Q 01/05

What share of the Home of FIFA, the Zurich headquarters inaugurated in 2007, lies underground?

A) One quarter

B) One half

C) Two thirds

D) Nine tenths

Answer · why

C) Two thirds

Two thirds of the Home of FIFA sits below ground, with five buried levels against just two above it. A German broadcaster called it an underground sky...

Q 02/05

Which country joined FIFA by telegram on founding day in 1904 but is not counted as a founder?

A) Germany

B) Italy

C) Austria

D) Hungary

Answer · why

A) Germany

Germany wired its intention to join on 21 May 1904, the day seven founders met in Paris, but a telegram did not earn founder status. Its delegates did...

Q 03/05

Pelé's 2004 FIFA 100 list of the greatest living footballers actually named how many players?

A) 125

B) 150

C) 175

D) 200

Answer · why

A) 125

125 footballers appear on the FIFA 100, so the title refers to FIFA's hundredth birthday rather than the length of Pelé's list.

Q 04/05

Besides goals, penalties and straight red cards, what fourth type of decision can a VAR review?

A) Second yellow cards

B) Mistaken identity

C) Offside in the build-up

D) Dissent towards officials

Answer · why

B) Mistaken identity

Mistaken identity in awarding a red or yellow card is the fourth reviewable category. VAR was only written into the Laws of the Game in March 2018.

Q 05/05

For how many years was Jules Rimet FIFA president, longer than anyone before or since?

A) 12

B) 19

C) 29

D) 33

Answer · why

D) 33

33 years in office, from 1921 to 1954, make Jules Rimet the longest-serving FIFA president. He also created the World Cup, which was renamed in his ho...