World Cup History
8th Grade Teacher Trivia
Geography
General Trivia
Boston Trivia
100

This country has won the most FIFA World Cups, with 5 titles.

Brazil

100

This 8th grade teacher won Bronze at the field hockey Master's Championship in England. 

Ms. Nixon

100

The Amazon River, the world's largest river by water volume, flows through this continent.

South America

100

This element has the atomic number 1, the lightest on the periodic table.

Hydrogen

100

This body of water was the site of a famous 1773 act of colonial protest against British taxation.

Boston Harbor (Boston Tea Party)

200

The first ever FIFA World Cup was held in this country in 1930.

Uruguay

200

This 8th grade teacher has been to base camp at Mt. Everest

Ms. Fischer-Mueller

200

This tiny landlocked country is completely surrounded by Italy and is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Vatican City

200

In Greek mythology, this Titan was condemned to hold up the sky for eternity as punishment for leading the Titans against the Olympians.

Atlas

200

This famous colonial-era trail in Boston follows the path of 16 historical sites from the American Revolution.

Freedom Trail

300

This American striker scored the game-winning goal against Algeria in the 2010 World Cup.

Landon Donovan

300

This 8th grade teacher went to the same University that 4 of the Knicks basketball players?

Ms. Devoe

300

The Sahara Desert, the world's largest hot desert, spans this continent.

Africa

300

This literary device gives human qualities to non-human things — for example, "the wind whispered through the trees."

Personification

300

Boston's NBA team is named the Celtics. Name their classic rival team.

Los Angeles Lakers

400

In the 2022 World Cup final, France's Kylian Mbappé scored a hat-trick, but his team lost in a penalty shootout to this nation.

Argentina

400

Where did Mr Newman and Mr Connolly graduate from College?

Springfield College

400

This is the capital city of Australia.

Canberra

400

This is often called the powerhouse of the cell. 

Mitochondria

400

This Women's soccer team kicked off its inaugural season in 2026. 

Boston Legacy FC

500

Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal came in a 1986 World Cup quarterfinal match against this country.

England

500

This 8th grade teacher rode a bicycle 3700 miles from San Francisco to Washington DC. 

Ms. Maylone

500

Name the five oceans of the world.

Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern

500

This French emperor was exiled to the island of Elba in 1814, escaped, returned to power for 100 days, and was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.

Napoleon Bonaparte

500

This Boston-born founding father, statesman, and scientist is famous for the kite and lightning rod experiment and was the first U.S. Postmaster General.

Benjamin Franklin

M
e
n
u