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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: sailing, settling scores, signings and the Super Bowl

Romelu Lukaku and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are reacquainted at the Milan derby.
Romelu Lukaku and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are reacquainted at the Milan derby. Photograph: Claudio Villa/Inter/Getty Images
  1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic was sent off in the second half of the Milan derby this week. Who followed him off the pitch 20 minutes later?

    1. Romelu Lukaku

    2. Ashley Young

    3. Alexis Sánchez

    4. Paolo Valeri

  2. Tom Brady has reached yet another Super Bowl. By the time the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs is played next weekend, what percentage of Super Bowls will have featured Brady?

    1. 6%

    2. 12%

    3. 18%

    4. 25%

  3. What will make this year's Super Bowl different from the previous 54?

    1. The sitting US president will not be in attendance for the first time

    2. The two teams are from the same US state

    3. One of the teams is playing in their home stadium

    4. There will be no fans

  4. It was an interesting week at Chelsea, where Frank Lampard was replaced by Thomas Tuchel as manager of the men’s team. How did the Chelsea women’s team make the news?

    1. They became the first club to put out a full starting XI of foreign players in the Women’s Super League

    2. Their game against Aston Villa was delayed for three hours because of snow, so it started on Tuesday and ended on Wednesday

    3. They selected three sisters for their game against Aston Villa – a first in the Women's Super League

    4. They set a new record for the longest unbeaten run in the Women’s Super League

  5. Yannick Bestaven won the Vendée Globe round-the-world sailing race this week. He was declared the winner of the solo race with a time of 80 days, three hours, 44 minutes and 46 seconds. However, Bestaven was not the first sailor to reach the finish line. What happened?

    1. The sailor who finished first had taken a shortcut, bypassing Australia

    2. The sailor who finished first had snuck his partner on to the boat, so was disqualified from the solo race

    3. Bestaven had set off 10 days later than all of the other competitors due to a Covid scare

    4. After Bestaven reached the finish line, he was reimbursed 10 hours of time that he had used rescuing a fellow competitor whose boat had sunk

  6. The January transfer window has been quiet this year, with just a handful of permanent deals going through so far. Which Premier League club holds the record for paying the most for a player in January?

    1. Manchester United in 2020

    2. Chelsea in 2019

    3. Liverpool in 2018

    4. Manchester City in 2017

  7. Teams from which two cities will contest the Copa Libertadores final at the Maracanã on Saturday night?

    1. Buenos Aires and Bogotá

    2. Medellín and Montevideo

    3. São Paulo and Santos

    4. Lima and La Plata

  8. Who said: "I need activity, guys, come on. You don’t get away with being inactive in this business and that’s the way it is. I’ll take me licks. It’s a tough one to swallow"?

    1. Gareth Bale

    2. Donny van de Beek

    3. Frank Lampard

    4. Conor McGregor

  9. Martin Ødegaard has joined Arsenal on loan from Real Madrid. Which of these records has Ødegaard not broken in his career?

    1. The youngest player to represent Real Madrid

    2. The youngest player to play in the Norwegian professional leagues

    3. The youngest player to represent Norway

    4. The youngest player to score in a clásico

  10. All 20 Premier League teams have scored at least one goal in the league in 2021. Which team was slowest to find the net?

    1. Newcastle United

    2. Liverpool

    3. West Brom

    4. Fulham

Solutions

1:D - Valeri, the referee, pulled his hamstring in the 73rd minute and was replaced by the fourth official., 2:C - This is the 55th Super Bowl – making it Super Bowl LV – and Brady will have played in 10., 3:C - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are hosting the Kansas City Chiefs at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida., 4:D - Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 32 league games. , 5:D - Bestaven was given a time compensation of 10 hours and 15 minutes by an international jury for his role in the search and rescue of Kevin Escoffier. "I feel like I’m living a dream, hallucinating," said Bestaven. "It’s a child’s dream.", 6:C - Liverpool paid £75m for Virgil Van Dijk in January 2018 – money well spent. , 7:C - Palmeiras are playing Santos in the first all-Brazilian final in 15 years. , 8:D - After predicting that he would beat Dustin Poirier in the first 60 seconds of their fight on Saturday night, McGregor was stopped in the second round. "It’s heartbreaking," he said after the fight. "It’s hard to take. The highest highs and the lowest lows in this game. Don’t write me off yet, I’ll make my adjustments and keep moving.", 9:D - Ødegaard was phenomenally precocious. He was playing first-team football at 13, for Norway at 15 and for Real Madrid at 16. He made his debut for Real Madrid in 2015, coming on as a substitute for Cristiano Ronaldo, who had already scored a hat-trick in the game., 10:B - After beating Crystal Palace 7-0 at the end of December, Liverpool went 482 minutes (and 93 shots) without scoring in the Premier League. Their run came to an end when Roberto Firmino gave them the lead against Tottenham.

Scores

  1. 3 and above.

    Not bad. Have a good weekend

  2. 4 and above.

    Well played. Have a great weekend

  3. 5 and above.

    Well played. Have a great weekend

  4. 6 and above.

    Well played. Have a great weekend

  5. 7 and above.

    A fantastic score. Have a great weekend

  6. 8 and above.

    A fantastic score. Have a great weekend

  7. 9 and above.

    A fantastic score. Have a great weekend

  8. 10 and above.

    Perfection. Fantastic. Have a great weekend

  9. 2 and above.

    Ah well. Have a good weekend

  10. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Have a good weekend

  11. 1 and above.

    Ah well. Have a good weekend

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