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The Guardian - UK

Sport

Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: goals, gifts, gaffes and a garden fence

Peter Wright in action at Alexandra Palace. Photograph: Alex Davidson/Getty Images

How did cricketer Rory Burns injure his ankle before England’s match against South Africa?
1. Playing cricket
2. Playing football
3. Playing touch rugby
4. Playing the drums
It’s the FA Cup third round this weekend. When are Saturday’s fixtures being played?
1. 12.30pm, 3pm and 5.30pm
2. 12.31pm, 3.01pm, 5.31pm
3. 12.19pm, 3.19pm, 5.19pm
4. 12.20pm, 3.20pm, 5.20pm
What will Nick Kyrgios do every time he hits an ace this month?
1. He will give the umpire a thumps up “as a mark of respect”
2. He will “count to 10 and remember how much I love tennis”
3. He will “pick a member of the crowd and smile at them”
4. He will donate $200 to people affected by the bushfires in Australia
Which footballer made the most appearances in the Premier League in the 2010s?
1. Petr Cech
2. Jordan Henderson
3. David Silva
4. Leighton Baines
There were 101,169 shots in the Premier League in the decade. What percentage of them were scored?
1. 5.1%
2. 10.3%
3. 15.5%
4. 20.7%
Peter Wright won the PDC World Darts Championship this week for the first time in his career. What is his wife’s profession?
1. She is a darts player and made it to the third round of the tournament
2. She is a darts commentator who was working on the final
3. She is a jeweller and had the job of engraving her husband's name on the trophy
4. She is a hairdresser
West Ham player Michail Antonio drove his Lamborghini through a wall and into the front garden of a house in London on Christmas Day. Why did he lose concentration at the wheel?
1. He was dressed as a snowman and his costume fell over his eyes
2. He heard on the radio that David Moyes had been appointed West Ham manager
3. He was following Santa’s movements around the world on an app on his phone
4. He was singing along to All I Want For Christmas Is You and “closed his eyes on the high notes”
The ATP Cup – a new 24-team tennis tournament – began this week in Sydney. Why did the organisers have to apologise to the Moldova team before they had even played a game?
1. The Australian prime minister was overheard saying “I wish I was watching Navratilova, not Moldova”
2. They mistakenly flew a USSR flag rather than a Moldova flag at the stadium
3. They played the Romanian national anthem rather than the Moldovan anthem
4. They booked the four players in the team into a single “family room” at a two-star hotel
David Villa, Lukas Podolski and Andrés Iniesta – three World Cup winners – won a trophy together this week in which country?
1. Qatar
2. Japan
3. China
4. Turkey
Eight players have scored more than 10 goals in the Premier League so far this season. Six of them are English. Which national teams do the other two players represent?
1. Egypt and Argentina
2. Finland and Brazil
3. Mexico and New Zealand
4. Gabon and Senegal

Solutions

1:B - England are 1-0 down to South Africa in the four-match series., 2:B - The later kick-offs are part of the "Take A Minute" campaign, which is encouraging fans to think about looking after their mental health., 3:D - Good on him., 4:B - Henderson made 308 appearances in the league in the decade – two more than his Liverpool teammate James Milner., 5:B - Sergio Agüero scored more of them than any other player (174) and David Silva picked up the most assists (89)., 6:D - Jo runs the Medusa Hair salon in Lowestoft and takes care of Peter Wright’s ever-changing styles. “I sit there chilling and my wife Jo does my hair,” he said a few years ago. “It takes about two hours every day after practice in my chilling out time. My daughter has all different colour hair and I thought: ‘I’ll try that.’ No other dart players have tried it and it just stuck. I class it as going to war with my war paint on ready for battle.”, 7:A - A woman living in the house said: "He jumped out of the car in his snowman outfit. Once we realised no one was hurt, we were all relieved.” Antonio has offered to pay for the damage he caused. The £210,000 Lamborghini Huracán is probably a write-off., 8:C - “We mistakenly played the wrong national anthem,” read a tweet from the organisers. “We are sincerely sorry and have apologised personally.”, 9:B - The three of them (and Thomas Vermaelen) were playing for Vissel Kobe, who beat Kashima Antlers in the Emperors Cup final in Tokyo., 10:D - The six Englishmen are Jamie Vardy (17 goals), Danny Ings (13), Tammy Abraham (12), Marcus Rashford (12), Harry Kane (11) and Raheem Sterling (11). The Gabon player is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (13). And the Senegal player is Sadio Mané (11).