World Cup Trivia

[LDOG]

Damn it's been so long I've forgotten the answers!

1) Not sure but 6 sounds about right.

2) 4 is correct although not for Yugoslavia, they played 3 teams (Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay) but Argentina played 4 that year (Chile, Mexico, USA, Uruguay).

3) Correct.

4) Correct.

5) Correct.

About 2), damn! I forgot there was no third place match back then, I thought they also played USA.

[hzv]

-what were the two teams that played each other in the first ever world cup match?
-name the player that scored the first hat trick in world cup?
-who made the first substitution in the world cup?

[KC McElroy]

-what were the two teams that played each other in the first ever world cup match?
-name the player that scored the first hat trick in world cup?
-who made the first substitution in the world cup?

Mexico-France.
Bert Patenaude from the US in 1930.
I forget the name but some Russian player in 1970.

[hzv]

Mexico-France.
Bert Patenaude from the US in 1930.
I forget the name but some Russian player in 1970.

-correct
-correct
-incorrect

[KC McElroy]

-correct
-correct
-incorrect

I could have sworn it was a Russian guy that Pele had talked about in his autobiography.

Edit: I looked this up. I believe mine is correct in the general sense. I believe the answer you are looking for is injury forced substitutions while mine is the first just-because substitution.

[KC McElroy]

In how many World Cup games has Portugal trailed 3-0? What were those games?

[Raptor]

In how many World Cup games has Portugal trailed 3-0? What were those games?

3 times:
2006, against Germany (ended 1-3)
2002, against USA (ended 2-3)
1986, against Morocco (ended 1-3)

I'll admit though, I had to look up the last one...

[KC McElroy]

3 times:
2006, against Germany (ended 1-3)
2002, against USA (ended 2-3)
1986, against Morocco (ended 1-3)

I'll admit though, I had to look up the last one...

Wrong!

[Raptor]

Wrong!

Ok, I'll change my answer to 4 times.

Adding 1966, against North Korea (ended 5-3)

[KC McElroy]

Ok, I'll change my answer to 4 times.

Adding 1966, against North Korea (ended 5-3)

Correct.

[LDOG]

Which team had the longest winless streak in the history of world cups? how many consecutive matches were?

[KC McElroy]

Which team had the longest winless streak in the history of world cups? how many consecutive matches were?

Without checking any source I will say it was Mexico. 11 matches before they secured their first point in 1958 with a tie against Wales. I think they played one more game in 1958 (the tie was their second game) and then in 1962 they won their last game against Czechoslovakia. So it would be 14 winless matches.
When I was a teenager I had all sorts of charts for World Cup results and one was points per game. I remember the first time I did it for Mexico it came out not even as a tenth but as a hundredth decimal.

[LDOG]

Without checking any source I will say it was Mexico. 11 matches before they secured their first point in 1958 with a tie against Wales. I think they played one more game in 1958 (the tie was their second game) and then in 1962 they won their last game against Czechoslovakia. So it would be 14 winless matches.
When I was a teenager I had all sorts of charts for World Cup results and one was points per game. I remember the first time I did it for Mexico it came out not even as a tenth but as a hundredth decimal.

Nice stats, but no, it isn't Mexico.

[KC McElroy]

Nice stats, but no, it isn't Mexico.

Damn you shouldn't have posted the answer, that was my next guess!
Actually you should edit your post in case others wanna take a stab at it.

[LDOG]

Damn you shouldn't have posted the answer, that was my next guess!
Actually you should edit your post in case others wanna take a stab at it.

oh sorry, I will.