Sports quiz of the week: Australian Open, Winter Olympics and Six Nations

Anatoliy Trubin, Jess Pegula, Jay Vine Composite: Getty, Shutterstock

1. 

   France and Ireland – the winners of the last four Six Nations – meet in the opening match of this year’s championship on Thursday night. Who were the last team other than France or Ireland to win the competition?

   1. England

   2. France

   3. Scotland

   4. Wales

2. 

   Anatoliy Trubin scored the goal that took Benfica into the next round of the Champions League. It was a sensational header but he has some way to go to match Jörg Butt, the German goalkeeper who scored for Hamburg, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich in the Champions League. His three goals were all scored against which club?

   1. Juventus

   2. Atlético Madrid

   3. PSV Eindhoven

   4. Ajax

3. 

   Chelsea have won the Women’s Super League six seasons in a row, but which team is nine points clear at the top of the table with just nine games to play?

   1. Arsenal

   2. Manchester United

   3. London City

   4. Manchester City

4. 

   Super Bowl LX will be contested by teams from which two states?

   1. Washington and Massachusetts

   2. New Hampshire and Ohio

   3. Tennessee and Vermont

   4. West Virginia and South Carolina

5. 

   Jay Vine won the Tour Down Under cycling race despite which setback?

   1. His bike broke so he ran the last kilometre carrying it on his back

   2. He crashed into a kangaroo and broke his wrist

   3. He did not sleep for the last few days of the event as his wife was in labour

   4. His bike was stolen the day before the race so he used his wife’s bike

6. 

   The men’s T20 World Cup begins next week. Who is the only player to have scored more than one century in the tournament’s history?

   1. Brendon McCullum

   2. Chris Gayle

   3. Jos Buttler

   4. Virat Kohli

7. 

   Arsenal play Corinthians in the Women’s Champions Cup final on Sunday. The Brazilian club was formed in 1910 by five railway workers. Why did they choose the name Corinthians?

   1. They were devout Christians from São Paulo who wanted to reference a bible book written by Paul

   2. Their names were Corey, Ian, Theo, Oran and Shaun

   3. They were inspired by Corinthian FC, a club from south London that had recently toured Brazil

   4. They had migrated to Brazil from the Greek city of Corinth

8. 

   Jess Pegula beat the reigning champion, Madison Keys, at the Australian Open this week. What do the two players have in common?

   1. They are cousins

   2. They present a podcast together

   3. They were born on the same day

   4. They have both married the same man

9. 

   Which of these players has reached an Australian Open final for the first time?

   1. Elena Rybakina

   2. Aryna Sabalenka

   3. Jannik Sinner

   4. Carlos Alcaraz

10. 

    The Winter Olympics begin next week in Italy. There is one new sport at the event this year. What is it?

    1. Kubb

    2. Ice bowling

    3. Ski mountaineering

    4. Snowball throwing

11. 

    Which of these sports has never featured at the Winter Olympics?

    1. Winter pentathlon

    2. Sled dog racing

    3. Ski ballet

    4. Angling

12. 

    Adama Traoré signed for West Ham this week. He says he learned about the club and their passionate fans when he was young. How?

    1. He heard stories about them “winning the World Cup”

    2. He "read about them in the Guardian as a boy"

    3. He "always chose them when playing Pro Evo on the PlayStation"

    4. He “watched a film about West Ham”

13. 

    Seventy-two teams played in the Champions League and Europa League group stage. Which of them won all eight of their matches?

    1. Lyon

    2. Aston Villa

    3. Bayern Munich

    4. Arsenal

14. 

    Tyson Fury is making another comeback. Who is he fighting in April?

    1. Deontay Wilder

    2. Arslanbek Makhmudov

    3. Otto Wallin

    4. Jarrell Miller

15. 

    The Mac Allister brothers both won player of the match awards in the Champions League on Wednesday. Alexis for Liverpool and Kevin for …

    1. Union Saint-Gilloise

    2. Atalanta

    3. Sporting CP

    4. Pafos

Solutions

1:D - Wales last won in 2021. Scotland have not won it since Italy joined in 2000. And Italy have never won it., 2:A - Butt remains the only goalkeeper to have scored more than one goal in the competition. , 3:D - City started the season with a defeat (to Chelsea, as it happens) but they have won all 12 of their league matches since then., 4:A - The Seattle Seahawks are playing the New England Patriots – a repeat of the 2015, when the Patriots won., 5:B - “Everyone asks me what’s the most dangerous thing in Australia and I always tell them it’s kangaroos,” said Vine, who is clearly made of stern stuff. “They wait and they hide in the bushes until you can’t stop and they jump out in front of you. Point proven today.”, 6:B - Gayle scored a century in the first match of the first T20 World Cup, in 2007. Funnily enough, though, West Indies lost the match. His second century was against England in 2016 – a match West Indies won. , 7:C - So, both clubs have a little south London in their history., 8:B - The pair – who recorded an episode of their show the day before their match – said their friendship would not affect how they played. “We could be laughing until the moment we walk on the court, but we both want to win and we both are competitors,” says Keys. “The moment it’s over, you’re back to being friends. It’s one of those things I really love about tennis, because it’s taught us how to manage our friendships and be able to genuinely love each other, and be close but also really competitive.”, 9:D - The 22-year-old has won the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open but this will be his first final at the Australian Open. , 10:C - In ski mountaineering – or skimo for short – athletes ascend a mountain, either on their skis or while carrying them, and then they ski back down to the bottom. , 11:D - It has never featured at the Winter Olympics but it was one of the sports at the Summer Games in Paris in 1900. , 12:D - We can only assume – and hope – he was talking about Green Street. , 13:D - Viktoria Plzen, who finished 14th in the Europa League table, were the only other side that finished unbeaten (they won three matches and drew five)., 14:B - The 36-year-old Russian has won 21 of his 23 fights, including a decent victory against Dave Allen last October., 15:A - Yes, he is called Kevin Mac Allister.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

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2. 2 and above.

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3. 3 and above.

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4. 4 and above.

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5. 5 and above.

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6. 6 and above.

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7. 7 and above.

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8. 8 and above.

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9. 9 and above.

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10. 10 and above.

    Well played. That's a sensational score. Have a great weekend

11. 11 and above.

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12. 12 and above.

    Well played. That's a sensational score. Have a great weekend

13. 13 and above.

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14. 14 and above.

    Well played. That's a sensational score. Have a great weekend

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 15 and above.

    Well played. That's a sensational score. Have a great weekend