Sports quiz of the week: Premier League kick-off, Olympic medals and First Dates

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1. The 2024 Summer Olympics came to a close on Sunday night in Paris. The USA edged out China at the top of the medal table, but which nation won the third-most combined medals?

   1. Australia

   2. France

   3. Great Britain

   4. Japan

2. China won all five gold medals in one sport, taking their tally to 37 out of 42 golds since 1988. But which sport?

   1. Archery

   2. Diving

   3. Table tennis

   4. Badminton

3. British runner Rose Harvey finished the Olympic women's marathon in 78th place – all the more impressive considering what fact?

   1. She had never run a marathon before

   2. She was running with a broken leg

   3. She overslept and started 15 minutes late

   4. She had to borrow her roommate's running shoes

4. Staying with the Olympics: which athlete won the most total medals at Paris 2024?

   1. Simone Biles

   2. Léon Marchand

   3. Ariarne Titmus

   4. Zhang Yufei

5. The Premier League returns on Friday night with Manchester United hosting Fulham. Which top-flight club has the biggest net spend so far this summer?

   1. Chelsea

   2. Ipswich Town

   3. Manchester United

   4. West Ham

6. Ipswich are back in the big time for the first time since the 2001-02 season, and kick off against Liverpool. What was the aggregate score between the two sides in that campaign?

   1. Ipswich 0-7 Liverpool

   2. Ipswich 0-11 Liverpool

   3. Ipswich 3-13 Liverpool

   4. Ipswich 1-0 Liverpool

7. Who said this? 'I went out there and I had fun – I did take it very seriously. I worked my butt off and I gave my all.'

   1. US track gold medallist Cole Hocker

   2. Australian breaking B-Girl Raygun

   3. Brazilian surfing bronze medallist Gabriel Medina

   4. Turkish shooting silver medallist Yusuf Dikec

8. The Super League's Magic Weekend is all set to take place at which football ground for the first time?

   1. MKM Stadium, Hull

   2. Elland Road, Leeds

   3. Hillsborough, Sheffield

   4. John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield

9. Which two Olympic medallists from Paris will race each other over 100m in Zürich next month, in order to settle a friendly rivalry?

   1. Noah Lyles and Letsile Tebogo

   2. Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen

   3. Femke Bol and Sha'Carri Richardson

   4. Armand Duplantis and Karsten Warholm

10. Which football manager tried to unwind after a defeat by 'turning my phone off and watching an episode of First Dates'?

    1. José Mourinho

    2. Enzo Maresca

    3. Wayne Rooney

    4. Philippe Clement

11. Footballer Michael Olise won a silver medal with France at the Olympics – but took the medal off during the ceremony. What did his new club, Bayern Munich, give him as a gift this week?

    1. A gold medal

    2. A training top with a silver medal printed on it

    3. A pair of silver boots

    4. An Olympics-themed cake

12. Finally, the Pears are playing the Bears today. In which sport?

    1. Cricket

    2. Netball

    3. Ice hockey

    4. Rugby sevens

Solutions

1:C - Team GB's total of 65 was second only to the US (126) and China (91), but a lack of golds (14) left them in seventh place overall., 2:C - China have won 66 table tennis medals since the sport was introduced in the Seoul Olympics; every other nation have won 64 between them., 3:B - Harvey said the race was a 'painful battle' but she wanted to fulfil 'a tiny part of my Olympic dream' and finish the race. Afterwards, she found out there was a stress fracture in her femur., 4:D - She was not one of the stars of the Games but Chinese swimmer Zhang's six medals (one silver, five bronze) was more than anyone else. Biles won four (three gold, one silver), Titmus four (two gold, two silver) and Marchand five (four gold, one bronze)., 5:C - United's double deal for Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui takes their net spend to £88.2m, eclipsing West Ham's £85.1m and Chelsea's £73.2m; promoted Ipswich have spent £62m on four new signings., 6:B - Liverpool won 6-0 at Anfield, and then 5-0 at Portman Road on the final day. The teams met again in the 2002-03 League Cup, with Liverpool winning on penalties, but have not played each other since., 7:B - All four were unexpected stars of the Paris Olympics but Raygun's unusual routines went viral, leading the 36-year-old to push back against the 'devastating' backlash., 8:B - Leeds United's home ground is hosting the event for the first time this weekend, picking up the baton from Newcastle., 9:D - Duplantis, the Paris pole vault champion, has run 100m in 10.57 seconds, while 400m hurdler Warholm has a PB of 10.49 – so it could be close., 10:C - The Plymouth manager took time to 'switch off' after their 4-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday, before 'watching the game back and having a go at the players'. It seemed to work: they won their League Cup tie against Cheltenham 3-0 on Wednesday., 11:D - The cake, which was iced with the Olympic rings and 'FCB', was presented to Olise at a press conference., 12:A - Worcestershire take on Warwickshire at Edgbaston, for a place in the One-Day Cup semi-finals against Glamorgan.

Scores

1. 8 and above.

   Well played! Have a great weekend

2. 0 and above.

   It's the taking part that counts. Have a great weekend