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The Guardian - UK

Sport

Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: love, revenge, scoring and the sack

Which strikers are looking up at Romelu Lukaku in the scoring charts? Photograph: François Lenoir/Reuters

Romelu Lukaku scored his 50th and 51st goals for Belgium this week. Which of these countries has never produced a striker with as many international goals?
1. England
2. Netherlands
3. Argentina
4. Republic of Ireland
Petr Cech has joined which ice hockey team as a goalie?
1. Colchester Eagles
2. Leyton Buzzards
3. Guildford Phoenix
4. Liver Birds
Jay Gruden was sacked from his job as an NFL coach this week. What was particularly harsh about it?
1. He had led his team to five straight victories
2. He heard about his sacking when Donald Trump tweeted about it
3. He was replaced later that day by his brother, Jon Gruden
4. He was given the news in a meeting at 5am
Scotland played Russia this week at the Rugby World Cup and in a Euro 2020 qualifier. What was the combined score over the two games?
1. Scotland 9-9 Russia
2. Scotland 52-0 Russia
3. Scotland 61-4 Russia
4. Scotland 80-20 Russia
Colchester United beat Tottenham on penalties in the League Cup last month. What happened when their Under-21 teams met this week?
1. The Colchester players wore Bayern Munich or Brighton shirts in the warm-up
2. Tottenham beat Colchester United on penalties
3. There was a massive brawl, five players were sent off, the commentator said 'no one likes to see this sort of thing' but the fans loved it
4. Colchester United won 7-2
Neymar won his 100th cap for Brazil this week in a 1-1 draw against Senegal. Only five players have won more caps for Brazil. Who has the most?
1. Dani Alves
2. Pelé
3. Roberto Carlos
4. Cafu
Katherine Brunt and Nat Sciver were in the England team that won the Women’s Cricket World Cup in 2017. What did they announce this week?
1. That they are joining the New York Yankees to play baseball
2. That they won’t play for England again until the government “tells the truth about climate change”
3. That they are running for parliament in the next election
4. That they are engaged to be married
Barcelona played Sevilla in La Liga on Sunday. With three minutes left in the match, Barcelona were wining 4-0. What happened in those three minutes?
1. Barcelona scored three more goals
2. Barcelona’s substitute keeper came on, played up front and scored their fifth goal
3. Sevilla scored four goals to salvage a draw
4. Barcelona had two players sent off
Thierry Henry was sacked by Monaco earlier this year after just 20 matches as their manager. Which of his former teammates was given the boot by a French club this week after just 11 games in charge?
1. Patrick Vieira
2. Tony Adams
3. Sylvinho
4. Rémi Garde
St Helens meet Salford Red Devils in the Super League Grand Final on Saturday evening. St Helens only lost three league games this season. How many games did Salford lose? (They both played 29 matches).
1. None
2. Four
3. Eight
4. Twelve

Solutions

1:B - Robin van Persie, their all-time top scorer, only scored 50 goals for his country., 2:C - Cech said: "After 20 years of professional football, this is going to be a wonderful experience for me to play the game I loved to watch and play as a kid.", 3:D - No matter how bad a coach he was, that is not acceptable behaviour from his employer. , 4:C - Scotland won the rugby match 61-0; Russia won the football match 4-0., 5:B - Revenge is sweet., 6:D - Neymar, who is just 27 years old, has already scored 61 goals for Brazil – more than Luis Suárez (51), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (50), Lionel Messi (46), Wayne Rooney (44), Thierry Henry (44) or Cristiano Ronaldo (37) had scored for their countries when they had 100 caps., 7:D - They became girlfriends on the day England won the World Cup. We wish them well., 8:D - It was a strange game. Sevilla had more shots but Barcelona won 4-0. The first of the two players to be sent off, Ronaldo Araujo, was only 13 minutes into his debut when he was shown the red card., 9:C - Henry and Sylvinho were not just teammates at Arsenal. They were both in the Barcelona team that won the Champions League in 2009. Their managerial careers are not proving as successful., 10:D - St Helens lost 10% of their games. Salford lost 41% of theirs. But anything can happen in a one-off final.