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Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: Roger Federer, Southampton and the Williams sisters

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Roger Federer will play in his 28th grand slam final on Sunday. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images
  1. Roger Federer will compete for his 18th grand slam singles title on Sunday. When did he win his 17th?

    1. In 2011 at the Australian Open

    2. In 2012 at Wimbledon

    3. In 2013 at the US Open

    4. In 2014 at the French Open

  2. Federer is the oldest man to make it to a grand slam final since 1974, when the US Open final featured which 39-year-old?

    1. Jimmy Connors

    2. Ken Rosewall

    3. Rod Laver

    4. Pat Cash

  3. When did Serena and Venus Williams first play each other in the final of a grand slam?

    1. Wimbledon in 1999

    2. US Open in 2001

    3. Australian Open in 2003

    4. French Open in 2005

  4. Who will provide the voice of Superman in the French version of the forthcoming Lego Batman Movie?

    1. Roger Federer

    2. Antoine Griezmann

    3. Anthony Martial

    4. Dimitri Payet

  5. What advice did Johnny Manziel have for Donald Trump this week?

    1. 'Stay away from the notifications section on Twitter, lead the country, let them hate, control what you can control and let the rest fall by the wayside'

    2. 'Eat dirt'

    3. 'Build a wall between the US and Canada'

    4. 'Cut taxes for the top 1% #self-interest'

  6. Who did England manager Eddie Jones pick out as his team's world-class player in the build-up to the Six Nations?

    1. Dylan Hartley

    2. Owen Farrell

    3. Maro Itoje

    4. He said there are no world-class players in his team

  7. Where is The Jackal meeting The Earthquake this weekend?

    1. London

    2. New York City

    3. Melbourne

    4. Las Vegas

  8. Who was Tom Brady speaking about when he said: 'I have called him, yes, in the past. Sometimes he calls me. Sometimes I call. He’s been very supportive of me for a long time. It’s just a friendship. I have a lot of friends. I call a lot of people'?

    1. Barack Obama

    2. Bill Clinton

    3. Mike Pence

    4. Donald Trump

  9. Hoffenheim are third in the Bundesliga. What is remarkable about their season so far?

    1. They have not picked up a point away from home

    2. They lost their first seven matches of the season

    3. They are yet to lose a match

    4. They have scored 17 goals and conceded 17 goals in their 17 matches so far

  10. Claude Puel will become only the second Southampton manager to win a major trophy if his team beat Manchester United in the League Cup final next month. Who was the first?

    1. Harry Redknapp

    2. Lawrie McMenemy

    3. Glenn Hoddle

    4. Alan Pardew

  11. Who was talking about whom when he said: 'He did a speech the other day. I won't be able to do the speech because it was that good. It genuinely reminded me of that film Any Given Sunday and I actually said that to him. I was a bit embarrassed and didn't know if he'd seen the film'?

    1. Tom Brady on Bill Belichick

    2. Conor McGregor on Coach Kavanagh

    3. Theo Walcott on Arsène Wenger

    4. Carl Frampton on Barry McGuigan

Solutions

1:B - Federer beat Murray, who cried – and won over the nation, 2:B - Rosewall lost 6–1, 6–0, 6–1 in just over an hour., 3:B - They played each other in four consecutive grand slam finals in 2002 and 2003., 4:B - Griezmann isn't the only footballer taking part, with Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Blaise Matuidi voicing The Flash., 5:A - Trump had some advice of his own, tweeting: 'Teams are making a big mistake not taking Johnny Manziel – he is going to be really good (and exciting to watch).', 6:D - Treat them mean; keep them keen., 7:D - Undefeated two-weight world champion Carl 'The Jackal' Frampton fights Léo 'The Earthquake' Santa Cruz on Saturday night at the MGM Grand., 8:D - Brady added: 'Why does everybody make such a big deal? I don’t understand it. If you know someone it doesn’t mean you agree with everything they say or they do', 9:C - They have drawn 10 matches and won seven, which puts them 11 points behind leaders Bayern Munich., 10:B - McMenemy won the FA Cup in 1976, near the beginning of his 12-year reign at the club., 11:C - Wenger's other great utterance this week was asking his defensive midfielder Granit Xhaka not to tackle

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