Sports quiz of the week: Liverpool, Lions, Usyk v Dubois and Chelsea

Arne Slot, Oleksandr Usyk and Sonia Bompastor. Composite: AFP/Getty Images,EPA,PA

1. Complete this list: Scotland, France, Portugal, Italy, Chile, Spain, Germany and ...

   1. Northern Ireland

   2. Netherlands

   3. Nigeria

   4. Norway

2. 

   Liverpool have won their 20th top-flight title, catching up with Manchester United. Which club is third on the all-time list with 13 league titles?

   1. Chelsea

   2. Arsenal

   3. Everton

   4. Manchester City

3. Liverpool won the Premier League while being managed and captained by two men from the Netherlands: Arne Slot and Virgil van Dijk. Which other title-winning team was managed and captained by two men from the same country?

   1. Blackburn

   2. Manchester City

   3. Chelsea

   4. Arsenal

4. 

   Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois are having a rematch at Wembley on 19 July. Where was their first fight?

   1. Ukraine

   2. Poland

   3. Germany

   4. Tottenham

5. Which of these countries did not have a team in the Champions League, Europa League or Conference League semi-finals this week?

   1. Norway

   2. Sweden

   3. Germany

   4. France

6. 

   How many people finished the London Marathon on Sunday?

   1. 39,993

   2. 43,965

   3. 56,640

   4. 67,333

7. Where has The Cyclone met The Rocket this week?

   1. Stockholm

   2. Sheffield

   3. San Diego

   4. Salford

8. 

   England won all five of their games in the Women's Six Nations to finish top of the table. Which team lost all five of their games and finished bottom?

   1. Italy

   2. Ireland

   3. Wales

   4. Scotland

9. Barcelona (or Arsenal) could win both the men’s and women’s Champions League titles this season. Which club has won both competitions in the same season?

   1. Bayern Munich

   2. Real Madrid

   3. Juventus

   4. It has never happened before

10. 

    Sonia Bompastor has won the Women’s Super League title in her first season as Chelsea manager. This is just the latest success in her incredible career. She won the Champions League as a player and a manager – with which club?

    1. Wolfsburg

    2. Lyon

    3. Barcelona

    4. PSG

11. Bompastor’s assistant manager, Camille Abily, also deserves credit for their success this season. How are Bompastor and Abily related?

    1. They are twin sisters

    2. They are mother and daughter

    3. They are in a relationship and have four children together

    4. Bompastor is Abily’s mother in law

12. 

    Andy Farrell will announce his British and Irish Lions squad on Thursday. The Lions will play 10 matches this summer – the first of which sees them play in which country for the first time?

    1. Argentina

    2. Ireland

    3. France

    4. Italy

13. This weekend’s Formula One Grand Prix visits which team’s stadium?

    1. Miami Dolphins

    2. Bayern Munich

    3. Dallas Cowboys

    4. Real Madrid

14. 

    The 14-year-old cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit a 35-ball century in the IPL on Monday. He was back in action on Thursday. What happened?

    1. He hit another century

    2. He hit six sixes in his first over

    3. He hit 200

    4. He was dismissed for a two-ball duck

15. The Venezuelan footballer Darwin Machis has been on a remarkable run in La Liga over the last four seasons. What has he done?

    1. He has played every minute of every match for four seasons

    2. Machis, a striker, has picked up more red cards than goals in each of the last four seasons

    3. He has played for relegated clubs for four straight seasons

    4. For the last four seasons he has been sent off with a fortnight of the season to go – meaning he can start his summer holiday early

Solutions

1:B - These are the nationalities of the managers who have won the Premier League. The wait for an English winner continues., 2:B - United and Liverpool have won 20 titles, Arsenal 13, City 10 and Everton nine., 3:D - Arsenal were led by two Frenchmen – manager Arsène Wenger and captain Patrick Vieira – when they won the league in 2003-04., 4:B - Usyk stopped Dubois in the ninth round. Dubois has been in great form since that fight, beating Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua., 5:C - There were 12 teams in action in the three competitions: four from England, three from Spain, two from Italy, and one from France, Norway and Sweden., 6:C - A new world record for a marathon., 7:B - At the World Snooker Championship. The Ace in the Pack is playing The Welsh Potting Machine in the other semi-final., 8:C - It hasn’t been a great year for Welsh rugby., 9:D - Barcelona are looking more likely than Arsenal but you never know., 10:B - Chelsea have not lost a game in the Women's Super League this season., 11:C - Talk about a power couple., 12:B - Their warm-up match against Argentina on 20 June will be the Lions’ first ever match in Ireland. , 13:A - The circuit runs around the Hard Rock Stadium, the home of the Miami Dolphins., 14:D - Suryavanshi is the youngest player to ever feature in the Indian Premier League., 15:C - He was relegated with Granada in 2022, Real Valladolid in 2023, Cadiz in 2024 and Real Valladolid again this season.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

2. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

3. 3 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.

   That's a decent score. Well played.

7. 7 and above.

   That's a decent score. Well played.

8. 8 and above.

   That's a great score. Well played. Have a good weekend.

9. 9 and above.

   That's a great score. Well played. Have a good weekend.

10. 10 and above.

    That's exceptional. Have a great weekend.

11. 11 and above.

    That's exceptional. Have a great weekend.

12. 12 and above.

    That's exceptional. Have a great weekend.

13. 13 and above.

    That's exceptional. Have a great weekend.

14. 14 and above.

    That's exceptional. Have a great weekend.

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 15 and above.

    You are exceptional. Have a great weekend.