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July 01, 2014

Q TIME: FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 - Part II

QUALIFICATIONS - GROUP E to GROUP H

(1) Which of the following games saw the highest number of goals being scored in a single match in this world cup?
Germany vs Portugal
France vs Switzerland
South Korea vs Algeria
Argentina vs Nigeria
Seven goals were scored in the Group E match - France vs Switzerland. Les Bleus (The Blues) won the game beating the Swiss 5-2 in a match that saw 7 players scoring a goal each.
(2) Who was th first player to score a hat-trick in this edition of the world cup?
Mesut Oezil
Toni Kroos
Thomas Mueller
Sami Khedira
Thomas Mueller scored a penalty in the 12^th minute followed by two more goals in the 46^th and the 78 ^th minute as Germany thrashed Portugal 4-0 in the opening game in Group G.
(3) Which country conceded the least number of goals in the group stage of the World Cup 2014?
Belgium
Germany
Argentina
Brazil
Belgium conceded just one goal while scoring four goals in their first three matches.
(4) How many goals did Christiano Ronaldo score in the tournament?
Two
Three
One
Four
Christiano Ronaldo scored one goal against Ghana but the Portuguese were eliminated after losing to Germany 0-4 and drawing their tie with the USA 2-2.
(5) Arrange these Group E countries according to the points table at the end of the group stage: (i) Switzerland - (ii) Honduras - (iii) France - (iv) Ecuador?
(iv) - (ii) - (i) - (iii)
(iii) - (ii) - (i) - (iv)
(iii) - (i) - (iv) - (ii)
(iv) - (iii) - (i) - (ii)
France and Switzerland qualified for the knockouts whereas Ecuador and Honduras were eliminated. The final standing was (iii) - (i) - (iv) - (ii).
(6) Name the Swiss player who scored a hat-trick against Honduras.
Fabian Schär
Xherdan Shaqiri
Admir Mehmedi
Gökhan İnler
Shaqiri scored three goals against Honduras - the second hat-trick in the tournament. The goals came in the sixth, thirty first and seventy first minute.
(7) Which was the first game in the 2014 world cup that ended in a draw?
Japan vs Greece
Costa Rica vs England
Ecuador vs France
Iran vs Nigeria
The 16^th June Iran vs Nigeria was the first draw match in the tournament. The draw came after a span of 12 matches, the biggest since the 1930 world cup wherein every game produced a clear winner.
(8) Name the Ecuadorian player who scored two goals in his country's 2-1 win over Honduras.
Christian Noboa
Enner Valencia
Felipe Caicedo
Juan Carlos Paredes
Enner Valencia scored twice, first in the thirty forth minute and then in the sixty fifth minute as the Amarillos (The Yellows) defeated the Los Catrachos 2-1 .
(9) Apart from Argentina, which other country went through to the knockout phase from Group F?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nigeria
Iran
None of these
Nigeria ended as second on the points table with 4 points after drawing their game with Iran and beating Bosnia and Hergezgovina. They lost a closely fought match against Argentina 3-2.
(10) Besides Germany, which other team qualified for the knockouts from Group G?
USA
Portugal
Ghana
None of these
The USA was the second team to qualify from Group G to the next round. Although, Portugal and the USA has same points 94), the latter qualified due to better goal difference.
(11) Who scored the only goal in Argentina's victory over Iran on 21^st June?
Lionnel Messi
Sergio Agüero
Gonzalo Higuaín
Marcos Rojo
Lionnel Messi scored a blinder just after 90 minutes to win the game for Argentina after a brilliant game against a resilient Iran.
(12) Which country scored the maximum number of goals in Group H?
South Korea
Belgium
Russia
Algeria
Algeria scored six goals during the first three matches including one victory over South Korea (4-2), a draw with Russia (1-1) and a defeat at the hands of Belgium (2-1).
(13) Name the manager of the US football team.
Joachim Low
Jürgen Klinsmann
Luiz Felipe Scholari
Roy Hodgson
Jürgen Klinsmann is presently coaching the US football team. He was earlier the coach of the German side during the 2006 world cup and the incumbent German coach - Joachim Low worked under him.
(14) Who scored the only goal for Iran in the 2014 world cup prior to their elimination?
Javad Nekounam
Reza Ghoochannejhad
Mehrdad Pooladi
None of these
Reza Ghoochannejhad scored the lone gone that Iran scored in the group stages of the world cup. The goal came in the 3-1 defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina which was also the European nation's first victory in the world cup finals.
(15) Who scored the highest number of goals for Algeria in the group stages?
Sofiane Feghouli
Islam Slimani
Abdelmoumene Djabou
Yacine Brahimi
Islam Slimani scored two goals for Algeria including one against South Korea and another against Russia.

For more on World Cup 2014:

(1) Q Time: FIFA World Cup 2014 - Part I (Link)
(2) Q Time: FIFA World Cup 2014 - Part III (Link)
(3) Q Time: FIFA World Cup 2014 - Part IV (Link)
(4) Q Time: FIFA World Cup 2014 - Part V (Link)

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