Free Easy Sports Trivia Quiz Questions
What is soccer?
A: Soccer is a team sport played between two
teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.
In how many countries is soccer played?
A: Over 200.
How many people play soccer world wide?
A: 250 million.
Soccer is the world’s most popular what?
A: Sport.
The game is played on a field with what shape?
A: A rectangle.
What is at each end of the field?
A: A goal.
What is the object of the game?
A: To score by getting the ball into the
opposing goal.
What is another name for soccer?
A: Association football, or football.
The goalkeepers are the only players allowed to
do what?
A: To touch the ball with their hands or arms
while it is in play and only in their penalty
area.
What do the other players mainly use to strike
or pass the ball?
A: Their feet, but may also use their head or
torso.
Each team consists of a maximum of how many
players?
A: Eleven.
One of the players must be the what?
A: The goalkeeper.
Competition rules may state a minimum number of
players required to constitute a team, which is
usually how many?
A: Seven.
The basic equipment players are required to wear
includes what?
A: A shirt, shorts, socks, footwear and adequate
shin guards.
What determines which team wins?
A: The team that scores the most goals by the
end of the match wins.
Soccer is generally a free-flowing game, with
play stopping only when what happens?
A: The ball has left the field of play or when
play is stopped by the referee for an
infringement of the rules.
Where were the Laws of the Game originally
codified?
A: In England by The Football Association in
1863.
Association football is governed internationally
by what organization?
A: The International Federation of Association
Football (FIFA).
The FIFA organizes what events for both men and
women every four years?
A: World Cups.
Within the English-speaking world, what is
association football now usually called in the
United Kingdom?
A: Football.
What is it mainly called in Canada and the
United States?
A: Soccer.
People in Australia, Ireland, South Africa and
New Zealand use which term?
A: Either or both.
According to FIFA, the Chinese competitive game
cuju, is the earliest form of football for which
there is what?
A: Scientific evidence.
Association football is played in accordance
with a set of rules known as what?
A: The Laws of the Game.