Sports quiz of the week: Six Nations, stadiums, shootouts and a shutout

Marcus Smith, Peres Jepchirchir, and Callum Hudson-Odoi. Composite: Tom Jenkins, Getty

1. The Six Nations concludes on Saturday. How many teams can still win the title?

   1. Two

   2. Three

   3. Four

   4. Five

2. 

   Who was the last English player to miss a penalty in a Champions League shootout before Curtis Jones did it this week?

   1. Frank Lampard

   2. Steven Gerrard

   3. Wayne Rooney

   4. John Terry

3. Two former snooker world champions went head-to-head in the World Grand Prix final. Who won the match 10-0?

   1. John Higgins

   2. Neil Robertson

   3. Shaun Murphy

   4. Stuart Bingham

4. 

   The revamped Netball Super League begins on Friday night. Which Premier League club’s affiliate side have joined the competition this year?

   1. Crystal Palace

   2. Manchester United

   3. Nottingham Forest

   4. Tottenham Hotspur

5. Nottingham Forest moved a step closer to a Champions League place by beating Manchester City at the weekend. Who were the reigning European champions the last time Forest played in the European Cup, in 1980-81?

   1. Hamburg

   2. Malmö

   3. Steaua Bucurest

   4. Nottingham Forest

6. 

   Manchester United announced plans for a new 100,000-seater stadium this week. Old Trafford has been the club’s home for 115 years, except for a four-year stint where?

   1. Burnden Park

   2. Edgeley Park

   3. Maine Road

   4. Old Trafford (the cricket ground)

7. Norman Foster is the architect behind the new stadium at Old Trafford. Which other English ground did he help to design?

   1. The London Stadium

   2. The Emirates

   3. The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

   4. Wembley

8. 

   India won the Champions Trophy on Sunday, beating New Zealand by four wickets in the final. How far did the New Zealand team travel during the tournament?

   1. 3,000km

   2. 5,000km

   3. 7,000km

   4. 10,000km

9. In women's football, which two teams are playing each other four times in the next 12 days?

   1. Liverpool and Manchester United

   2. Chelsea and Manchester City

   3. Arsenal and Tottenham

   4. Aston Villa and Birmingham City

10. 

    Liverpool face Newcastle United in the League Cup final on Sunday. Which player, who featured for both clubs in his career, scored twice the last time they met in a domestic cup final?

    1. John Barnes

    2. Kevin Keegan

    3. Peter Beardsley

    4. Michael Owen

11. Newcastle have played in two League Cup finals. They lost both of them to teams from …

    1. London

    2. Birmingham

    3. Manchester

    4. Liverpool

12. 

    Lewis Hamilton makes his debut for Ferrari this weekend. Who was the last F1 driver to win a championship in a Ferrari?

    1. Kimi Raikkonen

    2. Michael Schumacher

    3. Sebastian Vettel

    4. Jenson Button

13. Which of this season’s Champions League quarter-finals was the final in a previous year?

    1. Aston Villa v PSG

    2. Bayern Munich v Inter

    3. Arsenal v Real Madrid

    4. Barcelona v Borussia Dortmund

14. 

    This year's London Marathon is set to make history as the biggest marathon in history. How many people are expected to compete on the day?

    1. 12,000

    2. 24,000

    3. 56,000

    4. 100,000

15. Who has signed a new contract to become the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history?

    1. Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers

    2. Maxx Crosby, Las Vegas Raiders

    3. Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns

    4. Tyreek Hill, Miami Dolphins

Solutions

1:C - France are in pole position, with England and Ireland hoping for a slip-up. Scotland can win it if they beat France by 52 points and the other two contenders lose., 2:D - Three English players have missed penalties in Champions League/European Cup shootouts: Joe Royle in 1970, John Terry in 2008 and Curtis Jones in 2025., 3:B - Robertson was 5-3 down to Murphy in the semi-final before winning three frames in a row, and then all 10 against Bingham. The Australian is also the first player to whitewash a two-session ranking final twice in his career., 4:C - Forest and Birmingham Panthers have joined the new eight-team league., 5:D - Forest won the competition in 1978-79, retained it in 1979-80, were knocked out in the first round in 1980-81 and have not played in it since., 6:C - United ground shared with City from 1945 to 1949 after Old Trafford had been bombed during the second world war., 7:D - Foster, who was born in Stockport, says the new United stadium would normally take 10 years to build but his team will do it in five., 8:C - New Zealand flew to Pakistan for matches in Karachi and Rawalpindi, then travelled to Dubai to face India in the group stage. They then flew to Lahore for the semi-final, and back to the UAE for the final. India, meanwhile, played every game in Dubai., 9:B - They meet in the League Cup final, the league and twice in the Champions League., 10:B - Keegan scored twice when Liverpool won the 1974 FA Cup final 3-0 in Bill Shankly’s last match before retirement., 11:C - They were beaten 2-1 by City in 1976 and 2-0 by United in 2023., 12:A - Ferrari have not had a champion since Räikkönen won the title in 2007., 13:B - Inter, managed by José Mourinho, won 2-0 to complete the treble., 14:C - The New York Marathon holds the current record, with 55,646 competing the race last year., 15:C - The defensive end had stated his desire to leave Cleveland and win a Super Bowl, but a new deal worth $204.8m (£158m) appears to have changed his mind.

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.

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5. 5 and above.

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6. 6 and above.

   Nicely done. Have a good weekend

7. 7 and above.

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8. 8 and above.

   Nicely done. Have a good weekend

9. 9 and above.

   Nicely done. Have a good weekend

10. 10 and above.

    Nicely done. Have a good weekend

11. 11 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played

12. 12 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played

13. 13 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played

14. 14 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week

16. 15 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played