Sports quiz of the week: Fury v Wilder, Grand Final and Andy Murray’s shoes

Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury go at it again on Saturday night. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images

1. Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are fighting for the third time on Saturday night. Wilder came up with a series of excuses after he was beaten by Fury in their last meeting. Which of these excuses is not something Wilder said about that fight?

   1. That the water he drank on his way to the ring was “spiked”

   2. That the costume he wore on his ring walk weighed him down and sapped his energy

   3. That Fury was fighting with something illegal stuffed into his glove

   4. That someone in Fury’s team tampered with his contact lenses so he could not see properly

2. Wilder has appointed a new trainer for this fight, Malik Scott, a retired former heavyweight boxer. Scott had 42 fights as a professional, including one against Wilder. What happened in that fight?

   1. Scott won on points

   2. Scott was leading on all three judges’ scorecards going into the last round, when Wilder knocked him out

   3. It was a draw

   4. Wilder beat him in the first round

3. 

   How many games had Italy gone without losing before they were beaten by Spain in the Nations League semi-finals this week?

   1. 26

   2. 31

   3. 37

   4. 48

4. England are playing Andorra in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday night. In what way will the game be groundbreaking?

   1. It will be the first time Andorra have played a competitive match in Andorra

   2. For the first time in their history, Andorra are coming into the game on the back of two consecutive wins in competitive matches

   3. It will be the first time a woman has refereed an England men’s game

   4. It will be the first time Andorra have put out a team featuring 11 professional footballers

5. Andy Murray was “in the bad books at home” this week after his wedding ring went missing. Murray ties the ring into his shoe laces when he plays, so he had a panic when he could not find his shoes. Where had he left them?

   1. Inside his locker at the All England Club in Wimbledon

   2. They were stolen from his feet while he was asleep at the cinema during the new Bond film

   3. He had put them below his car, which he parked outside his hotel overnight, in the hope that they would dry out

   4. He threw them into the crowd after winning a match

6. The Super League Grand Final will be held at Old Trafford on Saturday evening. What will make this Grand Final different from the 23 previous finals?

   1. It will be the first Grand Final to feature two clubs from the same city

   2. It will the first not played at Wembley

   3. It will be the first to feature a club who are not from England

   4. It will be the first to have a female referee

7. 

   Only four clubs have won the Grand Final. Which of these clubs has not won it?

   1. St Helens

   2. Bradford Bulls

   3. Castleford Tigers

   4. Wigan Warriors

   5. Leeds Rhinos

8. Why will Wales v Ireland rugby union games feel a little different in future?

   1. Ireland will no longer sing their national anthem before Wales games as it "could be construed to have anti-Welsh messaging"

   2. The Millennium Stadium and Lansdowne Road will only serve alcohol-free Guinness during their matches to prevent "excessive singing"

   3. Both sides have banned away fans from their next matches after a row about who should pay for a post-match meal between the teams at the last Six Nations got out of hand

   4. They will not be able to wear their traditional colours as World Rugby are introducing a rule to stop kit clashes between red and green strips in a bid to help colour blind fans

9. The Women’s Champions League returned this week. Who are the defending champions?

   1. Chelsea

   2. Lyon

   3. Barcelona

   4. Brøndby

10. Claudio Ranieri is the latest new manager at Watford. The Pozzo family have changed managers 15 times since they took over the club in 2012. Who was the first manager they sacked?

    1. Marco Silva

    2. Sean Dyche

    3. Gianfranco Zola

    4. Brendan Rodgers

Solutions

1:D - Wilder also suggested that his trainer at the time, Mark Breland, betrayed him and threw in the towel as he was part of a conspiracy., 2:D - Scott also has history with Fury. They sparred together years ago and Fury left Scott with a bust eardrum. As he put it in the build-up to the fight: "Don’t we find it funny that I bust both these guys eardrums, trainer and fighter? Crazy statistic.", 3:C - It was the longest unbeaten streak in the history of men's international football, surpassing the previous world record of 35 set by Brazil and Spain. , 4:C - All four officials are women. Kateryna Monzul will referee the game, with Maryna Striletska and Svitlana Grushko acting as her assistants and Stephanie Frappart on VAR duties., 5:C - Murray had been training in hot weather so decided to air them out. As he had no balcony in his hotel and did not want to “stink the room out" he left them under his car overnight to dry them out. When he returned the next day, they had gone. Murray asked for help on social media – admitting that, in hindsight, trying to dry out his shoes below a car was “a terrible idea” – and, thankfully, the shoes and ring were retrieved., 6:C - Catalans Dragons, who are based in Perpignan in the south of France, are playing St Helens in the final. , 7:C - Leeds Rhinos have won it eight times, St Helens seven times, Wigan Warriors five times, and Bradford Bulls three times. , 8:D - World Rugby, whose chairman Bill Beaumont is colour blind, want to make the sport more accessible. Given that 8% of people are colour blind, they want to end kit clashes between red and green shirts. The rule will come in at the World Cup in 2027., 9:C - Barcelona began their defence with a 4-1 win over Arsenal. They beat Chelsea 4-0 in the final last season., 10:B - Dyche took over at Burnley a few months after he was sacked by Watford and has been in that job ever since.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Better luck next week

2. 2 and above.

   An acceptable score. Have a good weekend

3. 3 and above.

   An acceptable score. Have a good weekend

4. 4 and above.

   A more than decent score. Have a great weekend

5. 6 and above.

   A fine score. Nicely done. Have a great weekend

6. 5 and above.

   A fine score. Have a great weekend

7. 7 and above.

   A fine score. Nicely done. Have a great weekend

8. 8 and above.

   An excellent score. You are outstanding. Have a great weekend

9. 9 and above.

   An excellent score. You are outstanding. Have a great weekend

10. 0 and above.

    Better luck next week

11. 10 and above.

    A perfect score. You are outstanding. Have a great weekend