Football quiz #17: the answers

28 October 2026. Five questions, easy to hard.

1. Question 1

   What happens to a player who gets a second yellow card in the same match?

   • ▫️ They sit out ten minutes
   • ▫️ Their team loses a substitute
   • ✅ They are sent off
   • ▫️ Nothing more happens

   Two cautions in one game mean a red card, and the team plays on with one fewer.

2. Question 2

   At a goal kick, when is the ball in play?

   • ▫️ When it leaves the penalty area
   • ▫️ When an opponent touches it
   • ✅ When it is kicked and clearly moves
   • ▫️ When it crosses halfway

   Since 2019 it no longer has to leave the area, so teammates can receive it inside.

3. Question 3

   An indirect free kick goes straight into the opponents' goal untouched. What's the restart?

   • ▫️ A corner kick
   • ▫️ A retaken free kick
   • ▫️ A drop ball
   • ✅ A goal kick

   An indirect free kick must touch another player before a goal can count.

4. Question 4

   A defender denies an obvious goal chance with a foul in the area while genuinely trying to play the ball. What's the sanction?

   • ▫️ A penalty and a red card
   • ▫️ A penalty only
   • ✅ A penalty and a yellow card
   • ▫️ An indirect free kick and a red card

   Since 2016 a genuine attempt to play the ball reduces the red card to a caution in the penalty area.

5. Question 5

   For international matches, what length range does Law 1 set for the touchline?

   • ✅ 100–110 m
   • ▫️ 95–105 m
   • ▫️ 90–120 m
   • ▫️ 105–115 m

   International pitches must be 100–110 m long and 64–75 m wide; other matches allow 90–120 m.

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