Sports quiz of the week: Champions League, Canelo and conspiracies

Thomas Müller in action in the Champions League this week. Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images

1. What offer did basketball player Stephen Curry receive this week?

   1. President Trump offered him the job of coaching USA’s Olympics basketball team

   2. Marvel offered him a role as a baddie in their next superhero movie

   3. Phil Mickelson offered him a winner-takes-all round of mini-golf

   4. Nasa offered him a tour of the lunar lab at their space centre in Houston

2. Michael “Rocky” Fielding fights Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez in New York this weekend. Why was Rocky given his nickname?

   1. He starred in Creed 2 as young Rocky’s body double

   2. He was born in Ballyrock

   3. He has never watched any Rocky films and vows he never will

   4. He weighed 10lb when he was born

3. On a similar theme, what does “canelo” mean?

   1. Champ

   2. Chopper

   3. Cinnamon

   4. Chilled

4. All four English clubs in the Champions League have qualified for the knockout stages. Which of them did so with a negative goal difference in their group?

   1. Manchester United

   2. Liverpool

   3. Tottenham Hotspur

   4. Manchester City

5. Vinicius Junior was just 18 years and 152 days old when he made his Champions League debut for Real Madrid on Wednesday night. Which player was even younger when he started for Real against Ajax in the competition in September 1995?

   1. Iker Casillas

   2. Raúl

   3. Guti

   4. Luis Enrique

6. Liverpool host Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday afternoon. Who scored two penalties for Liverpool the last time they beat United in the league?

   1. Luis Suárez

   2. Danny Murphy

   3. Steven Gerrard

   4. Fernando Torres

7. Team Sky, whose future is in doubt, have won six of the last seven editions of the Tour de France. Which cyclist won the other one?

   1. Vincenzo Nibali

   2. Nairo Quintana

   3. Rigoberto Urán

   4. Romain Bardet

8. The new Formula E season begins in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Which innovation has been introduced for this season?

   1. Attack mode, which gives drivers a temporary speed boost like in Mario Kart

   2. Tag-team mode, which gives teams a chance to sub in a Formula 1 driver for one race of the season

   3. Water mode, which permits teams to soak the track in one race of their choice

   4. Petrol mode, which permits teams to use non-electric cars for one race of their choice

9. England played Belgium twice in the football World Cup earlier this year (and lost twice). The two countries are meeting in the semi-finals of which tournament this weekend?

   1. Men's Hockey World Cup

   2. Chess World Cup

   3. Curling World Cup

   4. Women's Volleyball World Cup

10. In which city are Anastasia Dobromyslova and Lisa Ashton competing at the minute?

    1. Riyadh

    2. London

    3. New York City

    4. Melbourne

Solutions

1:D - Nasa made the offer after Curry had cast aspersions on the validity of the moon landings. He subsequently claimed he was joking, but that he will “definitely take them up on their offer”., 2:D - “I was the 10lb baby that looked like a rock,” says, er, Rocky. “My dad got hold of me and apparently I looked like I was a rock.”, 3:C - It is a common nickname for people with red hair in Mexico., 4:C - Tottenham were the only team in the competition to go through to the last-16 with a negative goal difference., 5:B - Raúl was just 18 years and 77 days old. He went on to play 125 games in the Champions League., 6:C - Liverpool have not beaten Manchester United in the league since 2014., 7:A - Sky’s remarkable run began with Bradley Wiggins in 2012, was carried on by Chris Froome in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017, and Geraint Thomas in 2018., 8:A - Racers will only be able to use Attack Mode in designated areas – and no mushrooms are involved., 9:A - England beat Argentina in the quarter-finals and will face either Australia or the Netherlands in the final if they beat Belgium on Saturday., 10:B - They are the two women who qualified for the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in London.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Oh dear. That's a bad score

2. 2 and above.

   Oh dear. That's a bad score

3. 3 and above.

   Oh dear

4. 4 and above.

   Not bad but not great

5. 5 and above.

   Not bad but not great

6. 6 and above.

   Nice work. Enjoy your weekend

7. 7 and above.

   Superb scoring. Enjoy your weekend

8. 9 and above.

   Superb scoring. Enjoy your weekend

9. 8 and above.

   Superb scoring. Enjoy your weekend

10. 0 and above.

    Poor show

11. 10 and above.

    You are a genius. Enjoy your weekend