The Curious Off Side Football World Cup Quiz – Learn English with the Football World Cup 2026
Are you a fan of football ? If you are, you are in for a real football festival, if not, you are in for 4 very tedious weeks !
Whatever your view, it is a world event with billions of viewers for every match.
Some basic facts:
48 national teams which are put into 12 groups of 4 teams.
The 2 top teams of each group will go through to the knockout rounds (quarter finals, semi finals and the final).
The final will take place with an estimated TV audience of over 4 billion.
Each team is allowed a final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).
One of the favorites to win is Brazil, and indeed Brazil and Italy have won 9 World Cup titles between them and Brazil. has won 47% of the 19 tournaments held.
But of course here at english-podcasts.com we love the off-the-wall facts and this quiz includes the crazy, unusual aspects of such a world event. So you definitely don’t need to be a football expert to get tops marks in this quiz, just use your imagination and common sense !
So are you ready for kick off ? Get your boots on and let’s get started……
You’ll certainly expand your vocabulary and learn some strange facts along the way.
You’ll find that these questions are great for a pub quiz evening too !
The Curious Offside Football World Cup Quiz
Try this quiz with a friend, there will be plenty to discuss !
On this day there is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
The idea to make the day international came from a woman called Clara Zetkin. She suggested the idea in 1910 at an International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen. There were 100 women there, from 17 countries, and they agreed on her suggestion unanimously.
It was first celebrated in 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
Things were made official in 1975 when the United Nations started celebrating the day. The first theme adopted by the UN (in 1996) was “Celebrating the past, Planning for the Future”.
This year is marked by the slogans #IWD2021 and #ChoosetoChallenge
International Women’s Day is a national holiday in many countries, including Russia where the sales of flowers doubles during the three or four days around 8 March.
In this quiz you will come across a broad range of facts and figures concerning women’s achievements and challenges.
Do you know how many female pilots there are ? What is the global fertility rate ? How many months of the year do women work for free ?
American elections are a strange mix of tradition (starting with the town hall caucuses), show biz (have you seen all those balloons?), big money (no limit) and general craziness to us outsiders. And now in 2020 skullduggery is in the mix too !
Want to know what it’s all about ? This quiz will help to put things straight.
Do you know ……
Do you know how many presidents were never elected ?
The American election is well underway, with millions of votes cast already…. do you know how many ?
Do you know how many other people are running for president besides Joe Biden and Donald Trump?
Fake news is in abondance in the 2020 election, but some facts still remain the same…. just check out this quiz !
US Election; Fake news or Fact Quiz
How much do you know about American elections? How much is fake news and how
much is fact ?
Try out this quiz to see how much you really know !
Here at English-podcasts.com we like sport and especially rugby….. but what exactly are we talking about ??? Are you confused ? Do you need help ? Would like to know more ? Don’t worry, this quiz will help to put you in the picture.
Learning about sport is an important way to expand vocabulary and improve your English.
In this wholly unscientific “tongue in cheek” quiz you will see a lot of new vocabulary, learn a little about rugby, think a lot about yourself and have some fun at the same time.
To mark the Rugby World Cup in France 2027 we have chosen 6 positions in a rugby team which need different physical and mental qualities. For each question you can pick a response and at the end you will see which position would best suityour personality……
There are 15 positions in a rugby team, each player has a specific role and their names describe what these roles entail. The names may look confusing but try to figure out what they mean. For this quiz we have chosen: the wing, the fly half, the scrum half, the flanker, the loosehead, and the hooker.
Try these logic enigmas. They are pretty difficult to solve but a great way to have a conversation in English
Death in a telephone box
A man is found dead in a pool of blood in a phone box.
The receiver is hanging down and there are two holes in the glass on each side of the phone box.
The police arrive but do not launch an investigation as they do not suspect neither murder nor suicide.
What is the man’s hobby?
How and why is the man dead?
A sheep, a cabbage and a wolf
A man is travelling with a sheep, a cabbage and a wolf – why he is travelling with such a strange assortment, I really don’t know.
Anyway, they arrive at a river, which is too deep to wade across and too wide to swim across so he has a problem to continue his journey with a sheep, a cabbage and a wolf.
The man notices a small boat tied to the river bank, but it is too small for them all to fit into in one go, but large enough to safely row to the other side of the river.
The problem is that if he rows across with the wolf first, the sheep will eat the cabbage, if he rows across with the cabbage, the wolf will eat the sheep.
How can he safely cross the river with all his things intact?
[spoiler title=”Solution”]The man takes the sheep across to the other side then rows back. He then takes the cabbage across and rows back with the sheep. He then takes the wolf across and leaves it with the cabbage, rows back then picks up the sheep and they are all cross the river safely[/spoiler]
Multiple marriages
A man who lived in a small town legally married twenty five different women – a case of Multiple marriages.
None of the women died, and the man never got a divorce, and he didn’t break any law.
Knowing your nouns, verbs and adjectives is a key part to learning a new language and especially when taking a timed exam.
Practice your skills with this quick quiz.
Whenever you learn a new word check out if it has an association noun, verb or adjective. For example: to weigh (verb) , a weight (noun) , heavy or light (adjectives)
