Sports quiz of the week: champions, challengers, crowds and changes

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1. What was unusual about the Liverpool team selected by Jürgen Klopp for their 4-1 win over Brentford at the weekend?

   1. It was the same XI he had picked the week before – the first time Klopp had picked an unchanged team in his Liverpool career

   2. There were 11 players from 11 different countries

   3. There was no player in the Liverpool squad that won the league in 2020

   4. All 11 players were under 23 years of age

2. 

   What rule change is being trialled for the long jump – an idea that four-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis derided as “April Fools’ stories”?

   1. Athletes will have to jump in their bare feet

   2. The take-off board will be removed, meaning athletes can jump without worrying about getting dirty

   3. Jumps will land in water rather than sand

   4. Athletes will be given five jumps each instead of three

3. Wales will play in the rugby world champions in South Africa in June. Why is the game being played at Twickenham rather than the Principality Stadium in Cardiff?

   1. Crufts is held in the Principality in June

   2. The Wales manager wants his team to “experience playing in a hostile environment”

   3. Taylor Swift has already booked the stadium in Cardiff

   4. The South African team agreed to play an extra match only if they did not have to travel further than London

4. 

   Ireland are playing Wales in the Six Nations this weekend. Ireland have won their last 10 matches in the competition. Who are the only team to win 11 in a row in the Six Nations?

   1. Ireland

   2. France

   3. England

   4. Wales

5. Ashwath Kaushik and Leonid Ivanovic have defeated the chess masters in the last few weeks. Why is that surprising?

   1. They are also professional snooker players

   2. They are siblings who were separated at birth and only found each other last year

   3. They are both eight years old

   4. They are 100 years old

6. 

   Andreas Brehme died this week aged 63. He scored penalties in two World Cups – against Mexico in 1986 and against Argentina in 1990. What was unusual about his technique?

   1. Both were Panenkas that went in from the crossbar

   2. He scored one with his left foot and another with his right foot

   3. It took a one-step “run up”.

   4. He closed his eyes as he approached to “distract the goalkeeper”

7. Antoine Dupont won the Six Nations final last year (and the year before). Where is he competing this weekend?

   1. France

   2. Italy

   3. Qatar

   4. Canada

8. 

   Joe Hart has announced his retirement after this season. Hart won 75 international caps – the same number as what other England goalkeeper?

   1. Peter Shilton

   2. David Seaman

   3. Jordan Pickford

   4. David James

9. Jesse Lingard was on the scoresheet for his new club this week as they won their pre-season friendly 11-1. Where?

   1. Seychelles

   2. South Korea

   3. Singapore

   4. Samoa

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    Who are Wigan playing in the World Club Challenge this weekend?

    1. Game Penrith Panthers

    2. South Sydney Rabbitohs

    3. Sydney Roosters

    4. Melbourne Storm

11. Liverpool and Chelsea meet in the League Cup final on Sunday – a repeat of the final from two years ago. That game ended goalless and went to a pennant. There were 22 penalties in the shootout. Who was the only player to miss?

    1. Timo Werner

    2. N’Golo Kanté

    3. Kevin Kelleher

    4. Kepa Arrizabalaga

12. 

    Arsenal hosted Manchester United in the Women’s Super League at the weekend. How big was the crowd?

    1. 45,005

    2. 51,777

    3. 56,643

    4. 60,160

13. Which Dutch football club has Roma eliminated from Europe in each of the last three seasons?

    1. Feyenoord

    2. PSV Eindhoven

    3. Ajax

    4. FC Twenty

14. 

    Ronnie O’Sullivan has been on a great run recently. He won 16 games in a row. What happened in the 17th?

    1. He played left handed – and won

    2. He hit two 147 breaks

    3. He won 6-0 to hit six centuries

    4. He lost 6-0

15. Complete this sequence: Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Rajkot, Ranchi …

    1. Dharamshala

    2. Mumbai

    3. Kolkata

    4. Chennai

The story continues

Solutions

1:B – Klopp picked Kevin Kelleher (Republic of Ireland), Conor Bradley (Northern Ireland), Ibrahima Konaté (France), Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands), Andy Robertson (Scotland), Curtis Jones (England), Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina), Wataru Endo (Japan), Diogo Jota (Portugal), Luis Díaz (Colombia) and Darwin Núñez (Uruguay). The number of nationalities increased to 12 when Egypt’s Mo Salah came off the bench., 2:B – The proposal is designed to reduce the number of false jerseys, but Lewis is having none of it. “You’re supposed to wait until April 1st for April Fools jokes,” he said. “I think it backs up what I’m saying, that the long distance is the hardest event in track and field. That would just eliminate the hardest skill from the event. Make the basket bigger for free throws because so many people miss them.”, 3:C – The two teams met at Twickenham during the 2015 World Cup, where the Springboks won a tense quarter-final 23-19., 4: C – Ireland are also chasing back-to-back grand slams – a feat never before achieved in the Six Nations., 5: C – First eight-year-olds to win against the masters large. Kaushik, who started playing online chess at the age of four, says his ambition is to become a world champion. “I think I have a natural talent for chess,” he said – which is not too difficult., 6:B – When asked which of his legs was stronger, he said: “I don’t know that honest In 1986, I was asked why I took a penalty with my left foot, as I often used my right foot. I didn’t even notice. It won’t make any difference.”, 7:D – He will be playing in a rugby sevens tournament in Vancouver as part of his preparations for the Olympics in Paris later this year. , 8:B – Shilton is the only English keeper with more caps than Hart., 9:B – Lingard has joined FC Seoul after rejecting offers from “26 clubs” around the world apparently. His competitive debut in the K-League could come in their league opener away to Gwangju on March 2., 10:A – The same team that lost to St Helens in the final a year ago., 11:D – It was not Kepa’s best day as a Chelsea player for a few reasons., 12:D – It was the biggest crowd in the history of the competition., 13:A – Roma’s reward for beating Feyenoord is the this week is the last 16 game against Brighton. , 14:D – Mark Selby blanked O’Sullivan in the Players Championship in Telford., 15:A – Here are the venues England visit for their fifth test against India.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next time

2. 2 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next time

3. 3 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next time

4. 4 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next time

5. 5 and above.

   That’s a fine score. Have a good weekend

6. 6 and above.

   That’s a fine score. Have a good weekend

7. 7 and above.

   That’s a fine score. Have a good weekend

8. 8 and above.

   That’s a great score. Have a wonderful weekend

9. 9 and above.

   That’s a great score. Have a wonderful weekend

10. 10 and above.

    WOW. Well done you. Have a wonderful weekend

11. 11 and above.

    WOW. Well done you. Have a wonderful weekend

12. 12 and over.

    WOW. Well done you. Have a wonderful weekend

13. 13 and over.

    WOW. Well done you. Have a wonderful weekend

14. 14 and over.

    WOW. Well done you. Have a wonderful weekend

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well, better luck next time

16. 15 and above.

    WOW. Well done you. Have a wonderful weekend