Issy Hobson, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Monty Panesar

1. Ronnie O’Sullivan’s defeat to Stuart Bingham in the quarter-finals has ended his bid to win a record eighth Snooker World Championship. Which other player has won seven titles at the Crucible?

   1. Steve Davis

   2. Stephen Hendry

   3. John Higgins

   4. Ray Reardon

2. 

   O’Sullivan has some way to go to match the all-time record. Which player won 15 world titles and remains the only undefeated player in the competition’s history?

   1. Fred Davis

   2. Joe Davis

   3. Steve Davis

   4. John Davis

3. Which team has been relegated from the Women’s Super League having picked up just six points from 20 games so far this season?

   1. West Ham

   2. Bristol City

   3. Leicester City

   4. Brighton

4. 

   Issy Hobson set a new record as the youngest player to score in the Women’s Super League. The 16-year-old scored for Everton against which club?

   1. Aston Villa

   2. Manchester United

   3. Arsenal

   4. Manchester City

5. Which club has reached the Women’s Champions League final for the fourth year running?

   1. Lyon

   2. Barcelona

   3. PSG

   4. Chelsea

6. 

   Monty Panesar says he is running to be an MP in the next UK general election – for which party?

   1. Labour

   2. Monster Raving Loony Party

   3. Workers Party of Britain

   4. Liberal Democrats

7. Sheffield United have conceded 97 goals in the Premier League this season – 13 of which have come in their two games against Newcastle. Who are the only club to have conceded 100 goals in a Premier League season?

   1. Derby County

   2. Swindon Town

   3. Ipswich Town

   4. Barnsley

8. 

   Thomas Müller has made 150 appearances for Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Who is the only player to have played more games for a single club in the competition?

   1. Xavi

   2. Ryan Giggs

   3. Sergio Busquets

   4. Paolo Maldini

9. If it was the Netherlands in 2010, Denmark in 2012, Northern Ireland in 2014, the Netherlands in 2016, Israel in 2018 and Hungary in 2022, where is it in 2024?

   1. Italy

   2. San Marino

   3. Austria

   4. Scotland

10. 

    England have won the Women’s Six Nations for the sixth time in a row. How many points did they score in their five matches this year?

    1. 150

    2. 210

    3. 270

    4. 330

11. Why was the Major League Baseball match between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers delayed for almost two hours?

    1. A swarm of bees descended on to the diamond

    2. A group of Dodgers owners, including Magic Johnson, Todd Boehly and Billie Jean King, were stuck in traffic and demanded a delay

    3. Donald Trump’s rally in the stadium earlier that day overran

    4. A family of geese flew into the stadium and would not leave

12. 

    The footballer Joe Taylor achieved something remarkable this season. What did he do?

    1. He picked up winner’s medals in League One and League Two

    2. He was the top scorer for two different clubs

    3. He became a world champion in two sports – futsal and beach football – while also earning promotion for Colchester United

    4. He played for clubs in all four nations of the UK

13. England are gearing up to defend their T20 World Cup title and have welcomed Jofra Archer back into the squad. Which three countries are making their debuts in the tournament this year?

    1. Argentina, Bermuda and Scotland

    2. Mexico, Namibia and Jamaica

    3. Canada, USA and Uganda

    4. China, Papua New Guinea and Nepal

14. 

    Royal Troon has been extended before this year’s Open. The golf course will feature the longest and shortest holes in the major’s history. How long are the two holes?

    1. 531 yards and 101 yards

    2. 623 yards and 99 yards

    3. 712 yards and 80 yards

    4. 804 yards and 65 yards

15. More than 82,000 fans have bought tickets to attend a rugby match this weekend – in which stadium?

    1. Camp Nou

    2. Wembley

    3. Croke Park

    4. San Siro

16. 

    Aston Villa are one good result away from reaching the second European final in their history. Which team did they play – and beat – in their first major European final, 42 years ago?

    1. Hamburg

    2. Bayern Munich

    3. Steaua Bucharest

    4. Malmö

Solutions

1:B – It has been a tournament of shocks. Bingham is 29th in the world rankings and his fellow semi-finalists, David Gilbert (31st) and Jak Jones (44th), are even lower down., 2:B – Davis won the first 15 world championships from 1927 to 1946. His brother Fred won eight world titles., 3:B – They have won one game all season. , 4:C – A 16-year-old local player scoring for Everton against Arsenal? Remember the name., 5:B – Barcelona and Lyon have won the last eight titles between them (six for Lyon and two for Barça) – and they are meeting in this year’s final., 6:C – “I’m here to represent the working-class people of this country,” says Panesar. “When I played cricket for England I know that I got so much support from the public and now it’s my time to give back, give back to the working class, make sure the gap between the rich and poor gets closer and that’s why I’m joining this party and hopefully I’ll win my seat in Southall in Ealing and make a difference to this country.”, 7:B – If Sheffield United keep conceding at their current rate (2.77 goals per game) they will smash Swindon’s record – which was, to be fair to them, set over a 42-game season., 8:A – Xavi played in the Champions League 151 times for Barcelona, winning it on four occasions. Cristiano Ronaldo holds the outright record for Champions League appearances with 183: 59 for Manchester United, 101 for Real Madrid, and 23 for Juventus., 9:A – The Giro d’Italia starts in Italy this weekend – and will remain within the country’s borders for the duration of the three-week race. The Giro begins in Turin on Saturday and finishes in Rome on 26 May. , 10:C – That’s 54 points per game. They conceded just 41 in the whole tournament., 11:A – The crowd cheered as a local beekeeper, Matt Hilton, cleared away the bees. The Bonnie Tyler song Holding Out For A Hero played over the speakers as he worked. “I wasn’t expecting that,” said Hilton. “I thought I was just going to do my thing and cruise out. But it was fun.” , 12:B – Taylor spent this season on loan at Colchester United (where he scored 11 goals) and Lincoln City (where he scored 10)., 13:C – USA are co-hosting the tournament with West Indies., 14:B – The course has been extended to 7,385 yards – an increase of 195 yards from the last time it hosted the Open in 2016, when Henrik Stenson won the claret jug., 15:C – It’s semi-finals weekend in the Champions Cup. Leinster are playing Northampton Saints at Croke Park in Dublin (as the Aviva is out of action due to the forthcoming Europa League final) and Toulouse are playing Harlequins. Croke Park last hosted a club rugby match in 2009, when Leinster beat Munster in an all-Irish semi-final on their way to winning the competition for the first time. , 16:B – Villa beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in the European Cup final in 1982. Peter Withe scored the only goal of the game. Villa’s manager, Tony Barton, had only been in charge of the team for three months when he lifted the trophy.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

2. 2 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

3. 3 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

4. 4 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

5. 5 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

6. 6 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

7. 7 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

8. 8 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

9. 9 and above.

   Pretty, pretty, pretty good. Have a great weekend.

10. 10 and above.

    Pretty, pretty, pretty good. Have a great weekend.

11. 11 and above.

    Pretty, pretty, pretty good. Have a great weekend.

12. 12 and above.

    Pretty, pretty, pretty good. Have a great weekend.

13. 13 and above.

    That’s a sensational score. Have a great weekend.

14. 14 and above.

    That’s a sensational score. Have a great weekend.

15. 15 and above.

    That’s a sensational score. Have a great weekend.

16. 0 and above.

    Ah well, better luck next week

17. 16 and above.

    That’s a sensational score. Have a great weekend.