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He is the only male player to score in 5 different WC tournaments
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?
The total number of WC tournaments played to date not including the 2026 tournament
What is 22?
This WC tournament used "Smart Ball" technology with sensors to help referees detect goals and offsides in real-time
What is Qatar 2022?
The only nation to have appeared in every single WC
What is Brazil?
The current WC trophy is made out of this
What is 18-carat gold?
This player holds the record for most WC appearances with 26 matches played
Who is Lionel Messi?
The 2026 WC will host the largest number of competitive countries in the history of the WC with this many teams
What is 48 teams?
During WW II, FIFA VP Barassi hid the WC in this safe place to protect it from being seized by the Nazis
What is a shoebox?
These countries were the first two to co-host the WC tournament
What are South Korea and Japan?
These are the only people allowed to touch the WC trophy with their bare hands
Who are WC winners, heads of state, and specific FIFA officials?
This player from Turkey scored the fastest goal in WC history with just 11 seconds into a game
Who is Hakan Sukur?
In this year, the first use of player numbers were seen on the back of shirts
What is 1950?
The WC trophy was stolen in this city months before the tournament and found 7 days later by a dog named Pickles
What is London?
This stadium has hosted the most FIFA WC matches with 19 total
What is the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City?
This WC tournament saw a record 28 red cards handed out
What is Germany 2006?
This oldest goalscorer was 42 when he scored in 1994
Who is Roger Milla?
The highest scoring game in history was Austria vs Switzerland in 1954 with this many goals scored
What is 12 goals?
Uruguay's Hector Castro scored the final goal in the 1930 WC final albeit with this unusual body defect, from which his famous nickname came from
What is a missing arm?
"El Divino Manco"
Originally built for the 1908 Summer Olympics, this venue was used as a last minute substitute when the owners of Wembley Stadium refused to cancel a regularly scheduled greyhound racing event
What is White City Stadium in London?
The original solid gold WC trophy remains in this city while the winners receive a gold-plated replica to take home
What is Zurich, Switzerland?
This influential world class player has never scored in the knockout stages of the WC
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?
This player scored 5 goals against Cameroon in 1994 and holds the single match most goal record
Who is Oleg Salenko of Russia?
This country qualified for the 1950 WC but withdrew because FIFA rules required footwear, and this country's team had played barefoot
What is India?
The highest attendance for a WC final was 199,854 spectators in 1950 in this stadium and city
What is the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro?
In this WC final year, two different balls were used, one in each half, because the finalists could not agree on which to use
What is 1930?