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Old 01-07-2006, 03:35 PM   #811 (permalink)
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Old 03-07-2006, 12:09 PM   #813 (permalink)
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Old 03-07-2006, 12:17 PM   #814 (permalink)
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Right, here we are:

What oddity do the 1930, 1938 and 1950 World Cups have in common?
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Old 03-07-2006, 12:25 PM   #815 (permalink)
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Is it to do with the number of teams competing?
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Old 03-07-2006, 12:33 PM   #816 (permalink)
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Did they all feature countries pulling out (30: Most of Europe (travel), 38: Austria (annexed), 50: India (not able to play barefoot)

30 is a bit sketchy.
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They all feature odd numbers of teams?

30: 13
38: 15
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Old 03-07-2006, 12:45 PM   #819 (permalink)
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30: 13
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What was Ronaldo the first man to do since 1930?
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Weigh more than the rest of his team combined?
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Damn it, I thought I'd have got everyone with that...
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