Sports quiz of the week: Masters, Tyson Fury, Grand National and Six Nations

Tyson Fury, Rory McIlroy and the Grand National. Composite: Tom Jenkins, Getty Images

1. The Women’s Six Nations begins on Saturday. England are clear favourites, having won the last seven tournaments in a row without losing a single game. Who were the last team to beat them in the Six Nations?

   1. France

   2. Ireland

   3. Wales

   4. Scotland

2. 

   Southampton have reached the FA Cup semi-finals while playing in the second tier. They have only won the competition once in their history, in 1976, when they were also in the second tier. Who did they beat in the final?

   1. West Ham

   2. Manchester United

   3. Tottenham

   4. Everton

3. Which two clubs have reached the men’s and women’s FA Cup semi-finals this season?

   1. Leeds and Southampton

   2. Chelsea and Manchester City

   3. Brighton and Arsenal

   4. Liverpool and Tottenham

4. 

   Rory McIlroy is returning to Augusta as the reigning Masters champion. Who did he beat in a playoff last year?

   1. Patrick Reed

   2. Justin Rose

   3. Scottie Scheffler

   4. Bryson DeChambeau

5. Bryson DeChambeau has won the US Open twice but he has never conquered the Masters. What unusual step has he taken to change that?

   1. He is making his own golf clubs

   2. He is eating a lot of elk (which McIlroy did last year)

   3. He has ditched his smartphone and stopped posting on social media

   4. He is not using a caddie this year

6. 

   La Liga matches will look a little different this weekend. Why?

   1. Fans are skipping the first 15 minutes of games to protest against expensive ticket prices

   2. Games will last 100 minutes to mark the league's centenary

   3. Teams will be wearing retro shirts

   4. It is "no-VAR weekend" in Spain

7. Sticking to football, Nike has a problem with some of its shirts for the World Cup. What is the issue?

   1. The matchday kits for the 48 teams are in a boat that is stuck in the Strait of Hormuz

   2. Players have complained that the shirts make them “sweat excessively”

   3. They bulge up at the shoulder

   4. The shirts say “Hosted by US and Canada” on the collar, missing out co-hosts Mexico

8. 

   Tyson Fury returns to the ring on Saturday night in London to take on Arslanbek Makhmudov. The Russian heavyweight has a good professional record – 21 wins in 23 fights – but how else did he grab attention earlier in his career?

   1. He starred in the film Creed

   2. He knocked Fury out in a sparring session

   3. He won an Olympic gold medal ... in the discus

   4. He wrestled a bear

9. Staying with boxing: Josh Taylor did it in 2021, Chantelle Cameron did it in 2022 and Savannah Marshall did it in 2023. Who did it last weekend?

   1. Conor Benn

   2. Moses Itauma

   3. Ellie Scotney

   4. Caroline Dubois

10. 

    The Paris-Roubaix cycling road race takes place on Sunday. The race will finish in Roubaix; where will it begin?

    1. Strasbourg

    2. Paris

    3. Compiègne

    4. Brussels

11. Which of these men’s football teams has not lost a league game this season?

    1. Lens

    2. Paris Saint-Germain

    3. Benfica

    4. Barcelona

12. 

    The county cricket season began last weekend. Which team finished the first round of fixtures on minus points?

    1. Glamorgan

    2. Somerset

    3. Sussex

    4. Gloucestershire

13. Where will sports fans see Nick Rockett, Gerri Colombe and Lecky Watson this weekend?

    1. New York

    2. Paris

    3. Ascot

    4. Aintree

14. 

    Aaron Ramsey retired from football this week. Which of these remarkable things did he do in his career?

    1. He was the first Wales player to score at an international tournament

    2. He became the first Welshman to win the Italian league with Juventus

    3. He scored winning goals in two FA Cup finals

    4. He became Wales’ youngest ever player … and then their oldest ever player

15. Why will Panic Attack stand out from the field at the Grand National on Saturday?

    1. The 14-year-old will become the oldest horse to race in a Grand National

    2. He is an Appaloosa horse, so has spots all over (like a Dalmatian dog)

    3. He will be ridden by the youngest jockey in Grand National history

    4. She is the only female horse in the race

Solutions

1:A - England's last defeat in the competition was against France in 2018, when they lost 18-17 in Paris., 2:B - Southampton finished sixth in the old Second Division that year; they are currently sixth in the Championship., 3:B - Chelsea and Manchester City have dominated the women’s competition in recent years, winning eight of the last nine finals between them. Their semi-final next month should be worth watching. , 4:B - Rose has lost two playoffs at the Masters: against McIlroy last year and against Sergio García in 2017., 5:A - “Innovation is a habit of mine,” says DeChambeau. “I am working on irons, building irons, building a driver. So we’ll see where it goes.” , 6:C - Thirty-eight of the 42 teams in the top two divisions are taking part. The kits will pay homage to each club's history and traditions., 7:C - “The overall aesthetic is not where it needs to be,” says Nike. Not ideal given the shirts cost up to £150. , 8:D - We'll let him explain this one in his own words: “It was in Russia. I said: ‘Listen, Mum, I have to go to Moscow as I am fighting a bear.’ My mother did not understand. When she see the video she said: ‘Are you crazy? Why you do that? You will never see your kids again if you do this.’ It was very terrible to be honest. One of my friends make me an offer. He said: ‘Do you want to make crazy stuff?’ I said: ‘OK, I cannot refuse.’ But I will never do it again. The bear tried to bite me and it was a good thing that never happened.”, 9:C - Scotney is the fourth British boxer to become an undisputed world champion in the modern era. She beat Mayelli Flores in London last weekend to clinch all four world titles in her division., 10:C - The race did begin in Paris for nearly a century but it has started in Compiègne – a town more than 50 miles north of Paris – since 1977. The Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel has won the race for the last three years and is favourite again this year. , 11:C - It has been a strange season for José Mourinho’s team. They are unbeaten after 28 games but are third in the league, behind Sporting and Porto. , 12:D - They lost their opening game and were given a two-point penalty for a slow over rate., 13:D - They are three of the 34 horses competing at the Grand National on Saturday. , 14:C - He scored the winner when Arsenal beat Hull City in 2014 and did the same three years later against Chelsea. By the way, Ramsey did win the league title with Juve, in 2019-20, but John Charles had already done it three times in the late 1950s and early 1960s., 15:D - No mare has won the race since Nickel Coin in 1951.

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. 7 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

7. 6 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

8. 8 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

9. 9 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

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 superb score. Well played. Have a great weekend

14. 14 and above.

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

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 15 and above.

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