Legends & Dynasties
This Portuguese superstar is one of the most decorated players in football history and his country's all-time leading scorer.
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?
This is the number of points awarded for a win in the group stage.
What is 3?
This country's fans are instantly recognizable for their sea of orange in the stands.
Who are the Netherlands?
This nation hosted the World Cup in 2010.
Who is South Africa?
For the first time in tournament history, the field has been expanded to include more nations than is typical. This is the number of nations participating in the 2026 World Cup.
What is 48?
This legendary Brazilian striker won three World Cups in 1958, 1962, and 1970.
Who is Pelรฉ?
A player who receives either of these is immediately ejected from the match and suspended for the following game.
What are a red card or two yellow cards?
This is the nickname of the US Men's National Team.
Who are "The Stars and Stripes?"
While playing on home soil traditionally gives teams a massive advantage, this host nation suffered the worst defeat in World Cup history. For bonus points, this was the final score.
Who is Brazil? What is 7-1?
As the group stage winds down, these are three of the nations that have officially been eliminated from this year's tournament.
Who are Haiti, Jordan, Tunisia, Tรผrkiye, Panama, Qatar, Czechia, Curaรงao?
This nation was the first ever World Cup winner.
Who is Uruguay?
VAR made its official World Cup debut at this tournament and in this year.
What is the 2018 World Cup in Russia?
This country's fans became famous at the 2018 World Cup for staying behind to clean up the stadium after matches.
Who is Japan?
This nation won the 2006 World Cup and has failed to qualify for the last three consecutive World Cups.
Who is Italy?
These are all of the nations making their World Cup debut in 2026.
Who are Jordan, Uzbekistan, Cabo Verde, and Curaรงao?
This player became only the second in history to score a hat trick in a World Cup final, joining Geoff Hurst who did it in 1966.
Who is Kylian Mbappรฉ?
This is the number of World Cup finals that have been decided by a penalty shootout. Bonus points if you can name the years.
What is 3?
This is the French National Team's chant and this is what it means in English.
What is "Allez Les Bleus" and "Go Blues".
Of the 84 nations to participate in the World Cup, this is the number of countries that have actually won the tournament. For bonus points, this the list of all the countries.
What is 8? Who are Brazil, Germany, Uruguay, France, Argentina, Italy, Spain, and England?
Starting in 2022, World Cup teams were allowed to choose a song for the stadium to blast after they score. This year, the France National Team's chosen Chanson de But (Goal Song) is this track.
What is One More Time by Daft Punk?
This country holds the unwanted record of appearing in the most FIFA World Cup finals without ever winning the tournament.
Who is the Netherlands?
This is the highest scoring single match in World Cup history and these were the two teams involved.
What is 7-5 (12 goals total) between Austria and Switzerland?
This was the official song of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and these are the artists who performed it.
What is "We Are One (Ole Ola)" by Pitbull featuring Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte?
Amid intense geopolitical scrutiny in Qatar, these three national teams made global headlines by executing on-field acts of defiance during their 2022 World Cup pre-game ceremonies.
Who are Iran, Germany, and England?
These are the only players to score hat tricks at the 2026 World Cup so far, and these are the countries they represent.
Who are Lionel Messi from Argentina and Jonathan David from Canada?