World Cup and Wimbledon Sports Quiz

The Wimbledon ladies' singles final is traditionally played on the final Saturday of the tournament, the second Saturday of the fortnight. The men's final follows on Sunday is wrong here; the women's final closes out the middle weekend. Sunday, Monday, and Friday are not when the ladies' final is scheduled.

The 2010 Wimbledon Championships ran from Monday 21 June to Sunday 4 July 2010 on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Wimbledon traditionally begins on a Monday in late June.

Queen Elizabeth II attended the Wimbledon Championships on Thursday 24 June 2010, her first visit to the tournament since 1962. The other dates do not match her confirmed attendance.

On 29 June 2009, the new Centre Court roof was closed for the first time due to rain, interrupting the fourth-round match between Dinara Safina and Amelie Mauresmo. Safina won that match.

The Wimbledon Men's Singles trophy is the Challenge Cup, a silver-gilt cup. 'Gilt' means gold-colored coating over silver, so the underlying material is silver, making 'Silver' the correct choice among these options.

At Wimbledon, the runner-up (or 'finalist') in each championship receives a silver plate. The winner takes a cup or trophy, while gold plate and golden cup are not the runner-up award.

In 2009, the Wimbledon Men's and Women's Singles champions each received GBP 850,000 in prize money, an increase from the prior year. The lower figures listed do not match the 2009 champion payout.

Brazil holds the record with five World Cup titles (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002), more than any other nation. Italy and Germany have four each, and Argentina fewer.

The first FIFA World Cup was held in 1930, hosted by Uruguay, who also won the tournament. The other years predate the competition (1872, 1892) or are far too late (1982).

The original FIFA World Cup trophy, used from the inaugural 1930 tournament until 1970, was named the Jules Rimet Trophy after the FIFA president who founded the competition. It was retired after Brazil won it outright in 1970, after which the current FIFA World Cup Trophy was introduced. The other listed names are fabricated.

Hakan Sukur of Turkey scored the fastest goal in World Cup history, finding the net just 11 seconds into the third-place playoff against South Korea at the 2002 World Cup. Bryan Robson held a previous record at 27 seconds (1982), while Bernard Lacombe and Ernst Lehner also scored early but not as fast.

Great Britain, represented by the English amateur side Upton Park FC, won the first Olympic football gold medal at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Football became an official Olympic sport in 1908, where Great Britain also won gold. Uruguay's Olympic football triumphs came later in 1924 and 1928.

Brazil reached three consecutive World Cup finals in 1994, 1998, and 2002, winning two. Germany (as West Germany) also achieved this feat, appearing in the 1982, 1986, and 1990 finals. Neither Uruguay nor South Korea has matched this record.

Philipp Lahm captained Germany at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, where Germany reached the semi-finals. He was a versatile full-back who also captained Bayern Munich and later lifted the World Cup in 2014. Klose, Podolski, and Metzelder were teammates, not the captain.

Goleo VI, a lion mascot wearing a Germany shirt, was the official mascot of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, accompanied by a talking football named Pille. The other options (Frodo, Rodeo, Poleo) are not real World Cup mascots.

Diego Maradona made his FIFA World Cup debut at the 1982 World Cup in Spain, at age 21. He was controversially left out of the 1978 Argentina squad as coach Menotti deemed him too young. Mexico 1986 was where he won the title, not his debut.