World Cup South AfricaJune 2010

June 2010. Kindly contributed to www.skillsworkshop.org by Susan Kindred, Oakfield School and College, Hindley, Wigan. All information and graphics from the FIFA website.

Suitable for literacy and numeracy groups of all levels. Questions can be easily adapted if they are too easy.For quiz questions: run the PPT full screen. Click on the green box of your choice to check your answer.Play individually or in small groups.

South Africa– June 2010

Facts:1. The last time England won was in

1966 2. Germany hosted the last world cup.3. Brazil will host the world cup in 2014

Group A South Africa

MexicoUruguayFrance

Group B Argentina

Nigeria

Korea

Greece

Group C

EnglandUSAAlgeria Slovenia

Group DGermanyAustraliaSerbiaGhana

Group ENetherlandsDenmarkJapanCameroon

Group FItalyParaguayNew Zealand Slovakia

Group GBrazilKorea DPRCôte d'IvoirePortugal

SpainSwitzerlandHondurasChile

Group H

All information in this quiz taken from the FIFA

websiteFifa.com

Warm up question: How many matches are played in each group

(remember they all play each other once and there is no home and

away)?Sorry try

againCorrect!

8 6

Did you get that right?• remember they all play each other

once…

AvB AvC AvD BvC BvD CvD

Question 1: Who are hosting the 2010 World Cup?

Sorry try again

Correct!New Zealand

South Africa

Question 2: Which country does this flag

belong to:

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Correct!IrelandAustralia

Question 3: On which continent is England?

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Correct!Africa Europe

Question 4: What are the two colours on the English flag?

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Correct!Red and blue

White and red

Question 5: Where was the 2006 World Cup held?

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Correct!FranceGermany

Question 6: Who won the 1966 World Cup?

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Correct!Wales England

Question 7: How many teams are playing in the World Cup?

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Correct!20 32

Question 8: How many groups are there in the 2010 World Cup?

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Correct!4 8

Question 9: How many teams in each group?

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Correct!6 4

Question 10: How many matches will each team play in the group stages?

Sorry try again

Correct!43

Question 11: So how many group stage matches is that altogether?

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Correct!3248

Question 12: How many will reach the knockout stages?

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Correct!

8 16

Question 13: How many matches will the winning team have played ?

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Correct!5 7

Question 14: Where is the final held?

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Correct! WembleyEngland

South Africa

Question 15: Where do you think the

final will be held?Green Point Stadium, Cape Town.Capacity 70,000

Soccer City,JohannesburgCapacity 94,700

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium,Port ElizabethCapacity 48,000

The Stadiums to be used.Find out more on the FIFA website.