Sports quiz of the week: winners, losers, prodigies, heroes, villains and rivals

Jurgen Klopp, Ffion Lewis and Trevor Zegras. Composite: Getty, Shutterstock

1. Antigua and Barbuda had two players sent off in their match against Anguilla in the Concacaf Nations League. Keon Greene and Shalon Knight were shown red cards 20 minutes apart for the same offence. What did they do?

   1. They both told the referee he was a “cheat”

   2. They both farted loudly at corners, which the referee deemed “unsporting behaviour”

   3. They both pulled an Anguilla player’s dreadlocks

   4. They both celebrated goals by taking off their shirts

2. 

   England are preparing to play in the Women’s Blind Football Euros. What is notable about the England captain?

   1. She is also the England captain in bling rugby

   2. She is 15 years old

   3. She is Scottish

   4. She is Louis Braille’s great-great-great granddaughter

3. Bodhana Sivanandan has done something remarkable at the age of 11. What is it?

   1. She has made her full international debut in women’s football

   2. She ran a marathon in under three hours

   3. She has become the youngest chess player in history to become a Woman Grandmaster

   4. She has sprinted 100 metres in under 12 seconds

4. 

   Jürgen Klopp, Zinedine Zidane, Xavi Hernández and Roberto Mancini were back in the dugout this week, taking charge of Germany, France, Spain and Italy, respectively. Which of the four managers won his first game in charge?

   1. Jürgen Klopp

   2. Zinedine Zidane

   3. Xavi Hernández

   4. Roberto Mancini

5. Which Women’s Super League club have sacked their manager just four games into the season?

   1. Aston Villa

   2. Charlton

   3. Birmingham City

   4. Liverpool

6. 

   Which of the 18 teams in the County Championship did not lose a match this season?

   1. Durham

   2. Warwickshire

   3. Somerset

   4. Kent

7. Who said: “I mostly find myself defending my arch rival to fans I meet in the street, saying: ‘If you could achieve 10% of what this man has achieved, you’d be doing well’”?

   1. José Mourinho on Pep Guardiola

   2. Lionel Messi on Cristiano Ronaldo

   3. Tyson Fury on Anthony Joshua

   4. Alex Ferguson on Arsène Wenger

8. 

   Lionel Messi will play his last game for Argentina next week when they host Benin in Buenos Aires. What happened in Messi’s first game for Argentina?

   1. He scored a hat-trick

   2. He came on in the last minute and did not touch the ball

   3. He was sent off

   4. He scored an own goal

9. Which team is playing in the Super League Grand Final this weekend for the first time in their history?

   1. Leigh Leopards

   2. Toulouse Olympique

   3. Wakefield Trinity

   4. Warrington Wolves

10. 

    Where is the “Bahrain Grand Prix” taking place this weekend?

    1. Bahrain

    2. Malaysia

    3. Singapore

    4. London

11. Ffion Lewis is in the Wales squad for the Rugby League World Cup. Why is that a remarkable achievement?

    1. She is 44 years old

    2. She only took up the sport this year

    3. She has also played rugby union for Wales at a World Cup

    4. She has been injured since the last World Cup and has not played a game in four years

12. 

    Trevor Zegras has been at the centre of a strange story in the NHL. Why was the Philadelphia Flyers player given a two-minute penalty by a referee?

    1. He refused to punch an opponent

    2. He waved to his mum in the crowd during the game

    3. He tucked his jersey into his trousers

    4. He gave the referee a hug

13. Where are Bay City Roller, Thundering On, Friendly Soul, Chestnut Rocket, Bright Light and Diamond Necklace competing this week for a prize pot worth €5m?

    1. Madrid

    2. Paris

    3. Vienna

    4. Helsinki

14. 

    For the first time in 32 years, China have not won the gold medal at the Asian Games in men’s table tennis. Which team beat them in the final?

    1. Thailand

    2. Taiwan

    3. Japan

    4. South Korea

15. Why were the writer Stephen King and businessman Mark Zuckerberg in the sports news this week?

    1. They are both mentioned in the Premier League’s report about Manchester City

    2. They have made a $1m bet with each other about who will win the Fury v Joshua fight

    3. They have both donated money to sports clubs in the British Isles

    4. ​T​hey have launched a team of robot footballers and hope they will play in MLS in “a decade”

Solutions

1:C - Aedan Scipio came off the bench midway through the second half. By the full-time whistle two players had been shown red cards for pulling his dreadlocks., 2:C - Sam Gough is allowed to compete for England because Scotland does not have a women’s blind football team. The same goes for Wales. , 3:C - The young Londoner learned chess during Covid when she was just five years old. She now has an Elo rating of above 2,400., 4:B - France beat Turkey 1-0 in Zidane’s first game in charge, Kylian Mbappé scoring the winner., 5:A - Natalia Arroyo, a former Barcelona player who spent time as a journalist before focusing on her coaching career, left her job at Villa after they were hammered 4-0 by Tottenham., 6:A - Durham were promoted to the top flight with a record of nine wins and five draws in their 14 matches., 7:C - Fury, who is preparing to fight Joshua in December, added: “This man is a two-time heavyweight world champion, Olympic gold medallist, and he has been a role model and a poster boy for British boxing for years.”, 8:C - Messi was brought on as a substitute midway through the second half and was shown a red card two minutes later after he clashed with a Hungary defender., 9:C - Wakefield, who were in the Championship two years ago, are playing Warrington Wolves at Old Trafford on Saturday., 10:B - The race has been moved 4,000 miles away due to the war in the Middle East., 11:C - She is the first woman from Wales to become a dual-code World Cup player., 12:C - His Flyers teammates subsequently staged a protest, tucking in their jerseys when they came on to the ice to warm up., 13:B - They are racing in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, the richest flat race in Europe., 14:C - China had won the gold at every Games since 1994 but lost 3-2 to Japan in the final. The result was particularly interesting because Tomokazu Harimoto was in the Japan team – his parents were born in China and his mother used to represent China in the sport., 15:C - King donated to the Scottish football club Buckie Thistle, who play in the Highland League and featured in his book If It Bleeds. Zuckerberg has given three GAA clubs in County Waterford €50,000 each; he recently bought a castle in the area.

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.

   Nice work. Have a good weekend.

7. 7 and above.

   Nice work. Have a good weekend.

8. 8 and above.

   Nice work. Have a good weekend.

9. 9 and above.

   What a score! Nice work. Have a good weekend.

10. 10 and above.

    What a score! Incredible. Have a great weekend.

11. 11 and above.

    What a score! Incredible. Have a great weekend.

12. 12 and above.

    What a score! Incredible. Have a great weekend.

13. 13 and above.

    What a score! Incredible. Have a great weekend.

14. 14 and above.

    What a score! Incredible. Have a great weekend.

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 15 and above.

    What a score! Incredible. Have a great weekend.