Sports quiz of the week: young guns, big leads and Formula One legends

From left: Jannik Sinner, Max Verstappen and Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Composite: Getty Images, AFP

1. Vaibhav Suryavanshi made history by becoming the youngest player to secure an IPL contract. How old is he?

   1. 11

   2. 13

   3. 15

   4. 17

2. Last Sunday’s Autumn Nations Series encounter was the 35th rugby match between Scotland and Australia. How many have Scotland won overall?

   1. 10

   2. 13

   3. 16

   4. 19

3. England face the United States in a blockbuster women's friendly at Wembley on Saturday. The Lionesses are seeking back-to-back wins over the USWNT for the first time since ... ?

   1. 1968

   2. 1988

   3. 2008

   4. They have never done it before

4. Which famous car brand will join Formula One as a new 11th team on the grid from the 2026 season?

   1. Tesla

   2. Cadillac

   3. Citroën

   4. Subaru

5. Who is currently the top scorer across the 'big five' men's leagues in Europe: England, France, Italy, Germany and Spain?

   1. Erling Haaland

   2. Harry Kane

   3. Mateo Retegui

   4. Robert Lewandowski

6. In the NFL, Kansas City Chiefs edged out Carolina Panthers 30-27 for their 10th win out of 11 games. How many of those wins have been by seven points or fewer?

   1. Four

   2. Six

   3. Eight

   4. Ten

7. Snooker's UK Championship has been taking place in York this week. Which player notched a maximum 147 break in their first-round win?

   1. Barry Hawkins

   2. Ding Junhui

   3. Jack Lisowski

   4. Zhang Anda

8. Barcelona's Lamine Yamal has won Tuttosport's Golden Boy award for Europe's best men's under-21 player. Who is the only Italian player to be given the prize?

   1. Federico Chiesa

   2. Gianluigi Donnarumma

   3. Mario Balotelli

   4. Moise Kean

9. 

   Where in the world was this picture taken?

   1. Malmö

   2. Marbella

   3. Monaco

   4. Montenegro

10. Jannik Sinner, the men’s tennis world No 1, led Italy to Davis Cup glory in Málaga this week. How many editions of the men’s competition have Italy won?

    1. Two

    2. Three

    3. Four

    4. Five

11. The former Scotland women's head coach, Shelley Kerr, has taken up a role in men's football as technical development manager of which club?

    1. Aberdeen

    2. Hearts

    3. Hibernian

    4. Queen's Park

12. Max Verstappen has won his fourth Formula One world championship, joining which two legendary drivers on a quartet of titles?

    1. Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel

    2. Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet

    3. Jack Brabham and Jackie Stewart

    4. Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher

13. Hull City have sacked the manager Tim Walter with the team sitting 22nd in the Championship. Walter replaced Liam Rosenior in the summer after Hull finished where last season?

    1. Fourth in the Championship

    2. Seventh in the Championship

    3. 12th in the Championship

    4. Second in League One

14. Arne Slot's Liverpool are eight points clear – the biggest Premier League lead after 12 games since Manchester United in 1993-94. Who was second to Alex Ferguson's side back then?

    1. Arsenal

    2. Blackburn

    3. Newcastle

    4. Norwich

15. Finally, who said this? 'My job is to score runs ... his job is to give his opinion and talk on the radio. I'll do my job and he can do his.'

    1. Jacob Bethell

    2. Joe Root

    3. Kane Williamson

    4. Marnus Labuschagne

Solutions

1:B - Suryavanshi, who was born in March 2011, was snapped up by the Rajasthan Royals after smashing a 58-ball hundred for India Under-19s against Australia., 2:B - Scotland have won four of the past five games between the sides, including Sunday's encounter – but Australia have won 22 since the first match in 1927., 3:B - England beat the USA in their first two meetings – in 1985 and 1988, both at the Mundalito tournament in Italy – but have won just three of 17 games between the sides since., 4:B - Cadillac is a division of American motoring giant General Motors; the team is likely to be powered by Ferrari before developing its own engines., 5:D - Lewandowski has scored 15 goals in 14 La Liga games for Barcelona; Kane has 14 goals for Bayern in 11 games, Haaland has 12 in 12 for Manchester City, and Retegui 12 in 13 for Atalanta., 6:C - The reigning Super Bowl champions have set an NFL record for narrow victories; Sunday's win was also their fifth this season sealed on the final play., 7:D - Zhang, the 11th seed and one of eight Chinese players in the tournament's main draw, recorded the third 147 of his career in his 6-3 win over Lei Peifan., 8:C - The striker won the award in 2010, the year he moved from Inter to Manchester City., 9:B - The Swedish women's football team are training in Spain before heading to Serbia for the first leg of their Euro 2025 qualifying play-off., 10:B - Italy first won the men’s title in 1976, and have now won two consecutive events., 11:B - The 55-year-old will help academy players make the step up to first-team football in a groundbreaking role., 12:A - France's Prost and Germany's Vettel both won four titles; Senna, Piquet, Brabham and Stewart all won three. Hamilton and Schumacher share the all-time lead with seven, ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio, who won five., 13:B - The Hull owner, Acun Ilicali, dismissed Rosenior after the Tigers missed the playoffs by three points; he has moved on to Ligue 1 side Strasbourg., 14:D - After finishing third in 1992-93, the Canaries were nine points off United after 12 games but ended up in mid-table. Blackburn and Newcastle finished second and third, with Rovers eight points behind Ferguson's champions., 15:B - The England batter was responding to comments from Darren Lehmann, who claimed Root could not be considered an all-time great without a Test century in Australia.

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15. 1 and above.

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16. 0 and above.

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