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The Guardian - UK

Sport

Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: generosity, injury, thuggery and history

Manchester is blue. Photograph: Tom Flathers/Manchester City FC via Getty Images

How did tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas injure his father this week?
1. His dad helped him warm up and was knocked out by a 140mph serve
2. He lost a set, smashed his racket in frustration and smacked his dad on the arm
3. They were playing doubles and went for the same ball. Stefanos cracked his dad on the hand and broke his finger
4. He left a tennis ball in the bathroom of their house, his dad tripped over it and broke his leg
Manchester United were embarrassed by Manchester City in the League Cup this week. It was the first time they had conceded three goals in the first half of a match at Old Trafford since 1997, when Juninho, Emerson and Craig Hignett all scored for Middlesbrough in a Premier League game. What was the final score that day?
1. Manchester United 0-5 Middlesbrough
2. Manchester United 3-3 Middlesbrough
3. Manchester United 2-5 Middlesbrough
4. Manchester United 3-6 Middlesbrough
The Cleveland Cavaliers coach, John Beilein, apologised to his players this week after he called them a “bunch of thugs” in a team meeting. What excuse did he give?
1. He says he “did not know the precise meaning of the word” when he said it
2. He said he was referring to the opposition but the words came out wrong
3. He said he watched The Irishman over Christmas and “was unduly influenced by that lexicon”
4. He insists he meant to call them “slugs”
Ivan Sunjic came on as a substitute for Birmingham against Blackburn in the FA Cup at the weekend. What happened two minutes later?
1. His team scored and his manager subbed him off “for tactical reasons”
2. He scored, was shown a yellow card for taking off his shirt and then sent off for arguing with the referee about it
3. He fell into an advertising hoarding, injured himself and had to be taken off
4. He gave away the ball, gave away a penalty and was sent off
Why did cricketer Jos Buttler have to pay back 15% of his fee after the Test match between England and South Africa?
1. He was caught smoking in the showers after the game
2. He spat chewing gum on the field and was fined for littering
3. He called an opponent a “fucking knobhead” on the field and was caught on TV
4. He had the logo of a betting company shaved into his hair
Sadio Mané was presented with the African Footballer of the Year award this week in Egypt. Two other players have won the award while at Liverpool: Mohamed Salah and…
1. Bruce Grobbelaar
2. Kolo Touré
3. El Hadji Diouf
4. Djimi Traoré
Josh Jacobs signed a four-year contract with the Oakland Raiders this week that is worth nearly $12m. How did he celebrate?
1. He went to an auction in Hollywood and bought the costume Darth Vader wore in the original Star Wars trilogy for $1.5m
2. He offered his best mate a $50,000-a-year contract to be his “PlayStation assistant”
3. He bought his dad a house
4. He donated half of those wages to Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign
The Supercopa de España – the Spanish version of the Community Shield – has traditionally been played in Spain. But not always. It is being played in Saudi Arabia this year. Which country hosted the game last year?
1. France
2. USA
3. Morocco
4. Singapore
How did Leighton Bennett make history this week at the BDO World Darts Championship?
1. Bennett, who turned 14 in December, became the youngest player to compete at a darts world championship
2. He became the first player to compete in a wheelchair
3. He became the first player to hit two nine-dart finishes but lose a match
4. He qualified for the tournament at the age of 77, having only taken up the sport after retiring aged 50
Mario Balotelli scored for Brescia against Lazio at the weekend. What made the goal so special?
1. It was the first time he has scored in Rome
2. It was the first goal he has scored in the month of January
3. It was the first Serie A goal of the year, meaning Balotelli has now scored the first Serie A goal at the start of both the 2010s and the 2020s
4. It was the first goal he has ever scored with his left foot

Solutions

1:B - "It happens," said Tsitsipas afterwards. “I wasn’t aiming to do that. It just went out of control, unfortunately. Maybe I’ll stay in my room for three days, grounded by my father.", 2:B - Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored the equaliser for United in the second half., 3:D - “I didn’t realise I had said the word ‘thugs,’ but my staff told me later I did and so I must have,” said Beilein. “I meant to say slugs, as in slow-moving. We weren’t playing hard before and now we were playing harder. I meant it as a compliment. That’s what I was trying to say.”, 4:D - His teammates fought back and won the game with a goal in the last minute., 5:C - “I don’t think anyone overstepped the mark,” said England captain Joe Root., 6:C - Diouf won the award in 2001 and 2002., 7:C - At one point in his childhood, he and his father were homeless and had to sleep in their car., 8:C - Barcelona beat Sevilla 2-1 in Tangier., 9:A - He lost to 2015 champion Scott Mitchell, but was not disgraced. “At least I didn’t get beat 9-0, that’s what I was dreading,” said Bennett. , 10:C - He is only 29, so scoring the first Serie A goal of the 2030s is not out of the question.