Sports quiz of the week: F1, Liverpool, Ashes and Women’s FA Cup final

Max Verstappen will be hoping to win his first F1 world title this weekend. Photograph: Andrej Isaković/AFP/Getty Images

1. It’s the F1 season finale this weekend. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen both have 369.5 points going into the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi. What happens if neither completes the race on Sunday and they finish the season with the same number of points?

   1. They share the title

   2. Verstappen will be champion as he has won more races this season

   3. Hamilton will be champion as he has won more poles over the season

   4. Neither is given the title

2. The constructors’ championship will also be decided on Sunday. Which team has a lead going into the final race of the season?

   1. Red Bull

   2. Ferrari

   3. McLaren

   4. Mercedes

3. Who said this to a journalist this week: "It’s easy to ask questions like this. Your job is much easier than ours and that’s why we get paid a lot more money than you"?

   1. Magnus Carlsen

   2. José Mourinho

   3. Conor McGregor

   4. Pep Guardiola

4. Liverpool won all six of their Champions League group games and coasted into the last-16 stage. Which other clubs won all six of their group games this season?

   1. Juventus and Real Madrid

   2. Ajax and Bayern Munich

   3. Chelsea and Lille

   4. RB Salzburg and PSG

5. Which player scored in all six of his team’s group games?

   1. Mohamed Salah

   2. Sébastien Haller

   3. Robert Lewandowski

   4. Cristiano Ronaldo

6. Which team did Steven Gerrard score against most in the Premier League while playing for Liverpool?

   1. Manchester United

   2. Aston Villa

   3. Manchester City

   4. Everton

7. What happened in the first ball of the Ashes?

   1. Joe Root was bowled for a duck

   2. Dawid Malan hit a six

   3. Rory Burns was bowled for a duck

   4. It was a no-ball

8. Jordan Spieth and Henrik Stenson, who have won four majors between them, made an odd mistake at a golf tournament this week. What did they do?

   1. The putted each other’s balls by mistake

   2. They were trying to play the ninth hole but drove off the 17th tee box

   3. They arrived two hours late for a tournament having forgotten about a change of time zone

   4. They forgot to play the final hole of a tournament and had to be dragged back onto the course from the bar

9. Tiger Woods is returning to action next week in the PNC Championship nearly a year after he suffered a severe injury to his leg in a car crash. Who will Woods be playing alongside at the tournament?

   1. Donald Trump

   2. Barack Obama

   3. Gareth Bale

   4. His 12-year-old son Charlie

10. Who said: "I’ve got to be honest, I don’t even know what the competition is. With all due respect to the competition, I’m not sure what it is"?

    1. Jürgen Klopp on the Africa Cup of Nations

    2. Ralf Rangnick on the Carabao Cup

    3. Brendan Rodgers on the Europa Conference League

    4. Pat Cummins on The Hundred

11. The Women’s FA Cup final was played at Wembley this week. Which club has won the competition a record 14 times?

    1. Chelsea

    2. Arsenal

    3. Doncaster Belles

    4. Millwall Lionesses

Solutions

1:B - Verstappen has won nice races to Hamilton’s eight., 2:D - Mercedes have a 28-point lead on Red Bull going into the final race., 3:B - To be fair, he has a point., 4:B - Bayern Munich looked particularly strong, scoring 22 goals and conceding just three in their six games., 5:B - Haller, once of West Ham, scored in all six of Ajax’s games as they dominated their group., 6:B - Gerrard scored 12 league goals against Villa while playing for Liverpool. This weekend he will be back at Anfield to manage Villa against Liverpool in the league., 7:C - Root also failed to score a run in England’s first innings., 8:B - Upon being told they would be docked two points, they asked officials if they could just give up and go to the airport. The officials said no., 9:D - The event brings together family members. Brilliantly, Padraig Harrington is playing with Paddy Harrington, and John Daly is playing with Little John Daly., 10:C - Rodgers will have to learn quickly as his team are now playing in it., 11:B - They didn’t win it this year though, losing 3-0 to Chelsea in the final this week.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Have a good weekend.

2. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Have a good weekend.

3. 3 and above.

   Ah well. Have a good weekend.

4. 4 and above.

   That's a good score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

5. 5 and above.

   That's a good score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

6. 6 and above.

   That's a good score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

7. 7 and above.

   That's a great score. Well played. Have a good weekend.

8. 8 and above.

   That's a superb score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

9. 9 and above.

   That's a sensational score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

10. 10 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

11. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Have a good weekend.

12. 11 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played. Have a great weekend.