Sports quiz of the week: races, records, finals, fights, a brawl and a new law

Armand Duplantis, Natasha Jonas and Jordan Pickford. Composite: Reuters, Getty

1. Which footballer delivered a pep talk to the France rugby union team as they prepare to face Ireland in the Six Nations?

   1. Zinedine Zidane

   2. Thierry Henry

   3. Kylian Mbappé

   4. Eric Cantona

2. 

   Wales’ interim head coach, Matt Sherratt, will be hoping to end his team’s run of 15 straight defeats when they play Scotland in the Six Nations on Saturday. Sherratt did not play professional rugby; what was his job before he took up coaching?

   1. He was a sports journalist

   2. He was a roadie for the Manic Street Preachers

   3. He was a primary school teacher

   4. He was a professional footballer

3. Which team took the most shots in the Champions League this week?

   1. Arsenal

   2. Paris Saint-Germain

   3. Bayern Munich

   4. Benfica

4. 

   Armand Duplantis set a new pole vault world record this week. How many times has he broken the world record in his career?

   1. Five

   2. Seven

   3. Nine

   4. Eleven

5. What song was playing in the arena when Duplantis broke the record?

   1. Fly Me to the Moon, by Frank Sinatra

   2. Jump Around, by House of Pain

   3. Because I Got High, by Afroman

   4. Bop, by Armand Duplantis

6. 

   India have reached the final of the Champions Trophy, which means the game will be moved from Lahore to …

   1. New Delhi

   2. Dubai

   3. Bangkok

   4. Abu Dhabi

7. Football is introducing a new law to discourage goalkeepers from time-wasting. What will happen if keepers hold on to the ball for more than eight seconds?

   1. The goalkeeper will have to throw the ball out rather than kick it

   2. The goalkeeper will have to be substituted

   3. The opposition will be awarded a corner

   4. The opposition will be awarded a free-kick just outside the 18-yard box

8. 

   Natasha Jonas and Lauren Price are headlining an all-female bill at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday night. Which boxer fought at the venue 15 times, winning all 15 fights inside the distance?

   1. Naseem Hamed

   2. Frank Bruno

   3. Muhammad Ali

   4. Lennox Lewis

9. Staying with boxing, the fight between Paddy Donovan and Lewis Crocker in Belfast at the weekend proved extremely controversial. It looked like Donovan had won the fight when he knocked Crocker down at the end of the eighth round. But why was Crocker given the victory?

   1. Donovan’s team had thrown in the towel just before he knocked Crocker down

   2. He was disqualified as his knockdown punch was thrown after the bell

   3. Donovan “over celebrated” so was stripped of the victory

   4. Donovan injured his hand with his last punch and retired before realising his opponent was not going to get up

10. 

    The Gervonta Davis v Lamont Roach fight was equally contentious. Davis retained his world title thanks to a questionable refereeing decision in the ninth round. Davis took a knee but was not deducted a point. He says he wasn’t hurt and only stopped fighting because ...

    1. ... he thought his shorts were falling down

    2. ... he had hair product in his eye

    3. ... he thought the round had finished

    4. ... he heard a fire alarm in the arena

11. Which of this year’s FA Cup quarter-finals features two clubs who won the competition in the 1880s?

    1. Bournemouth v Manchester City

    2. Brighton v Nottingham Forest

    3. Fulham v Crystal Palace

    4. Preston v Aston Villa

12. 

    Ryan Peake won the New Zealand Open this week, booking his spot at this year’s Open Championship. Peake was a promising golfer in his youth but did not play the sport for most of his 20s. Why?

    1. He was playing professional baseball in Japan

    2. He was sent to prison for being in an outlawed motorcycle gang

    3. He was playing professional cricket in the IPL

    4. He was Adam Scott’s caddie

13. What happened after just 13 seconds in the League One match between Shrewsbury and Peterborough?

    1. The Peterborough manager made a double substitution

    2. One of the goalposts fell over and the game had to be called off

    3. The Shrewsbury captain was sent off

    4. Shrewsbury scored their second goal of the match

14. 

    The Cheltenham Festival begins on Tuesday. What percentage of the 28 races at last year’s festival were won by pre-race favourites?

    1. 0%

    2. 32%

    3. 76%

    4. 100%

15. The new Rangers manager Barry Ferguson will be delighted after his team’s 3-1 win at Fenerbahce in the Europa League. Ferguson was the Rangers captain when they reached the Uefa Cup final in 2008. Who beat them in the final?

    1. Porto

    2. Zenit Saint Petersburg

    3. Sevilla

    4. Espanyol

Solutions

1:B - No one knows how to handle Ireland better than Henry., 2:C - Sherratt is the first Englishman to coach the Wales team. , 3:B - Arsenal had 15 shots against PSV Eindhoven and scored seven goals. PSG had 27 shots and Benfica had 26, but neither team scored. , 4:D - Duplantis has set world records at 6.17m, 6.18m, 6.19m, 6.20m, 6.21m, 6.22m, 6.23m, 6.24m, 6.25m, 6.26m and 6.27m. He has some way to go before he catches Sergey Bubka, who broke the record 17 times., 5:D - Not content with being the greatest pole vaulter in history, Duplantis is now trying to climb the charts too., 6:B - Pakistan are the official hosts of the tournament but, with India unwilling to play there due to political reasons, their games have been held in Dubai., 7:C - “Goalkeepers holding on to the ball for too long have been a bane of many people’s lives for quite some time, so some action has been taken,” said the chair of the law-making body. , 8:B - Bruno’s first professional fight was at the Royal Albert Hall., 9:B - The decision was not universally popular in the arena. Donovan broke down in tears and there was a brawl in the crowd., 10:B - The decision by the referee and judges not to count the knock proved costly for Roach, who would have won on the scorecards had it counted., 11:D - Aston Villa won the FA Cup in 1887, Preston won it in 1889 – they met each other for the first time in 1888., 12:B - “I’m pretty lost for words at the moment,” said Peake after he won the tournament and collected the £99,500 prize money. “I’ve just changed my life.” , 13:C - Marquis was shown a red card for an elbow on a Peterborough defender. He had not yet touched the ball., 14:B - If this information proves in any way useful, feel free to contribute some of your winnings to the Guardian. , 15:B - At the time Zenit were managed by Dick Advocaat, who had given Ferguson the captaincy while in charge of Rangers.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

2. 2 and above.

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3. 3 and above.

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4. 4 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

5. 5 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

6. 6 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

7. 7 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

8. 8 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

9. 9 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

10. 10 and above.

    Well played. Have a great weekend

11. 11 and above.

    What a result! Well played. Have a great weekend

12. 12 and above.

    What a result! Well played. Have a great weekend

13. 13 and above.

    What a result! Well played. Have a great weekend

14. 14 and above.

    What a result! Well played. Have a great weekend

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week

16. 15 and above.

    What a result! Well played. Have a great weekend