Sports quiz of the week: perfect starts, cheating claims and England coaches

Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Thomas Tuchel, and Jacob Fearnley. Composite: Getty Images; Tom Jenkins

1. In football: Thomas Tuchel has agreed to take the England job. The German won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021; who is the only other England manager to have won the tournament?

   1. Bobby Robson

   2. Don Revie

   3. Fabio Capello

   4. Terry Venables

2. Jacob Fearnley is the British No 3 in men's tennis after a remarkable run of results took him to 98th in the world. Where was he ranked at the start of this season?

   1. 398th

   2. 646th

   3. 999th

   4. 1,893rd

3. What sporting event did Belgium's Mike De Decker unexpectedly win on Sunday?

   1. Open de France (golf)

   2. World Superbikes: Estoril Round

   3. World Grand Prix (darts)

   4. Wuhan Open (snooker)

4. In rugby league, Wigan Warriors completed a historic quadruple after a pre-game team talk from which British sporting legend?

   1. Alex Ferguson

   2. Andy Murray

   3. Daley Thompson

   4. Shaun Edwards

5. What interrupted France manager Didier Deschamps' press conference earlier this week?

   1. A phone call from his wife

   2. A butterfly landing on the podium

   3. A journalist falling off their chair

   4. First-team players with a birthday cake

6. Which famous NFL face said this? 'Your job isn’t to let me go over all the reasons that I did something ... I’ll get somebody else to ask these questions. I’m not kidding.'

   1. Aaron Rodgers

   2. Jerry Jones

   3. Sean Payton

   4. Trevor Lawrence

7. Cheating allegations have rocked the world of competitive conkers, after what item was found in a winner's pocket?

   1. A hanky soaked in vinegar

   2. A bottle of nail varnish

   3. A replica steel chestnut

   4. A list of ways to harden conkers

8. 

   Where in the world is this?

   1. Barcelona

   2. Lisbon

   3. Stockholm

   4. Trieste

9. Which of these weekend football fixtures features two teams with 100% league records?

   1. Bayern Munich v Stuttgart

   2. Celtic v Aberdeen

   3. Juventus v Lazio

   4. Monaco v Lille

10. England crashed out of the Women's T20 World Cup in the group stage after losing to West Indies. When was the last time they failed to make the semi-finals?

    1. 2010

    2. 2016

    3. 2023

    4. It's never happened before

11. In women's rugby union, the three-tier WXV tournament reached its climax on Sunday. Which three teams won their divisions?

    1. Canada, Scotland and Samoa

    2. England, Australia and Spain

    3. Ireland, South Africa and Fiji

    4. United States, Japan and Madagascar

12. Who said this? 'I think my target now is a Grand Slam. That will be the only thing that will shut people up at the end of the day.'

    1. Alexander Zverev

    2. Ben Shelton

    3. Jessica Pegula

    4. Nick Kyrgios

13. In the NHL, Filip Gustavsson scored the Minnesota Wild's fourth goal in their 4-1 win over St Louis Blues. Why was this unusual?

    1. He plays for the Blues – it was a rare hockey own goal

    2. He is the assistant head coach, brought on due to an injury crisis

    3. Gustavsson is Minnesota's goaltender

    4. Gustavsson is only 15 years old

14. In boxing: a light-heavyweight bout in Riyadh between Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron was declared a draw after both fighters did what?

    1. Refused to leave their corners after a spiky opening round

    2. Declined to enter the ring in protest at the fight being relocated

    3. Fell through the ropes simultaneously in the fifth round

    4. Removed their gloves after the 10th, thinking the fight was over

15. Finally, on this day in 2009, Jenson Button clinched his only Formula One world title. Which team was he driving for that season?

    1. Brawn

    2. McLaren

    3. Renault

    4. Williams

Solutions

1:C - The Italian won the Champions League with Milan in 1994., 2:B - Scotland's Fearnley was ranked 1,893rd last September and 646th in January. He won four Challenger events in a row to soar up the ATP world rankings before his 13-match winning streak ended in Stockholm., 3:C - De Decker arrived in Leicester as a 200-1 outsider but stunned the world No 1, Luke Humphries, in the final after a surprise run through the draw., 4:A - 'We were on the verge of something similar to when United won the Treble,' said the Wigan manager, Matt Peet. 'It was epic, as you can imagine. We hung on every word, but it was his presence. A humble man as he was, you could hear a pin drop.', 5:B - It was Deschamps' birthday on Tuesday, but before that he had been unnerved by the persistent papillon fluttering around him as he spoke in the leadup to France's Nations League game against Belgium., 6:B - The Dallas Cowboys owner hit out at local radio DJs during his weekly appearance on 105.3 The Fan, after his team lost 47-9 to Detroit on Sunday., 7:C - David Jakins has denied wrongdoing after winning the men's title in Northamptonshire, claiming the item found in his pocket was for 'humour value' only., 8:D - While the America's Cup takes place in Barcelona, the world's largest sailing regatta – somewhat confusingly called the Barcolana – is taking place in the Italian port city., 9:B - Both sides have won their first seven games in the Scottish Premiership this season, but something will have to give at Celtic Park on Saturday., 10:A - Back in 2010, England were the defending champions but lost to West Indies and Australia (in a super over). Since then, they have been beaten finalists three times, and lost in the semis three times., 11:B - England beat hosts Canada in their final match to win the top tier; Australia beat Scotland to win WXV 2 and Spain saw off Fiji to top the third division ahead of Samoa. The US, Japan and Madagascar all finished bottom of their leagues., 12:D - The Australian has barely played in two years due to injuries but intends to return to the ATP Tour in January, adding that 'something is keeping me around the game'., 13:C - The Swedish stopper hit a shot the length of the ice to score after the Blues left their net empty while trailing 3-1. It is just the 10th 'goalie goal' in NHL history., 14:C - Whittaker was injured in the incident, leaving Cameron alone to hear the judges' scorecards. Of the three judges, one awarded a one-point victory to each fighter, with the other calling it a draw., 15:A - Button competed for all four constructors but won the title with Ross Brawn's short-lived team, who replaced a stricken Honda outfit before eventually becoming the all-conquering Mercedes.

Scores

1. 11 and above.

   Jules Rimet still gleaming ... very well played

2. 6 and above.

   Can we not knock it? Well played, and enjoy your weekend

3. 0 and above.

   Do I not like that ... enjoy your weekend