World Cup South AfricaJune 2010
June 2010. Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Susan Kindred, Oakfield School and College, Hindley, Wigan. All information and graphics from the FIFA website.
Suitable for literacy and numeracy groups of all levels. Questions can be easily adapted if they are too easy.
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South Africa– June 2010
Facts:
1. The last time England won was in 1966
2. Germany hosted the last world cup.3. Brazil will host the world cup in 2014
Group A
South Africa
Mexico
Uruguay
France
Group B
Argentina
Nigeria
Korea
Greece
Group C
EnglandUSAAlgeria Slovenia
Group D
GermanyAustraliaSerbiaGhana
Group E
NetherlandsDenmarkJapanCameroon
Group F
ItalyParaguayNew Zealand Slovakia
Group GBrazilKorea DPRCôte d'IvoirePortugal
SpainSwitzerlandHondurasChile
Group H
All information in this quiz taken from the FIFA
websiteFifa.com
Warm up question: How many matches are played in each group
(remember they all play each other once and there is no home and
away)?Sorry try
againCorrect!
8 6
Did you get that right?
• remember they all play each other once…
AvB AvC AvD BvC BvD CvD
Question 1: Who are hosting the 2010 World Cup?
Sorry try again
Correct!New Zealand
South Africa
Question 2: Which country does this flag
belong to:
Sorry try again
Correct!
IrelandAustralia
Question 3: On which continent is England?
Sorry try again
Correct!Africa Europe
Question 4: What are the two colours on the English flag?
Sorry try again
Correct!Red and blue
White and red
Question 5: Where was the 2006 World Cup held?
Sorry try again
Correct!
FranceGermany
Question 6: Who won the 1966 World Cup?
Sorry try again
Correct!Wales England
Question 7: How many teams are playing in the World Cup?
Sorry try again
Correct!20 32
Question 8: How many groups are there in the 2010 World Cup?
Sorry try again
Correct!
4 8
Question 9: How many teams in each group?
Sorry try again
Correct!6 4
Question 10: How many matches will each team play in the group stages?
Sorry try again
Correct!
43
Question 11: So how many group stage matches is that altogether?
Sorry try again
Correct!
3248
Question 12: How many will reach the knockout stages?
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Correct!
8 16
Question 13: How many matches will the winning team have played ?
Sorry try again
Correct!5 7
Question 14: Where is the final held?
Sorry try again
Correct! WembleyEngland
South Africa
Question 15: Where do you think the
final will be held?Green Point Stadium, Cape Town.Capacity 70,000
Soccer City,JohannesburgCapacity 94,700
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium,Port ElizabethCapacity 48,000
The Stadiums to be used.Find out more on the FIFA website.