FUNDAMENTALS
SENJAM RAJ SEKHAR
Anew football world champion will be crowned today. As the top two teams of FIFA World Cup 2018 square off, we take a look at some of the most interesting moments of a World Cup final match.
WORLD CUP FINAL
1. Two finals of the World Cup have been decided by penalties. One team featured in both the finals — losing one and winning the other. Which team? 2. Only one hattrick has been scored in a World Cup final. The year was 1966 when England beat Germany for its only World Cup trophy. Who was the player? 3. In Germany, what is popularly known as ‘Wunder von Bern’ or the Miracle of Bern? 4. The first-ever World Cup final took place at the Estadio Centenario or Centennial Stadium in Montevideo in Uruguay. The stadium commemorates hundred years of what event? 5. Four players have scored three goals in FIFA World Cup finals — the maximum so far. Two of them are Pele and Geoff Hurst. Who are the other two? 6. The 1958 final between Brazil and Sweden created a unique record that stands to this day. The record for the youngest as well as oldest goal scorer were set in this match. The youngest of course is Pele at 17 years and 249 days. Who is the oldest? 7. What is common to these footballers in connection with World Cup finals — Pedro Monzon of Argentina, Gustavo Dezotti of Argentina, Marcel Desailly of France, Zinedine Zidane of Italy and John Heitinga of Netherlands? 8. After winning the 1994 final against Italy, to whom did Brazil dedicate their World Cup victory to? 9. The 1950 tournament did not have a final with the top teams playing in a round robin format. However, the match between Uruguay and Brazil on 16 July 1950 is unofficially regarded as the final. Why is this match known as Maracanzo or the Maracana blow?
ANYTHING GOES
1. Kaziranga National Park owes its existence to the efforts of a wife of British Viceroy who persuaded her husband to take urgent measures to protect the rhinoceros. Name her. (T. Balasubramaniam, Chennai) 2. Gina Haspel broke the glass ceiling for women when she became the first ever director of which organisation? (Tanmayee, Secunderabad) 3. How did Telstar 18, the official ball of the 2018 World Cup get an ‘out of the world uniqueness’ before it made its debut in Russia? (U.N. Murthy, Secunderabad) 4. Which person originally nicknamed ‘Dico’ was formally named after American inventor Thomas Alva Edison as electricity had just been introduced to his hometown when he was born? (Aditya Jeevan, Thiruvananthapuram) 5. In Tolkien’s Hobbit world, what happens to mountain trolls when they are exposed to sunlight? (Jonathan Francis, Secunderabad) 6. It is well known that Bal Thackeray started his professional career as a cartoonist with an English language daily. Which one? (Sanjay Nair, Noida) 7. The Hipparcos Catalogue, Tycho Catalogue and Henry Draper Catalogue were all catalogues that mapped what? (Deepak Gomes, Kolkata) 8. Name the infamous founder of the political party Akhil Bharatiya Sena? (Bijoy K., Bengaluru)