Sports quiz of the week: Geoff Capes, triathlon trouble and playground goals

Cassandre Beaugrand, New Zealand T20 cricket team, Geoff Capes. Composite: Alamy, Getty Images

1. In triathlon, Cassandre Beaugrand won the elite women's world championship despite what mishap during the season's final race?

   1. She swam in the wrong direction

   2. Her bicycle chain broke – twice

   3. She mistakenly put on someone else's running shoes

   4. She miscounted laps and thought she had finished after her penultimate circuit

2. Geoff Capes, a true British sporting colossus, died this week at the age of 75. Which of these titles did he fail to win during his career?

   1. Commonwealth Games

   2. Highland Games

   3. Olympic Games

   4. World's Strongest Man

3. Which former Manchester United player will make his professional tennis debut on the ATP Tour in November?

   1. David de Gea

   2. Diego Forlán

   3. Edinson Cavani

   4. Antonio Valencia

4. The Commonwealth Games programme in 2026 will feature just 10 different sports. Which of these four is the only one to stay in the slimmed-down programme?

   1. Diving

   2. Hockey

   3. Judo

   4. Squash

5. In golf, Julien Guerrier won his first DP World Tour title – but what else was historic about the Frenchman's victory at the Andalucía Masters?

   1. He won by a record-breaking 10-shot margin

   2. He beat his own coach, Raphaël Jacquelin, by a stroke

   3. He won after a record nine-hole playoff

   4. At 39, he is the oldest ever maiden winner on the Tour

6. New Zealand beat South Africa in the Women's T20 World Cup final on Sunday, winning the trophy for the first time. Who was the tournament's top run scorer?

   1. Danni Wyatt-Hodge (England)

   2. Georgia Plimmer (New Zealand)

   3. Harmanpreet Kaur (India)

   4. Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa)

7. The NBA regular season began this week, but what distracted Phoenix's Kevin Durant against the LA Clippers?

   1. A clip of LeBron and Bronny James playing for the Lakers on the arena's giant LED screen

   2. A seating area at the Clippers' new Intuit Dome arena, known as 'The Wall'

   3. A free Chick-Fil-A sandwich giveaway for missed free throws

   4. An emotional support rabbit brought in to the venue by a fan

8. 

   Where in the world was this picture taken?

   1. Austria

   2. China

   3. Switzerland

   4. United States

9. Which retiring grand slam winner played their last professional tennis match this week?

   1. Bianca Andreescu

   2. Dominic Thiem

   3. Sloane Stephens

   4. Stan Wawrinka

10. Vinícius Júnior scored a hat-trick for Real Madrid in the Champions League, taking his tournament tally to 24. Who is Brazil's all-time top scorer in the competition?

    1. Kaká

    2. Neymar

    3. Rivaldo

    4. Vinícius Júnior

11. In the NFL, Jake Bates kicked a game-winning field goal for Detroit against Minnesota. What was his job 18 months ago?

    1. He was Minnesota's backup kicker

    2. He was a goalkeeper on Maidstone's books

    3. He was a brick salesman in Houston

    4. He was a car mechanic in Pittsburgh

12. The Women's Euro 2025 qualifying playoffs kick off on Friday. Which two nations could meet in an eliminator?

    1. England and Scotland

    2. Scotland and Northern Ireland

    3. Northern Ireland and Wales

    4. Wales and Republic of Ireland

13. In snooker, Luca Brecel made an early exit from the Northern Ireland Open after leaving Belfast between games to do what?

    1. Go fishing on Lough Erne

    2. Watch Liverpool beat Chelsea at Anfield

    3. Fly to Mallorca for Ironman training

    4. Get married back at home in Belgium

14. 'I don't know what to call it even. There will be kids in the playground all around the country trying that.' TNT Sports pundit Glenn Hoddle on which Champions League goal this week?

    1. Christian Pulisic (Milan v Brugge)

    2. Erling Haaland (Man City v Sparta Prague)

    3. Raphinha (Barcelona v Bayern Munich)

    4. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid v Dortmund)

15. Finally, the World Series begins on Friday night with the New York Yankees playing the LA Dodgers. How many times have they met before in baseball's biggest fixture?

    1. Never

    2. Once

    3. Six times

    4. Eleven times

Solutions

1:A - The Olympic gold medallist was left adrift after realising her error, but fought back to win the race in Torremolinos – securing the required top-two finish to become the overall champion., 2:C - Capes had high hopes for a medal at Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980 but fell short. He did win two Commonwealth shot put golds, two World's Strongest Man titles and six Highland Games world championships., 3:B - The 2010 World Cup Golden Ball winner will play doubles alongside Federico Coria at the Uruguay Open in Montevideo., 4:C - Other events to be dropped that were held at Birmingham 2022 include the marathons, badminton, road cycling, triathlon and rugby sevens., 5:C - Guerrier forced a playoff against Jorge Campillo with a 16-foot par putt, and saw his opponent miss three winning chances before taking the title on the ninth hole. Jacquelin won the last nine-hole playoff back in 2013 – there have been three in European Tour history., 6:D - Wolvaardt smashed 223 runs, with teammate Tazmin Brits second with 187. Wyatt-Hodge hit 151, edging out Kaur, Plimmer and another New Zealander, Susie Bates, who all scored 150., 7:B - The new, tall section of seating is designed for the most fervent fans to create atmosphere. It worked on Durant, who missed two free throws, meaning home fans got free chicken burgers. 'I was just staring at it the whole time,' Durant admitted. 'You're not used to that.', 8:C - Home favourite Mathilde Gremaud is pictured on her way to Freeski World Cup victory at Big Air Chur., 9:B - The 2020 US Open winner announced his retirement earlier this year following a string of injury problems – and ended his career after defeat at the Vienna Open in his home country., 10:B - The prospective Ballon d'Or winner is likely to overtake Rivaldo (27) and Kaká (30) soon enough – but Neymar's 43 goals for Barcelona and PSG will take some catching., 11:C - Having gone undrafted after ending his college career with Arkansas, Bates 'thought I was through with football' before getting a chance in UFL and earning a move to the Lions., 12:D - If Wales beat Slovakia, and Ireland get past Georgia, the two teams will meet in the second round with a finals spot in Switzerland on the line., 13:C - The 2023 world champion says he is 'serious' about competing in the triathlon series by 2028. Brecel is currently ranked just 60th on the provisional world snooker rankings, and is at risk of losing his Tour card next season., 14:B - The prolific striker caught the eye again with an acrobatic backheel to put City 2-0 up. Teammate Phil Foden said: 'If I tried that, I'd pull my groin!', 15:D - This is the 12th Yankees-Dodgers World Series, but the first since 1981. It is comfortably the most common match-up in World Series history.

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