Sports quiz of the week: Premier League, PSG and Hansle Parchment

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1. Brentford are making their Premier League debut on Friday night against Arsenal. Which of these couples was married in the year that Brentford last played in the top flight?

   1. The Queen and Prince Philip

   2. John Lennon and Yoko Ono

   3. Bruce Willis and Demi Moore

   4. David and Victoria Beckham

2. The British and Irish Lions have toured South Africa twice this century. What do their two tours have in common?

   1. The Lions took a 1-0 lead in the series only to end up losing 2-1

   2. Warren Gatland coached the Lions in both series

   3. South Africa won both series 2-1; they clinched the decisive Test in both series by three points; and on both occasions those points were secured by late penalties kicked by Morné Steyn

   4. Alun Wyn Jones was the Lions captain for both series

3. 

   Hansle Parchment won the 110m hudles at the Olympics last week. What did he do this week?

   1. He was voted on to the Senate in Jamaica

   2. He retired from athletics and signed for MLS football club LA Galaxy

   3. He tracked down a woman in Tokyo who had helped him. Parchment had taken the wrong bus on the day of his race and ended up in the wrong venue but a volunteer at the Games paid his fare to take a taxi to the Olympic Stadium

   4. He ran the Barcelona marathon and won it

4. What happened when the assistant referee for the Tranmere v Walsall match last weekend picked up an injury during the game?

   1. Nigel Owens, the rugby referee, drove to the ground at half time and filled in on the touchline

   2. The Tranmere manager ran one line and the Walsall manager ran the other

   3. Mike Dean, who was in the crowd supporting Tranmere, came on as a substitute fourth official

   4. Tranmere's substitute goalkeeper, who is trained as a referee, took over

5. The Vuelta a España begins this weekend. What does La Vuelta have in common with the other two Grand Tours, the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia?

   1. They are all the same length: 2,000 miles

   2. Last year they were all won by a British cyclist

   3. They were all set up by newspaper companies who wanted to boost their sales

   4. They all started during the first world war

6. 

   Miu Goto won a gold medal in the women's softball event at the Olympics. Why are the organisers of the Games giving her a replacement medal?

   1. She was mugged at Tokyo Airport on her way back home from the Games and thieves stole her medal

   2. She showed her medal to the mayor of her home town, who damaged it by chomping down on it with his teeth

   3. She dropped her medal it broke in two

   4. She realised – a week after the medal ceremony – that the medal she had been given was bronze and not gold

7. Five players have joined PSG this summer. Which of them had a transfer fee?

   1. Sergio Ramos

   2. Georginio Wijnaldum

   3. Achraf Hakimi

   4. Lionel Messi

   5. Gianluigi Donnarumma

8. Which club has already lost more matches this season than they did last season?

   1. Cheltenham Town

   2. Rangers

   3. Cambridge United

   4. Celtic

9. 

   Chelsea have signed Romelu Lukaku for £97.5m. Lukaku made 15 appearances for Chelsea in his first stint at the club. How many goals did he score?

   1. None

   2. One

   3. Ten

   4. Fifteen

10. Aston Villa were on the receiving end of the first £100m fee for an English footballer this week. Which Midlands club were on the receiving end of the first £1m fee for an English footballer?

    1. Aston Villa

    2. West Brom

    3. Wolves

    4. Birmingham City

Solutions

1:A - Brentford's last game in the top flight – also against Arsenal – was in 1947, the year Hillary Clinton, David Bowie, Elton John, and Arnold Schwarzenegger were born., 2:C - The more things change ..., 3:C - Parchment tracked down the volunteer, thanked her, showed her his gold medal, gave her a Jamaican Olympic shirt and paid her back the money he owed her., 4:C - Tranmere won the game 1-0., 5:C - When the newspaper Informaciones saw how successful the Tour had been for L'Auto in France and the Giro had been for La Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy, they helped establish the Vuelta in Spain., 6:B - "Ms Goto's medal is now set to be exchanged for a new one," said the Tokyo 2020 organisers., 7:C - PSG paid Inter £51.3m to sign Hakimi; the other four will just cost a fortune in wages., 8:B - Rangers went unbeaten in the Scottish Premiership last season and only lost two cup games. They have already lost three games this season: one in the league and two Champions League qualifiers. , 9:A - He has never scored at Stamford Bridge, either for or against Chelsea., 10:D - Trevor Francis became the first £1m player when he moved from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest; Jack Grealish became the first £100m player when he moved from Aston Villa to Manchester City.

Scores

1. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

2. 3 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

3. 4 and above.

   Not bad. Have a good weekend

4. 5 and above.

   A decent score. Well played. Have a good weekend

5. 6 and above.

   A decent score. Well played. Have a good weekend

6. 7 and above.

   A great score. Well played. Have a good weekend

7. 8 and above.

   A great score. Well played. Have a good weekend

8. 9 and above.

   An exceptional score. Well played. Have a great weekend

9. 10 and above.

   An exceptional score. Well played. Have a great weekend

10. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week

11. 1 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week