Ariel Ortega
Gabriel Batistuta
None

2. What, in reference to the present WC, is Fevernova?

The ball which is to be used for the games
The TV campaign for publicizing the WC in Japan & Korea where football is not that popular
The Group of death featuring – Argentina. England, Sweden & Nigeria

3. The World Cup kicked off on May 31. This day is, incidentally:

World no alcohol day
World no tobacco day
World no red meat day

4. The Japanese are apprehensive that the Tsuyu may play spoilt sport during the WC. What is Tsuyu?

The occasional earthquake
The monsoon
The forum of baseball lovers who are anti soccer

5. Which player, playing in this WC, posed as Jesus Christ in an ad?

Ronlado
Zidane
Michael Owen

6. What will be special to the ball boys in the match between Ireland and Saudi Arabia on June 11 at Kyoto?

They will be girls, not boys
They will be robots
There will be no need for ball boys as any ball going outside the line will be deflected by a transparent Perspex wall

7. Luis Felipe Scolari, the Brazilian coach is a music lover and prefers to listen to which particular group for inspiration and easing out tension?

The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Bee Gees

8. The mercurial captain of Manchester United will not play this year due to an altercation with Mack McCarthy. Who is this player?

Roy Keane
Fabian Barthez
Laurent Blanc

9. A person called Franklin Chang Diaz is in the news in connection with the WC. Why?

He will watch the WC in space
He has designed the mascot for the WC
He is the first Argentine player of Chinese origin to play in a WC

10. Tyumen Oil Company (TNK) has promised to shell out 1 Porsche Buster, a $ 100,000 sports car for the best player in each match for a particular country, provided the said country wins the match. Which is the country being discussed about?

The USA
Saudi Arabia
Russia

11. Which two countries may see a father son clash, if the countries clash in this WC?

Brazil and Portugal
Italy and Paraguay
France and Costa Rica

12. Claudio Cannigia's surprise selection in the Argentine team has been at the expense of a promising 21 year old who is considered one of the upcoming stars in the Spanish league. Who?

Javier Saviola
Pablo Aimar
Kily Gonzalez

13. How is the current WC mascot different from its predecessors?

It has three characters as compared to the standard one
It has a football as the mascot
It has been specially grafted by Disneyland, Florida

14. Netherlands, one of the big forces in world soccer will not feature in the WC proceedings. However, even if it had qualified, Dennis Bergkamp would not have participated under any circumstances. Why?

He changed his nationality to Surinamese
He changed his sex
He refuses to fly

15. The grass at the winged stadium at Saitama has been given a special shade of green. Why?

For firm ball retention
For better TV coverage
For minimum friction to the boots

16. Who may be the sole Indian representative on the field during the WC?

Baichung Bhutia
Pradip Kumar Banerjee
Komaleswaran Sankar

17. Which country has the highest numbers of players from the French league in this WC?

France
Senegal
Poland

18. Which member of the Brazilian team, having a checkered career, is a veritable lightweight at only 58 kgs?

Marcos
Junior
Juninho

19. Who has scored the first hat trick in this edition of the WC?

Miroslav Klose
Carsten Jancker
Michael Ballack

20. Which Latin American country is playing in its first World Cup?

Ecuador
Paraguay
Venezuela

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