This is a rather easy quiz to celebrate the FIFA World Cup currently underway in Brazil. It tests your knowledge of the nicknames of the football teams of the 32 participating countries
1) Let us begin with an easy one. Which national team is called Three Lions
after the country’s coat of arms?
2) Which country’s team is called
Los Catrachos, after 19th C General Florencio Xatruch?
3) What is the nick name of the national team of Nigeria?
4) Which country’s team is called Les Fennecs (The Desert Foxes)?
5) Which national team is called Los Ticos after the Spanish slang for the
country’s inhabitants?
6) This should be quite easy. Name the country whose national team is named
after elephants?
7) The Pirate Ship is a very
unusual and recent nickname for this country’s team. What country?
8) Another easy one. Which national team is called Los Cafeteros (The Coffee
Growers)?
9) What national team is called Zmajevi (Dragons)?
10) What is the nickname for the Croatian national team?
