Sports quiz of the week: fast balls, wanton boys and dropped shots

The man of the week. Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images

1. Jofra Archer’s bowling against Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s was extremely fast. But which of these is fastest?

   1. The fastest ball Archer bowled against Australia

   2. The fastest recorded free-kick in a football match

   3. The fastest recorded table tennis shot

   4. The fastest recorded serve by a tennis player

2. Which of these teams will play each other for the first time (in a competitive game) in this season’s Champions League?

   1. Chelsea and Ajax

   2. Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur

   3. Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid

   4. Juventus and Atlético Madrid

3. Luke Campbell fights Vasyl Lomachenko for three world titles on Saturday night in London. At which Olympics did both fighters win gold medals?

   1. Athens 2004

   2. Beijing 2008

   3. London 2012

   4. Rio 2016

4. What was James Haskell – the former rugby union player who earned 77 England caps – talking about when he said: "I’m dedicating my life to this. I want to make sure I am in the best possible shape and whatever happens at the end of it I am going to put as much dedication into this as I did into rugby"?

   1. His new career as a priest

   2. His move into MMA

   3. The new Chinese restaurant he has opened in the Peak District

   4. His new money-saving website

5. Teemu Pukki has scored in his first three matches in the Premier League. Who is the only player to have scored in his first six games in the league?

   1. Fernando Torres

   2. Teddy Sheringham

   3. Micky Quinn

   4. Diego Costa

6. The F1 season will be longer than ever next year, with 22 races. Which country will host a grand prix for the first time?

   1. The Netherlands

   2. Vietnam

   3. Qatar

   4. Thailand

7. The Challenge Cup final was played at Wembley on Saturday. And so was …

   1. … the 1066 Cup final

   2. … the 1690 Cup final

   3. … the 1895 Cup final

   4. … the 2020 Cup final

8. Eric Cantona delivered an intriguing speech while picking up an award from Uefa this week. What is the missing word in his monologue: “As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods, they kill us for their sport. Soon the science will not only be able to slow down the ageing of the cells, soon the science will fix the cells to the state and so we will become eternal. Only accidents, crimes, wars, will still kill us but unfortunately, crimes, wars, will multiply. I love …”

   1. … lamp”

   2. … life”

   3. … football”

   4. … rock ‘n’ roll”

9. Forest Green were knocked out of the League Cup this week by Bournemouth. How many goals did Forest Green score on the night (in 90 minutes of normal time, 30 minutes of extra time and a penalty shootout)?

   1. None

   2. Eight

   3. 11

   4. 15

10. Ko Jin-young, the best women’s golfer in the world, set a new record for bogey-free holes this week. How long did she go without dropping a shot?

    1. 59 holes

    2. 81 holes

    3. 114 holes

    4. 276 holes

11. Brazilian midfielder Wanderson had an eventful game for Ludogorets aganist Slavia Sofia this week. He put the ball in the net in the 78th minute and then ran off to the crowd, found his wife and gave her a kiss. Then what happened?

    1. One of his teammates also kissed her so Wanderson punched him and was sent off

    2. He turned around and saw the goal had been ruled out for offside

    3. His manager subbed him off for "losing sight of the game"

Solutions

1:D - Archer's bowling hit 96mph at Lord’s, putting him above the fastest free-kick (80mph) and the fastest table tennis ball (72mph) but some way below the fastest tennis serve (163mph)., 2:A - They played a friendly in 2010 but that doesn't count., 3:C - Lomachenko also won a gold medal at the Olympics in 2008., 4:B - Haskell's wife is not quite as excited about the career move as he is. "She looked at me like I was mad," says Haskell., 5:C - Quinn scored 10 goals in the first six games of the 1992-93 season but he never earned an England cap., 6:B - The season will begin in Australia on 15 March and end in Abu Dhabi on 29 November., 7:C - The 1895 Cup is a new competition for rugby league sides that do not play in the Super League. The name of the competition is a reference to the year rugby league split from rugby union. , 8:C - Never change, Eric., 9:A - The game finished 0-0 and then Forest Green missed all of their penalties in the shootout. , 10:C - Tiger Woods holds the record on the men’s tour. He went 110 holes without a bogey., 11:B - Replays showed the officials were wrong. The goal should have stood

Scores

1. 11 and above.

   Perfection

2. 2 and above.

   You tried

3. 3 and above.

   You tried

4. 4 and above.

   You tried

5. 5 and above.

   A fine score

6. 6 and above.

   A fine score

7. 7 and above.

   You know your stuff

8. 8 and above.

   You know your stuff

9. 9 and above.

   You know your stuff

10. 10 and above.

    You know your stuff

11. 0 and above.

    You tried (and failed)

12. 1 and above.

    You tried (and failed)