Sports quiz of the week: Sam Allardyce, the Paralympics and transfer madness

Sam Allardyce enjoying the impossible job. Photograph: Michael Regan/The FA/Getty Images

1. Sam Allardyce takes charge of England for the first time this weekend. At which club did he begin his managerial career (as a player-manager)?

   1. Bolton Wanderers

   2. Preston North End

   3. Limerick

   4. Notts County

2. Who knelt while others stood to sing the words: "Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming"?

   1. Cam Newton

   2. Tom Brady

   3. Aaron Rodgers

   4. Colin Kaepernick

3. How many of the 20 Premier League clubs broke their transfer record this summer?

   1. Eight

   2. 10

   3. 13

   4. 16

4. Which Premier League club hasn't broken their transfer record since 2008?

   1. Chelsea

   2. Middlesbrough

   3. Burnley

   4. Sunderland

5. Which club spent the most money on an English player?

   1. AFC Bournemouth

   2. Hull City

   3. Manchester City

   4. Crystal Palace

6. Joe Hart has joined a small group of English footballers to sign for a Serie A club. Which Englishman spent eight seasons at four different Italian clubs?

   1. Ray Wilkins

   2. David Platt

   3. Trevor Francis

   4. Gerry Hitchens

7. The 15th edition of the Paralympics begin on Wednesday. When did the first official summer Paralympic Games take place?

   1. Seoul in 1988

   2. London in 1948

   3. Rome in 1960

   4. Tel Aviv in 1968

8. Which player had this to say about Arsenal earlier in the summer: "Everyone knows – I have often said since I was young – Arsenal are the club of my heart, because there were a lot of French players who have been there, such as Thierry Henry, Robert Pires, Sylvain Wiltord and Patrick Vieira, who was my idol. The beautiful Arsenal. We'll see"?

   1. Paul Pogba

   2. Dimitri Payet

   3. N'Golo Kanté

   4. Moussa Sissoko

9. During Italy's defeat to France this week Gianluigi Buffon was substituted for Gianluigi Donnarumma, a young goalkeeper who wasn't born when Buffon made his international debut in 1997. For which club does Donnarumma play?

   1. Juventus

   2. Torino

   3. Milan

   4. Internazionale

10. Which team didn't score a point in the first 60 minutes of the Challenge Cup final but went on to win the game in the last 20?

    1. Warrington Wolves

    2. Hull FC

    3. London Skolars

    4. Wigan Warriors

Solutions

1:C - He earned them promotion in his only season at the club., 2:D - Kaepernick says he will sit out the national anthem at NFL matches until he sees improvements in US race relations. He has also pledged to donate $1m to community organisations. , 3:C - The 20 clubs spent £1,175,230,000 between them., 4:B - When they signed Afonso Alves from SC Heerenveen for £12.8m., 5:C - When they bought John Stones from Everton for £47.5m., 6:D - Hitchens played for Inter, Torino, Atalanta, Cagliari from 1961 until 1969., 7:C - There were about 400 athletes from 23 countries competing., 8:D - Sissoko now plays for Spurs., 9:C - The 17-year-old was born 16 months after Buffon made his Italy debut., 10:B - Hull came back from 10-0 down to win 12-10 in front of 76,235 spectators at Wembley.

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