Sports quiz of the week: heroes, villains, outcasts, legends and local rivals

1. Chris Woakes played for England this week with a dislocated shoulder. Who played for India earlier in the series with a broken bone in his foot?

   1. Sai Sudharsan

   2. Rishabh Pant

   3. Mohammed Siraj

   4. Washington Sundar

2. 

   India won the fifth Test to draw the series. What was the winning margin at the Oval?

   1. Six runs

   2. Eight runs

   3. One wicket

   4. Two wickets

3. Son Heung-min and Thomas Müller have both signed for clubs in which league?

   1. MLS

   2. Saudi Pro League

   3. Serie A

   4. Liga MX

4. 

   Which country provided three of the top five finishers at the Women’s Open, including the winner?

   1. South Korea

   2. Scotland

   3. Japan

   4. Jamaica

5. Mimi Rhodes hit a hole-in-one at the Women’s Open on Sunday. What was unusual about her shot?

   1. It was going wide of the hole but defected in off another player’s ball

   2. She did it on a par four

   3. She hit the shot – from the tee – with a putter

   4. She followed up her hole-in-one with triple bogies at the next four holes

6. 

   Jorge Costa, who died this week at the age of 53, is best known for being the Porto captain when they won the Champions League in 2004 under José Mourinho. He also had a short stint in the Premier League – for which club?

   1. Chelsea

   2. Charlton Athletic

   3. Cardiff City

   4. Crystal Palace

7. The British and Irish Lions beat Australia 2-1 in their three-Test series. What was the aggregate points score over the three matches?

   1. Australia 67-68 Lions

   2. Australia 50-90 Lions

   3. Australia 75-56 Lions

   4. Australia 70-70 Lions

8. 

   Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the Tour de France Femmes, becoming the first French cyclist – male or female – to win a Tour in 36 years. In which sport did she win a medal at the Paris Olympics last year?

   1. Road cycling

   2. Track cycling

   3. Mountain biking

   4. Skateboarding

9. The Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds set a new attendance record for a regular season Major League Baseball game on Sunday, when they played in front of 85,000 fans at a stadium normally used for which sport?

   1. Basketball

   2. American football

   3. Tennis

   4. Nascar

10. 

    Leroy Carter has been given his first call-up to the All Blacks squad for their match against Argentina, but what went wrong in his preparations?

    1. He went to the wrong airport for the flight to Buenos Aires

    2. His dog ate his passport

    3. He failed his summer exams and has to stay in university to do repeats

    4. He flew to Buenos Aires then realised he hadn’t packed his mouth guard

11. Alexander Isak is training alone at Newcastle. How else did Eddie Howe punish the wantaway striker this week?

    1. Newcastle have changed his squad number from No 9 to No 13

    2. He was excluded from a barbecue organised for players and their families

    3. He is not allowed to join the club’s Fantasy Football group

    4. He has been uninvited from their pre-season night out this week, seeing Oasis in Edinburgh

12. 

    A number of WNBA games have been disrupted in the last few weeks. What has caused the delays?

    1. The league has adopted a VAR-style system and it keeps breaking

    2. Spectators have been throwing sex toys on to the court

    3. There have multiple ant infestations in stadiums

    4. Kids in the crowd have been blowing bubbles, which make the court too slippery

13. Liverpool and Crystal Palace meet in the Community Shield on Sunday. Who are the only club to have won the shield without ever winning the top flight or FA Cup?

    1. Huddersfield

    2. Coventry City

    3. Brighton

    4. Wigan Athletic

14. 

    Which two league champions – who are based in different countries but just 25 miles apart – met in a Champions League qualifier this week?

    1. Linfield and Shelbourne

    2. Malmö and Copenhagen

    3. HJK Helsinki and Flora Tallinn

    4. Slovan Bratislava and Rapid Vienna

15. Scott McTominay was nominated for the Ballon d’Or this week. Which Scotland player has won the award?

    1. Denis Law

    2. Kenny Dalgish

    3. Ally McCoist

    4. No Scotland player has won it

Solutions

1:B – Kudos to both men., 2:A – And we thought the third Test, which England won by 22 runs, was a close one., 3:A – They have moved to different countries – Son to the United States and Müller to Canada – but will be meeting in MLS., 4:C – Miyū Yamashita won the tournament at Royal Porthcawl in Wales, with Minami Katsu and Rio Takeda also making in on to the leaderboard., 5:A – Her shot bounced off Steph Kyriacou’s ball and rolled into the hole., 6:B – Costa fell out with the Porto manager Octávio Machado in 2001 and was sent on loan to Charlton, where he made 24 appearances., 7:A – The Lions only scored one more point than Australia over the three Tests., 8:C – Ferrand-Prévot was destined for cycling success. Her father ran a bike shop, her mother ran a cycling school, her uncle is a former mountain biking champion and her sister is a successful cyclist., 9:D – They met at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee, a venue with a capacity of 146,000., 10:B – “I got my passport out to take a photo to send to the manager and I left it on my bedside table,” Carter said. “My partner went to the gym and left my dog home alone and it’s gone down the hallway, jumped on the bed and just chewed up the passport. It was a bit of a shambles. I thought something like that would happen to me, so no point getting stressed about it.” The good news is that Carter now has an emergency passport and will make the trip., 11:B – Isak will really want to stay now., 12:B – The WNBA says spectators who throw objects on to the court will face at least a one-year ban and prosecution from law enforcement., 13:C – For a few years in the early 1900s, the Charity Shield was contested by the winners of the Football League and Southern League. Brighton won the Southern League in 1910 and went on to win the Charity Shield. It remains the club’s only national honour., 14:B – The first leg, in Sweden, finished 0-0. The second leg, in Denmark, is on Tuesday night., 15:A – Law won the award in 1964. A few other Scots have come close: Jimmy Johnstone was third in 1967 and Kenny Dalglish was second in 1983.

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.

   Not bad. Not bad at all. Have a good weekend

7. 7 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all. Have a good weekend

8. 8 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all. Have a good weekend

9. 9 and above.

   Super scoring. Well played. Have a good weekend

10. 10 and above.

    Super scoring. Well played. Have a good weekend

11. 11 and above.

    Super scoring. Well played. Have a good weekend

12. 12 and above.

    Super scoring. Well played. Have a good weekend

13. 13 and above.

    Super scoring. Well played. Have a good weekend

14. 14 and above.

    Sensational scoring. Well played. Have a good weekend

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 15 and above.

    Sensational scoring. Well played. Have a good weekend