Sports quiz of the week: FA Cup, Winter Olympics and Hollywood legends

Maro Itoje, Robert Duvall in a Shot at Glory, and Nicole Rocha Silveira. Composite: Getty, Shutterstock, Reuters

1. Cross-country skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo set a new record for the Winter Olympics this week by winning his 10th gold medal. Who holds the record for winning most gold medals at the summer Olympics, with 23?

   1. Ryan Lochte

   2. Michael Phelps

   3. Katie Ledecky

   4. Carl Lewis

2. 

   Norwegian skier Atle Lie McGrath did not have such a great week. He was among the favourites to win gold in the slalom but crashed out. What did he do after the race?

   1. He threw down his skis and walked into the woods

   2. He walked to the finish line and proposed to his girlfriend, who said yes

   3. He punched his coach in the face

   4. He walked over to the nearest camera he could find and said: “If anyone sees me ski again, you’ve got my permission to shoot me. I do not, ever, want to ski again. I’ve had enough.”

3. Which football team has won their last 13 games in all competitions but are not top of their league?

   1. Lyon

   2. Manchester United women

   3. Rangers

   4. Manchester City women

4. 

   What links the skeleton racers Kim Meylemans (who represents Belgium) and Nicole Silveira (who represents Brazil)?

   1. They are sisters

   2. They are married

   3. They are mother and daughter

   4. They own a restaurant together in Cortina

5. The Winter Olympics are coming to an end and the Oscars hype has begun. Who is the only person to have won an Oscar and an Olympic gold medal?

   1. Arnold Schwarzenegger

   2. Kobe Bryant

   3. Jason Statham

   4. Michael Jordan

6. 

   Continuing the acting theme, Robert Duvall died this week. Although probably best known for his roles in the Godfather and Apocalypse Now, he was also the leading man in A Shot at Glory, a football film set in Scotland. Duvall played a football manager; who was cast as his team’s ageing striker?

   1. James McAvoy

   2. Ewan McGregor

   3. Kenny Dalglish

   4. Ally McCoist

7. Which two teams meet in the Women’s FA Cup fifth round this weekend, having contested the final last season?

   1. Manchester United and Chelsea

   2. Liverpool and Everton

   3. Manchester City and Arsenal

   4. Tottenham and Brighton

8. 

   Maro Itoje will win his 100th cap for England in their match against Ireland on Saturday. He will be the ninth man to hit the milestone. Who was the first?

   1. Martin Johnson

   2. Jason Leonard

   3. Jonny Wilkinson

   4. Bill Beaumont

9. The Six Nations is not the only international rugby union competition taking place at the minute. Thirty-five countries are playing in Europe's second-tier tournament. Which team has won it for 14 of the last 15 years?

   1. Spain

   2. Georgia

   3. Belgium

   4. Romania

10. 

    York Knights played their first game in Super League at the weekend. What happened?

    1. They lost, had two players sent off and their manager quit the next day.

    2. They beat their local rivals by a point.

    3. They lost 76-0.

    4. They beat the reigning champions.

11. Hull KR and Brisbane Broncos met in the World Club Challenge this week. Which club won the event last year?

    1. Penrith Panthers

    2. Hull KR

    3. It was shared

    4. It was cancelled

12. 

    Ronda Rousey will make a comeback to MMA in May – a decade after she retired. Who is she fighting?

    1. Gina Carano

    2. Amanda Nunes

    3. Valentina Shevchenko

    4. Holly Holm

13. Six teams have won the T20 World Cup. Which of them was knocked out at the group stage of this year's competition?

    1. India

    2. England

    3. West Indies

    4. Australia

    5. Sri Lanka

    6. Pakistan

14. 

    Al-Nassr beat FK Arkadag this week in Asia's version of the Europa League. What is unusual about the club from Turkmenistan?

    1. Cristiano Ronaldo’s son plays for them.

    2. They have never dropped a point in their domestic league.

    3. They play in Merv, a city that has a population of 10,000 but was once home to a million people.

    4. Their stadium’s capacity is three times the size of the city’s population.

15. Martin O’Neill took charge of his 1,000th match when he led Celtic out against Stuttgart this week. Which club has he managed most (301 games)?

    1. Leicester City

    2. Sunderland

    3. Celtic

    4. Aston Villa

Solutions

1:B - Phelps won 23 golds in four Olympics, including eight at the 2008 Beijing Games., 2:A - “I just needed to get away from everything,” he said. “I thought I would get some peace and quiet, which I didn’t because photographers and police found me out in the woods. I just needed some time for myself.”, 3:A - Lyon were nearly relegated last season but are now third in Ligue 1, preparing to play in the last 16 of the Europa League and in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France. , 4:B - They married last year in a low-key ceremony and plan to have a big celebration after the Winter Olympics. "We’re having our big dream beach wedding, but skeleton and our Olympic dreams have commanded every aspect of our lives for a long time now," they said. , 5:B - He won two gold medals, in 2008 and 2012, and was awarded an Oscar in 2018 for the animated short film Dear Basketball., 6:D - Mark Knopfler did the music for the film, which also starred Brian Cox. , 7:A - Chelsea won last year’s final 3-0., 8:B - Leonard was just the third rugby union player – after Philippe Sella and David Campese – to win 100 caps. , 9:B - Georgia believe they deserve a chance to play in the Six Nations. Speaking last year, their coach at the time, Richard Cockerill, said they should face Wales in a playoff. "If you are finishing bottom of the Six Nations why do you just get free rein to turn up next year and play?" said Cockerill. "We want the opportunity to prove we can compete, so surely that's logical we get the opportunity to have a playoff. It would be the richest game in world rugby, Georgia v Wales to see who plays in the next Six Nations. That's jeopardy. That would be a game people would want to watch.", 10:D - York Knights, a phoenix club established after the original York club folded in 2002, beat Hull KR 19-18 on the opening weekend. , 11:D - Penrith Panthers could not agree a date to play Wigan Warriors, so the game was called off. , 12:A - Carano, who is four years older than Rousey, has not fought in 17 years. , 13:D - They were undone by a defeat to Sri Lanka... and a rained off game between Ireland and Zimbabwe., 14:B - FK Arkadag were founded in 2023 by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, the former president of Turkmenistan, who clearly does not like to lose. They have won all of their league matches, claiming three consecutive titles along the way., 15:C - O’Neill grew up supporting Sunderland and Celtic, both of whom he has managed. How many people can say that?

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.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

7. 7 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

8. 8 and above.

   That's a fine score. Well played.

9. 9 and above.

   That's a great score. Well played.

10. 10 and above.

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

11. 11 and above.

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

12. 12 and above.

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

13. 13 and above.

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

14. 14 and above.

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

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 15 and above.

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