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Last Week's Quiz

Created by Eli Robinson
Edited by Jonpaul Guinn

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  • Submit your answers by 5:56pm ET 6/15/26
  • Don't cheat. Cheating is bad. Using Google/AI/ChatGPT/Gemini IS cheating.
  • Trivia graders don't care about spelling (but try your hardest)
  • No negative points for incorrect responses (so guess to your heart's content)
  • Email [email protected] for clarification on any questions

The 23rd World Cup is just around the corner, where forty-eight teams will come to compete in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Things kick off with the group stage, where the matchups are already set!



It turns out that a few of the games that we’ll see aren’t the first time that two countries have had international relations. In this game, we’ll test your knowledge of what they have in common other than soccer.

Q1. June 16 in East Rutherford, NJ – Senegal became independent in 1960 after decades under what Européenne country, whose langue you’ll find widely spoken there and in other places like Monaco and Québec?



Q2. June 23 in Foxborough, MA – Ghana was called the Gold Coast before independence in 1957, when it became one of the first sub-Saharan African countries to break free from what imperial island nation?



Q3. June 19 in Philadelphia, PA – From 2004 to 2017, Brazil led the military side of a major United Nations stabilization mission in what Caribbean country after the ousting of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide?



Q4. June 13 in Vancouver, BC – Each year on ANZAC Day, Australians remember soldiers who fought at Gallipoli in World War I, a campaign that took place in what modern country on the Anatolian Peninsula?



Q5. June 21 in Inglewood, CA – In 2023, Brussels and Tehran struck a high profile prisoner exchange when diplomat Asadollah Asadi made it back to Iran and humanitarian Olivier Vandecasteele made it back to what country?



Q6. June 26 in Seattle, WA – Speaking of Iran, what nation did they cut diplomatic ties with in 1979 after Anwar Sadat signed a peace treaty with Israel and subsequently took in the fleeing shah?



Q7. June 14 in Arlington, TX – From 1641-1858, the Netherlands were the only western power allowed to trade with what country with a sakoku, or exclusion, policy?



Q8. June 26 in Guadalajara, MX – In 1810, a movement for independence broke out in Buenos Aires and influenced a similar shift in Banda Oriental. Sandwiched between Brazil and Argentina, Banda Oriental would ultimately break ties with Spain and become what toward-the-end-of-the-alphabet country?



Q9. June 18 in Vancouver, BC – Before the 2022 World Cup, Canada Soccer released a statement raising concerns about workers’ rights and inclusivity in what Gulf country hosting the tournament?



Q10. June 12 in Inglewood, CA – Paraguay’s burgeoning meat industry has been looking for export partners for many years. Having never allowed Paraguayan beef before, what nation’s Department of Agriculture finally allowed the exports to travel the 4,500 miles in 2023?



TIEBREAKER With Curaçao’s qualification for the 2026 World Cup, they became the least populous nation by far to qualify for the tournament. As of January 1, 2025, how many people lived there?


Quiz is closed and your answers are now locked! Graders are grading and results will be sent on 6/15/26