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Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: Euro 2016, Lionel Messi and Wimbledon

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Lionel Messi in action for Argentina against USA. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP
  1. Two teams qualified from the Euro 2016 group stage without conceding a goal. Germany are one; who are the other?

    1. Italy

    2. Poland

    3. Switzerland

    4. France

  2. How many of the 24 teams at Euro 2016 won all three of their group games?

    1. None

    2. One

    3. Two

    4. Three

  3. Who was talking about what when he said: 'I hope [they] do not produce condoms'?

    1. Novak Djokovic on Head, whose racquet strings kept breaking at Queens

    2. Fernando Santos on his Portugal defence, which let Hungary slip through to score three goals against them

    3. Xherdan Shaqiri on Puma, who make the shirts Switzerland are wearing at Euro 2016

    4. Michael Phelps on his own company, whose goggles were leaking in his Olympic warm-up races

  4. Only 10% of the population is left-handed. What percentage of Wimbledon singles titles have been won by left-handed players?

    1. 1%

    2. 4%

    3. 23%

    4. 35%

  5. Lionel Messi scored his 55th goal for Argentina this week, breaking whose record?

    1. Diego Maradona

    2. Gabriel Batistuta

    3. Hernán Crespo

    4. Gonzalo Higuaín

  6. Spain's defeat to Croatia was their first at a European Championship for a long time. Who was the Prime Minister when they last lost a match at a finals?

    1. John Major

    2. Tony Blair

    3. Gordon Brown

    4. David Cameron

  7. Who said: 'Man of the match award? I'd split it in 11 pieces, one for each team-mate. That's how I see football'?

    1. Gareth Bale

    2. Andrés Iniesta

    3. Michael O'Neill

    4. Gylfi Sigurdsson

  8. What does Titans linebacker Derrick Morgan want the NFL to investigate?

    1. The existence of UFOs

    2. The popularity of Donald Trump

    3. The medical benefits of cannabis

    4. The Adnan Syed case discussed on the Serial podcast

  9. Which team was dumped out of the Copa América Centenario after a 7-0 defeat?

    1. USA

    2. Mexico

    3. Venezuela

    4. Colombia

  10. Who said: 'I don't go to the gym, if I did it will slow me down. I don't go in for weights or anything like that'?

    1. Tyson Fury

    2. Jamie Vardy

    3. Wladimir Klitschko

    4. Lionel Messi

Solutions

1:B - And they were both in the same group., 2:A - Italy were on course for a 100% record until Robbie Brady showed up., 3:C - Shaqiri joked about the kit after four players' shirts were ripped in their match against France., 4:C - Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Goran Ivanisevic and Rafa Nadal are all left-handers, 5:B - Batistuta has a much better scoring rate: 54 goals in 77 matches to Messi's 55 in 112., 6:B - And the UK was still in the EU., 7:B - The man can do no wrong., 8:C - Morgan said: 'The NFL has a responsibility to look into it, to delegate time and money to research this for its players. Given how much influence that the NFL has on society, I think it would help the greater good. There's a lot of people suffering and a lot of people that can benefit from cannabis as a medical treatment.', 9:B - Mexico 0-7 (SEVEN) Chile, 10:B - Vardy was asked about his diet after he was pictured holding a tub of nicotine pouches and a can of Red Bull.

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