Sports quiz of the week: Lions, Le Mans, Royal Ascot, Euros and Club World Cup

Armand Duplantis, Rhian Wilkinson and Alex Mitchell. Composite: Shutterstock, PA, Getty

1. How many golfers finished under par at the US Open?

   1. None

   2. One

   3. Three

   4. Five

2. 

   Armand Duplantis has set a new world record in the pole vault, clearing 6.28 metres. How many times has he broken the world record?

   1. Six

   2. Eight

   3. Ten

   4. Twelve

3. The Atlético Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann is celebrating after the birth of his fourth child. Griezmann’s first three children were all …

   1. … named after his strike partners at Atlético

   2. … born on the same date

   3. … born while he was playing in finals (World Cup, Euros and Champions League)

   4. ... signed by Atlético on their first birthdays

4. 

   Maro Itoje will captain the Lions against Argentina in Dublin on Friday night. Rugby union is not Itoje’s only sport. When he was a teenager he was ranked No 2 in the UK in …

   1. Judo

   2. Shot put

   3. Wrestling

   4. Trampolining

5. Which country has won the World Cup of Darts for the first time, beating Wales in the final?

   1. Northern Ireland

   2. England

   3. China

   4. The Netherlands

6. 

   Trawlerman won the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, setting a new course record. What time did he set over the two-and-a-half-mile track?

   1. One minute and 59 seconds

   2. Two minutes and 42 seconds

   3. Four minutes and 15 seconds

   4. Five minutes and 54 second

7. Racing at Ascot dates back to the early 1700s. Who suggested the land would make a good racecourse?

   1. Jonathan Swift

   2. King Louis XIV

   3. Christopher Wren

   4. Queen Anne

8. 

   Which car manufacturer won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race at the weekend (having also won it last year and the year before)?

   1. Ferrari

   2. Renault

   3. Kia

   4. Rolls-Royce

9. Bayern Munich had a solid start at the Club World Cup. In their first match they won 10-0 against a team from which country?

   1. Australia

   2. New Zealand

   3. Saudi Arabia

   4. Tunisia

10. 

    Gennaro Gattuso has taken over as Italy manager. He played for Italy 73 times, scoring once. What was notable about his only goal for his country?

    1. He scored it in his first start

    2. It was in a World Cup final

    3. He scored with his hand, Diego Maradona-style, and the referee did not notice

    4. He took off his shirt to celebrate and picked up a second yellow card

11. During the Club World Cup match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Ulson, the goalkeeper Ronwen Williams held on to the ball for 13 seconds in an attempt to waste time late in the game. How did the referee react?

    1. He sent off the goalkeeper

    2. He added 13 minutes of injury time

    3. He awarded the opposition a corner

    4. He forced the goalkeeper's manager to substitute him off

12. 

    Which team won the Stanley Cup this year (having also won it last year)?

    1. Florida Panthers

    2. Carolina Hurricanes

    3. Edmonton Oilers

    4. Tampa Bay Lightning

13. What went wrong during their celebrations?

    1. ​Their open-top bus parade was called off due to a lightning storm

    2. They​ dropped the cup, crack​ing and denting it

    3. ​I​t was cancelled so Donald Trump could hold a military parade

    4. ​The cup was stolen by rival fans

14. 

    Wales manager Rhian Wilkinson named her squad for Euro 2025 this week. Where did she make the announcement?

    1. On the roof of Cardiff Castle

    2. The summit of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales

    3. In a hot-air balloon above the Brecon Beacons

    4. England

15. Who was the Juventus player Timothy Weah talking about when he said: “It was weird. When he started talking about the politics with Iran and everything, it was kind of like,​ ​’I just want to play football, man​’”?

    1. Gennaro Gattuso

    2. Donald Trump

    3. George Weah

    4. Gary Lineker

Solutions

1:B - Just JJ Spaun, the winner, who finished one under par., 2:D - It was a special one for Duplantis as he did it in Sweden. "This was one of my biggest goals and dreams, to set a world record here at Stadion," he said. "I really wanted to do it. I had my whole family here, from both sides. It’s magic." , 3:B - Griezmann’s first three kids were born on 8 April – Mia in 2016, Alba in 2021 and Amaro in 2019. His fourth, Shai, was born on 15 June. , 4:B - “I was pretty good and, to be honest, I think I could have made a career out of it,” he says. “But rugby is so much more fun than shot put.” , 5:A - Luke Littler and Luke Humphries were expected to win the cup for England, but Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney led Northern Ireland to glory., 6:C - “I was just a passenger,” said the winning jockey William Buick. “I didn’t have to touch the brakes once. It’s an extreme distance, two and a half miles, so you need an extraordinary horse with an extraordinary set of skills. He’s got that lung capacity and stamina. He got in a great rhythm, but he’s so genuine.”, 7:D - That’s why the week's racing begins with the Queen Anne Stakes. , 8:A - Robert Kubica, the former F1 driver, crossed the chequered flag for Ferrari., 9:B - Bayern beat Auckland City, a team of part-timers who are not even the best club in Auckland, let alone New Zealand. Their goalkeeper Conor Tracey had to take unpaid leave from his job in a hardware store to attend the tournament. “I’ve always had to combine annual leave with unpaid days,” said Tracey. “I’m going to struggle a bit with rent and bills, but playing against Bayern, Benfica and Boca is 100% worth it.”, 10:A - Gattuso scored his only goal for Italy in a 1-0 win against England in November 2000. , 11:C - Referees are now penalising goalkeepers who hold on to the ball for more than eight seconds. , 12:A - They beat the Edmonton Oilers (having also beaten them in the finals last year)., 13:B - The 131-year-old cup, which is made of silver and a nickel alloy, is relatively malleable. It’s likely to be fixed in time for their trophy parade on Sunday. , 14:B - “We’ve used the mountain as a theme and an image throughout this campaign,” said Wilkinson. “Qualifying was always going to be an uphill battle with little setbacks. As we’ve moved towards the Euros we’ve talked about the summit, the Everest part of it; that something is impossible until it isn’t.”, 15:B - The Juventus players called into the White House to see Trump after one of their matches at the Club World Cup. Weah says they were not given a choice and “had to go”.

Scores

1. 3 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

2. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

3. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

4. 4 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

5. 5 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

6. 6 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

7. 7 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

8. 8 and above.

   That's an impressive score. Well played

9. 9 and above.

   That's an impressive score. Well played

10. 10 and above.

    That's an impressive score. Well played

11. 11 and above.

    That's an impressive score. Well played

12. 12 and above.

    That's an extremely impressive score. Well played

13. 13 and above.

    That's an extremely impressive score. Well played

14. 14 and above.

    That's an extremely impressive score. Well played

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week

16. 15 and above.

    That's an extremely impressive score. Well played