All football fans rate their quiz knowledge, but enough to put £108,000 on the line? Probably not.However, that was the case in Germany’s edition of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? with one contestant flying towards that mark before a World Cup question caught him out.Offenbacher was flying towards a million, but had a fallback to just €500RTLOffenbacher was feeling confident until a sports question came upRTLMarc Offenbacher was confidently winding his way up to the €1million mark on the RTL show when he hit a football question some fans of the sport may deem easier than it was.Host Gunther Jauch then read out question 13 of 15 worth €125,000 [£108,000]: “What is the most common final score in men’s FIFA World Cup finals? 1–0? 2–1? 3–1? Or 4–2?”Any guesses?Offenbacher instantly breathed through his teeth, admitting he wasn’t a fan of sport.“No, actually not really. I’m more of an outdoors person,” he said when asked about his interests. “I never watch football. Not even other sports.”Offenbacher then used a lifeline that isn’t part of the UK edition, where you can ask a member of the audience if someone thinks they know the answer and stands up.It should have been a clue of how tricky the question was that there weren’t any takers, and the host even had to clarify that if no one stood up the question goes back to Offenbacher.However, up stepped one man, who said he used to play football and watch a lot of it.When asked if he knew the answer, he admitted: “I can’t name all the World Cup final results off the top of my head, but I’ve heard that statistically, most football matches end 2–1. So I’d assume it’s the same for the World Cup finals.”Offenbacher sought the help of an audience member, and after they both ruled out 4-2, a 50:50 lifeline seemed to give the perfect responseRTLOffenbacher replied: “So you can definitely rule out A (1–0)? And C (3–1) and D (4–2) — no chance?”He said back: “I’d actually rule out 4–2. I think, back in the early days of football, scores were still pretty high.“But nowadays, the number of goals is usually around two or three per match. But as I said, I couldn’t tell you all the World Cup final scores…”Offenbacher agreed that he would also rule out 4-2, and then opted to use his final lifeline, a 50:50, leaving him with just two answers, 4-2 and 2-1.“We’ve both ruled out D, so let’s see whether B is correct,” he said, boldly giving his final answer the green light.An advert break then typically landed before the quizzer added: “Honestly, 4–2 is just too high to be the most common final result.Offenbacher and Quang were delighted with the 50:50 outcomeRTL“I didn’t want to say anything earlier, but what I know is that the most common result in football is 2–1.”Any more guesses?Jauch then revealed all, saying: “Three finals ended 1-0 and 3-1…“Between those other two results — one of them occurred four times in a World Cup final, and the other only twice…“One happened four times, one happened twice… And the score that occurred four times in a final was 4–2.”Offenbacher was absolutely gutted as the familiar music played out, and things were worse than you may have first thought as he hadn’t set a fallback amount.The audience gasped in unisonRTLThe audience member looked beyond awkwardRTLAnd the contestant left with a fraction of what he had already pockettedRTLThat left him with just €500, €64,500 less than he would have taken home if he hadn’t answered the question and €124,500 less than if he’d got it right.“That’s tragic. You had an incredible run — it was unbelievable,” the host told him.“And in the very last moment, it went wrong. Such a pity. Really a shame.”“Yes… What can I say?” the contestant replied. “In hindsight, I’d say — yeah, it was stupid, too risky. I probably should’ve stopped.“Honestly, I also thought it was 2–1, and then, with the audience’s support…“But yes, of course, there was that 4–2 [France beat Croatia] in 2018, and the legendary 1966 final we [West Germany] lost to England — that was 4–2 too.”YearWinnersScoreRunners-upLocation1930Uruguay 4–2ArgentinaMontevideo, Uruguay1934Italy 2–1 (a.e.t.)CzechoslovakiaRome, Italy1938Italy 4–2HungaryParis, France1950Uruguay2–1BrazilRio de Janeiro, Brazil1954West Germany3–2HungaryBern, Switzerland1958Brazil 5–2SwedenSolna, Sweden1962Brazil3–1CzechoslovakiaSantiago, Chile1966England4–2 (a.e.t.)West GermanyLondon, England1970Brazil4–1ItalyMexico City, Mexico1974West Germany2–1NetherlandsMunich, West Germany1978Argentina3–1 (a.e.t.)NetherlandsBuenos Aires, Argentina1982Italy3–1West GermanyMadrid, Spain1986Argentina3–2West GermanyMexico City, Mexico1990West Germany1–0ArgentinaRome, Italy1994Brazil0–0 (3–2 pen.)ItalyPasadena, California, United States1998France3–0BrazilSaint-Denis, France2002Brazil2–0GermanyYokohama, Japan2006Italy1–1 (5–3 pen.)FranceBerlin, Germany2010Spain1–0 (a.e.t.)NetherlandsJohannesburg, South Africa2014Germany1–0 (a.e.t.)ArgentinaRio de Janeiro, Brazil2018France4–2CroatiaMoscow, Russia2022Argentina3–3 (4–2 pen.)FranceLusail, QatarMost in Germany and England will remember the 66 scoreGettyFrance vs Croatia was another memorable 4-2, but the other pair are far less memorableGetty Images - GettyWhat were the other World Cup final results?The other 4-2 results were, as identified, back in the past when there were more goals in football.They in fact came in the first and third editions of the World Cup, with Uruguay beating Argentina by the score in the inaugural tournament in 1930, and Italy doing the same in the third edition against Hungary in 1938.As for 2-1 results, it was the least common of the four options, happening only twice when Uruguay beat Brazil in 1950 and West Germany downed the Netherlands in 1974.We’d say better luck next time to Mr. Offenbacher, but sadly for him there won’t be one.