Sports quiz of the week: drubbings, diving, dough and a declaration

England have made a decent start to World Cup qualifying. Photograph: MI News/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

1. Liverpool scored five goals against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. Who were the last visiting club to score six goals at Old Trafford?

   1. Southampton

   2. Liverpool

   3. Manchester City

   4. Tottenham Hotspur

2. Mo Salah’s hat-trick against United made him the highest-scoring African player in Premier League history. Whose record has he beaten?

   1. Sadio Mané

   2. Emmanuel Adebayor

   3. Didier Drogba

   4. Nwankwo Kanu

3. 

   A pair of trainers worn by Michael Jordan in 1984 were auctioned at Sotheby’s this week. How much did they sell for?

   1. $14,720

   2. $147,200

   3. $1,472,000

   4. $14,720,000

4. Which team has lost four games in the Premier League this season – with all four of their defeats coming at different stadiums in London?

   1. Brentford

   2. Tottenham

   3. Arsenal

   4. Norwich

5. Which footballer did Poland president Andrzej Duda congratulate on Twitter this week?

   1. Mo Salah

   2. Cristiano Ronaldo

   3. Robert Lewandowski

   4. Matty Cash

6. Wales are playing the All Blacks in Cardiff on Saturday. Where was the last match between the teams?

   1. Qatar

   2. England

   3. Argentina

   4. Japan

7. Alun Wyn Jones will be making his 149th appearance for Wales in the match, a new rugby union record. Which other player represented his country 148 times?

   1. Brian O’Driscoll

   2. Richie McCaw

   3. Martin Johnson

   4. Sergio Parisse

8. 

   The Turkish free diver Sahika Ercumen set a new record this week. How deep did she dive on one breath?

   1. 25 metres

   2. 50 metres

   3. 75 metres

   4. 100 metres

9. England are four games into their qualifying group for the Women’s World Cup in 2023. How many goals have they scored in those four games?

   1. None

   2. Four

   3. 32

   4. 40

10. Real Sociedad are the unlikely leaders in La Liga. For a long time the club had a policy of only picking Basque players. Who was the first non-Basque player they signed?

    1. Jermaine Pennant

    2. Stan Collymore

    3. Sammy Lee

    4. John Aldridge

Solutions

1:D - All of Manchester United’s big home defeats seem to come in October. They lost 6-1 to Manchester City in 2011, 6-1 to Spurs last October, and 5-0 to Liverpool this month. , 2:C - Drogba scored 104 goals for Chelsea; Salah has scored 105 for Liverpool and two for Chelsea. Salah’s first goal in the Premier League was in Chelsea’s 6-0 win over Arsenal and his most recent was in Liverpool’s 5-0 win over Manchester United. , 3:C - No shoes worn by an athlete have ever commanded such a high price at an auction. Jordan autographed the sneakers and gave them to a ball boy, who maintained them and has now made a fortune on them., 4:B - Tottenham have lost matches at Crystal Palace, Arsenal and West Ham – as well as at home in Tottenham., 5:D - Duda wrote “congratulations and good luck on the pitch” after Cash gained Polish citizenship and declared his intention to represent their national team., 6:D - The third-place playoff at the Rugby World Cup in 2019. New Zealand won the match (they have won their last 31 games against Wales), 7:B - Jones has also won 12 caps for the Lions. , 8:D - Ercumen was below the surface for two minutes and 53 seconds., 9:C - They have won the four games 10-0, 8-0, 4-0 and 10-0. Unsurprisingly, they are top of their group., 10:D - Aldridge was a big hit at the club. He was their top scorer the season he signed, in 1989-90, and was just as good when Dalian Atkinson joined as his strike partner for his second campaign.

Scores

1. 10 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

2. 9 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

3. 8 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

4. 7 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

5. 6 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

6. 5 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

7. 4 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

8. 3 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

9. 2 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

10. 0 and above.

    Ah well, better luck next week

11. 1 and above.

    Ah well, better luck next week