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Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: Neymar, Wladimir Klitschko and Usain Bolt

Farewell, Wladimir Klitschko.
Farewell, Wladimir Klitschko. Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP
  1. Neymar has more than doubled the world transfer record with his move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain. Who was the last player to be sold for more than twice the previous record?

    1. Bernabé Ferreyra in 1932

    2. Johan Cruyff in 1973

    3. Alan Shearer in 1996

    4. Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009

  2. Wladimir Klitschko has retired after 64 wins and five defeats. Klitschko lost to two British fighters: Anthony Joshua and … ?

    1. Lennox Lewis

    2. David Haye

    3. Danny Williams

    4. Tyson Fury

  3. Usain Bolt will run the last race of his professional career at the World Athletics Championships this weekend. What is the fastest time Bolt has ever recorded over 100m?

    1. 9.55s

    2. 9.58s

    3. 9.63s

    4. 9.69s

  4. How did Bolt fare in his first appearance at the Olympic Games?

    1. He won three gold medals

    2. He won three gold medals but was later stripped of one of them

    3. He raced the 200m, finished fifth in his heat and didn't make the final

    4. He finished fourth in both the 100m and 200m finals

  5. Who said: "Maybe if we can beat Real Madrid, then we can also look forward to winning the World Cup"?

    1. José Mourinho

    2. Lionel Messi

    3. Bastian Schweinsteiger

    4. Neymar

  6. Paris and Los Angeles will become the second and third cities to host the modern summer Olympic Games three times (Paris in 1900, 1924, 2024 and LA in 1932, 1984, 2028). Which city was the first to become three-time hosts?

    1. London

    2. Athens

    3. Berlin

    4. Madrid

  7. Who won the Community Shield last year?

    1. Leicester City

    2. Chelsea

    3. Arsenal

    4. Manchester United

  8. Who finished the first day of the Ellie Mae Classic 142nd in a field of 156 golfers and said: "It was an amazing experience. I’ve been looking forward to this. If you told me I was going to shoot 74 going into the first round I’d take that all day, every day. I’m pretty happy with it"?

    1. Tiger Woods

    2. Rory McIlroy

    3. Harry Diamond

    4. Stephen Curry

  9. Which current Premier League club has won the Community Shield but never won the FA Cup or the league?

    1. Brighton & Hove Albion

    2. Huddersfield Town

    3. Stoke City

    4. Burnley

  10. Where have Roma put the shirt Francesco Totti wore on his final appearance for the club?

    1. They burned it and sprinkled the ashes on Stadio Olimpico pitch – much to the annoyance of Lazio fans

    2. They cut it into 50,000 pieces and gave one to each of their season-ticket holders

    3. They put it inside a rocket and launched it into space

    4. They buried it in the turf inside the Colosseum in Rome

Solutions

1:A - Ferreyra moved from Tigre to River Plate for £23,000, a record fee that stood for 17 years., 2:D - They met in November 2015 and Fury won a unanimous points decision. Fury hasn't fought since – and Klitschko hasn't won since., 3:B - Bolt set the world record at the World Championships in Berlin in 2009., 4:C - Bolt said he was hampered by a leg injury at the 2004 Games in Athens. He more than made up for it in Beijing, London and Rio., 5:C - Schweinsteiger was making a jokey reference to last year, when an American journalist asked him if Chicago Fire had what it takes to win the World Cup., 6:A - In 1908, 1948 and 2012, 7:D - Manchester United have won it 17 times and shared it four times., 8:D - Curry, the Golden State Warriors basketball player, was playing his first round as a professional., 9:A - Brighton won the trophy – their only national honour to date – in 1910 when it was contested by the champions of the Southern League and the champions of the Football League. , 10:C - He always was good at finding space

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