The individual award search that spikes every autumn. This page has 100 important questions and answers.
The Ballon d’Or is an annual award for the world’s best player, organised by France Football (with partner formats in recent years). Journalists vote. It is not the World Cup trophy and not “FIFA Player of the Year” under every old name — those brands have merged and split before.
Team success and a memorable year usually beat a quiet year of “nice stats.” Debates are the traffic.
100 important questions. Quick 10 is a random set; Full set plays every question.
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100 questions and answers
Each item is a 4-option MCQ. Open a question, tap A–D. Green is correct, red is wrong. Original explainers — not copied match reports.
1. Ballon extra 2: A journalist jury usually
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Answer: A) votes for a ranked list of names
Weighting is published each year.
2. Ballon extra 3: The Ballon d’Or is not
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Answer: C) a team trophy like the Champions League
Clubs frame photos; they do not lift this cup as a club.
3. Ballon extra 4: A World Cup year often
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Answer: A) boosts players from deep tournament runs
Club form still counts.
4. Ballon extra 5: The women’s Ballon d’Or is
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Answer: D) a separate award
Different shortlist.
5. Ballon extra 6: Finishing second is
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Answer: C) the Silver ranking in the vote
Podium photos still travel.
6. Ballon extra 7: Goalkeepers have
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Answer: A) won rarely — the award leans to attackers historically
Yashin is the folklore name.
7. Ballon extra 8: A leaked shortlist is
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Answer: B) not the trophy
Wait for the gala.
8. Ballon extra 9: The Ballon d’Or gala is
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Answer: A) a TV night, not a FIFA World Cup match
Speeches and tuxedos.
9. Ballon extra 10: Club teammates can
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Answer: B) split a vote and both sit in the top 10
Narratives get messy.
10. Ballon extra 11: The award is not
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Answer: B) FIFA’s The Best in every era — brands merged and split
Check the year before you quote a “FIFA Ballon d’Or” line.
11. Ballon extra 12: A player at a small-market club can
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Answer: A) still win if the season is historic — it is rarer
Voters love Champions League nights.
12. Ballon extra 13: Social-media campaigns
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Answer: C) do not officially vote
They still pressure narratives.
13. Ballon extra 14: The Kopa Trophy is
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Answer: D) a related France Football prize for a young player, not the Ballon itself
Do not mix the statues.
14. Ballon extra 15: A Ballon d’Or is not
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Answer: A) a World Cup winner’s medal
You can have one without the other.
15. Ballon extra 16: If two players tie in folklore debates
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Answer: A) only the published ranking that year is official
Internet ties are not votes.
16. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 1) is
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Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
17. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 2) is
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Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
18. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 3) is
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Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
19. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 4) is
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Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
20. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 5) is
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Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
21. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 6) is
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Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
22. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 7) is
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Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
23. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 8) is
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Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
24. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 9) is
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Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
25. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 10) is
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Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
26. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 11) is
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Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
27. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 12) is
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Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
28. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 13) is
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Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
29. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 14) is
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Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
30. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 15) is
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Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
31. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 16) is
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Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
32. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 17) is
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Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
33. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 18) is
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Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
34. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 19) is
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Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
35. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 20) is
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Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
36. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 21) is
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Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
37. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 22) is
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Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
38. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 23) is
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Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
39. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 24) is
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Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
40. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 25) is
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Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
41. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 26) is
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Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
42. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 27) is
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Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
43. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 28) is
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Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
44. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 29) is
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Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
45. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 30) is
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Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
46. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 31) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
47. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 32) is
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Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
48. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 33) is
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Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
49. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 34) is
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Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
50. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 35) is
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Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
51. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 36) is
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Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
52. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 37) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
53. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 38) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
54. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 39) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
55. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 40) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
56. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 41) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
57. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 42) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
58. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 43) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
59. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 44) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
60. The official source for “ballon dor” (games desk, item 45) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
61. The Ballon d’Or is
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Answer: A) an individual player award
France Football is the historic organiser.
