Sports quiz of the week: 30 WhatsApp groups, 4,000 shirts and 98,000 calories

Smart quizzers will notice this is a clue. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

1. Clapton CFC, a non-league club based in London who have not yet played a competitive match, have sold more that 4,000 replica shirts in a week. Why are so many Spaniards buying their away shirt?

   1. Fernando Hierro signed as their player-manager this week

   2. Their kit was designed by Paco Rabanne

   3. It commemorates 80 years since the end of the Spanish Civil War

   4. Rafa Nadal was spotted wearing it at the US Open

2. Who began his coaching career at Real Madrid this week – by taking over the Under-13 team?

   1. Jonathan Woodgate

   2. Xabi Alonso

   3. Roberto Carlos

   4. Steve McManaman

3. Lewis Pugh achieved something historic this week. It took him 49 days, it burned 98,000 calories and did it over 330 miles. What did he do?

   1. He walked from Hampden to Wembley

   2. He swam the length of the English Channel, from Land’s End to Dover

   3. He did keepie-uppies from the Camp Nou to the Bernabéu

   4. He rowed from Belfast to New York

4. Saido Berahino scored for Stoke against Huddersfield in the League Cup this week. The last time he scored a goal for any club…

   1. Gordon Brown was Prime Minister

   2. Spain were the reigning European champions

   3. George Bush was US President

   4. Manchester United were Premier League champions

5. Clint Dempsey has retired from football aged 35. Which of these statements about Dempsey is true?

   1. He is the only American with a Premier League hat-trick

   2. He played in the Tottenham team that won the club’s last trophy

   3. He won the Europa League while at Fulham

   4. He has 200 caps for USA

6. What was unusual about the heavyweight fight between Curtis Harper and Efe Ajagba last weekend?

   1. Neither boxer threw a punch

   2. Harper weighed in at twice Ajagba’s weight

   3. Both corners threw in the towel at the same time

   4. The referee was knocked out by a stray punch

7. Catalans Dragons became the first rugby league club from outside England to win the Challenge Cup when they beat Warrington Wolves at Wembley on Saturday. In which city are they based?

   1. Pamplona

   2. Palma

   3. Perpignan

   4. Paris

8. The Premiership rugby season returns on Friday night with a West Country derby between Bath and ...

   1. Bristol Bears

   2. Bristol Battlers

   3. Bristol Bulls

   4. Bristol Busters

9. Juninho Bacuna made his Huddersfield debut this week against Stoke in the League Cup. Which of these statements does not does not describe what happened in the game?

   1. Bacuna scored an own goal in the 97th minute

   2. His own goal was from 40 yards out

   3. After scoring in his own net, he went off injured

   4. After Bacuna left the field, Huddersfield scored a late winner

10. Which football manager offered this opinion about communicating with his players: "I text them individually and we have 30 WhatsApp groups, one for every player. It’s the only way we can be in constant contact. It means that every single minute of the day I know what players are doing. I know every part of their lives. I know about their animals. My players love their dogs. I know about their partners. I know if they go to the cinema. It’s the detail you need to be successful. If they have an ice cream, I know about it"?

    1. José Mourinho

    2. Jürgen Klopp

    3. Phil Neville

Solutions

1:C - “We didn’t expect our tiny club to be noticed by Spanish football fans but we’re delighted nonetheless,” said kit designer and Clapton member Thom., 2:B - He won La Liga, the Champions League and the Copa del Rey while playing for the club., 3:B - Some 1,800 people have swum across the channel since Captain Matthew Webb conquered the route in 1875, but Pugh is the first person to have swum its entire length. The endurance swimmer says he took on the challenge to raise awareness of the danger being down to the UK's coastal waters by climate change, over-fishing and plastic pollution., 4:B - Berahino’s previous goal came for West Brom – when they and Stoke were in the Premier League – on 27 February 2016, a full 913 days before he found the net on Tuesday night., 5:A - Dempsey scored three goals for Fulham in their 5-2 win against Newcastle in 2012. Danny Murphy and Bobby Zamora scored the other two goals – both of which were penalties., 6:A - Harper left the ring after the first bell and walked back to his dressing room, apparently in protest at the small purse he was receiving for the fight. He didn't come back, so Ajagba was given the victory without breaking a sweat., 7:C - The club play at the Stade Gilbert Brutus, which was named after a rugby union player., 8:A - The club rebranded this summer in the hope the new name "will attract a whole new generation of supporters.", 9:D - No such luck. It was a night to forget for Bacuna and his new club., 10:C - “Modern-day coaching is about relationships so I need to know every little thing that will make my players tick,” said England women's team manager.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

2. 2 and above.

   It's not the greatest score but it's something to build on

3. 3 and above.

   It's not the greatest score but it's something to build on

4. 4 and above.

   It's not the greatest score but it's something to build on

5. 5 and above.

   You're halfway to the top. Better luck next week

6. 6 and above.

   A very solid score. That's you set up for the weekend

7. 7 and above.

   You are a champion

8. 8 and above.

   You are a champion

9. 9 and above.

   You hero

10. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week

11. 10 and above.

    Perfection. You hero