Soccer

Question 1

Earliest time played

Answer 1

2500 B.C.

Question 2

First played in _________

Answer 2

China

Question 3

The Chinese early form of soccer was called _____ ____.

Answer 3

tsu chu

Question 4

Roman version of soccer

Answer 4

harpastum

Question 5

North American Indian’s version of soccer

Answer 5

pasuckuakohowog

Question 6

What did the English call soccer?

Answer 6

mob football

Question 7

Mob football was outlawed by __ medieval kings.

Answer 7

5

Question 8

In the ______s, English school finally drew up rules for this rough-and-tumble football and the modern game took shape.

Answer 8

1840

Question 9

What the world now calls association football, or soccer, evolved in medieval Britain and was formalized by England’s __________ ____________ in the mid ___th century.

Answer 9

Football Association, 19

Question 10

British ________ and ________ spread the game to far corners of the world, where soccer’s simple formula-imagination and a ball-found instant translation.

Answer 10

merchants and sailors

Question 11

Today the game is played in every nation on earth, by more than ______ _________ regular players and countless others on beaches, playgrounds, and streets.

Answer 11

120 million

Question 12

The 4 skills of soccer

Answer 12

heading, trapping, passing, and shooting

Question 13

Soccer is one of the highest earning sports teams on the planet, yet as fast the money comes in, it goes back out-to cover players’ million dollar _______ and _________ ____.

Answer 13

salaries, signing fees