in their best World Cup performance)
• Id the teams.
• 26. Cruising along at 183/2, and chasing down a target of 287, Team B collapsed in one of the greatest fashions by getting all out for 194.
• Regarded as the ‘duckiest’ World Cup final with 9 batsmen failing to score (1 was not out), which edition’s final was it?
• 27. Bowling records in the Cricket World Cup. Who is the common player?– Most wickets (71)– Lowest bowling average (min. 1000 balls)
(18.19)– Strike rate (min. 1000 balls) (27.5)– Best bowling figures (7/15)
• 28. After a loss, in a game that India should have won, they were up against a new team. Scoring the highest number of runs in a World Cup game, they also recorded the largest victory margin (by runs) in the World Cup.
• Against whom did they achieve this?
• 29. When it was fond out that the highest individual score in the World Cup Finals was due to the aid of a squash ball in the gloves, it slightly marred the record. Who was the unsportsmanly player?
• 30. Chasing a target of 216 for a win against Australia at the Supersport Park in Centurion, on April 10 2005, India were dismissed for 117. This was the best result of India in a particular tournament, as well as the last time that Australia won it.
• Which World Cup?
• 31. * The father played two matches in the 1975 World Cup. The son first appeared as an extra in the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire. He also appeared in England’s 1992 World Cup Final.
• Id the players. / Give their common surname.
• 32. Michael Holding’s comments about whom:– "_______ in my opinion is not a cricketer,"
Holding told The Times, alluding to the fact that the costliest player on the IPL roster may be a T20 star but is yet to make his Test debut.
– "I can't say to a young man 'don't make a living', but they need responsible guidance," he said.
• 33. Before the match was called off, the batsmen on the field were given a paper, showing the equivalent number of runs required off each ball. The batsmen reached the number of runs shown on the paper one ball before play was called off, and in the next ball, decided not to take a risk, even though they could have taken a single.
• Moral of the story: Add 1 to the DL equivalent if you want to win.
• Which team went out of the World Cup because of this?
• 34. Who is the only Indian to score a century in the World Twenty20? Against whom did he achieve this feat?
• 1. * While returning home from a concert before the start of the 2010 World Cup, she was run over by a drunk driver. Whose death, overshadowed the opening ceremony of the World Cup?
• 2. Herbert Zimmerman, when the goal was scored: "Aus dem Hintergrund müsste ____ schießen, Rahn schießt - TOR, TOR, TOR!"
• Herbert Zimmerman, when it finally happened: "AUS! AUS! AUS! Das Spiel ist aus. Deutschland ist Weltmeister, schlägt Ungarn 3 zu 2!"
• Fill in the blank.
• 3. Whose comments after the match between England and U.S.A. in the 2010 World Cup?– ‘It looked to me as if the English have gone backwards
to the bad old times of kick and rush. I am not sure if the England coach Fabio Capello can change much there.
– 'The English are being punished for the fact that there are very few English players in the Premier League as clubs use better foreign players from all over the world.’
• 4. Nicknamed as Der Terrier, he was given the responsibility of marking Johann Cryuff in the 1972 World Cup Finals. He later went on to coach the German national team.
• Who?
6. * Id the film / subject.
• His epitaph reads:• Here rests in peace the one
who was the Joy of the People – ____ _________."
• People had painted on a nearby wall:
• Obrigado, _________, por você ter vivido (Thank you, _________, for having lived).
• 7. * During the 2010 World Cup, Germany fielded 22 of the 23 players that they sent. Who was the only person in the squad who did not play a single game of the 2010 World Cup?
• 9. “Twenty years ago, an African named _____ _____ celebrated a goal in a way no one else ever had before by dancing and goal celebrations changed forever. There and then, he set everyone free. That simple dance snowballed into an uncontrollable madness where fans and players just let go. Because on that day, this man showed the whole world not just how to celebrate, but how to live.”
• Who? / Fill in the blanks.
• 10. He is remembered as the person against whom Laurent Blanc scored the first Golden Goal against, in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
• Among other things, he holds the record for most international goals by a goalkeeper (8).
• Who?
Brazil
• After Brazil won the Jules Rimet Trophy in 1970, they were allowed to retain the trophy.
• In 1974, West Germany was the first team to win the new FIFA World Cup trophy.
• 12. He and his brother played on two different teams in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was responsible for injuring his brother’s captain before the FIFA World Cup, but one can sympathize with him due to the manner in which his team was eliminated in the World Cup. Who?
