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The Guardian - UK

Sport

Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: birdies, insects, masters and disasters

Lewis Hamilton shows off his seventh world title. When did he win his first? Photograph: Peter Fox/Getty Images

The Norwegian government would not let their men's football team travel to Austria to fulfil their Nations League fixture after one of their players tested positive for Covid. What did the Norway manager do?
1. He sent the Norway women’s team instead – and they won
2. He called up an entirely new squad of players, most of whom had never been capped, and they secured a draw in Austria
3. He disguised the players as janitors and they snuck through the airport and flew to Austria
4. He called the King of Norway – a big football fan – and asked for a royal pardon, which was granted
Dustin Johnson set a new record by winning the Masters with a score of 20 under par. Which two golfers shared the previous record with scores of minus 18?
1. Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus
2. Phil Mickelson and Arnold Palmer
3. Patrick Reed and Bernhard Langer
4. Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth
There was an unusual scene during the Brazilian third division match between Ferroviário and Jacuipense this week. The Jacuipense goalkeeper fell to the ground, seemingly feigning an injury to waste some time, but he did not get up. What happened to him?
1. He had lost his wedding ring and said he would not play on until it was found
2. He fell on an anthill, was bitten all over and had to call upon the physio for help
3. He saw a snake on the grass and was staying still to avoid being bitten
4. He said he could hear a storm coming in and that the players should leave the field immediately
Lewis Hamilton won his seventh F1 world title on Sunday. Who was the US president when Hamilton won his first title?
1. Bill Clinton
2. George W Bush
3. Barack Obama
4. Donald Trump
Stephen Kenny took over as the Republic of Ireland manager in April. How many goals have they scored in his eight matches in charge?
1. None
2. One
3. 16
4. 25
World champion boxers Callum Smith and Canelo Álvarez are putting their titles on the line when they fight next month. Smith remains undefeated as a professional after 27 fights. Who gave Álvarez the only defeat of his professional career?
1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Gennady Golovkin
3. Liam Smith
4. Floyd Mayweather
San Marino have been playing competitive football since 1990. What new ground did they break this week?
1. They won a competitive game
2. They drew two games in a row
3. They scored more than one goal in a match
4. They fielded a team containing 11 professional players
Who will be making the move from “Nishikori to Djokovic” this weekend?
1. Andy Murray
2. Rafa Nadal
3. Liverpool FC
4. England’s rugby union team
Germany suffered an embarrassing 6-0 defeat to Spain this week. It was their biggest ever defeat in a competitive game. Who hammered them 9-0 in a friendly back in 1909?
1. Northern Ireland
2. England
3. Uruguay
4. Canada
Germany were not the only team to concede six goals this week. Colombia lost 6-1 to Ecuador in a World Cup qualifier, having already lost 3-0 to Uruguay earlier in the week. Which familiar face is managing Colombia these days?
1. Sven-Göran Eriksson
2. Owen Coyle
3. Marco Silva
4. Carlos Queiroz
New Zealand won the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2017 and have been top of the world rankings ever since. Which team leapfrogged them this week, ending their three-year reign?
1. Japan
2. Argentina
3. England
4. USA

Solutions

1:B - The reserve team performed brilliantly. They took the lead in the first half and would have won the game but for a 94th-minute equaliser. Norway would have been handed a 3-0 defeat for not turning up so their persistence paid off., 2:D - Woods in 1997 (when his nearest challenger was 12 strokes back) and Spieth in 2015., 3:B - The keeper had to take off his strip and wash off the ants with bottles of water from the bench., 4:B - Hamilton won his first world championship on 3 November 2008. The very next day, the American people went to the polls and voted in Barack Obama to replace George Bush., 5:B - They scored in his first game in charge – a 93rd-minute equaliser – and have since drawn blanks against Finland, Slovakia, Wales, Finland (again), England, Wales (again) and Bulgaria., 6:D - Álvarez has fought 56 times, won 53 of them, drawn two and lost just the once – although Golovkin and his fans may disagree., 7:B - They drew with Liechtenstein and Gibraltar in the Nations League., 8:D - Having beaten Georgia and Italy in recent weeks, England are playing Ireland on Saturday and Eddie Jones says “it’s a massive step-up – it’s like going from playing Nishikori to Djokovic”., 9:B - Two England players – Thomas Porter and Cyril Dunning – scored hat-tricks in the game in Oxford., 10:D - “The last two matches were very hard for us,” said Queiroz. “The players are very hurt by these two results. I know them very well and this is going to affect them a lot.”, 11:C - England went top of the ranking after a 33-10 victory in France. They are looking good for the World Cup next autumn but hosts New Zealand will not give up their title easily.