Q 01/05

What color were Brazil's shirts before a painful 1950 World Cup defeat led to the famous yellow kit?

A) Green

B) White

C) Red

D) Black

Answer · why

B) White

White shirts with blue collars were blamed as unpatriotic after the loss, so a newspaper ran a contest for a kit in the flag's colors, won by teenager...

Q 02/05

Which neighbor beat hosts Brazil in the 1950 World Cup decider, plunging the country into mourning?

A) Uruguay

B) Paraguay

C) Peru

D) Colombia

Answer · why

A) Uruguay

Uruguay won 2–1 thanks to a late Alcides Ghiggia goal, silencing a record crowd of more than 170,000 in Rio de Janeiro.

Q 03/05

Which country beat hosts Brazil 7–1 in a 2014 World Cup semi-final with four goals in six minutes?

A) Spain

B) England

C) Germany

D) Belgium

Answer · why

C) Germany

Germany led 5–0 after just 29 minutes, and the final score remains Brazil's heaviest World Cup defeat.

Q 04/05

Which World Cup distinction, unbroken since 1930, does Brazil's national team alone hold?

A) Never losing a final match

B) Hosting it three times

C) Winning three in a row

D) Playing in every edition

Answer · why

D) Playing in every edition

Playing in every edition since the first is a record only Brazil holds, and the team has never needed a play-off to qualify.

Q 05/05

Pelé, a World Cup champion at just 17, remains the only person in history to achieve which feat?

A) Three wins as a player

B) Hat-tricks in two finals

C) Five tournaments as captain

D) Goals in six tournaments

Answer · why

A) Three wins as a player

Three wins as a player, in 1958, 1962 and 1970, is a record nobody has matched. Injury ended Pelé's 1962 tournament early, and his medal for that titl...