| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The only team to win five times | Brazil | 100%
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| Defeated England in 1986 with help from a hand ball | Argentina | 92%
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| Country that Zlatan Ibrahimović played for | Sweden | 92%
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| The first country to host (and win) the tournament | Uruguay | 92%
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| Defeated France after Zinedine Zidane was sent off for headbutting | Italy | 90%
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| Known as the "Three Lions" | England | 88%
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| Defeated Brazil by a score of 7-1 | Germany | 88%
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| The only African country to host the event | South Africa | 86%
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| Led by Luka Modrić, they advanced to the finals in 2018 | Croatia | 83%
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| Country that James Rodríguez played for, winning the Golden Boot in 2014 | Colombia | 80%
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| Defeated North Korea after trailing 0-3, thanks to four goals from Eusébio | Portugal | 78%
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| Has been runners-up three times, but has never won | Netherlands | 76%
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| The Asian country which has qualified the most times (11) | South Korea | 76%
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| The most recent country to win as host | France | 74%
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| In 2026, it will become the only country to ever host three times | Mexico | 74%
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| By far the smallest country (by area) to ever host the World Cup | Qatar | 74%
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| The African country which has qualified the most times (8) | Cameroon | 67%
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| The only team to win the World Cup without conceding a single goal in the knockout stages | Spain | 67%
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| In 2018, they became the least populous country to ever qualify | Iceland | 52%
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| Known as the "Super Eagles" | Nigeria | 47%
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