Sports quiz of the week: boxers, dancers, dashers and bad throwers

The big man is back in action this weekend. Photograph: Mark Robinson/Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing

1. There have been 16 foul throws in the Premier League this season. Which player has been responsible for five of them?

   1. Paul Pogba

   2. Héctor Bellerín

   3. Trent Alexander-Arnold

   4. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

2. Neil Robertson beat Judd Trump in the final of snooker’s UK Championship on Monday. What was unusual about the final?

   1. The players had to move to a new table midway through the match as the balls kept bouncing on the cloth

   2. Robertson whitewashed Trump, beating him 10-0, meaning the final did not even reach the evening session

   3. The final did not end until 12.55am

   4. Both players hit 147 breaks

3. Which sport will feature at the Olympics for the first time in 2024 in Paris?

   1. Salsa dancing

   2. Ten-pin bowling

   3. Squash

   4. Breakdancing

4. Which of these sports featured when Paris first hosted the Olympics back in 1900?

   1. Croquet

   2. Polo

   3. Tug of war

   4. Cricket

   5. All of them

5. Sheffield United are still waiting for their first win of the season after 11 league games. It’s a bad run, but it is not the worst in the Premier League era. Which club once started a Premier League season without winning any of their first 16 games?

   1. Derby County

   2. Swindon Town

   3. Sunderland

   4. QPR

6. Anthony Joshua returns to the ring on Saturday night after more than a year out. What happened in his last fight?

   1. He won by knockout

   2. He lost by knockout

   3. He won on points

   4. He lost on points

7. On Saturday night Joshua will be facing Kubrat Pulev, a 39-year-old from Bulgaria who has only lost one of his 29 professional fights. Who beat him in that fight?

   1. Wladimir Klitschko

   2. Deontay Wilder

   3. Tyson Fury

   4. Lennox Lewis

8. The group stage of the Champions League reached its conclusion this week. Which team beat the other three teams in their group and were beaten by the other three teams in their group?

   1. Manchester United

   2. Real Madrid

   3. Barcelona

   4. PSG

9. Paolo Rossi died this week at the age of 64. Rossi pulled off a remarkable treble at the World Cup in 1982, when he won the tournament, the Golden Boot as top scorer and the Golden Ball award for the player of the tournament. Which two other players have done the same at a World Cup?

   1. Diego Maradona and Pelé

   2. Mario Kempes and Garrincha

   3. Ronaldo and Thomas Müller

   4. Zinedine Zidane and Eusébio

10. James Dasaolu ran 100 metres in 9.91 seconds a few years ago, making him the second fastest Briton of all time after Linford Christie. Dasaolu will be competing at a World Cup event in Austria this weekend – in which sport?

    1. Surfing

    2. Weightlifting

    3. Skateboarding

    4. Bobsleigh

Solutions

1:B - No other player has been responsible for more than one foul throw., 2:C - Robertson won the match 10-9. The final went to a deciding frame, which lasted over an hour., 3:D - Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing will make their debuts at the Games in Tokyo next year., 4:E - There was also a football tournament, which was won by Upton Park FC – an amateur team from east London., 5:D - Manchester United once started a season by losing 12 games in a row – although it was in 1930-31 and they were relegated, so that fact will hardly console Sheffield United fans. , 6:C - Joshua beat Andy Ruiz Jr on points last December in Saudi Arabia to win back his belts. , 7:A - Klitschko knocked him down three times before finally knocking him out in the fifth round. Pulev has won eight fights since that defeat, including victories against Hughie Fury and Dereck Chisora., 8:A - Liverpool did the same in the 2018-19 season, when they made it out of the group and went on to win the competition. , 9:B - Garrincha did it for Brazil in 1962 and Kempes did it for Argentina in 1978. , 10:D - Dasaolu competed at the Olympics as a sprinter in 2012 and 2016.

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