Sports quiz of the week: Clásico, Superclásico and gymnastics genius

Boca Juniors will meet River Plate in the two-legged Copa Libertadores final later this month. Photograph: Miguel Schincariol/AFP/Getty Images

1. What took 26 steps and lasted 9.96 seconds?

   1. Simone Biles’s gold medal vault at the World Gymnastics Championships

   2. Paul Pogba’s run-up for his penalty against Everton

   3. Oliver Gildart’s dazzling try for England against New Zealand

   4. Rafa Nadal’s only match the Paris Masters before he pulled up injured

2. Eduard Bello scored for Antofagasta against Everton in Chile this week. The goal came in the second minute of the match and he was shown a yellow card in the third minute. What happened in between?

   1. He pulled down the goalkeeper’s shorts 

   2. He ran to the sidelines and put on make-up to "look like a scary zombie for Halloween"

   3. He celebrated his goal by proposing to his girlfriend

   4. He ran to the toilet, claiming he had forgotten to go before the match

3. Lewis Hamilton has won the F1 world title in four of the last five years. Who won it the other year?

   1. Fernando Alonso

   2. Sebastian Vettel

   3. Jenson Button

   4. Nico Rosberg

4. Boca Juniors and River Plate are going to meet in the Copa Libertadores final for the first time ever. Which of Argentina’s big five clubs has won the trophy a record seven times?

   1. River Plate

   2. Independiente

   3. Racing Club

   4. San Lorenzo

   5. Boca Juniors

5. England play South Africa in rugby union at Twickenham on Saturday. Where do they play New Zealand at rugby league on Sunday?

   1. Twickenham

   2. Wembley

   3. Anfield

   4. Eden Park

6. How many Chelsea players scored in their 3-2 win over Derby County in the League Cup on Wednesday night?

   1. None

   2. One

   3. Two

   4. Three

7. Why has the Hearts midfielder Steven MacLean been banned for two games?

   1. A fan threw a coin at him and he threw it back into the crowd

   2. He rugby tackled a streaker who ran on to the pitch

   3. He was caught wearing a scarf below his kit “to keep him toasty”

   4. He grabbed Celtic player Eboue Kouassi’s private parts

8. Frank Lampard managed Derby against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge this week. What did Lampard do 10 years ago at the same stadium while playing for Chelsea against Derby?

   1. He was given the only red card of his career

   2. He scored four goals in one game

   3. He was shown three yellow cards by Graham Poll

   4. He went in goal after Petr Cech had been sent off and saved a penalty

9. Julen Lopetegui was sacked after Real Madrid suffered a 5-1 hammering in the Clásico – their sixth defeat in three months. How many times he did lose in two years as Spain manager?

   1. None

   2. One

   3. Two

   4. Three

10. In the rugby union autumn internationals this weekend, England are playing in London, Wales are playing in Cardiff and Ireland are playing in...

    1. Dublin

    2. Belfast

    3. Chicago

    4. Rome

11. Simone Biles won two gold medals at the World Gymnastics Championships this week. What else did she do while in Doha?

    1. Sang on stage at an Ed Sheeran concert

    2. Attended Harry Styles’s halloween party dressed as Elton John

    3. Skydived from the 300-metre-tall Aspire Tower

    4. Went to hospital with kidney stone problems the night before she started competing

Solutions

1:B - Pogba missed from the spot but scored the rebound., 2:C - His girlfriend, the professional volleyball player Gabriela Brito, said yes. Bello went on to score another goal in the game but his team still lost 3-2., 3:D - Rosberg won the title on the final day of the 2016 season and announced his retirement a few days later – becoming the first reigning champion to do so since Alain Prost in 1993., 4:B - Boca will equal Independiente’s record if they beat River this month., 5:C - England won the first Test in Hull 18-16, but they will have to do without captain Sean O’Loughlin on Sunday., 6:B - Derby scored two own goals for Chelsea and Cesc Fàbregas scored the third., 7:D - MacLean said it was "just a laugh” and Hearts manager Craig Levein admitted he "had to chuckle" but Kouassi was not so amused., 8:B - Lampard was Chelsea’s top scorer that season., 9:A - Taking the Real Madrid job must have seemed like a good idea at the time., 10:C - For their game against Italy, Ireland are going back to Soldier Field in Chicago, where they beat the All Blacks in November 2016., 11:D - “Nothing like a late night ER visit less than 24 hours before world championships,” tweeted Biles. “This kidney stone can wait. Doing it for my team! I’ll be gucci girls!”

Scores

1. 11 and above.

   Perfection. You are amazing. Have a great weekend

2. 1 and above.

   Oh dear

3. 2 and above.

   Oh dear.

4. 3 and above.

   It's maybe not the score you wanted but you tried. Have a good weekend

5. 4 and above.

   It's maybe not the score you wanted but you tried. Have a good weekend

6. 5 and above.

   That's a decent score. Have a good weekend

7. 6 and above.

   That's an impressive score. Have a good weekend

8. 7 and above.

   That's a very impressive score. Have a good weekend

9. 8 and above.

   That's a very impressive score. Have a great weekend

10. 9 and above.

    Tremendous. That's a very impressive score. Have a great weekend

11. 0 and above.

    Oh dear

12. 10 and above.

    Tremendous. Have a great weekend