World Cup quiz and other ways to fill a rest day
World Cup quiz and other ways to fill a rest day
Sixty games, 159 goals and enough drama to fill an EastEnders omnibus... the 2014 World Cup has provided hours of thrills and spills.
But now it is the calm before the semi-final storm and a rest day as the four remaining teams ready themselves for one last push to reach Sunday's final.
Struggling to cope without any games today? Bored? Withdrawal symptoms? In need of a quick fix from Brazil?
Don't worry - we're here to help. Sit back and kill an hour or two with BBC Sport's World Cup quiz - and plenty more besides.
Twenty teasers: Are you a World Cup boffin?
So, have you been paying attention over the past three and a bit weeks?
Think you're a World Cup wizard after endless hours in front of the TV watching Iran, South Korea and Honduras?
Then test your knowledge with these 20 questions.
The answers are below. Get 16-20 and you are world-champion standard; 11-15 and you've had a Chile - pretty impressive but just not quite good enough; 6-10 and you're basically Greece - solid, respectable but unspectacular; 0-5 and you've 'had an England'.
1. Who was the first player to be sent off at this tournament?
2. Name the World Cup venue that has seen the most goals.
3. Which match has attracted the biggest attendance so far?
4. Who became the oldest player in World Cup history after coming on as a substitute?
5. Which striker became the leading African goalscorer in World Cup history?
6. How many World Cup managers have left their roles since the tournament started?
7. Which international captains, who played in the Premier League last season, announced they were retiring following their teams' second-round exit in Brazil?
8. Which two teams have scored five goals in a single game at this tournament?
9. Which player scored the 50th hat-trick in World Cup history at this tournament?
10. Who scored the first World Cup goal to be given using goalline technology?
You've reached the halfway stage. In need of a cooling break?
11. Which game featured the first cooling break of the tournament?
12. Name the two teams that finished bottom of their respective groups after conceding nine times in three games.
13. Who scored England's first goal in Brazil?
14. Name the oldest of the 32 managers at the tournament.
15. How many goalless draws have there been?
16. Who scored the tournament's first penalty?
17. Which striker said after a big group-stage win: "It was a crazy game. We could have scored five… oh right, we did score five, but we could have scored six, seven or eight."
18. Name the former Premier League forward who wanted a kiss on the cheek from the Queen if he scored against Costa Rica.
19. Which World Cup 2014 team does the flag below belong to?
20. Name the first Premier League player to score at this World Cup.
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1: Maxi Pereira
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11: Netherlands v Mexico on 29 June
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2: Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, with 24
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12: Cameroon and Australia
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3: Argentina v Bosnia-Hercegovina, 74,738
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13: Daniel Sturridge
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4: Faryd Mondragon (Colombia)
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14: Fabio Capello, 68, (Russia)
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5: Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)
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15: Six
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6: Eight - Suarez (Honduras), Zaccheroni (Japan), Prandelli (Italy), Keshi (Nigeria), Hitzfeld (Switzerland), Lamouchi (Ivory Coast), Queiroz (Iran), Halihodzic (Algeria)
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16: Neymar (Brazil)
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7: Giorgos Karagounis (Greece), Joseph Yobo (Nigeria).
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17: Robin van Persie (Netherlands)
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8: Netherlands and France
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18: Mario Balotelli (Italy)
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9: Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)
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19: Ecuador
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10: Karim Benzema (France)
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20: Oscar (Brazil)
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