Sports quiz of the week: Coco Gauff, Rugby World Cup and Mo Farah

Coco Gauff winning the US Open, a Scotland fan at the Rugby World Cup and Mo Farah Composite: Getty/PA/Reuters

1. Which team won their opening fixture at the Rugby World Cup, with one player scoring all their points?

   1. South Africa

   2. Wales

   3. England

   4. France

2. 

   Ireland scored 12 tries in their opening match against Romania. What is the record for the most tries scored in a game at a World Cup?

   1. 13

   2. 15

   3. 19

   4. 22

3. England scored three drop goals on their way to beating Argentina. Which player has scored the most drop goals at Rugby World Cups?

   1. George Ford

   2. Rob Andrew

   3. Jonny Wilkinson

   4. Juan Martín Hernández

4. 

   Novak Djokovic won his 24th grand slam singles title on Sunday, drawing level with Margaret Court’s all-time record. Which of the four slams has he won most often?

   1. Australian Open

   2. French Open

   3. Wimbledon

   4. US Open

5. Coco Gauff has become the latest teenager to win a grand slam title. Who holds the record as the youngest player to win a singles title at a slam (in the post-1968 open era)?

   1. Emma Raducanu

   2. Monica Seles

   3. Maria Sharapova

   4. Martina Hingis

6. 

   Scotland hosted England this week to celebrate the 150th anniversary of their first meeting – the first international football match. What was the score in that game in 1872?

   1. Scotland 6-3 England

   2. Scotland 1-1 England

   3. Scotland 3-7 England

   4. Scotland 0-0 England

7. Which team won promotion back to the top flight of the County Championship this week – a division they won a decade ago?

   1. Durham

   2. Kent

   3. Surrey

   4. Essex

8. 

   Runners at the Dublin marathon will receive a medal engraved with a WB Yeats picture and quote to mark the 100th anniversary of the poet winning his Nobel prize in literature. That was the plan, but what has gone wrong?

   1. His family have objected as he “detested running with a passion”

   2. The face engraved on the medals is that of John Keats rather than Yeats

   3. It turns out Yeats won the prize 101 years ago

   4. It seem Yeats never said the quote on the medal

9. Complete this sequence world champions: Yugoslavia in 2002, Spain in 2006, USA in 2010, USA in 2014, Spain in 2019 … and who in 2023?

   1. Canada

   2. USA

   3. Serbia

   4. Germany

10. 

    England started with three overseas-based players against Ukraine on Saturday: Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham. Who were the trio of overseas-based players in the team the last time this happened?

    1. David Beckham, Michael Owen and Owen Hargreaves

    2. Chris Smalling, Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori

    3. Des Walker, David Platt and Paul Gascoigne

    4. Ray Wilkins, Mark Hateley and Gary Lineker

11. Wrexham are not the only Welsh football club with famous connections. The Welsh fifth-tier football team, Clwb Pel Droed Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch, have taken on a glamorous shirt sponsor. Who?

    1. Naomi Watts

    2. La Liga

    3. The Eiffel Tower

    4. Vogue magazine

12. 

    The Champions League is back. Where is the final being played this season?

    1. London

    2. Lisbon

    3. Leipzig

    4. Ljubljana

13. Three European cities have multiple clubs in the Champions League this season. The cities all start with which letter?

    1. B

    2. M

    3. L

    4. R

14. 

    Mo Farah has retired from athletics. Before Farah took up running, he had two ambitions: to play right-wing for Arsenal or be a …

    1. Guitar technician

    2. Car mechanic

    3. Gardener

    4. Pilot

15. Gillingham are top of League Two. Why is that surprising?

    1. They were beaten 9-0 on the opening day of the season

    2. They have already sacked two managers this season

    3. They have only scored five goals in their seven matches

    4. They have not scored a goal from open play this season

Solutions

1:C - England beat Argentina 27-12, with all 27 points coming from the boot of George Ford., 2:D - Australia racked up 22 tries when they beat Namibia 142–0 in 2003. Namibia have played 23 games at the Rugby World Cup and lost them all., 3:C - Who else? Jonny Wilkinson scored 14 drop goals at World Cups – more than double what anyone else has managed. He scored eight in 2003, when England won the tournament. Impressively, five were off his left foot and three were off his right., 4:A - He has won the Australian Open 10 times, Wimbledon seven times, the US Open four times and the French Open three times. Djokovic has played in 72 grand slam tournaments, reached the final in half of them and won a third. , 5:D - Hingis was just 16 years old when she won Wimbledon in 1997 – she had already won the women’s doubles the year before at 15., 6:D - The two countries have played 116 times, with England winning 48 and Scotland 41., 7:A - Durham were relegated in 2016 after they were docked points for financial issues., 8:D - The quote – “There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t met yet” – has been misattributed to Yeats for years., 9:D - Germany won the Basketball World Cup at the weekend, beating Serbia in the final. Canada beat USA in the bronze-medal match., 10:C - They were all playing in Serie A when picked for England to face Norway in 1993. England lost the game 2-0, which gave the makers of the Impossible Job documentary some excellent footage., 11:B - The sponsorship deal is meant to bring together the two “biggest names in football”. , 12:A - The final will be played at Wembley on 1 June. Wembley has already hosted seven European Cup finals – more than any other stadium., 13:B - The three cities are Manchester, Madrid and Milan. , 14:B - His brother became a mechanic., 15:C - They have scored five goals and conceded five goals yet are somehow top, having won five matches.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

2. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

3. 3 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

4. 4 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

5. 5 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

6. 6 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

7. 7 and above.

   That's a fine score. Have a great weekend.

8. 8 and above.

   That's a fine score. Have a great weekend.

9. 9 and above.

   That's a fine score. Have a great weekend.

10. 10 and above.

    That's a fine score. Have a great weekend.

11. 11 and above.

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

12. 12 and above.

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

13. 13 and above.

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

14. 14 and above.

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

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 15 and above.

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