• 13. In 1978, this country became the first (and so far only) team to win the World Cup after failing to win 2 matches.
• Which country?
• 14. Playing in a total of 5 World Cups, including being the captain for one of them where his team won, who is currently the head coach of the Bulgarian national football team?
• 15. The game was the first time that the two nations met in a Football game, and fittingly so, in the Finals of a World Cup. At the time, they were also two of the most successful teams at the World Cup. It was won by a brace scored by the tournament’s leading scorer, at the time. As a consolation for the losing captain, he was awarded the Golden Ball Award at the World Cup.
• Which two teams?
• 17. Defeating Brazil 4 – 3 in penalty shoot-out in the FIFA U–20 World Cup, who are the current U–20 World Champions?
• 19. * Playing in only 2 World Cup games, he took a total of 11 wickets. He was Man of the Match in both games, as well as Man of the Series. Who?
• 20. Being the top scorer in the 1996 and 2003 World Cups (he was also the Man of the Series in 2003), who has scored the most runs in the World Cup?
• 21. He was the captain of the West Indies’ cricket team for the 1987 Cricket World Cup. He is also the only captain of the West Indies cricket team never to have lost a Test series. His dismissal, courtesy of a brilliant backwards-running catch was the turning point of the game that led to India’s maiden cricket World Cup triumph. Who?
• 22. Date: 17 June,1999.• Place: Edgbaston Oval• Bowler: Damien Fleming• On strike: X.• Runs left: 9• Wickets in hand: 1• Over: 4, 4, ., W.• Id X.
• 23. He is the only player to score over 5000 runs and take over 400 wickets in Test cricket. Aside from that, he also led his team to a World Cup win, as well as scored the most runs in a single World Cup game (that record has been broken). Who?
• 24. Before it began: 22 needed off 13 balls
• At the first break: 22 needed off 7 balls
• When it stopped: 22 needed off 1 ball.
• What was the controversey?
• 25. * In the inaugural Cricket World Cup, there were two teams without Test status. One of them would later go on to win the World Cup, while the other never played in another World Cup. However, the latter team later appeared in the cricket World Cup in another form, that once beat the winners of their debut World Cup (in the edition where the former won) as well as the former team (in their best World Cup performance)
• Id the teams.
Sri Lanka & East Africa / Kenya
• They beat West Indies in 1996, when Sri Lanka won, and Sri Lanka in 2003, when they lost in the semi-finals to India.
• 26. Cruising along at 183/2, and chasing down a target of 287, Team B collapsed in one of the greatest fashions by getting all out for 194.
• Regarded as the ‘duckiest’ World Cup final with 9 batsmen failing to score (1 was not out), which edition’s final was it?
• 27. Bowling records in the Cricket World Cup. Who is the common player?– Most wickets (71)– Lowest bowling average (min. 1000 balls)
(18.19)– Strike rate (min. 1000 balls) (27.5)– Best bowling figures (7/15)
• 28. After a loss, in a game that India should have won, they were up against a new team. Scoring the highest number of runs in a World Cup game, they also recorded the largest victory margin (by runs) in the World Cup.
• Against whom did they achieve this?
• 29. When it was fond out that the highest individual score in the World Cup Finals was due to the aid of a squash ball in the gloves, it slightly marred the record. Who was the unsportsmanly player?
• 30. Chasing a target of 216 for a win against Australia at the Supersport Park in Centurion, on April 10 2005, India were dismissed for 117. This was the best result of India in a particular tournament, as well as the last time that Australia won it.
• Which World Cup?
• 31. * The father played two matches in the 1975 World Cup. The son first appeared as an extra in the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire. He also appeared in England’s 1992 World Cup Final.
• Id the players. / Give their common surname.
• 32. Michael Holding’s comments about whom:– "_______ in my opinion is not a cricketer,"
Holding told The Times, alluding to the fact that the costliest player on the IPL roster may be a T20 star but is yet to make his Test debut.
– "I can't say to a young man 'don't make a living', but they need responsible guidance," he said.
• 33. Before the match was called off, the batsmen on the field were given a paper, showing the equivalent number of runs required off each ball. The batsmen reached the number of runs shown on the paper one ball before play was called off, and in the next ball, decided not to take a risk, even though they could have taken a single.
• Moral of the story: Add 1 to the DL equivalent if you want to win.
• Which team went out of the World Cup because of this?
