Sports quiz of the week: fighters, movers, shakers, scorers and losers

1. England and Sweden meet at Wembley on Friday night in a qualifier for Euro 2025. The teams contested the final of the first women’s Euros in 1984. What happened in that final?

   1. Sweden won 4-0

   2. The final was played over two legs – in Gothenburg and Luton – and Sweden won on penalties

   3. England won 3-0

   4. The teams could not be separated over two legs so played a replay in France, which England won 1-0

2. 

   The New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils met in the NHL this week. What happened within two seconds of the game starting?

   1. The game was paused for a TV ad break

   2. All 10 players on the ice were brawling

   3. The Rangers scored the quickest goal in NHL history

   4. The game was stopped as they realised the teams had not sung the national anthem

3. What did Ajax do this week that has not been done before in the Eredivisie?

   1. They won a match 6-0, having lost their previous match 6-0

   2. They had 11 players on the pitch who were all born this century

   3. Three of their players scored hat-tricks in the same match

   4. Their striker was sent off for “persistent offsides”, having been caught offside 35 times in a game

4. 

   The New Zealand rugby union player Sam Whitelock is retiring at the end of the season. Whitelock has won 153 caps for the All Blacks. Who is the only man to have won more international caps in the sport?

   1. Martin Johnson

   2. Dan Carter

   3. Johnny Sexton

   4. Alun Wyn Jones

5. Germany have released their new replica shirt for the Euros this summer. Why have fans been banned from buying the shirt with the No 44 on the back?

   1. The number is considered unlucky and Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, says the team “needs all the luck they can get”

   2. The shirt’s typeface makes the number look like the SS logo

   3. The number “44” is not spoken in Germany as it brings up memories of 1944 and the second world war

   4. Germany were knocked out of the last Euros by a goal scored in the 44th minute

6. 

   Who scored the only goal of the game in the Women’s League Cup final on Sunday? (She also scored in the final last year).

   1. Stina Blackstenius

   2. Sam Kerr

   3. Victoria Pelova

   4. Kim Little

7. Six weeks into the new Super League season, which two teams are yet to win a game?

   1. Castleford Tigers and London Broncos

   2. Leigh Leopards and Hull FC

   3. Salford Red Devils and Huddersfield Giants

   4. Hull KR and Leeds Rhinos

8. 

   Louis Rees-Zammit, who has won 32 caps for the Wales rugby union team, has left Gloucester and joined …

   1. St Helens in Super League

   2. Sydney Roosters in the NRL

   3. Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL

   4. Derry in the GAA

9. What is remarkable about Notts County’s record in League Two this season?

   1. They’ve had a player sent off in all 41 of their games so far this season

   2. They are the top scorers in the league but have also conceded more goals than any other team

   3. Their top scorer is “own goals” with 17 goals

   4. They have won all of their home games and lost all of their away games

10. 

    Surrey won the County Championship last year and the year before, and they are the favourites to finish top again this year. Who were the last team to win the title three years in a row?

    1. Surrey

    2. Yorkshire

    3. Durham

    4. Warwickshire

11. Two Irish basketball teams – the Portlaoise Panthers and Limerick Sport Eagles – have been told to replay a cup game due to an incorrect refereeing decision in the original fixture. Why is the replay proving controversial?

    1. The original game was a semi-final but Limerick have already played – and won – the final of the competition

    2. The teams have been told not to replay the full fixture but just the last 0.3 seconds of the game

    3. The original game took place three seasons ago

    4. The Portlaoise Panthers heard about the replay first and sold all of the tickets to the match to their fans

12. 

    Cole Palmer has become the 200th player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League. Who was the first?

    1. Eric Cantona

    2. Teddy Sheringham

    3. Brian Deane

    4. Lee Chapman

13. It’s going to be a big week for Pampas, Firethorn, Redbud, Azalea and Camellia – in which sport?

    1. Horse racing

    2. Surfing

    3. Golf

    4. Lacrosse

14. 

    Joseph Parker says he wants to take on Dillian Whyte in his next fight. How did the heavyweight boxer announce his intentions to the world this week?

    1. He unveiled a giant mural of a chicken outside Whyte’s house, implying the fighter is a coward

    2. He recorded a music video for the Take That song Back for Good, in which he sang to Whyte about a rematch

    3. He used an appearance on Question Time to tell Whyte he wanted to fight

    4. He took out a full-page advert in the Guardian to challenge Whyte

15. Which Premier League side has gone 13 games without a win – their longest run without a victory since 1937 years?

    1. Sheffield United

    2. Burnley

    3. Luton Town

    4. Everton

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Solutions

1:B – The sport has come a long way since 1984, when the two legs of the final were watched by 5,552 in Gothenburg and just 2,567 at Kenilworth Road., 2:B – Kurtis MacDermid, a central protagonist in the fighting, said: “I had no idea that was going to happen. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing,” adding that it was “great to see the team having each other’s backs out there.”, 3:B – Now you feel old., 4:D – Jones has made 158 appearances for Wales and 13 for the Lions., 5:B – An Adidas spokesperson denied that the kit’s resemblance to the Nazi symbol was intentional. “We as a company are committed to opposing xenophobia, antisemitism, violence and hatred in every form,” he said. “We will block personalisation of the jerseys.”, 6:A – Arsenal beat Chelsea in the final – as they did last year., 7:A – St Helens are top of the table., 8:C – Rees-Zammit has signed a three-year contract with the Chiefs, the current Super Bowl champions., 9:B – All those goals add up to a solidly midtable position of 16th in the table., 10:B – In 1966, 1967 and 1968., 11:B – Portlaoise say they have no intention of playing the replay. “We think the ordering of 0.3 seconds to be replayed of our quarter-final is completely against the spirit of basketball,” said the club. “It would be in nobody’s interest.”, 12:A – Cantona scored the first ever Premier League hat-trick for Leeds in a 5-0 win against Spurs in August 1992., 13:C – These are four of the holes at Augusta National, where the Masters begins on Thursday., 14:B – The lyrics “got a fist of pure emotion, got a head of shattered dreams,” were particularly apt. The video is well worth a watch., 15:D – Despite their terrible run of form and four-point deduction, they are not in the relegation zone.

Scores

1. 3 and above.

   Ah well. Have a great weekend

2. 2 and above.

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3. 4 and above.

   Ah well. Have a great weekend

4. 5 and above.

   Ah well. Have a great weekend

5. 6 and above.

   That’s a fine score. Have a great weekend

6. 7 and above.

   That’s a fine score. Have a great weekend

7. 8 and above.

   That’s a fine score. Have a great weekend

8. 10 and above.

   What a score! Fantastic work. Have a great weekend

9. 9 and above.

   What a score! Fantastic work. Have a great weekend

10. 11 and above.

    What a score! Fantastic work. Have a great weekend

11. 12 and above.

    What a score! Fantastic work. Have a great weekend

12. 13 and above.

    What a score! Fantastic work. Have a great weekend

13. 14 and above.

    What a score! Fantastic work. Have a great weekend

14. 15 and above.

    What a score! Fantastic work. Have a great weekend

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Have a great weekend

16. 1 and above.

    Ah well. Have a great weekend