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The Guardian - UK

Sport

Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: beer, bears, burgers, a cabbage and the postman

Ian Poulter celebrated victory in the Ryder Cup by dressing up as a postbox. Why is Poulter nicknamed “the postman”?
1. Because he worked as a postman before he became a pro golfer
2. Because he owns a black and white cat and drives a red van
3. Because his favourite song is Such Great Heights by The Postal Service
4. Because “he always delivers” in the Ryder Cup
Which American player had this to say after his team's defeat in France: “I’m 48, I’m not going to play tournaments with rough like that anymore. It’s a waste of my time. They had brutal rough, almost unplayable and that’s not the way I play”?
1. Tiger Woods
2. Tony Finau
3. Phil Mickelson
4. Patrick Reed
Who said: "It sums up the society we are in at the moment. There’s no respect for anyone"?
1. José Mourinho while talking about Paul Scholes
2. Steve Bruce on a fan who threw a cabbage at him
3. Patrick Reed on his USA teammates
4. The ballboy who was berated by Fernando Verdasco
Which organisation presented League Two club Forest Green Rovers with an award in New York this week?
1. United Nations
2. Nato
3. WWF
4. European Union
Who said: "I ain’t doing this for money. I can’t live a better lifestyle than I live. I live in Morecambe for God’s sake, not Beverly Hills. I live in the arsehole of nowhere. There’s not much to spend millions on. I can get a burger for £1.50 and 20 pieces of rock for £1. If you change a fiver into 2p coins you can spend all day on them machines"?
1. José Mourinho
2. Joe Hart
3. Jürgen Klopp
4. Tyson Fury
When did Manchester United last win at Old Trafford?
1. April
2. May
3. August
4. September
Khabib Nurmagomedov is fighting Conor McGregor this weekend. Who did he wrestle as a nine-year-old?
1. Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson
2. Stone Cold Steve Austin
3. Gennady Golovkin
4. A Bear
Which of these players did not score a hat-trick in the Champions League this week?
1. Neymar
2. Lionel Messi
3. Paulo Dybala
4. Edin Dzeko
Kennedy Bakircioglu scored a cracking, 30-yard free-kick for Hammarby in Sweden this week. How did he celebrate?
1. He caught a glass of beer thrown from the crowd and had a drink
2. He proposed to his girlfriend and she said no
3. He punched the goalpost, broke his hand and was sent off
4. He grabbed a mic from a TV reporter and sang for his wife
Gareth Southgate has picked a 25-man squad for England’s forthcoming matches against Croatia and Spain. Only one of those players is not based in England. Which club does he represent?
1. Celtic
2. Rangers
3. Swansea City
4. Borussia Dortmund
How did Luis Corcoran make the news this week?
1. He scored five goals in a game of football but his team still lost
2. He hit a double century on his debut for England’s Under 21 cricket team
3. He won the Budapest marathon and broke the world record in the process

Solutions

1:D - We don’t know if Poulter is a Postal Service fan but he did once play golf with the band INXS, who teed off using a guitar., 2:C - Mickelson lost every match he played at the event., 3:B - Bruce added: "I’m surprised he knew what a cabbage was. I find the whole thing hugely disrespectful.", 4:A - The award was for "creating the greenest football club in the world.", 5:D - Fury was discussing his reasons for agreeing to fight the undefeated Deontay Wilder., 6:C - They have not won at home since the first match of the season on 10 August., 7:D - His father says “it’s a pity that there was nothing more interesting to do” in Dagestan., 8:B - Although he did score one last month against PSV Eindhoven., 9:A - The 37-year-old, who had only just come on to the pitch as a substitute, said: “It was a beer that was thrown in with joy. I managed to catch it and get a little bit. I thought it was awesome, a funny thing.”, 10:D - Jadon Sancho left Manchester City for Dortmund in 2017., 11:A - Corcoran scored five times for Nuneaton Borough in the FA Youth Cup but his team let go of a 7-2 lead and ended up losing 9-8 to Halesowen Town.