Rules & Tacticstrivia questions & answers
Test yourself with 50 free Rules & Tactics trivia questions covering laws of the game and how it is played. Try the sample questions below — answers and explanations included — then play the full set in Solo Rush, the Daily Quest or a live multiplayer room.
Football is governed by just 17 Laws of the Game, maintained by IFAB — yet offside alone has decided titles and filled decades of pub arguments. This category tests the rulebook: handball, VAR (introduced at the World Cup in 2018), penalties, bookings and the details referees get shouted at over every weekend.
The tactics side covers how the game is actually played and how that has changed: catenaccio, Total Football, tiki-taka, gegenpressing, back threes versus back fours and why the false nine confused everyone for a decade. Know your laws and your formations and you will score well here.
How the Rules & Tactics questions are organised
The Rules & Tactics bank currently holds 50 questions split into three difficulty tiers: 8 Bronze for warm-ups everyone should get, 33 Silver for regular fans, and 9 Gold for the details only obsessives remember. Solo Rush mixes tiers as your run heats up, while the Daily Quest draws a fixed ten across all categories, so no two days play the same.
Sample Rules & Tactics questions (with answers)
What does "VAR" stand for?
Answer: Video Assistant Referee.
A player can be offside directly from a throw-in.
Answer: False.
There is no offside offence from a throw-in.
How many players from one team start a match on the pitch?
Answer: 11.
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How many Laws of the Game are there?
Seventeen, maintained by the International Football Association Board (IFAB). They cover everything from the field of play and the ball to offside, fouls and penalty kicks.
When was VAR first used at a World Cup?
Russia 2018 was the first World Cup with the Video Assistant Referee, following its approval by IFAB earlier that year.
Can a goalkeeper pick up a back-pass?
No. Since 1992, a keeper cannot handle a ball deliberately kicked to them by a teammate — an indirect free kick is awarded if they do.