Sports quiz of the week: Six Nations, red cards and Eddie Jordan’s side hustle

Rory McIlroy, Inothewayurthinkin and Eddie Jordan. Composite: Getty, Allstar

1. Marc Márquez has won the first two races of the MotoGP season. Who has finished second in both races?

   1. His brother Alex

   2. His son James

   3. His cousin Joey

   4. His father Antony

2. Eddie Howe has become the first English manager to win a major trophy in England since Harry Redknapp in 2008. Who was Redknapp managing when he signed Howe as a player?

   1. Bournemouth

   2. Portsmouth

   3. Southampton

   4. Tottenham

3. Sunderland wore a different badge on their shirts at the weekend. Why?

   1. It was the club’s centenary

   2. To celebrate their women’s team winning the Championship

   3. The badge had the number 70 written across it – a reference to Newcastle’s last trophy

   4. The badge drew attention to the climate crisis

4. How many tries were scored across the 15 matches of this year’s men's Six Nations?

   1. 38

   2. 60

   3. 74

   4. 101

5. Who was sent off for the 30th time in his career this week?

   1. Pepe

   2. Sergio Ramos

   3. Arturo Vidal

   4. Ricardo Quaresma

6. Which two teams are meeting in the Champions League quarter-finals this season – in both the men’s and women’s competitions?

   1. Arsenal and Real Madrid

   2. Bayern Munich and Inter

   3. Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund

   4. PSG and Aston Villa

7. Inothewayurthinkin won the Gold Cup at Cheltenham last week and was the early favourite to win the Grand National, but he has been pulled out of the race at Aintree next month. Only one horse has won the Gold Cup and Grand National in the same year. Who?

   1. Red Rum

   2. Best Mate

   3. Desert Orchid

   4. Golden Miller

8. 

   Where was this photograph taken?

   1. Birmingham

   2. Bristol

   3. Derby

   4. Durham

9. The Nations League returned this weekend. Who are the reigning champions?

   1. Portugal

   2. Spain

   3. France

   4. Italy

10. Rory McIlroy won the Players Championship on Monday, beating JJ Spaun in a playoff to collect the $4.5m prize money. McIlroy is now second in the PGA Tour’s all-time money list behind Tiger Woods. Who is third?

    1. Phil Mickelson

    2. Scottie Scheffler

    3. Dustin Johnson

    4. Justin Rose

11. Eddie Jordan died this week at the age of 76. As well as owning an F1 team, Jordan also played in a band. What were they called?

    1. The Bare Jordans

    2. Eddie and the Robbers

    3. Fast Cars

    4. Split the Sky

12. The Women’s Six Nations begins this weekend. England have won the competition for the last six years in a row. Which team has been second for the last five years?

    1. Wales

    2. Ireland

    3. France

    4. Scotland

13. The Cabbage Patch pub in Twickenham is changing its name for the Women’s Six Nations. What will it be called?

    1. The Cabbage Ear

    2. The Ankle Tap

    3. The Red Roses’ Patch

    4. Land of the Rose

14. Sam Ruthe, a 15-year-old from New Zealand, made history this week as the youngest person in history to …

    1. … score a hat-trick in an international football match

    2. … run a sub-four-minute mile

    3. … hit a 147 break

    4. … run 100m in less than 10 seconds

15. The Women’s Curling World Championship is taking place in South Korea this week. Who are the reigning champions?

    1. Canada

    2. Sweden

    3. Scotland

    4. Northern Ireland

Solutions

1:A - “He is able to win a world championship,” said Marc after his victory in Argentina at the weekend. “Alex is the main opponent for the championship. I was impressed by my brother’s riding style. He was riding super smoothly, always keeping the corner speed. I thought: ‘This guy is on another level today.’ There were some moments when I said to myself: ‘OK, second place is enough.’ In the end, I won. But I took a lot of risks at some points in the race, maybe too much.”, 2:B - Redknapp paid £400,000 to sign Howe in 2002., 3:D - The badge, which features a ship, showed rising sea levels to illustrate the devastating effects of the climate crisis. A club statement said: “Since 1880, global average sea levels have risen 21-24 centimetres and predictions estimate that parts of the English coastline could be submerged by 2050, including the iconic Roker Pier and Sunderland Marina.”, 4:D - A new record. Louis Bielle-Biarrey scored eight of them – also a new landmark figure for the Six Nations era., 5:B - “It was obvious I couldn’t leave this league without a red card,” joked Ramos, who is playing for Monterrey in Mexico. He has been sent off once for Sevilla, 26 times for Real Madrid, twice for PSG and once for Monterrey but, to be fair to him, he picked up 180 caps for Spain without ever being shown a red card., 6:A - Madrid's women's side go into next week's second leg 2-0 up – Arsenal's men host the first leg of their quarter-final on 8 April, 7:D - Golden Miller achieved the feat in 1934 amid a run of five Gold Cup victories from 1932-36. As for Inothewayurthinkin … “He’s only seven and we’ve worked so hard on his jumping this season that we feel it just might be a backward step to run him at Aintree,” said his trainer Gavin Cromwell. “We’re absolutely delighted to win a Gold Cup and it might be asking a bit much of him to try to win a Grand National as well at the age of seven.”, 8:C - Chelsea won the Women’s League Cup at Pride Park on Sunday. The choice of venue was not universally popular with the players. Chelsea midfielder Erin Cuthbert said the pitch was “cut up”, “bobbly” and “not fit for a final”., 9:B - Spain are both the reigning champions in the Nations League and the European Championship. They are playing the Netherlands for a place in the last four., 10:B - McIlroy’s career earnings now total $99,709,062. Only Woods has hit $100m. Scheffler has accrued $74,289,284., 11:B - Jordan once explained: “The band got its name due to the fact that Bernie Ecclestone once described me as a bit of a robber. I replied: Bernie, thanks for that, it’s a perfect name for a band.”, 12:C - Needless to say, England are big favourites again this year., 13:C - England play Italy on Sunday, while on Saturday Ireland face France and Wales take on Scotland., 14:B - He ran a time of 3:58.29 at a meeting in Auckland., 15:A

Scores

1. 15 and above.

   Congratulations! Now please proceed to doping control …

2. 14 and above.

   A great score … hope the one you missed doesn't haunt you

3. 13 and above.

   An excellent effort

4. 8 and above.

   Yeah, but double figures would have been nice, no?

5. 10 and above.

   Very creditable indeed

6. 0 and above.

   Oof. Well there's always next week …

7. 5 and above.

   Remember: ask if you don't know