World Cup quiz questions and answers

Suffering from World Cup fever?

We have you covered with the ultimate list of World Cup trivia questions so you can challenge your friends, family or colleagues.

Whether you're looking to test yourself during this year's six-week extravaganza or looking to impress your fellow soccer fanatics with some World Cup trivia, our list of quiz questions should stump the casual fan.

World Cup quiz questions

Easy

1. Which four nations will be making their debut at the 2026 World Cup?

2. Who is the only footballer to play in three World Cup finals?

3. Which nation has lost the most World Cup finals without winning one?

4. Which South African player scored the opening goal of the 2010 World Cup?

5. What is the United States best finish at a World Cup?

6. Who are the lowest ranked team heading into the 2026 World Cup?

7. What was the score when the USA beat Mexico in the 2002 round of 16?

8. How many teams have won the World Cup with a foreign manager?

9. What continent has won the most World Cups?

10. Who won the Golden Ball (Best Player) at the 2010 World Cup?

11. Which country was the first from Asia to reach a World Cup semi-final?

12. What is the last nation to win back-to-back World Cups?

13. Who is the all-time leading World Cup goalscorer?

14. Who scored the "Hand of God" goal against England in 1986?

15. Which player scored in every round of the 2022 World Cup?

Hard

1. Who assisted Mario Gotze's winning goal against Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final?

2. Who is the highest-scoring African in World Cup history with six goals?

3. How many different nations have won the World Cup?

4. France's Just Fontaine holds the record for most goals scored at a single World Cup in 1958. How many did he score?

5. Which nation recorded the biggest World Cup finals win when they defeated El Salvador 10-1 in 1982?

6. Which American player has scored the most World Cup goals??

7. Brazil were thrashed 7-1 by Germany in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals, but who scored their only goal of the game?

8. How many saves did American goalkeeper Tim Howard make against Belgium in 2014 ?

9. Which Italian club has had the most World Cup-winning players with 27?

10. Who is the longest-serving coach at the 2026 World Cup?

11. Who scored the winning penalty for Argentina in the 2022 final?

12. Who did Zinedine Zidane infamously headbutt during the 2006 final?

13. Aged 42, which Cameroon striker set the record for being the World Cup's oldest goalscorer at the 1994 tournament?

14. What team did Alphonso Davies score Canada's first World Cup goal against?

15. Who scored for Scotland in their 2-1 defeat to Brazil at the 1998 World Cup?

World Cup quiz answers

Easy

1. Curaçao, Cabo Verde, Jordan and Uzbekistan

2. Cafu

3. The Netherlands

4. Siphiwe Tshabalala

5. Third Place

6. New Zealand

7. 2-0 (Dos a Cero)

8. None

9. Europe

10. Diego Forlan

11. South Korea

12. Brazil (1958, 1960)

13. Miroslav Klose

14. Diego Maradona

15. Lionel Messi

Hard

1. André Schürrle

2. Asamoah Gyan

3. Eight

4. 13 goals

5. Hungary

6. Landon Donovan

7. Oscar

8. 16

9. Juventus

10. Didier Deschamps

11. Gonzalo Montiel

12. Marco Matterazzi

13. Roger Milla

14. Croatia

15. John Collins

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