• 34. Who is the only Indian to score a century in the World Twenty20? Against whom did he achieve this feat?
• 1. The official reason given was the cost of travel. However, some people also felt that the reason for the withdrawal was due to the way the players played in the preceding Olympics.
• Which country’s withdrawal from which World Cup? Also, what was objectionable about the way they played?
Answer
• India’s withdrawal from the 1950 World Cup in Brazil.
• They were pressured not to play barefoot. However, they refused to play in shoes, and so, chose to withdraw from the tournament.
• 2. What the losers wore during the game. This was soon after deemed as unpatriotic, and subsequently replaced by a more patriotic uniform. Which country?
• 4. Most people may not remember Jack Kelsey. But football fans remember him for a match in which he conceded just one goal. What bit of trivia was henceforward attached to that goal?
• 5. The hapless victims were:– Ramon Mayeregger (3) of Paraguay– Francois Remetter (2) of Yugoslavia– Bill Brown (1) of Scotland– Harry Gregg (2) of Northern Ireland– Gylmar dos Santos Neves / Gilmar (1) of Brazil– Heinz Kwiatkowzki (4) of West Germany
• Funda.
• 6. Also known as the Black Panther, in World Cup football, he is known for having led a Portuguese comeback against a spirited North Korea, by scoring 4 goals to help them come back from a 0–3 deficit to help them win the game 5–3.
• Who?
• 7. Luis Ramirez Zapata scored a goal against Hungary in 1982. His team however, were punished by Tibor Nyilasi (2), Gabor Pölöskei (1), Laszlo Fazekas (2), Joseph Tóth (1), Laszlo Kiss (3), Lazar Szentes (1). Which team did Zapata play for?
El Salvador
• This was the only time a team scored 10 (double digit) goals in a single game. Hungary won the game 10–1.
• 8. An unknown team in 1998, they went on to beat Germany and the Netherlands to finish a respectable 3rd. Which team?
• 9. Described by artists as being the same as the protagonist of the show, except with blonde hair and blue eyes, instead of black hair and eyes. His name was inspired by the then captain of the German national team, and his nickname was inspired by another German player. Id him. Also id one of the other players.
Answer
• The player is Karl-Heinz Schneider, the captain of the German football team, whose name was inspired by Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
• His nickname was the Kaiser, which was the same nickname as Franz Beckenbauer.
• 10. He was part of the U-19 World Cup winning team from India in 2002. In 2003, he took 9/16 against Bangladesh in the U-19 Asia Cup, and helped India win the series, where he was Man of the Series. He made his debut for the national side after Zaheer Khan injured himself in a Test against Australia in 2003. He was also the Man of the Match of the 2007 ICC World T20 Finals. Who?
• 11. He holds the record for the highest score in a Men’s Cricket World Cup game. What does he do now?
• 12. Known as the player who hit the ‘Big Six’ against India in 1986, who holds the record for most number of World Cup appearances (6 tournaments)?
• 15. Due to a strike by the BBC, this match (considered one of the minor ones of the 1983 World Cup) was not televised. However, one of the teams was, at one stage reduced to 17/5, before their Captain, leading from the front, set a new record for highest score in a World Cup.
• Who was the captain? How much did he score?
Answer
• Kapil Dev scored 175* in 138 balls against Zimbabwe. India went on to win the game by 31 runs.
• 16. A multi-talented sportsman, he was selected to represent his country in both cricket as well as field hockey. His country did not qualify for the 1992 Olympics, and he was ruled out in 1996 due to a hamstring injury. He came into the international spotlight in the 1992 Cricket World Cup, when he was involved in an incident that is considered till date, one of the greatest fielding displays in cricket. He retired in 2003, after sustaining an injury at the start of the 2003 World Cup.
• Who?
• 17. A fitting way to end your career – take the final wicket to lead your team to win the World Cup. Whose career ended as such?
• 18. Hoping to sign off a career with a bang, he decided to retire from ODIs immediately after the 2003 World Cup. However, his retirement plans were advanced, as he was banned from participating in the tournament.
• Who?
• 19. An avid autograph collector as well, he used the opportunity of taking part in the 2003 World Cup to collect as many autographs as possible. He did not disappoint himself, as he went on to collect autographs from ALL 209 other players. He recently retired from Test cricket after being the only person to ... … …
• Who? What did he do in Test cricket?
