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Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: belts, breaks, falls, records and runs

Amanda Serrano is fighting Katie Taylor this weekend in Madison Square Garden.
Amanda Serrano is fighting Katie Taylor this weekend in Madison Square Garden. Photograph: Sarah Stier/Getty Images
  1. Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano are meeting at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night in one of the biggest women’s boxing fights of all time. Taylor is an undefeated world champion who also won gold at the Olympics. In how many weight divisions has Serrano won world titles?

    1. Three

    2. Five

    3. Seven

    4. Nine

  2. This is the final weekend of the Women’s Six Nations. Which two teams have won all four of their games so far?

    1. Italy and Scotland

    2. Ireland and Wales

    3. France and England

    4. England and Ireland

  3. Jürgen Klopp has signed a new contract to stay with Liverpool until 2026. Klopp arrived at the club in October 2015 and brought in two players in his first transfer window. How many league games have those two players started for Liverpool?

    1. None

    2. One

    3. 255

    4. 361

  4. Villarreal are trying to win the Champions League this season as Europa League holders. Who were the last club to do this?

    1. Chelsea

    2. Porto

    3. Liverpool

    4. No team has ever done it before

  5. The Spanish cyclist Eduard Prades crossed the finish line at the Tour of Hellas in Greece this week and celebrated by punching the air in delight. What happened next?

    1. Someone in the crowd threw an egg at him, which he caught – without breaking it – and flung it back at the spectator's face

    2. The cyclist who had finished second caught up with him and pushed him off his bike

    3. He pulled an engagement ring from below his helmet and proposed

    4. His saddle went loose, he fell off his bike and was then informed that he had not actually won the race

  6. Neil Robertson hit a maximum break at the World Snooker Championship this week. He is only the eighth player to have hit a 147 at the Crucible and only the second player from outside the UK. The very first player to hit a maximum at the World Championship, in 1983, was also from overseas. Where was he from?

    1. China

    2. Canada

    3. USA

    4. France

  7. What was unusual about Robertson’s 147?

    1. He won the frame 155-0 as his opponent made two fouls before he started his break

    2. He left the table after potting the final pink as he hadn’t realised he was on a 147 and had to be called back by the referee

    3. The table was not level and had to be fixed by an official after Robertson potted the final black

    4. He hit his maximum in a match he lost

  8. What is the average age of the four players who have reached the semi-finals at the World Snooker Championship this year?

    1. 23

    2. 37

    3. 43

    4. 52

  9. PSG won the Ligue 1 title at the weekend, equalling the all-time record in France. Which other club has won 10 titles?

    1. Nantes

    2. Marseille

    3. Lyon

    4. St Étienne

  10. Jacky Hunt-Broersma set a new world record this week. What has she done every day for the last 102 days?

    1. Refereed a professional football match

    2. Run a marathon

    3. Sailed around the world on her own without any contact with the outside world

    4. Walked 200 miles

Solutions

1:C - Her older sister Cindy has also won a world title., 2:C - They play each other in France on Saturday., 3:A - Liverpool spent £5.1m on Marko Grujic and signed Steven Caulker on loan. Neither started a league game for the club, however Klopp’s subsequent signings have been more effective., 4:B - Porto won the Europa League in 2003 and the Champions League in 2004 while being managed by José Mourinho. Liverpool – who are playing Villarreal in the semi-finals – did something similar in 1977, when they won the European Cup as Uefa Cup holders., 5:D - Prades thought he had won but another cyclist had already finished, nearly two minutes earlier. “I thought there was no one left in front, that’s why I raised my arms,” he said after he had picked himself up and dusted himself off. , 6:B - The Canadian player Cliff Thorburn hit the first 147 at the World Championship in 1983. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan, who have three maximums each, are the only players who have hit multiple 147s at the Crucible., 7:D - Robertson lost the match to Jack Lisowski, but the £40,000 prize for hitting a 147 and an extra £15,000 for the highest break of the tournament will give him some consolation., 8:C - Mark Williams (47), Ronnie O’Sullivan (46), John Higgins (46) and Judd Trump (32) are into the last four this year. Three of them – Williams, O’Sullivan and Higgins – reached the semi-finals in 1999. , 9:D - St Étienne had won the title six times before PSG existed. , 10:B - The 46-year-old South African took up running as an adult after losing a leg to a rare form of cancer. "I was the kid at school who used to hide in the bathroom when we had track workouts as I didn’t like running," she says. "The first time I ran it gave me a sense of freedom – something I didn’t think possible. Running helped me to accept my body and accept who I was. When I became an amputee, I was told to ‘just take life easy’. Now, I think my body does incredible things."

Scores

  1. 1 and above.

    Oh dear. Better luck next week.

  2. 2 and above.

    Oh dear. Better luck next week.

  3. 3 and above.

    Oh dear. Better luck next week.

  4. 4 and above.

    Nicely done. Have a great weekend.

  5. 5 and above.

    Nicely done. Have a great weekend.

  6. 6 and above.

    Nicely done. Have a great weekend.

  7. 7 and above.

    A fine score. Nicely done. Have a great weekend.

  8. 8 and above.

    An excellent score. Nicely done. Have a great weekend.

  9. 9 and above.

    An excellent score. Nicely done. Have a great weekend.

  10. 0 and above.

    Oh dear. Better luck next week.

  11. 10 and above.

    An outstanding score. Nicely done. Have a great weekend.

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