Sports quiz of the week: Luka Modric, Deontay Wilder, Pelé and long hair

The best footballer in the world. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Fifa/Getty Images

1. Deontay Wilder threw 430 punches in his fight against Tyson Fury. What percentage of them landed?

   1. 6%

   2. 17%

   3. 29%

   4. 51%

2. Luka Modric won the Ballon d'Or on Monday night and became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the award in a decade. Who won it in 2007 before Messi and Ronaldo started to dominate?

   1. Ronaldinho

   2. Thierry Henry

   3. Fabio Cannavaro

   4. Kaká

3. 

   Ada Hegerberg was awarded the first ever women’s Ballon d’Or at the ceremony in Paris. Which of these statements about her is false?

   1. She plays for Lyon and her sister Andrine plays for PSG

   2. She has won the Champions League for the last three years in a row

   3. She has won Ligue 1 for the last four years in a row

   4. She has scored 10 goals for Norway this year

4. Kilmarnock are top of the league in Scotland. They have only won the title once in their history in 1965. How did they do it?

   1. By the drawing of lots

   2. On goal average

   3. On goal difference

   4. By the toss of a coin

5. Crystal Palace were beaten by their big rivals Brighton this week. What other setback did the club face?

   1. They had to stop selling Christmas cards with the words “holidays are coming” as it is a Coca-Cola trademark

   2. They had to apologise after their mascot, Alice the Eagle, tripped up Brighton manager Chris Hughton

   3. They had to reschedule their Christmas party after they spotted it clashed with a league game

   4. They had to close their training ground canteen as it was infested with mice

6. 

   According to Pelé, which footballer “only shoots with one leg, only has one skill and doesn’t head the ball well”?

   1. Diego Maradona

   2. Neymar

   3. Lionel Messi

   4. Cristiano Ronaldo

7. Stefan Kiessling has admitted that he skipped some pre-season training while he was playing in the Bundesliga. How did he get away with it?

   1. His mum wrote him sick notes

   2. He sent the club footage of his identical twin doing gym work

   3. His wife did the drills wearing his Fitbit

   4. He left a motorbike near the club and used it to do his cross-country runs

8. Who said: “I think there is a bit of jealousy there. Maybe he can’t accept the fact that he chose to go back to short hair”?

   1. David Luiz

   2. Mattéo Guendouzi

   3. Edinson Cavani

   4. Gareth Bale

9. 

   Southampton sacked Mark Hughes this week while they were 18th in the Premier League. Which club sacked him in January while they too were 18th in the Premier League?

   1. QPR

   2. Fulham

   3. Stoke City

   4. West Bromwich Albion

10. Brothers Paul Gleghorne and Mark Gleghorne will both be on the pitch when Ireland play England at the Hockey World Cup this weekend. What is unusual about that?

    1. One plays for Ireland and one plays for England

    2. They were both born in Scotland

    3. Paul is Ireland's player manager and Mark is his player-coach

    4. The manager is Zoe Gleghorne – their sister

Solutions

1:B - Wilder landed 71 of his 430 shots, while Fury landed 84 of 327 his shots (26%)., 2:D - Ronaldo was second and Messi was third, naturally., 3:D - Hegerberg stopped playing for Norway last year as she believes women’s football is not given enough respect in her home country. “A lot of things need to be done to make the conditions better for women who play football,” she said. “I don’t think the respect has been there.” , 4:B - Hearts were top of the table before the final day of the season but Kilmarnock’s 2-0 win at Tynecastle helped them overtake Hearts thanks to their superior goal average. Don’t ask. , 5:D - The kitchen was given the lowest possible food hygiene rating because inspectors found it had been infested with mice for several months., 6:C - When asked about how he compares with Messi, Pelé replied: “How can you make a comparison between a guy who heads the ball well, shoots with the left, shoots with the right and another who only shoots with one leg, only has one skill and doesn’t head the ball well? How can you compare? To compare with Pelé, it has to be someone who shoots well with the left, shoots well with the right, and scores headers.”, 7:C - "I never did 100% of the exercises, not once," he admitted.”They give you a watch that measures your heart rate and stores the entire exercise. As my wife is very athletic, she did some racing with the wristband according to my specs. She did it so well that nobody noticed.” , 8:B - Guendouzi was jokingly referring to Marouane Fellaini, who pulled his long, lustrous hair during the match between Manchester United and Arsenal on Wednesday night., 9:C - Those pesky referees have a lot to answer for. , 10:A

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   You're not fit to wear the shirt

2. 2 and above.

   You tried

3. 3 and above.

   You tried

4. 4 and above.

   You tried

5. 5 and above.

   A respectable score

6. 6 and above.

   A decent score

7. 7 and above.

   A fine score

8. 8 and above.

   An excellent score

9. 9 and above.

   You are amazing

10. 0 and above.

    You're not fit to wear the shirt

11. 10 and above.

    You are awesome