Daily football quiz
Football quiz #21: the answers
1 November 2026. Five questions, easy to hard.
Question 1
Can a player be penalised for offside while in their own half?
- ▫️ Only at a corner
- ▫️ Only in the second half
- ▫️ Yes, always
- ✅ No, never
A player must be in the opponents' half to be in an offside position.
Question 2
How many periods is a beach soccer match split into?
- ✅ Three
- ▫️ Two
- ▫️ Four
- ▫️ Five
At the top level it's three periods of 12 minutes each.
Question 3
A player takes their shirt off to celebrate a goal. What must the referee do?
- ▫️ Disallow the goal
- ▫️ Award a free kick
- ▫️ Nothing, it's allowed
- ✅ Show a yellow card
Removing the shirt or covering the head with it is a cautionable offence, but the goal still stands.
Question 4
Besides running, what do most walking football rules ban?
- ▫️ Passing backwards
- ▫️ Shooting from outside the area
- ▫️ Using the outside of the foot
- ✅ Kicking the ball above head height
Height limits keep the game safer for older players; many rules also ban contact.
Question 5
In futsal, how long does a team timeout last?
- ✅ 1 minute
- ▫️ 30 seconds
- ▫️ 2 minutes
- ▫️ 90 seconds
Each team may have one timeout per half, called when it has possession and the ball is out of play.
Squadcard is an app for football groups that play every week: who's in, fair teams, and ratings from your mates. Start a squad.