Welcome to our special World Cup quiz

GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL! How much do you know about the beautiful game? Award yourself a trophy if you go 8-for-8.

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The last time the World Cup was staged in North America was 1994. Its opening ceremony was overshadowed by what event on the same day?

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Argentina got an automatic entry into this year's World Cup as the defending champions. The 2022 winning squad had between them a total of 226 what?

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Haiti returned to the men's World Cup for the first time in 52 years. How many of the 26-strong squad were born in the Carribbean nation they played for?

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A machine learning algorithm ran 100,000 simulations to predict the likely winner. before the games started. And they found that the answer is?

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FIFA changes the World Cup ball in every tournament. What distinguishes this year's model?

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President Donald Trump was honored by FIFA in what way?

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This World Cup featured an expanded roster of teams, including for the first time what two countries?

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What should the beautiful game be called?

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