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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Only Connect: the Guardian World Cup edition

What comes fourth in these sequences of World Cup trivia? • Try more World Cup quizzes: England, line-ups and pictures The Only Connect format is pretty easy to get the hang of even if you’ve never seen the show. We give you three bits of trivia from the World Cup that are linked in a sequence and all you have to do is pick the correct option for what comes fourth. Simple, eh? Which tournament comes next in this sequence: Uruguay 1930, Italy 1934, England 1966 ...? West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 France 1998 Which country (linked by Diego Maradona) comes next: Hungary (1982), Italy (1986), England (1986) ...? West Germany (1986) France (1986) Belgium (1986) Greece (1994) Which legendary player comes next: Eusébio (9, 1966), Gerd Müller (10, 1970), Grzegorz Lato (7, 1974) ...? Teófilo Cubillas (6, 1978) Ossie Ardiles (6, 1978) Rob Rensenbrink (6, 1978) Mario Kempes (6, 1978) Which match comes next: West Germany v France (5-4 in 1982), France v Brazil (4-3 in 1986), West Germany v Mexico (4-1 in 1986) ...? West Germany v France (4-2 in 1986) Belgium v Spain (5-4 in 1986) Republic of Ireland v Romania (5-4 in 1990) Argentina v Italy (4-3 in 1990) Who comes fourth in this sequence: Said Belqola in 1998, Pierluigi Collina in 2002, Horacio Elizondo in 2006 ...? Howard Webb (2010) Mark Clattenburg (2010) David Elleray (2010) Mike Riley (2010) Which result comes next: drew with Hungary, drew with Mexico, drew with Sweden ...? Beat Mexico Beat Hungary Lost to Brazil Lost to Sweden Who comes fourth in this sequence: Brazil in 1966, France in 2002, Italy in 2010...? 2014 Netherlands 2014 France 2014 Germany 2014 Spain Which game comes next: Uruguay v Brazil (1950, attendance 173,850), Brazil v Spain (1950, attendance 152,772), Brazil v Yugoslavia (1950, attendance 142,429) ...? England v West Germany (1966, attendance 138,886) Mexico v Belgium (1970, attendance 138,886) Brazil v Sweden (1950, attendance 138,886) Argentina v West Germany (1986, attendance 138,886) Who comes fourth in this sequence: Pedro Monzón (1990), Gustavo Dezotti (1990), Marcel Desailly (1998) ...? Laurent Blanc (1998) Zinedine Zidane (2006) Nigel De Jong (2010) John Heitinga (2010) Who comes fourth in this sequence: Argentina in 1998, Brazil in 2002, Portugal in 2006 ...? Argentina in 2010 Germany in 2010 Brazil in 2014 England in 2014 1 and above. You failed to qualify from the group 2 and above. You failed to qualify from the group 4 and above. Good effort, it was quite tricky 5 and above. Good effort. It was quite tricky 7 and above. Well done. It was pretty tough 8 and above. Excellent effort 10 and above. Excellent effort 3 and above. Good effort. It was quite tricky 6 and above. Well done. It was pretty tough 0 and above. You failed to qualify from the group 9 and above. Excellent effort Continue reading...


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