Creating history at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

NI1. How are France’s Stephanie Frappart, Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga and Japan’s Yoshimi Yamashita creating history at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022?

NI2. Which European club was famously referred to as FC Hollywood? The club earned the moniker because the players always managed to grab tabloid headlines with controversial incidents off the pitch.

NI3. In Spanish football, what is ‘the Pichichi’? NI4. Which football team was flying on the British European Airways Flight 609 when it crashed in 1958?

NI5. International football teams have stars on their badges/emblems to indicate World Cup wins. Which three international men’s football teams each have four stars?

NI6. The Mirabal sisters were four sisters in the Dominican Republic who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo and were involved in clandestine activities against his regime. Three of the four sisters (Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa) were assassinated on November 25, 1960. The assassinations turned the Mirabal sisters into “symbols of both popular and feminist resistance”. In 1999, in the sisters’ honour, the United Nations General Assembly designated November 25 as what?

NI7. Name this lead singer of a British rock band who was born as Farrokh Bulsara to Parsi parents from India. He died on November 24, 1991 at age 45 due to complications from AIDS. He insisted that his final resting place remain secret, and the location is a mystery to this day.

NI8. Fidel Castro died six years ago on the night of November 25, 2016, the cause of death not disclosed. Name the king after whom Fidel Castro named three of his sons. NI9. Which famous personality recently launched her own production studio, Extracurricular, established in partnership with Apple TV+, where she’ll be creating content for the platform?

NI10. Below is a still from the only footage of which legend? Which legend filmed it?

Answers

NI1. They are women referees officiating at FIFA men’s World Cup for the first time. NI2. Bayern Munich.

NI3. The Trofeo Pichichi is awarded by the sports newspaper Marca to the top goalscorer of each La Liga season. Named after the Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael “Pichichi” Moreno, the trophy has been awarded annually since the 1952–53 season.

NI4. Manchester United. The Munich air disaster occurred on February 6, 1958 when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich. The aircraft was carrying the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the “Busby Babes”, along with supporters and journalists. NI5. Italy, Germany and Uruguay. Italy and Germany have each won the World Cup four times. Along with their two World Cup wins, Uruguay displays four stars in its emblem. This is unique in as two of the stars represent the gold medals won at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, which are the only editions recognized by FIFA as senior World Championships.

NI6. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

NI7. Freddie Mercury, lead vocalist of the rock band Queen.

NI8. Alexander the Great. He named his three sons Alexis, Alejandro, and Alexander.

NI9. Malala Yousafzai.

NI10. Mark Twain by Thomas Alva Edision.