Sports quiz of the week: Didier Drogba, booze, books and a birthday

Didier Drogba takes another tumble. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

1. What happened to the All Blacks on Saturday against Ireland?

   1. They lost a match for the first time in three years

   2. They played a match and didn’t score a try for the first time this year

   3. They didn’t score a point in a match for the first time in a decade

   4. They had a man sent off for the first time in 26 years

2. Bacigalupo and Barracuda have to replay their match in the Italian seventh division after the referee made a mistake in their first encounter. What happened?

   1. The referee later admitted he was “as drunk as a skunk"

   2. The referee sent off a player but didn't notice that he stayed on the pitch

   3. The referee “forgot to mention” his Bacigalupo season ticket

   4. One of the goals came after a referee –wrongly – gave a penalty when a defender swore

   5. The referee did not notice when one team made 11 half-time substitutions

3. The semi-finalists for the Nations League are: England, Netherlands, Switzerland and ...

   1. Germany

   2. France

   3. Portugal

   4. Italy

4. Fifty-five teams competed in the Nations League. Which one of them did not score a goal?

   1. Republic of Ireland

   2. Germany

   3. Northern Ireland

   4. San Marino

5. Why were a team of curlers kicked out of the Red Deer Curling Classic competition in Canada?

   1. They lost their equipment on a flight and tried to compete with floor brushes from Argos

   2. They were “extremely drunk”

   3. They were caught spitting chewing gum on to the ice to stop the stone

   4. They were wearing shorts, which were deemed “unbecoming”

   5. They tried to climb Grouse Mountain in Vancouver that morning and got lost halfway up

6. Johnny Sexton is the favourite to be crowned World Rugby Player of the Year this weekend. Which other Irishman won the award in 2001 – the year it was introduced?

   1. Brian O’Driscoll

   2. Ronan O’Gara

   3. Keith Wood

   4. Paul O’Connell

7. Who said: “I love reading but I don’t read. I start to read and then I think about Liverpool, Klopp and I can’t focus. People say I read books. I don’t read books. I have a nice library and sooner or later I will read them but I don’t have the time”?

   1. Steven Gerrard

   2. Pep Guardiola

   3. Harry Redknapp

   4. Gareth Southgate

8. How did Manchester United defender Chris Smalling celebrate his 29th birthday this week?

   1. By walking the 29 miles between Old Trafford and Anfield

   2. By raising £29,000 for charity

   3. By signing a new £292,929 a week contract

   4. By taking on the No 29 shirt number at the club

9. Which of these statements about “The Match” between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson is false?

   1. They are playing for a winner-takes-all prize of $9m

   2. The pair will wear microphones throughout the match

   3. The match is not open to fans, just “VIPs and sponsors”

   4. The event is taking place in Qatar

10. Didier Drogba retired from football this week. Drogba won the Premier League four times in England. In which other country did he win a league title?

    1. France

    2. Spain

    3. USA

    4. Turkey

Solutions

1:B - The last time they did not score a try in a match was back in 2017 – when they were beaten 24-21 by the Lions in Wellington., 2:D - The referee should have awarded an indirect free-kick rather than a penalty and has accepted his mistake., 3:C - The semi-finals will be held in Portugal on 5 and 6 June, with the final and third-place play-off both on 9 June., 4:D - They conceded 16 goals in their six games. Poor San Marino., 5:B, 6:C - Players from New Zealand have won the award for the last six years running., 7:B - Guardiola, who was delivering a lecture on Catalan culture, politics and sport, added: "But when you read poetry, you feel better.", 8:B - Smalling spent the day with Barnabus, a charity that provide support to 600 homeless people in Manchester., 9:D - Fittingly, it will be held in Las Vegas., 10:D - Drogba retires having won four Premier Leagues, four FA Cups, three League Cups and one Champions League with Chelsea – as well as the Süper Lig and Turkish Cup with Galatasaray.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Poor show but it could be worse

2. 2 and above.

   Poor show but it could be worse

3. 3 and above.

   Poor show but it could be worse

4. 4 and above.

   A commendable score

5. 5 and above.

   A commendable score

6. 6 and above.

   A very commendable score. Tell your friends and family

7. 7 and above.

   A very commendable score. Tell your friends and family

8. 9 and above.

   That score puts you among the elite

9. 8 and above.

   That score puts you among the elite

10. 0 and above.

    Poor show

11. 10 and above.

    You are a hero and never let anyone tell you otherwise