Sports quiz of the week: youngsters, old timers, records, protests and posh grub

Kimi Antonelli, Louis Bielle-Biarrey and a Senegal fan. Composite: Shutterstock, Getty, EPA

1. Which country finished top of the Paralympics medal table?

   1. China

   2. United States

   3. Norway

   4. Russia

2. 

   Senegal have been stripped of the Africa Cup of Nations title because their players staged a 15-minute protest during the final after the referee awarded Morocco a penalty. Morocco have been handed the title and a 3-0 win in the final. What was the score in the actual game of football they played in January?

   1. Senegal won 1-0

   2. Senegal won 2-1

   3. Senegal won on penalties after a 1-1 draw

   4. Senegal won on penalties after a 3-3 draw

3. Which former England footballer has taken over as the manager of Serie B club Cesena?

   1. Jamie Vardy

   2. Ashley Cole

   3. Owen Hargreaves

   4. Phil Neville

4. 

   Kimi Antonelli has become the second youngest F1 driver to win a grand prix. Who was the youngest?

   1. Max Verstappen

   2. Lewis Hamilton

   3. Fernando Alonso

   4. Bruce McLaren

5. This year’s Six Nations set a new record for tries scored.​ How many were scored in the 15 matches?

   1. 71

   2. 98

   3. 111

   4. 140

6. 

   Louis Bielle-Biarrey scored four tries in France’s win against England. Which other player has scored four tries in a Six Nations match?

   1. Jason Robinson

   2. George North

   3. Brian O’Driscoll

   4. Chris Ashton

7. Attention now turns to the Women’s Six Nations. Which of the four Home Nations has never won it?

   1. England

   2. Scotland

   3. Wales

   4. Ireland

8. 

   Max Dowman has become the youngest goalscorer in the Premier League, but Jason Dozzell still holds the all-time record for the English top flight. Which club was Dozzell playing for when he set the record in 1984?

   1. Ipswich Town

   2. Queens Park Rangers

   3. Watford

   4. Coventry City

9. Which English town has made a bid to host the Ryder Cup in 2035 (at a golf course that has not been built yet)?

   1. Bolton

   2. Middlesbrough

   3. Ludlow

   4. Saffron Walden

10. 

    Which country beat the United States in the final of the World Baseball Classic?

    1. Cuba

    2. Greenland

    3. Venezuela

    4. Japan

11. Nottingham Panthers beat Coventry Blaze in the Challenge Cup final this week. In which sport?

    1. Netball

    2. Ice hockey

    3. Rugby league

    4. Basketball

12. 

    Which jockey won the most races at the Cheltenham festival (having done the same in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2020)?

    1. Harry Skelton

    2. Mark Walsh

    3. James Bowen

    4. Paul Townend

13. Arsenal and Manchester City meet in the League Cup final on Sunday afternoon at Wembley. Who was the Arsenal manager the last time they won the trophy?

    1. George Graham

    2. Arsène Wenger

    3. Bruce Rioch

    4. Unai Emery

14. 

    Armand Duplantis has set yet another world record in the pole vault. What was unusual about the event where he was competing?

    1. There was an audience of just 20 people: the leader of Saudi Arabia and his family

    2. The event was named after him

    3. It was on a boat

    4. He was the only athlete taking part

15. Rory McIlroy has chosen the menu for the Champions Dinner at the Masters this year. Which unusual meat has he picked – because he ate a lot of it last year in the buildup to the tournament?

    1. Elk

    2. Ostrich

    3. Python

    4. Frogs

16. 

    Ronnie O’Sullivan has made the highest break in professional snooker. What was it?

    1. 147

    2. 149

    3. 153

    4. 161

Solutions

1:A - They won more gold medals, more silver medals and more medals bronze medals than any other country., 2:A - Pape Gueye scored the only goal of the game but the Confederation of African Football has decided it wasn’t a winning goal., 3:B - Cole has worked as a coach at Chelsea, Derby, Birmingham City and in the England setup but this is his first job in management., 4:A - He was just 18 years old when he won the Spanish Grand Prix in 2016., 5:C - That’s 7.4 per match. Louis Bielle-Biarrey​ scored nine of them – another new record. , 6:D - He did it for England in their 59–13 win against Italy in 2011. , 7:C - England have won the title for the last seven years in a row. , 8:A - "For a few years my career became a prisoner to that goal,” reflected Dozzell a couple of years ago. “It catapulted me into ‘wonderkid this, wonderkid that’, and I had to deal with it all on my own. I had a talent, but psychologically I probably wasn’t ready.” , 9:A - Andy Burnham has put his weight behind the idea, saying it would be the “biggest ever Ryder Cup”. The plan is to build a course on the grounds of Hulton Park, which was once owned by the aristocratic family that inspired the TV series Downton Abbey., 10:C - The World Baseball Classic has been running since 2006 and the US have only won it once. , 11:B - The Panthers won 3-2 in front of their home crowd in Nottingham. It was a big night for Danny Stewart, who was coaching the Panthers against his former club., 12:D - The Irishman won five races, including the Gold Cup on Gaelic Warrior., 13:A - Arsenal have not won the League Cup since the 1992-93 season, when they beat Sheffield Wednesday in the final. They beat the same opponents in the FA Cup final that year. , 14:B - He set his latest record at the Mondo Classic in Sweden. It's the 15th time Duplantis has broken the world record., 15:A - "I was eating a lot of elk," he said. "I got this big shipment of elk and I was eating a lot of that in the buildup to the Masters." The menu also features the wine McIlroy drank to toast victory, food that conjures ­memories of his childhood and a dish made by his mother., 16:C - He snookered his opponent at the start of the frame and ended up getting a free ball. That allowed him to commence his break with the green, followed by his opening black to put him on eight points before he even began on the reds. O’Sullivan then reeled off the 15 reds, accompanied by 13 further blacks and two pinks, before clearing up the colours to land a record-breaking 153.

Scores

1. 16 and above.

   I scored 16/16 in the Guardian's sports quiz of the week

2. 5 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

3. 4 and above.

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4. 3 and above.

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5. 2 and above.

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6. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

7. 6 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

8. 7 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

9. 8 and above.

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

10. 9 and above.

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

11. 10 and above.

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

12. 11 and above.

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

13. 12 and above.

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

14. 13 and above.

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

15. 14 and above.

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

16. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

17. 15 and above.

    I scored 16/16 in the Guardian's sports quiz of the week