• 20. India conceded 51 extras in a World Cup game. They began their chase half-heartedly, despite the fact that the number of overs required to reach their target was reduced from 50 to 47. Sadagoppan Ramesh, after getting to his 50 attempted to get out. It all went down to the wire, as India’s lower-order tried to salvage some pride. Which opera-singer destroyed this dream?
• 21. The highest wicket-taker in the 2008 ICC under-19 Cricket World Cup, X was also the leading wicket-taker in last ICC Champion’s Trophy.
• Who?
• 22. Germany lost the opening match to Hungary in the 1954 World Cup 8–3. However, they won the Finals against the same opponents. On three other occasions, a team that ended up losing a game in the Group stages won the Finals. Other than the fact that they all lost 1–0 in their games, what was the other common factor in their victories?
• 23. He made a brilliant World Cup debut in 2002. It was made even more stunning by the fact that he forced statisticians to come up with a new record and attribute it to him, as he beat the earlier record of 4. Currently, he still holds the record with 7.
• Who? What record? (BE SPECIFIC!)
• 24. Matthias Sindelar was expected to lead the Austrian Wunderteam to victory in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Why was he unable to do so?
Answer
• In 1938, Germany annexed Austria during the Anschluss and prevented them from participating as a separate nation in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
• 25. Tofik Bakhramov was once asked a question on his deathbed in 1993, to which he answered “Stalingrad”, a direct reference to the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II. This was because of a decision he made in 1966. What was it?
Wembley Tor / Wembley Goal
• When the referee of the 1966 World Cup Finals, Gottfried Dienst asked him if Geoff Hurst’s shot entered the goal, he replied that it had.
• Germans at the time felt that Bakhramov ruled against them because they had defeated the Soviet Union in the semi-finals.
• 26. Jürgen Sparwasser scored the only goal in a World Cup game against West Germany on 22 June 1974. It was the only time that his country and West Germany played against each other in the World Cup. Hence, Jürgen Sparwasser’s country has a 100% win rate against West Germany in World Cups.
• Which country did Jürgen Sparwasser play for?
• 28. Date: June 25, 1982.
• In the 10th minute of the game, Horst Hrubesch of West Germany scored a goal past Friedl Koncilia of Austria.
• What followed next led to a major in FIFA World Cups. What? / Why?
Algeria were eliminated
• This resulted in teams having to play their final League games simultaneously.
• 29. The first time it happened was with Italy in 1950, followed by Brazil in 1966. Which were the last two countries that it happened to? What and when?
France (2002) and Italy (2010)
• The defending champions get eliminated in the first round of the FIFA World Cup.
• 30. Wangay Dorji scored a hat-trick as Bhutan beat Montserrat 4–0 in a match in 2002. The match was the subject of a documentary film called The Other Final.
• Why the relevance in a World Cup quiz?
• It was a match played between the bottom-ranked teams in the FIFA World Rankings at the time, the same day that would later feature the finals between Germany and Brazil.
• 31. The first double-centurion of limited-overs cricket, who preceded Sachin Tendulkar’s 200* to still hold on to the record for highest score in a limited-overs game (namely 299*), scored against Denmark in a World Cup game?
• 32. He was the only person to have played ODIs for two different countries, one of them being Australia. However, he retired shortly before Australia won their maiden World Cup in 1987. At age 34, he returned home, and in 1992, he led an inexperienced team, where everyone else was making their Test debuts. Hence, he was chosen to lead his team for the 1992 World Cup, where they lost in the semis.
• Who?
• 33. In the first game he played in World Cup cricket, he took 7/20, and played a crucial role in an unbeaten 9th wicket partnership to help his side eke out a win. The next time he played again in the same venue, his side were again in trouble, but he again played out a crucial 8th wicket stand to help his team win the game. He was hence called ‘the Legend of ____ _________’. Who? Also fill in the blanks.
• 34. The opening match of one of the Cricket World Cups was played between two teams, one of which was the reigning World Champion, and the other would go on to win their first World Cup. It set a record for the smallest margin of victory (1 run) in a World Cup game, that was equalled in the same fashion in the following World Cup.
• Which two teams?
• 35. A young X refused to mankad Saleem Jaffar in the 1987 World Cup. West Indies lost the match, and so, failed to qualify for the semi-finals. X however was cited for his sportsmanship. He would soon go on to set a record in Test cricket.
• Who is X?
• 36. Ricky Ponting of Australia has the best success rate as captain (100%), having won ALL his World Cup games. With a percentage of 88.24% from 17 games, who has the second-highest success rate as captain in the World Cup?