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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: El Clásico, Harvard, FA Cup and tennis turf

Who scored the winner the last time these two players missed a Clásico?
Who scored the winner the last time these two players missed a Clásico? Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty
  1. Barcelona and Real Madrid meet on Sunday night for the first clásico without either Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo in 11 years. Which former Arsenal player scored the winner in that match in 2007?

    1. Alexander Hleb

    2. Thierry Henry

    3. Cesc Fabregas

    4. Júlio Baptista

  2. In which country will the Tour de France start next summer?

    1. France

    2. Belgium

    3. Andorra

    4. England

  3. Jadon Sancho scored for Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League this week. Who was the last English player based abroad to score a goal in the competition?

    1. Owen Hargreaves

    2. Joe Cole

    3. David Beckham

    4. Michael Owen

  4. Who won this week for the first time in five years?

    1. Audley Harrison

    2. Kimi Raikkonen

    3. San Marino football team

    4. Lee Westwood

  5. Stuttgart were beaten 4-0 by Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Saturday. What was unusual about their defeat?

    1. The four goals they conceded were scored by their former players

    2. They had won their last three games 4-0

    3. The game was goalless with five minutes to play

    4. They managed to climb a position in the league table despite losing 4-0

  6. Which two teams are competing for the Baskerville Shield over the next few weeks?

    1. Boston Red Sox and LA Dodgers

    2. England and New Zealand rugby league teams

    3. DC United and Chicago Fire

    4. England and South Africa rugby union teams

  7. Eight of the world's best women’s tennis players are competing at the WTA Finals in Singapore. Which country has more than one representative?

    1. Denmark

    2. Czech Republic

    3. Japan

    4. USA

  8. The assistant coach for the Harvard University football team has invited which two players to visit the campus and help his side?

    1. Marcelo and Roberto Carlos

    2. Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton

    3. Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci

    4. Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole

  9. Which London-based football club has failed to reach the FA Cup first round this year – having qualified every season since 1907?

    1. Metropolitan Police FC

    2. Leyton Orient

    3. Barnet FC

    4. Haringey Borough

  10. Who won a fifth world title this week?

    1. Katie Taylor

    2. Lewis Hamilton

    3. Marc Márquez

    4. Rob Cross

Solutions

1:D - The goal was set up by former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. Real Madrid went on to win the title, with Barcelona finishing third behind Villarreal., 2:B - The race will begin in Brussels on 6 July and end in Paris on 28 July., 3:C - When he scored for Real Madrid against Rosenborg in 2005., 4:B - Raikkonen won the US grand prix in Texas – his first victory since 2013., 5:D - Stuttgart went up a place as Fortuna Düsseldorf – who had started the day above them – lost 7-1., 6:B - The three-Test series – named after Albert Henry Baskerville, who organised New Zealand’s first ever tour of Great Britain in 1907 – will be played in the Hull City Stadium, Anfield and Elland Road., 7:B - Petra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova are both from Czech Republic. Angelique Kerber (Germany), Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark), Naomi Osaka (Japan), Sloane Stephens (USA), Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) and Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) also made the cut., 8:C - “I agree with Mourinho,” said Francesco D’Agostino. “They’re two academics of the defence. If my team could see them up close, they would concede fewer goals.”, 9:B - Haringey Borough, meanwhile, are in the first round for the first time., 10:C - Márquez has won five straight MotoGP titles, emulating what Italian racer Valentino Rossi achieved in the early 2000s.

Scores

  1. 2 and above.

    Don't worry. Two is better than one.

  2. 3 and above.

    Not to worry. Three is the magic number.

  3. 4 and above.

    Nearly half right! Give yourself a pat on the back

  4. 5 and above.

    That's a decent performance

  5. 6 and above.

    That's a decent performance

  6. 7 and above.

    That's a fine performance

  7. 8 and above.

    That's a very fine performance indeed

  8. 9 and above.

    Outstanding. You are awesome

  9. 10 and above.

    Outstanding. You are an awesome individual

  10. 0 and above.

    Dire

  11. 1 and above.

    Ah well, you got one right

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