Sports quiz of the week: Wimbledon, Mark Cavendish and Olympic drama

Left to right: Sonay Kartal, Mark Cavendish and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. Composite: Reuters; AP Photo

1. The Euro 2024 quarter-finals kick off tonight. Which of the eight teams are yet to see a player score from open play at the tournament?

   1. England

   2. France

   3. Turkey

   4. Switzerland

2. Which nation is providing all of the officials for both of Friday's quarter-finals?

   1. England

   2. Scotland

   3. Italy

   4. Argentina

3. England's match against Switzerland will be Gareth Southgate's 100th game as England manager. How many of the previous 99 has he won?

   1. 47

   2. 57

   3. 67

   4. 77

4. Players at this year's Wimbledon can enjoy muffins made with what unusual ingredient?

   1. Banana skins

   2. Centre Court grass

   3. Strawberry pips

   4. Moët & Chandon champagne

5. There have been some surprise results for unheralded Brits this week at SW19, with Sonny Kartal reaching the women's singles third round. What is her current world ranking?

   1. 98

   2. 198

   3. 298

   4. 498

6. Why did Polish speed climber Ola Kalucka describe her Olympic qualification as 'bittersweet'?

   1. She broke her leg on her final climb and is unlikely to be fit in time

   2. She denied her twin sister a place on the Poland team

   3. Her husband failed to qualify for the men's event

   4. She will have to postpone her wedding in order to compete in Paris

7. Mark Cavendish won his 35th Tour de France stage on Wednesday, surpassing Eddy Merckx for the all-time record. In what year did he win his first stage on Le Tour?

   1. 2006

   2. 2008

   3. 2010

   4. 2012

8. At the Copa América, why was Uruguay manager Marcelo Bielsa suspended for his team's game against hosts USA?

   1. He had complained about the host country's choice of venues for the tournament

   2. He overturned an ice bucket and sat down on it, obscuring the sponsor's logo

   3. He sent his players back out on to the pitch for the second half late – twice

   4. He refused to say anything at a post-game press conference

9. Bielsa's methods are working: Uruguay won all three of their Group C games and will fancy their chances against Brazil in the quarter-finals. Which two other teams have a 100% record in the tournament?

   1. Argentina and Canada

   2. Argentina and Venezuela

   3. Colombia and Mexico

   4. Colombia and Ecuador

10. Which nation won the World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt at the weekend, claiming their first title since 2016?

    1. Germany

    2. Austria

    3. England

    4. Scotland

11. What did 400m hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone do at the US Olympic trials this week?

    1. Broke her own world record for a fourth time

    2. Won the race despite hitting the first hurdle

    3. Missed out on the Olympics by 0.01 sec

    4. Took part in the long jump to test a hamstring injury

12. It's the first week of July, and more than £1bn has been spent in Europe's 'big five' men's leagues already. But how many Premier League teams have broken their transfer record this summer?

    1. None

    2. Two

    3. Four

    4. Six

13. What has golfer Amy Taylor credited for her breakthrough win at the Italian Open last month?

    1. Losing her usual clubs in transit and playing with a different set

    2. Throwing a coin in Rome's Trevi Fountain and making a wish

    3. Camping next to the course rather than travelling to a hotel

    4. A 'lucky' Squishmallow toy she bought at Fiumicino airport

14. The Anglian Vipers, Bedford Tigers and Goole Vikings are teams that have applied to join which British league?

    1. The RFL's League One

    2. Rugby Championship

    3. Netball Super League

    4. British Speedway Premiership

15. Finally, who said: "You don’t intimidate me. Who do you think you are?"

    1. Lando Norris

    2. Daniel Dubois

    3. Noah Lyles

    4. John Stones

Solutions

1:B - France have scored three goals: two own goals (scored by Max Wöber and Jan Vertonghen) and a Kylian Mbappé penalty. And you thought England were a tough watch., 2:A - Anthony Taylor will referee Spain v Germany with his compatriots as assistants and VAR; Michael Oliver will do the same for Portugal v France., 3:B - The much-maligned manager has the fourth-best record as England head coach, behind Glenn Hoddle, Alf Ramsey – and Fabio Capello., 4:A - 'The banana skin has got bags of flavour, in terms of what it can offer if you treat it the right way,' claims the tournament's executive chef, Adam Fargin. 'Historically that would be thrown away and not thought about.', 5:C - Brighton’s Kartal is the first British qualifier to reach the women’s third round at Wimbledon since Karen Cross in 1997., 6:B - Ola beat her twin, Natalia, in Budapest to claim the second of two spots in the Poland team. 'I felt so happy, but also felt so sad,' she admitted afterwards., 7:B - The Manx Missile won stage five from Cholet to Châteauroux, and added another three sprint wins in that year's Tour. This year's current yellow jersey wearer, Tadej Pogacar, was nine years old at the time., 8:C - Uruguay were late back from the dressing room against Panama and Bolivia, earning the coach a suspension from Conmebol., 9:B - Venezuela, whose best Copa América performance was a fourth-placed finish in 2011, will face fellow dark horses Canada in the last eight., 10:C - Luke Humphries and Michael Smith ended eight years of hurt by beating Austria 10-6 in the final – so at least two Englishmen have lifted a trophy in Germany this summer., 11:A - The US hurdling superstar first set a world record in Eugene in 2021, before bettering it at the Tokyo Olympics, and three more times at the Oregon track, including on Sunday (50.65). It is thought she could go under 50 seconds in Paris., 12:C - Nottingham Forest (Elliot Anderson), Brighton (Yankuba Minteh), Brentford (Igor Thiago) and Ipswich (Omari Hutchinson)., 13:B - 'One of my friends lent me 20p, [and] I made a wish to win an Ladies' European Tour event,' the 23-year-old told BBC Look East this week., 14:A - One of the three teams will earn a place in the division, which will be part of a new pyramid with two 12-team leagues beneath the Super League., 15:B - The heavyweight fighter was involved in a heated exchange with Anthony Joshua this week, with Joshua threatening to hit Dubois with a chair. The pair will meet in the ring at Wembley Stadium on 21 September.

Scores

1. 12 and above.

   Congratulations: you're cruising into the next round

2. 9 and above.

   Well played – through after a penalty shootout

3. 5 and above.

   A good effort, but going home on penalties

4. 0 and above.

   Hard luck – you're going out after 90 minutes