Is the trophy of FIFA World cup made up of pure gold? what is the weight of the trophy?
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The new trophy is 36 cm high, made of solid 18-carat gold and weighs 6175 grammes. The base contains two layers of semi-precious malachite while the bottom side of the Trophy bears the engraved year and name of each FIFA World Cup™ winner since 1974.
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The golden boot is awarded to a player who scores the most goals at the world cup. It was awarded to Ronaldo from Brazil.
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It's probably real gold, yes.  It's not pure gold, which is 24K.  14K means they added other elements to it to make it stronger.
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Gold medals are made of 92.5% pure silver and must be gilded with at least 0.2 ounces of gold.
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Brazil. When they won the Jules Rimet trophy three times! By the way, the Jules Rimet trophy was the first trophy used for FIFA world cups and it was different from the current trophy.
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what the hell is the world cup?
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Out of these two, Stanley cup.  What American really cares about soccer?  Overall, best trophy ever, Lombardi Trophy.
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The last world cup was won by Brazil. They won against Germany and the score was 2-0
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http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/
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The current FIFA World Cup trophy was made with 17 slots for the winning country's name to go on it. Currently there are 8 teams on the trophy, that means that the world cup in 2038 would fill up the trophy, therefore a new one would have to be designed.
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Go here and find out: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/
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It is a very pure conductive metal. More pure than gold. Indeed.
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http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/mcast/mc.html?id=18
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http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/\n\nthat should give you all the info that you need.
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http://www.worldcup.isn.pl/en/statistics/statistics1f.htm
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engraved there the word fifa world cup
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A 14.5" cube of 24 karat gold will weigh 2000 pounds.  \n\nIt is so malleable that 1 ounce of gold can be spread into a continuous sheet large enough to cover a football field.\n\nGold has a specific gravity 19 times that of fresh water and twice that of lead.\n\nThe contact switches for automotive airbags are gold plated because of gold's resistance to corrosion.\n\nMore men became wealthy during the California gold rush catering to the needs of miners than became wealthy by mining.\n\nGold purity is measured in Karats (or Carats). The volume is divided by 24. 24 K gold is 24 of 24 parts pure gold. 14 K gold is 14 parts gold and 10 parts another metal (silver, nickel, copper, etc)