Sports quiz of the week: England v India, Euros, Wimbledon and Club World Cup

(left to right) Celebrations at Headingley, Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon, Jude Bellingham at the Club World Cup. Composite: Getty Images

1. Six players hit centuries in the Test between England and India at Headingley. Who was the only player to hit two centuries?

   1. Ben Duckett

   2. Yashasvi Jaiswal

   3. Rishabh Pant

   4. Ollie Pope

2. 

   Keegan Bradley will captain the USA at the Ryder Cup in September. After his impressive victory in the Travelers Championship at the weekend, he says he is considering playing in the competition. Who was the last team captain to play in the Ryder Cup?

   1. Arnold Palmer

   2. Nick Faldo

   3. Ian Woosnam

   4. Darren Clarke

3. The Australian golfer Min Woo Lee finished 63rd at the Travelers Championship on Sunday. What was his sister, Minjee Lee, doing on the same day?

   1. Caddying for Keegan Bradley, who won the event

   2. Setting a world record in the long jump

   3. Being elected the new prime minister of Australia

   4. Winning the Women’s PGA Championship

4. 

   The British and Irish Lions have arrived in Australia before their three-Test tour. The Lions first toured Australia in 1888. Which of these statements about that tour is not true?

   1. ​They were away for 249 days

   2. They played 35 games of rugby and 19 games of Australian rules football

   3. The boat journey lasted 46 days, during which time the players lost all of their rugby balls overboard

   4. Twenty of the 22 players stayed in Australia and married locals

5. Which American city won its first major pro sports title this week?

   1. Nashville

   2. Oklahoma City

   3. Denver

   4. Seattle

6. 

   The pitches at the Club World Cup have not impressed Jude Bellingham, who says “the ball barely bounces”. PSG manager Luis Enrique has also complained about the pitches, saying “the ball bounces like a …

   1. “… basketball”

   2. “… rabbit”

   3. “… rugby ball”

   4. “… kangaroo”

7. Which team had 41 shots and 20 corners in a Club World Cup match – but did not win the game?

   1. Boca Juniors

   2. Bayern Munich

   3. Manchester City

   4. Juventus

8. 

   Liam Delap has been given the No 9 shirt​ at Chelsea.​ W​ho is the only player to have scored 20 league goals in that shirt this century?

   1. Romelu Lukaku

   2. Gonzalo Higuaín

   3. Fernando Torres

   4. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink​

9. Keith Andrews is taking over from Thomas Frank as the new Brentford manager. What was his job at the club last season?

   1. Kit man

   2. Assistant manager

   3. Set-piece coach

   4. Strength and conditioning coach

10. 

    The Women’s Euros begins on Wednesday in Switzerland. Which two teams are playing in the tournament for the first time?

    1. Poland and Wales

    2. Switzerland and Scotland

    3. North Macedonia and Northern Ireland

    4. Finland and Republic of Ireland

11. Nicholas Tarasenko, a 15-year-old from Hull, has become just the second British person to …

    1. … beat Magnus Carlsen in a game of chess

    2. … qualify for one of Japan's ancient sumo wrestling stables

    3. … do keepie uppies for 24 hours

    4. … run 200 miles in a day

12. 

    England beat Spain in the Euro Under-21s final two years ago. Who do they have to beat in the final on Saturday to retain their title?

    1. Spain

    2. Germany

    3. England

    4. France

13. Wimbledon begins on Monday. What will not be at the championships this summer for the first time in 148 years?

    1. Pimm’s

    2. Line judges

    3. Robinson’s

    4. Slazenger balls

14. 

    Wimbledon are building a statue for Andy Murray. Which other player has been given that honour?

    1. Tim Henman

    2. Sue Barker

    3. Fred Perry

    4. Pete Sampras

15. Why did Tesco apologise to sports fans in Wales this week?

    1. They cut prices of Australian beers to mark the tour of the "English and Irish Lions"

    2. They displayed a "meet the Lionesses" advertising stand in one of their Cardiff stores

    3. They had a meet and greet with "England hero" Aaron Ramsey

    4. They stocked the England women's shirts – but not the Wales shirts

Solutions

1:C - Four India players scored hundreds – Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul and Pant (twice) – but England still won the Test in large part due to great scores from Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett., 2:A - Palmer, who was only 34 at the time, led his team to a resounding victory in 1963., 3:D - Minjee Lee is one of the great golfers of our time, having won three of the five majors in women’s golf., 4:D - The 1888 tour sounds like quite the adventure. The tourists played 35 games of rugby, winning 27, drawing six and losing two. They won six of the 19 games of Aussie rules, despite having no experience with the code before the tour., 5:B - Oklahoma City Thunder became NBA champions, beating the Indiana Pacers to capture the city’s first major pro sports title., 6:B - PSG lost their first group game but made it through to the last 16, where they will face Inter Miami., 7:A - Boca were held to a 1-1 draw by amateur team Auckland City, whose goal was set up by a barber and scored by a teacher., 8:D - Twelve players have worn the shirt since Hasselbaink and none of them has hit the 20-goal mark: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Romelu Lukaku, Tammy Abraham, Gonzalo Higuaín, Álvaro Morata, Radamel Falcao, Fernando Torres, Franco Di Santo, Steve Sidwell, Khalid Boulahrouz, Hernán Crespo and Mateja Kežman., 9:C - Andrews, a former Republic of Ireland international, has worked as an assistant manager at other clubs., 10:A - England and Wales have been drawn in the same group. , 11:B - He left Yorkshire for Japan straight after finishing his GCSEs to become the first British hopeful to join a stable since Nathan Strange – a Londoner who fought under the ring name Hidenokuni – in the 1980s. , 12:B - Germany beat France 3-0 in the semi-finals, so will be tough opponents for Lee Carsley's side in the final on Saturday night., 13:B - They are being replaced by electronic line calling., 14:C - The statue of Murray will be unveiled in 2027 to coincide with 150 years of the championships. “It’ll be nice to take the kids there and show them,” he said. “I obviously spend a decent amount of time there during the year, and always see the Fred Perry statue. So it will be strange to see one of me there too, but I’m sure with time I’ll be really proud.” , 15:B - Customers complained, saying it was "deeply offensive" and "disgraceful". In a statement, Tesco said the display was "incorrectly" put up in the store.

Scores

1. 15 and above.

   That's a sensational score. Well played.

2. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

3. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

4. 3 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

5. 4 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

6. 5 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

7. 6 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

8. 7 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

9. 8 and above.

   That's a fine score. Well played.

10. 9 and above.

    That's a super score. Well played.

11. 10 and above.

    That's a super score. Well played.

12. 11 and above.

    That's a super score. Well played.

13. 12 and above.

    That's a super score. Well played.

14. 13 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played.

15. 14 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played.

16. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

17. 16 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played.