Sports quiz of the week: losing, posing, dancing and talking trash

This might be a clue. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

1. Liverpool visit Manchester United on Sunday. Who were the world champions the last time Liverpool won at Old Trafford?

   1. France

   2. Germany

   3. Spain

   4. Brazil

2. The organisers of the Olympics are considering four new sports for the Games in Paris in 2024: surfing, climbing, skateboarding and…

   1. Chess

   2. Snooker

   3. Breakdancing

   4. Squash

3. Italian football club Pro Piacenza were beaten 20-0 by AC Cuneo last weekend. What was their excuse?

   1. They started the match with just seven players

   2. Six of their starters were teenagers

   3. Their 18-year-old captain had to double up as their manager

   4. All of the above

4. As we approach the midpoint of the Six Nations, two teams remain unbeaten: England and…

   1. France

   2. Ireland

   3. Scotland

   4. Wales

5. Nicolò Zaniolo has been in great form this year, scoring important goals for Roma in Italy and the Champions League. But what did the 19-year-old have to do this week?

   1. Resit his driving test for the 10th time

   2. Do a month of military service

   3. Ask his mum to stop posting selfies online

   4. Take a week off for freshers week at the University of Rome

6. Manchester City face Chelsea in the League Cup final on Sunday. Who did they beat in last year’s final?

   1. Chelsea

   2. Southampton

   3. Arsenal

   4. Wigan

7. Jarrell Miller has started the trash talk before his fight with Anthony Joshua, calling the British fighter, a “fraud”, “prick”, “square” and “giant pussy”. What else did Miller say to Joshua?

   1. "How tough can you be? Your cops don’t even got guns!"

   2. "He ain’t nothing but a fat man. I’m going to punch him in his beer belly"

   3. "My style is impetuous, my defence is impregnable and I’m just ferocious”

   4. "He’s too ugly to be world champion"

8. Who said: “I cannot switch off. I have to accept it. I have this football virus. When I wake up in the morning, I think immediately about what game is on that day. That is my life”?

   1. David Cameron

   2. Arsène Wenger

   3. José Mourinho

   4. Conor McGregor

9. Why has rugby player Nico Lee been banned for 13 weeks?

   1. He crept up behind a referee and pulled down his shorts

   2. He peed on an opponent’s leg in a scrum

   3. He “cleared the contents of his nose” on to an opponent’s face

   4. He walked up to the opposition’s manager and did the wanker sign in his face

10. Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson did three of these things in his team’s 3-2 win against Schalke on Wednesday night. Which of them did he not do?

    1. Concede a goal

    2. Set up a goal

    3. Receive a yellow card

    4. Save a shot

Solutions

1:C - Liverpool haven’t won at Old Trafford since March 2014., 2:C - The organisers say breakdancing would make the Olympics “more urban” and “more artistic”., 3:D - They have been thrown out of the league after the debacle., 4:D - The two sides meet in Cardiff on Saturday afternoon., 5:C - “Stop mum,” he wrote below one of her pictures on Instagram. “What are you doing with your mouth like that? You’re 40!”, 6:C - City won the game 3-0 thanks to goals from Sergio Agüero, Vincent Kompany and David Silva., 7:A - The other three lines were delivered by Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali., 8:B - Chelsea could be looking for a new manager soon… , 9:C - Charming., 10:D - Schalke scored from both of their shots on target.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Oh dear

2. 2 and above.

   Oh dear

3. 3 and above.

   Not a bad effort

4. 4 and above.

   Not a bad effort

5. 5 and above.

   A fine effort

6. 6 and above.

   A fine effort

7. 7 and above.

   A fine score. Have a great weekend

8. 8 and above.

   A fine score. Have a great weekend

9. 9 and above.

   A very fine score. Have a great weekend

10. 0 and above.

    Oh dear

11. 10 and above.

    You genius. Have a great weekend