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The Guardian - UK

Sport

Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: family trees, injuries and political expertise

Liverpool celebrate after their high-scoring draw against Arsenal in the League Cup. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

Liverpool and Arsenal produced a very unusual scoreline in the League Cup this week: 5-5. There have been more than 10,000 games in the Premier League, yet only one of them has finished 5-5. What was the fixture?
1. Arsenal 5-5 Liverpool
2. Portsmouth 5-5 Reading
3. Everton 5-5 Aston Villa
4. West Brom 5-5 Manchester United
Arsenal have a habit of racking up big scores at Anfield. Who scored four goals when they won 6-3 at Anfield in the League Cup in 2007?
1. Andrey Arshavin
2. Thierry Henry
3. Emmanuel Adebayor
4. Júlio Baptista
What routine does South Africa rugby coach Rassie Erasmus change every time his team loses?
1. He listens to Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys 36 times to "regain my spirit"
2. He writes a song about the defeat on his ukulele
3. He only drinks non-alcoholic beer until he wins again
4. He ditches one “lucky” white shirt and starts wearing a new one
It was Wales in 1987, New Zealand in 1991, France in 1995, South Africa in 1999, New Zealand in 2003, Argentina in 2007, Australia in 2011 and South Africa in 2015. Who was it in 2019?
1. Japan
2. Wales
3. New Zealand
4. Qatar
Tommy Doyle made his debut for Manchester City this week. Which of these statements about the young player sums up his family ties to the club?
1. His paternal grandfather played for City and won the league and FA Cup for club
2. His maternal grandfather played for City and won the league and FA Cup for club
3. His grandfather’s cousin played for City and won the league and FA Cup for club
4. All of the above
Ben Spencer is in the England squad to play South Africa in the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday. What was he doing last Saturday while his England teammates celebrated beating New Zealand?
1. He was in the ITV studio working as a pundit
2. He was feeding his kids lunch at home in England
3. He was playing rugby league for the Great Britain Lions
4. He was helping the England team – but as part of the coaching staff
Robert Lewandowski set a new record this week by scoring in Bayern Munich’s first nine league games of the season. Who held the record before this season (having scored in eight straight games at the start of a Bundesliga season)?
1. Roberto Firmino
2. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
3. Gerd Müller
4. Edin Dzeko
Gareth Bale admitted this week that he doesn’t “have a clue who the prime minister is anymore” and doesn’t “know 99% of Brexit”. However, what did Bale say he does know about?
1. He said he can recite pi to 50 decimal places
2. He said he knows every Sports Personality winner from the last 25 years
3. He can list the 27 members of the EU in order of population
4. He said he knows which golfer is No 1 in the world rankings
Kasper Schmeichel kept a clean sheet as his team won 9-0 this week. Which other goalkeeper has achieved this feat in a Premier League match?
1. David Seaman
2. David James
3. David de Gea
4. Peter Schmeichel
Borussia Dortmund came from behind to beat Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Cup this week. What happened when Dortmund scored their winning goal?
1. The Mönchengladbach keeper asked to be substituted as he was so embarrassed about conceding the goal
2. The referee asked for a VAR check but his microphone didn’t work so he just awarded the goal
3. The Dortmund manager, Lucien Favre, picked up an injury while celebrating on the touchline
4. The stadium announcer thought the home team had scored so blasted out the song “Glory, Glory Mönchengladbach” through the sound system

Solutions

1:D - It was Alex Ferguson’s last game in charge of Manchester United. United led 3-0 and then 5-2 but were thwarted by a hat-trick from Romelu Lukaku, who was on loan at West Brom at the time., 2:D - He also missed a penalty., 3:D - “Last year I had to change shirts quite a lot,” says Erasmus. “But I’ve only had to change once this year.”, 4:C - The team that finished third in the Rugby World Cup., 5:D - Tommy is the son of Mike Doyle’s son Scott and Glyn Pardoe’s daughter Charlotte, who met when they were toddlers and their dads were teammates. Tommy had a chat with Pardoe before the match. “I FaceTimed him and told him I couldn’t wait,” said Tommy. “He reminded me he was only 15 [on his debut], just getting a little dig in! But he’s a legend at this club so I’m fortunate to get advice others might not have.”, 6:B - Spencer, who was called into the squad after Willi Heinz picked up an injury against the All Blacks, said: "I was just at home, feeding the kids, then got the phone call. They are a bit too young to understand but my partner was thrilled. I got the call on Saturday afternoon, was on a flight Sunday morning and arrived Monday morning. I’ve not really had the chance to process the whole situation yet. It’s been a crazy few days and a brilliant few days.", 7:B - Lewandowski’s scoring record this season is phenomenal. He has already scored 13 goals in the league and five more in the Champions League. , 8:D - “I don’t even know who the prime minister is anymore,” said Bale. “I haven’t got a clue. Boris Johnson? Well, there you go. I didn’t know that. I thought he was the mayor? I can’t have a say in it, so I’m not interested. I follow the golf, that’s about it. I can tell you who’s number one in the world.”, 9:D - Like father, like son., 10:C - Favre set off down the touchline in jubilation but quickly pulled up with a sore hamstring. José Mourinho at Old Trafford in 2004 it was not.