Q 01/05

The 2022 World Cup's demountable Doha venue was built from how many shipping containers, matching Qatar's dialling code?

A) 650

B) 974

C) 1,200

D) 1,500

Answer · why

B) 974

974 recycled shipping containers made up the stadium, a nod to Qatar's +974 dialling code, and it was designed to be taken apart after the tournament....

Q 02/05

Which London club was founded in 1905 specifically to occupy Stamford Bridge after Fulham turned the ground down?

A) Chelsea

B) Brentford

C) Millwall

D) Crystal Palace

Answer · why

A) Chelsea

Chelsea was created by new owner Gus Mears to fill Stamford Bridge, an athletics venue since 1877, after Fulham declined it for financial reasons. The...

Q 03/05

Which ground, opened in 1989 on an island in Pyongyang's Taedong River, was built with an official capacity of 150,000?

A) Kim Il Sung Stadium

B) Yanggakdo Football Stadium

C) Rungrado May Day Stadium

D) Sosan Stadium

Answer · why

C) Rungrado May Day Stadium

Rungrado May Day Stadium was re-rated at about 114,000 after a 2014 refit and is now second in the world only to a cricket ground in India. It stages ...

Q 04/05

Which Munich stadium, opened for the 2006 World Cup, was the first in the world with a fully colour-changing exterior?

A) Volksparkstadion

B) Mercedes-Benz Arena

C) Red Bull Arena

D) Allianz Arena

Answer · why

D) Allianz Arena

Allianz Arena's skin is 2,760 inflated ETFE plastic panels that glow red for Bayern and shone blue when 1860 Munich shared the ground until 2017. From...

Q 05/05

Which London ground's grass pitch splits into three sections and slides away to reveal an artificial NFL field beneath?

A) Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

B) London Stadium

C) Brentford Community Stadium

D) Emirates Stadium

Answer · why

A) Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium's pitch rides on 99 trays weighing 10,000 tonnes in all and retracts under the South Stand, the first in the world to split ...