Sports quiz of the week: Ashes defeats, Arsenal goals and Deaflympics medals

Mitchell Starc, Eberechi Eze and Abby Dow. Composite: Getty, Allstar

1. How many runs did England opener Zak Crawley score in the first Test of the Ashes?

   1. None

   2. One

   3. Five

   4. 123

2. 

   When did England last win an Ashes series in Australia after losing the first Test?

   1. The 1990s

   2. The 1970s

   3. The 1950s

   4. They have never done it

3. Liverpool have dropped to 12th in the Premier League after a run of six defeats in seven games. Which team won the title and then finished 12th the next season – the worst ever performance by reigning Premier League champions?

   1. Blackburn Rovers

   2. Leicester City

   3. Chelsea

   4. Liverpool

4. 

   Arsenal and Tottenham have contested 212 north London derbies. How many of those games have featured a hat-trick?

   1. Four

   2. 15

   3. 38

   4. 60

5. In which sport have England beaten Australia in an Ashes series this month?

   1. Rugby league

   2. Wheelchair rugby league

   3. Netball

   4. Basketball

6. 

   Abby Dow was in the England team that won the Women’s Rugby World Cup earlier this year. Why has the 28-year-old given up playing the sport?

   1. She is going back to university to finish her degree in psychotherapy

   2. She has been appointed England manager

   3. She wants to focus on her engineering career

   4. She has accepted an offer to play for England’s rugby league team

7. Paul Pogba played a game of football this week for the first time in 26 months. For which team?

   1. Lyon

   2. Paris FC

   3. New York City FC

   4. Monaco

8. 

   What name was written on the back of Jamie Vardy’s shirt for Cremonese’s match against Roma on Sunday?

   1. "Becky"

   2. “Jamie”

   3. “Vardinho”

   4. “Red Bull”

9. Complete this sequence: Birmingham in 2022, Glasgow in 2026 …

   1. … Sydney in 2030

   2. … Ahmedabad in 2030

   3. … Calgary in 2030

   4. … Belfast in 2030

10. 

    Manu Tuilagi has played 60 times for England but is no longer eligible given that he plays his club rugby in France. Which country is he hoping to play for at the next Rugby World Cup?

    1. Samoa

    2. New Zealand

    3. France

    4. Fiji

11. Which driver could win the Formula One title this weekend at the Qatar Grand Prix?

    1. Lando Norris

    2. Lewis Hamilton

    3. Oscar Piastri

    4. Max Verstappen

12. 

    The World Cup next year will be seeded to keep the top four teams apart until the semi-finals. The top four seeds are Spain, Argentina, France and …

    1. … England

    2. … Netherlands

    3. … Brazil

    4. … Germany

13. In which sport does Arjen Robben, the former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich player, now have a world ranking?

    1. Tennis

    2. Padel

    3. Squash

    4. Darts

14. 

    Nearly 3,000 athletes from 78 countries have been competing in the Deaflympics in Tokyo this week. Which country finished top of the medal table?

    1. Ukraine

    2. United States

    3. Japan

    4. India

15. Which two Premier League clubs – whose grounds are only four miles apart – are most reliant on their home form this season? One of them has won 93% of their points at home; the other has won 81% of their points at home.

    1. Sunderland and Newcastle

    2. Fulham and Brentford

    3. Liverpool and Everton

    4. Tottenham and West Ham

Solutions

1:A - He faced 11 balls over the two innings. Things can only get better., 2:C - England were battered in the first Test in 1954-55 but came back and ​won the series 3-1. They also came from behind in the 1911​-12 series. ​S​o they just need to do that again. Simple. , 3:B - Leicester’s title win really was a miracle. They finished 14th in the 2014-15 season, first in 2015-16 and then 12th in 2016-17. Mystifying. , 4:A - Eberechi Eze became just the fourth player to score a hat-trick in the derby – after Ted Drake in 1934, Terry Dyson in 1961 (the only Spurs player on the list) and Alan Sunderland in 1978. , 5:B - England played two matches in Australia and won them both. , 6:C - Her last game was the World Cup final. Not a bad way to bow out., 7:D - "You have moments when the devil tries to talk in your head to say it’s over but there is a good God," said Pogba after his Monaco debut., 8:A - Players from five clubs ​w​ore names of women who are important to them on their shirts at the weekend as part of the “A Red to Violence” campaign against domestic abuse. , 9:B - The Indian city of Amdavad will host the Commonwealth Games in 2030. , 10:A - Tuilagi, who was born in Samoa, will be eligible to play for them at the tournament in 2027. , 11:A - Norris will be crowned champion​ if he outscores Piastri and Verstappen by two points or more​ in Qatar. As for Hamilton, he has not finished on the podium once this season. , 12:A - The top three seeds have all won the tournament in recent years., 13:B - The 41-year-old retired from football in 2021 after a season at Groningen, the Dutch club where he started his career., 14:A - Ukrainian athletes dominated the event, winning 100 medals. The Great Britain team returned home with 12 medals. , 15:B - Fulham have only picked up one point from their six away games.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

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2. 2 and above.

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3. 3 and above.

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4. 4 and above.

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5. 5 and above.

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6. 6 and above.

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7. 7 and above.

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8. 8 and above.

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9. 9 and above.

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10. 11 and above.

    That's a super score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

11. 10 and above.

    That's a super score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

12. 12 and above.

    That's a super score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

13. 13 and above.

    That's a super score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

14. 14 and above.

    That's a super score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 15 and above.

    That's a super score. Well played. Have a great weekend.