Quiz: it's all about that (World Cup training) base

The 23 squads are staying various training camps and hotels. Do you know your woodland retreats from your city spas?

• World Cup quiz: guess the tournament

Uruguay's home town for the tournament is one for fans of nominative determinism. Where are they based?

Snuz

Yawn

Bor

Sleypy

Senegal are staying in the Royal hotel in Kaluga, a building that has which unusual feature?

A downhill ski run starts on its roof

A bobsleigh track runs through the foyer

The pool can be converted into an ice rink

The hotel is in the shape of a curling stone

Australia are using the training facilities of AK Bars in Kazan? Which sport do they play?

Football

Ice hockey

Water polo

Aussie Rules

Belgium are staying at the lavish Moscow Country Club – the home of which sporting event since 1993?

Russian Open golf championship

Russian Open tennis championship

Russian Open figure skating championships

Russian Open chess championship

Colombia are staying in Kazan and training at the Sviyaga shooting range, which hosted the 2010 trapshooting European Championships. They’ll also:

Travel further than anyone else in the group stages

Travel at least 500 miles north for every match

Travel at least 500 miles south for every match

Travel less than anyone else in the group stages

Denmark are in Anapa on the Black Sea coast, a popular holiday destination. Which is nice, but it also means their shortest round trip for a group game is how far?

Around 1,450 miles

Around 1,000 miles

Around 800 miles

Around 600 miles

Saudi Arabia are stopping in the plush Belmond Grand Hotel Europe in St Petersburg, which has a bevy of suites named in honour of various famous figures, including one with a World Cup connection. It’s called:

The Domingo suite

The Carreras suite

The Pavarotti suite

The Baddiel & Skinner suite

Several teams will prepare for games at the training grounds of Russian clubs, but who has bagged CSKA Moscow’s facilities?

Germany

Argentina

Brazil

Spain

Portugal’s team base, the FC Saturn Training Centre, has a 25m swimming pool, two Finnish saunas and a Turkish hammam but, according to the Fifa website, does not accept what?

Vegetarians

Unmarried couples

IOUs

Credit cards

While most teams have based themselves in plush woodland, historic city hotels or at state-of-the-art training bases, Peru have done what?

Rented an entire village in which to stay

Based themselves right next Sheremetyevo International Airport

Based themselves in the hotel of Moscow’s equivalent to Alton Towers

Booked a series of Airbnbs in an attempt to save money

10 and above.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner

9 and above.

So close!

8 and above.

Champions League level

7 and above.

Europa League level

6 and above.

Just outside the European places

5 and above.

Mid-table safety

4 and above.

Below average

3 and above.

Improvement required

2 and above.

Pretty poor

0 and above.

Useless

1 and above.

Not great

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