Sports quiz of the week: caps, cups, captains and a charity single

Tyson Fury has swapped the ring for the recording studio. Photograph: Sarah Louise Bennett/Warner Music/PA

1. Tyson Fury is bringing out a single for the mental health charity Talk Club. What’s the song?

   1. Eye of the Tiger

   2. The Boxer

   3. Fight For Your Right

   4. Sweet Caroline

2. Who was the prime minister the last time Leeds won a game of football?

   1. Rishi Sunak

   2. Liz Truss

   3. Boris Johnson

   4. Theresa May

3. 

   Rory McIlroy’s victory in the CJ Cup last weekend has taken him back to the top of the men’s world rankings. Who was the last golfer to spend an entire calendar year as world No 1? (The rankings began in 1986)

   1. Tiger Woods

   2. Dustin Johnson

   3. Jordan Spieth

   4. Rory McIlroy

4. Who has been sent off in the Premier League and the Champions League this season?

   1. Darwin Nuñez

   2. Jürgen Klopp

   3. Conor Gallagher

   4. Antonio Conte

5. 

   Sarah Hunter will win a record 138th cap for England when they play Australia in the quarter-finals of the women’s Rugby World Cup this weekend. When Hunter won her first England cap, back in 2007, the team were not allowed to wear a red rose on their shirts. What did they have instead?

   1. A portrait of the Queen

   2. A sketch of Stonehenge

   3. A quote from William Shakespeare

   4. A tulip

6. Michael Carrick has taken his first permanent job in management at Middlesbrough. Where did he start his playing career, signing his first contract at 13?

   1. Newcastle

   2. Sunderland

   3. Middlesbrough

   4. West Ham United

7. 

   Lewis Hamilton says he is unlikely to win a grand prix this season. When was the last time Hamilton a whole F1 season passed without Hamilton winning a race?

   1. 2006

   2. 2011

   3. 2016

   4. 2021

8. The rugby union autumn internationals begin this weekend. The England and Scotland teams are planning to do something new for these games – what?

   1. The players will wear earpieces so they can hear instructions from their coaches

   2. The players will wear running spikes rather than studded rugby boots

   3. The players will wear cycling shorts to help them evade tackles

   4. The players will have their names on their shirts

9. 

   The shirt that Sergio Agüero wore on the final day of the 2011-12 season – when he scored the goal that secured the title for Manchester City – is going up for sale at auction. Who was given the shirt after the match but left it behind in the dressing room and never picked it from the club?

   1. Roberto Mancini

   2. Ricky Hatton

   3. Noel Gallagher

   4. Mario Balotelli

10. Complete this sequence: Germany in 2017, France in 2018, Belgium in 2019, France in 2020 and 2021, Denmark in 2022 ...

    1. Qatar in 2023

    2. Monaco in 2023

    3. Spain in 2023

    4. Luxembourg in 2023

11. 

    James Tedesco will captain Australia in their match against Italy at the Rugby League World Cup this weekend. What was Tedesco doing during the previous tournament in 2017?

    1. He was a BBC pundit

    2. He was a ballboy

    3. He was playing for Italy

    4. He was Australia’s assistant manager

Solutions

1:D - A predictable choice but, to be fair, it’s going to charity., 2:C - Leeds haven’t won a game since late August, when they beat Barnsley in the League Cup. They play Liverpool this weekend so there is at least some hope their form will improve. , 3:B - Three golfers have spent an entire calendar year as world No1: Nick Faldo in 1993; Greg Norman in 1996; and Woods in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009., 4:D - He has been sent off more than any of his players., 5:D - “When I had my first cap, we didn’t have the rose,” says Hunter. “We had this tulip, which we joked about as a rose bud that hadn’t quite blossomed yet. It hadn’t been allowed to come out and show what women’s rugby was about. We didn’t have the same sponsors. We weren’t on TV. We didn’t have the same audiences as we do now. The investment into the game, everything that’s gone with it has just shifted enormously and I feel pretty lucky to have experienced it.”, 6:D - Carrick had a trial at Middlesbrough at the age of nine, but ended up signing for West Ham. He won the FA Youth Cup with West Ham in 1999, scoring twice in a record 9-0 win on aggregate., 7:A - He has won 103 races in his career, with at least one victory in all 15 of his previous seasons., 8:D - The idea is to “bring fans closer” to the team., 9:D - Balotelli, who set up Agüero’s goal, asked his teammate for the shirt but left it behind and never picked it up. Now it’s expected to earn £20,000 at auction. , 10:C - These are the countries chosen to host the first stage of the Tour de France., 11:C - Strangely enough, the player who will captaining Italy in the match – Nathan Brown – is a former Australia international.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Oh dear.

2. 2 and above.

   Oh dear.

3. 3 and above.

   Oh dear.

4. 4 and above.

   Not bad. Have a good weekend.

5. 5 and above.

   That's a decent score. Have a good weekend.

6. 6 and above.

   That's a decent score. Have a good weekend.

7. 7 and above.

   That's a super score. Have a great weekend.

8. 8 and above.

   That's a super score. Have a great weekend.

9. 9 and above.

   Sensational. Have a great weekend. You deserve it.

10. 10 and above.

    Sensational. Have a great weekend. You deserve it.

11. 0 and above.

    Oh dear.

12. 11 and above.

    Sensational. Have a great weekend. You deserve it.