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Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: Paralympics, Champions League and strawberries

Dylan Alcott
This may or may not be a clue. Photograph: Bob Martin/OIS/AFP/Getty Images
  1. Who said: 'Over the past two years my work ethic has increased from 10% to 80%. I have really started working hard over the past two years'?

    1. Marcus Rashford

    2. Darren Clarke

    3. Gary Neville

    4. Mario Balotelli

  2. Which athlete confessed this week that he has never tasted coffee or eaten a strawberry?

    1. Ryan Lochte

    2. Tom Brady

    3. Andy Murray

    4. Usain Bolt

  3. Toby Alderweireld scored for Tottenham in the Champions League this week in his first appearance in the competition since he played in the final for which club?

    1. Borussia Dortmund

    2. Bayern Munich

    3. Ajax

    4. Atlético Madrid

  4. With one week of fixtures left, three teams can still win the County Championship. Which of these sides is not in contention?

    1. Middlesex

    2. Yorkshire

    3. Nottinghamshire

    4. Somerset

  5. A new 9ft bronze statue of Alan Shearer has been unveiled outside St James' Park. What is it called?

    1. The Sports Direct Alan Shearer tribute

    2. Geordie God

    3. Local Hero

    4. Shearer the Redeemer

  6. Weightlifter Tomasz Zielinski is to be given a bronze medal for the London 2012 Olympics after other athletes failed drugs tests. Which position did he finish at the Games?

    1. Five

    2. Seventh

    3. Ninth

    4. 11th

  7. What was remarkable about Cammy Bell's performance in goal for Dundee United against Dunfermline on Saturday?

    1. He was sent off before he had touched the ball

    2. He scored two own goals – and the team still won

    3. He saved three penalties

    4. He scored an overhead kick in the last minute

  8. Who said: 'I respect him, he is good, but not so strong'?

    1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Claudio Bravo

    2. Brad Jones on Zlatan Ibrahimovic

    3. Jürgen Klopp on David Luiz

    4. Gennady Golovkin on Kell Brook

  9. Gennady Golovkin has won all 36 of his professional fights. What percentage has he won by knockout (including TKO)?

    1. 50%

    2. 67%

    3. 92%

    4. 100%

  10. Dylan Alcott won two golds in the Paralympic Games this week in which sports?

    1. Shooting and archery

    2. Wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball

    3. Powerlifting and shot put

    4. Wheelchair rugby and ​wheelchair fencing

Solutions

1:D - Admirable honesty from a footballer., 2:B - Brady avoids caffeine, gluten, white flour and white sugar and had this to say about strawberries: 'I’ve never eaten a strawberry in my life. I have no desire to do that. Absolutely not.', 3:D - Alderweireld was on the losing side in both games., 4:C - Notts have been relegated to Division Two., 5:C - A great film, 6:C - Six other athletes from the final tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs when their 2012 samples were retested this year., 7:C - Dundee United won 3-1., 8:D - Golovkin said of Brook's shots: 'He just touched. So many punches but I didn’t feel them.', 9:C - That's 33 out of 36, including his TKO win over Brook on Saturday night., 10:B - Congratulations if you didn't need the picture.

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