Sports quiz of the week: Burnley, a centurion and seven blue whales

A Burnley fan goes on a European tour ... to Pittodrie. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters

1. Burnley and Aberdeen met for the first time on Thursday night in a Europa League qualifier. Aberdeen won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1983. What is Burnley's best performance in Europe?

   1. Europa League last-32 in 2011

   2. Champions League group stage in 1993

   3. Uefa Cup second round in 1983

   4. European Cup quarter-finals in 1961

2. Francesco Molinari has become the first golfer from which country to win a major championship?

   1. Argentina

   2. Bolivia

   3. Malta

   4. Italy

3. Geraint Thomas is leading the Tour de France. Who was the last cyclist born in the UK to win the race?

   1. Chris Froome

   2. Bradley Wiggins

   3. Cadel Evans

   4. No rider born in the UK has won it

4. What was unusual about the match between FC Nordsjaelland and Cliftonville in the Europa League?

   1. It was decided by a penalty shootout in which just one player scored

   2. The away team won 10-0

   3. Cliftonville became the first team from Belfast to win a European match

   4. 1% of the match day revenue was given to charity

5. 

   Rob Green has joined Chelsea at the age of 38. Green won England caps from 2005 until 2012, yet made just one appearance at a major tournament. Which one?

   1. World Cup 2006

   2. Euro 2008

   3. World Cup 2010

   4. Euro 2012

6. Sven-Göran Eriksson is in line to become the Iraq manager, which would mean he has worked in 10 different countries. With which club did he win the Uefa Cup?

   1. IFK Gothenburg

   2. Benfica

   3. Sampdoria

   4. Roma

7. What is new about Scarlets’ kit for the forthcoming rugby union season?

   1. It is see-through

   2. For the first time, they are not playing in the colour scarlet

   3. It has 18 different sponsors

   4. The players’ names are printed along the front rather than the back

8. Wigan Athletic sold defender Reece James to Sunderland this week. Then they…

   1. Bought him back for three times the price

   2. Signed defender Reece James on loan from Chelsea

   3. Let their manager move to Sunderland

   4. Signed his younger brother to replace him

9. 

   How did Bradley Wright-Phillips celebrate scoring his 100th goal for the New York Red Bulls?

   1. He grabbed the announcer’s mic and sang Falter by Hundred Reasons

   2. He ran up to a huge dartboard and hit the bullseye twice, scoring 100

   3. He let off 100 fireworks behind the goal

   4. He took off his No99 shirt to reveal a No100 shirt below

10. Who had this to say about one of his rivals: "I could go to church, save a million puppies, 100,000 dolphins, seven blue whales and adopt 200 kids tomorrow and he will still be the golden goose. There’s no point me fighting that battle with him. People will get to see I’m real and a straight guy”?

    1. José Mourinho about Jürgen Klopp

    2. Tyson Fury about Tony Bellew

    3. Chris Froome about Bradley Wiggins

    4. Dillian Whyte about Anthony Joshua

Solutions

1:D - They played Hamburg in the quarter-finals and lost 5-4 on aggregate., 2:D - Molinari, who was born in Turin, went bogey-free over the weekend to win the tournament by two shots., 3:D - Froome was born in Kenya and Wiggins was born in Belgium., 4:D - Nordsjaelland joined Juan Mata’s Common Goal project earlier this summer and will now donate 1% of their match day income to charity., 5:C - Green started the World Cup as England’s No1 but was dropped after the 1-1 draw with USA., 6:A - In 1982, when they won a two-legged final 4-0. He also lost Uefa Cup finals while in charge of Benfica and Lazio., 7:C - The club say they have boosted their sponsorship income by 70%. , 8:B - Reece James has been replaced by Reece James. An easy one for the kitman., 9:D - Wright-Phillips scored 100 goals in MLS in just 159 matches. , 10:D - Whyte meets Joseph Parker at the O2 Arena on Saturday night. Both fighters have only lost once in their careers – and both of them lost to Joshua.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

2. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

3. 3 and above.

   Not bad (but not great)

4. 4 and above.

   Not bad (but not great)

5. 5 and above.

   A fine effort

6. 6 and above.

   A fine effort

7. 7 and above.

   You star

8. 8 and above.

   You star

9. 9 and above.

   You hero

10. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week

11. 10 and above.

    You hero