FIFA World Cup 2014 Groups Quiz

teabagyokel

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Every 4 years...

Group A: BRAZIL, Croatia, MEXICO, Cameroon

1. How many times have Brazilian drivers won the Mexican Grand Prix?

Once - Ayrton Senna in 1988

Group B: SPAIN, NETHERLANDS, Chile, AUSTRALIA

2. Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber, on 216 and 215 Grands Prix each, are their country's most frequent Grand Prix starters. For half a point each, who is in 2nd place?

[bg=#FF0000]Pedro de la Rosa[/bg] and [bg=#DD8200]Sir Jack Brabham[/bg]

3. In which year did Jos Verstappen lose 9th to a 25s penalty in Melbourne?

2001

GROUP C - COLOMBIA, Greece, Cote d'Ivoire, JAPAN

4. Juan Pablo Montoya's first race at Suzuka saw him runner-up to Michael Schumacher, in a race he lead in the pitstop phase. Who was the other leader?

Ralf Schumacher

GROUP D - Uruguay, Costa Rica, ENGLAND, ITALY

5. Which English driver has scored the most wins for an Englishman at Ferrari?

John Surtees with 4. Eddie Irvine shares the British record.

Look, I'm not getting into the politics of Northern Ireland here. Both Unionist and Nationalist squabbling to disown him, it's very unseemly!

GROUP E - SWITZERLAND, Ecuador, FRANCE, Honduras

6. Who was the highest placed Frenchman at the 1982 "Swiss" Grand Prix at Dijon?

Alain Prost. 2nd.
He was the only French finisher, the retirements list reads like the French electoral roll...

GROUP F - ARGENTINA, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iran, Nigeria
I really don't know what to make of this group...

7. On 13th May 2012, Manchester City won the league by beating QPR with their three goals coming from Pablo Zabaleta, Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero. On that day the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix was held. We know Maldonado won it, but which midfield runner beat Seb Vettel into 5th?

Kamui Kobayashi

GROUP G - GERMANY, PORTUGAL, Ghana, UNITED STATES

8. Which Portuguese driver scored his only podium finishing 3rd behind Michael Schumacher at the controversial 2005 United States Grand Prix?

Tiago Monteiro

9. In which year did Mario Andretti win at Hockenheim?

1978...

GROUP H - BELGIUM, Algeria, RUSSIA, KOREA REPUBLIC

10. Did Vitaly Petrov score more points at Yeongam or Spa?

Spa, courtesy of two 9th places in 2010 and 2011 to none at Yeongam.

You get some interesting questions from these, I feel...
 
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