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40 questions from Hajma’s “Pelé” bank, easiest first. Tap a question to reveal the answer.
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PeléWhich shirt number is tied to Pelé with his national team?Reveal answerHide
10
Which national team did Pelé play for?Reveal answerHide
Brazil
Which club did Pelé spend his entire career with in his own country?Reveal answerHide
Santos
Pelé is the only player to have won how many World Cups?Reveal answerHide
3 — 1958, 1962 and 1970
Pelé became the youngest player to score in a World Cup final in 1958 — how old was he?Reveal answerHide
17
Which team did Pelé beat 4-1 in the 1970 World Cup final?Reveal answerHide
Italy
What is Pelé's most famous nickname in Portuguese?Reveal answerHide
“O Rei” — the King
Which American club did Pelé play for at the end of his career?Reveal answerHide
New York Cosmos
With whom did Pelé share FIFA's Player of the Century award?Reveal answerHide
Maradona
In which year did Pelé die?Reveal answerHide
2022 — aged 82
Who overtook Pelé's record to become Brazil's all-time top scorer in 2023?Reveal answerHide
Neymar
What illness did Pelé die of at the end of 2022?Reveal answerHide
Cancer — colon cancer
Which English phrase for football became linked with Pelé more than anyone else?Reveal answerHide
“The Beautiful Game”
The 1958 World Cup where Pelé burst onto the scene was Brazil's which World Cup title?Reveal answerHide
The first — Brazil's first World Cup
After Messi and Argentina won the 2022 World Cup, Pelé posted a message saying who was “certainly smiling now”?Reveal answerHide
Diego Maradona
What is Pelé's real name?Reveal answerHide
Edson Arantes do Nascimento
Why did Pelé never move to a European club in his prime?Reveal answerHide
The government declared him a “national treasure” to block any transfer abroad
In which stadium did Pelé lift his third World Cup in 1970?Reveal answerHide
The Estadio Azteca — Mexico City
In 1997 Pelé received an honorary knighthood at Buckingham Palace — from whom?Reveal answerHide
Queen Elizabeth II
After Pelé and Brazil won their third world title in 1970, what did Brazil earn the right to keep forever?Reveal answerHide
The Jules Rimet Trophy — the original World Cup trophy
Which German legend became Pelé's teammate in the USA in 1977?Reveal answerHide
Franz Beckenbauer
In Qadsia's 1-1 tie with Brazil's Santos in Kuwait (February 1973), Jasem Yaqoub scored Qadsia's goal — who scored for Santos?Reveal answerHide
Pelé
How old was Pelé in his first match for his Brazilian club?Reveal answerHide
15
Which continental club title did Pelé win with Santos in 1962 and 1963?Reveal answerHide
The Copa Libertadores
How many career goals did Guinness World Records credit Pelé with?Reveal answerHide
1,279
Against which host nation did Pelé score twice in the 1958 final?Reveal answerHide
Sweden — 5-2
Which captain scored the fourth goal of the 1970 final from Pelé's pass?Reveal answerHide
Carlos Alberto
Which England goalkeeper made the “save of the century” from Pelé's header in 1970?Reveal answerHide
Gordon Banks
Which Hollywood star did Pelé act alongside in the 1981 film Escape to Victory?Reveal answerHide
Sylvester Stallone
Besides “the King”, what nickname is Pelé commonly given in Arab media?Reveal answerHide
“The Black Pearl”
Which bow-legged Brazilian winger played alongside Pelé and carried Brazil to the 1962 title?Reveal answerHide
Garrincha
In the 1970 final against Italy, how did Pelé score the opening goal?Reveal answerHide
With a header
Who coached Pelé to the 1970 title, having been his teammate in the 1958 and 1962 triumphs?Reveal answerHide
Mário Zagallo
Where was Pelé's body laid out for the public farewell in January 2023?Reveal answerHide
Vila Belmiro stadium — his club's ground in Santos
After which American inventor did Pelé's parents name him?Reveal answerHide
Thomas Edison
In which stadium did Pelé score his 1,000th goal in 1969?Reveal answerHide
The Maracanã — Rio de Janeiro
How did Pelé score his 1,000th goal?Reveal answerHide
From a penalty — against Vasco da Gama
Pelé's first World Cup goal, which made him its youngest ever scorer, came against which team?Reveal answerHide
Wales — 1958
What cut short Pelé's 1966 World Cup in England?Reveal answerHide
Brutal fouls on him — by Bulgaria and Portugal
With whom did Pelé swap shirts in the famous photo after the England match in 1970?Reveal answerHide
Bobby Moore
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Questions on Pelé and thousands of players and clubs, in one match: each team picks its categories, the ref reads from a TV or phone, and the most points wins.
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- 36questions, 200 to 600 points
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