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Socca Punch: The World Cup Quiz

Last updated on: June 15, 2010 18:18 IST

Some of our readers complained that the first quiz was a tad too easy.

So, on this occasion, we have made things a little difficult.

Now don't waste time, start kicking the ball and find out how good you are...

If you have any interesting questions that can contribute to this World Cup quiz quotient, mail them along with the answers to bikashm@rediff.co.in .

1. Sandor Kocsis (Hungary), Just Fontaine (France), Gerd Muller (Germany) and _______. Fill in the blank and complete the list?
a) Diego Maradona
b) Juan Roman Riquelme
c) Gabriel Batistuta

2. He was only five months and eight games into his international career when he made World Cup history. Identify the player who continues to remain the lone player to have achieved that historical feat?
a) Ferenc Puskas
b) Just Fontaine
c) Geoff Hurst

3. Who is the only substitute to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup game?
a) Laszlo Kiss
b) Sandor Kocsis
c) Juan Schiafino

4. Which Italian player is nicknamed Rino?
a) Antonio di Natale
b) Gennaro Gattuso
c) Daniele De Rossi

5. There have been only four players to win 100 caps for the Oranje. Three of them are Edwin van der Sar, Frank de Boer and Philip Cocu. Identify the fourth?
a) Mark van Bommel
b) Giovanni van Bronckhorst
c) Arjen Robben

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