62. Voters have typically been
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Answer: A) football journalists (rules have been tweaked)
Read that year’s voting note.
63. A World Cup year often
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) boosts candidates from deep runs
Club form still matters.
64. The Ballon d’Or is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) automatically the Premier League Golden Boot
Golden Boot is a scoring title.
65. A women’s Ballon d’Or
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) exists as a separate award in the modern era
Search both lists on purpose.
66. Finishing second is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the Silver ranking in the vote, not a World Cup silver medal
The podium is media oxygen.
67. Goalkeepers and defenders
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Answer: A) can win but forwards historically dominate votes
That bias is part of the argument.
68. The trophy does not
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Answer: A) change offside law
IFAB still writes the Laws.
69. The Ballon d'Or is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) an individual player award
France Football is the historic organiser.
70. The Ballon d'Or is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) automatically the Premier League Golden Boot
Golden Boot is a scoring title.
71. A women's Ballon d'Or
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) exists as a separate award in the modern era
Search both lists on purpose.
72. France Football is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the magazine historically behind the award
Partnerships have come and gone.
73. Team success in a year usually
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) helps a candidate more than empty stats
Narratives beat raw xG arguments.
74. A shortlist is
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Answer: A) the published group of candidates before the gala
Voters rank names.
75. Club versus country debates
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Answer: A) are part of every World Cup-year argument
There is no fixed weighting in a quiz-proof formula fans agree on.
76. The gala is
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Answer: B) a ceremony, not a match that awards points
Photos, then arguments.
77. A midfielder can
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Answer: B) win if voters buy the year
Forwards still dominate history.
78. The award is not
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Answer: A) UEFA's Champions League best-player prize as the same object
UEFA has its own night.
79. Journalists' votes are
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Answer: B) the usual engine, not a public app poll only
Weighting has been tweaked.
80. A quiet club year plus a great World Cup can
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) still win the room in some cycles
Voters mash the calendar.
81. Youth or Kopa-style prizes are
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) separate France Football family awards in recent eras
Read the night's category list.
82. Winning the Champions League in the same year
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) often appears in winning speeches
It is a story, not a rule.
83. The vote is not
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Answer: B) the Premier League title
Clubs win leagues; players win this.
84. A keeper winning would be
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) rare and historic, not illegal
Lev Yashin is the usual history cite.
85. Nationality of voters has
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Answer: C) been adjusted in some reforms to spread the jury
That year's note is the source.
86. Stats packs are
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Answer: B) campaign tools, not the official ballot paper by themselves
Voters still write names.
87. A calendar-year feel means
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) winter World Cups can scramble 'the year' stories
Check what that edition counted.
88. The feminine award is not
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Answer: A) a lesser Law of the Game
Two trophies, two debates.
89. Finishing off the podium is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) still a ranking, not a red card
The list is long.
90. The Ballon d'Or does not
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Answer: A) seed the Champions League
UEFA uses coefficients and pots.
91. A player at a smaller club can
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Answer: A) theoretically win if the year is huge
Voters historically favour giants.
92. Partnership branding on the trophy night is
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Answer: D) media, not IFAB
The Laws stay in Zurich/IFAB.
93. Debates about 'best career' versus 'best year'
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Answer: D) are fan talk; the vote is framed as a year
Read the criteria note.
94. A hat-trick of awards in a decade is
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Answer: D) history-book talk, not a format rule
Repeat winners exist.
95. Defensive midfielders argue
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Answer: D) that voters ignore them
The bias is the traffic.
96. The shortlist reveal is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) a media moment, not a match result
Votes are still to come.
97. Winning club trophies in the same year
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) is common among winners, not a written law
Narratives stack.
98. A tied vote would be
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Answer: B) handled as that year's rules say
It is a ballot, not extra time.
99. Who organises the historic award?
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) France Football (with partners in some years)
FIFA has run overlapping player prizes in other eras.
100. Ballon extra 1: France Football is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the magazine that created the Ballon d’Or
