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The Guardian - UK

Sport

Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: Premier League, Eden Hazard and sore feet

Eden Hazard in his No 50 shirt. Photograph: TF-Images/Getty Images

Argentina's women’s basketball team were penalised with a 20-0 defeat in their match against Colombia at the Pan American Games this week even though they did not even make it on to the court. What happened?
1. They were caught trying to sneak a man (in a wig and make-up) into their team
2. They turned up in the wrong kit and couldn't play
3. They went to the wrong city
4. They were caught wearing sneakers with extra thick soles
Premier League clubs will earn a record £349m from shirt sponsorship deals this season. Which side went into the first day of the first Premier League season – back in 1992 – without a sponsor on their shirt?
1. Nottingham Forest
2. Wimbledon
3. Ipswich Town
4. Sheffield Wednesday
Diego Forlán retired from football this week. He was a great striker with a brilliant goalscoring record for Uruguay and Atlético Madrid, but it never really clicked for him at Manchester United. Which of his sartorial choices annoyed Alex Ferguson so much?
1. Ferguson thought his shirt was too baggy
2. Ferguson didn't approve of his long hair
3. Ferguson didn't like the studs he wore on his boots
4. Ferguson didn't think he should wear an alice band
Why has Eden Hazard been wearing No 50 on the back of his shirt for Real Madrid in pre-season?
1. Because his contract is worth £50m in wages
2. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landings
3. As his dad turned 50 this week
4. He lost a bet to 50 Cent and this is his punishment
Who scored the first goal of the season in the Premier League last year (having scored in the World Cup final a few weeks before)?
1. Steven Nzonzi
2. Olivier Giroud
3. Paul Pogba
4. Dejan Lovren
Only seven players have scored hat-tricks on the opening weekend of the Premier League season. Which club provided two of them?
1. Coventry City
2. Middlesbrough
3. Chelsea
4. Southampton
Which team lost their first two games of the Premier League season (to Sheffield United and Everton) but still went on to win the title by 10 points?
1. Leicester City
2. Arsenal
3. Blackburn Rovers
4. Manchester United
Nick Kyrgios had a bit of a nightmare at the Canadian Open this week. He lost in the first round in straight sets. Why was he particularly angry with the umpire?
1. There was no Robinsons squash beside his chair
2. He was given the wrong towel
3. He said the umpire should stop the crowd from booing him
4. He said the umpire's computer was too bright and was distracting him
NFL player Antonio Brown has been out of action in recent weeks due to a mysterious foot injury. What happened them?
1. He fell asleep on a beach and his feet got sunburnt
2. He suffered frostbite
3. He fell from a climbing frame
4. He fell out of a kayak and got his feet stuck inside
The boxer Carl Frampton is also suffering from an injury. What happened his hand?
1. He scalded the palm of his hand while scrambling eggs
2. A large ornament fell on his hand and broke a bone
3. He broke his wrist re-enacting the scene in Raging Bull where Jake LaMotta punches a wall
4. He sliced off a finger while changing his guitar strings
Why have Bristol City written to the other clubs in the Championship before the start of the season?
1. To tell opponents to "bring their A game this season" or they are "done for"
2. To let them know they have a new type of grass on their pitch that makes the ball bounce especially high
3. To say they won't be kicking the ball out of play if opponents go down injured
4. To request that visiting players refrain from swearing as a lot of children attend Britsol City matches

Solutions

1:B - Argentina were supposed to wear white jerseys but the players arrived in their blue kit – the same colour as their opponents Colombia. They had 15 minutes to find a new kit but did not make the deadline so Colombia were awarded a 20-0 victory, meaning Argentina are out of the competition., 2:B - Wimbledon wore plain strips in the first season of the Premier League but they soon caught on, bringing LBC radio station onboard as their shirt sponsor the following campaign. Their near neighbours, QPR, were also sponsored by a radio station in the early 1990s. They had the Classic FM logo on their shirts; a classy touch for a classy team., 3:C - Here's the story in Forlán's own words: "Ferguson wanted me to play with long studs, the interchangeable ones that suit wet pitches, but I feel more comfortable in short ones. I agreed to change but I didn't and, against Chelsea, I slipped in front of goal and wasted a chance. Afterwards, I rushed to the dressing room to change boots but Ferguson caught me. He grabbed the boots and threw them. That was my last game for United.", 4:B - Galácticos recognise galácticos., 5:C - Emmanuel Petit did the same in 1998 (for France in the World Cup final against Brazil and then for Arsenal in the league against Nottingham Forest)., 6:A - Micky Quinn in 1993 and Dion Dublin in 1997., 7:D - United lost their first two games (and drew their third) in the first season of the Premier League. The start of the season can be overrated. In the 2010-11 season, Chelsea won their first two games 6-0 but didn’t finish as champions., 8:B - Kyrgios threw his towel at the umpire. Inevitably, he missed., 9:B - Brown went into a cryotherapy machine without the proper footwear. We've all been there., 10:B - Frampton was due to fight Emmanuel Dominguez in Philadelphia on Saturday night but has pulled out. "I’m absolutely devastated," he said. "It should be nailed to the floor and it isn't. You couldn't make it up." , 11:C - “We sent an email out to the clubs because this happens often,” said Bristol City manager Lee Johnston. “Somebody goes down and sometimes it’s tactical, because people try and gain an advantage and sometimes it’s genuine. So we just decided as a club that we’re going to make a rule that we’re going to let the referee manage the game.”