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The Guardian - UK

Sport

Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: shocks, a Swiss soldier and 'a serial killer'

Colchester United players enjoy the moment as they knock Tottenham Hotspur out of the League Cup. Photograph: Stephen Pond/Getty Images

Luke Matheson received his GCSE results last month. What did he do this week?
1. Scored a try for Wales at the Rugby World Cup
2. Completed his first grand prix as an F1 driver
3. Beat Andy Murray at the Zhuhai Championships in China
4. Scored against Manchester United at Old Trafford
What happened in the first five games of the Rugby World Cup?
1. The team from further south won the game
2. The team that opened the scoring went on to lose the match
3. Both teams scored three tries each
4. The five winning teams each had a man sent off
How did a fan help Kieran Trippier during Atlético Madrid’s match against Celta Vigo?
1. The fan warned Trippier that Celta Vigo were taking a short corner
2. The fan translated instructions from the Atlético manager into English
3. The fan threw his water bottle to Trippier to give him a drink
4. The fan saw that Trippier was going to crash into an advertising board so threw himself towards the field as a human shield
Barcelona broke transfer rules when they signed Antoine Griezmann from Atlético Madrid this summer for €120m. How much did the Spanish federation fine Barcelona this week?
1. €300
2. €300,000
3. €3m
4. €30m
Why is mountain biker Nino Schurter, who won a gold medal at the Olympics in 2016, in trouble with the Swiss army?
1. He cycled through private army territory in Switzerland and posted a video online
2. He said in an interview that "Swiss army knives are stupid"
3. He posted a photo online in which he suggested his bare bum would do a better job of the presidency than Donald Trump
4. He pretended he was injured to avoid military service but was then spotted winning an event in Australia
Who said: "Pep is lively as well, but not that lively. He looks better when he’s shouting. Pep always looks perfect – body, clothes, everything is perfect. When I shout, I look like a serial killer"?
1. Diego Simeone
2. Jürgen Klopp
3. Roy Hodgson
4. Mauricio Pochettino
Colchester United pulled off a shock on Tuesday night when they knocked Tottenham out of the League Cup. Colchester are no strangers to an upset. Their most famous giant-killing came in the FA Cup in 1971, when they were in the Fourth Division and beat the team that was leading the First Division. Who were that team?
1. Liverpool
2. Leeds
3. Everton
4. Tottenham Hotspur
When did Tottenham last win an away match in the league?
1. November
2. January
3. March
4. May
Why did a referee have to go to hospital after a college football game in Maine?
1. He was tripped up on the touchline by an angry coach
2. He was hit in the face by a cannon blast
3. He tried to stop a fight and took a fist to back of the head
4. He was bitten by a stray dog that invaded the pitch and thought it might have rabies
Uruguay beat Fiji at the Rugby World Cup this week, securing their third victory in the history of the competition. Which other teams have Uruguay beaten at Rugby World Cups?
1. France and Scotland
2. Spain and Georgia
3. Wales and Japan
4. Italy and South Africa
What word or phrase did Liverpool Football Club try (unsuccessfully) to trademark for their own financial gain?
1. "Istanbul"
2. "Premier League champions"
3. "Liverpool"
4. "Slip"

Solutions

1:D - Matheson scored Rochdale’s goal in their League Cup tie at Old Trafford. “I don’t think I can sum it up into words,” he said after the game. “I don’t think anyone could. I just struck it, seen it hit the roof of the net and then my body just took over. I sprinted to the Dale fans, hit top speed then decided to knee slide. That’s a special, special moment for me and everyone. Most of my best mates are United fans.", 2:B - Russia scored first but lost to Japan; South Africa scored first but lost to New Zealand; Argentina scored first but lost to France; Fiji scored first but lost to Australia; and Namibia scored first but lost to Italy., 3:C - When Trippier gestured to a ball boy for a drink, the supporter threw his bottle to Trippier, who had a swig and then launched it back into the stands, much to the delight of the nearby fans., 4:A - Enough to buy a full Barcelona kit in the club shop – just about., 5:C - Yep. He put up a picture of his unclothed backside outside the White House and tagged the president – while in the US on army duty., 6:B - He continued: “It’s my face. I bite my teeth in a certain way. I look at babies with exactly the same face – like ‘you’re so cute’ – and very often the babies start howling.”, 7:B - Ray Crawford, who scored two goals in Colchester’s 3-2 win, later recalled: “Leeds loved open spaces but we weren’t going to play to their strengths. Our manager, Dick Graham, made sure the pitch was narrow and he even had temporary seats and benches put in by the touchlines to hem Leeds in further. We were a team of veterans and the press called us 'Dad’s Army' so it suited us that the pitch was small because we couldn’t run around like them. Dick planned it that way.”, 8:B - Although they did win the Audi Cup in July., 9:B - A cannon usually goes off when the team scores, but apparently someone who used to attend the school turned up to the game with his own, non-regulation cannon. The referee’s injuries are not life threatening., 10:B - Despite their victories against Spain in 1999 and Georgia in 2003, Uruguay have never made it out of their group at a World Cup. This could be their year., 11:C - The government’s Intellectual Property Office ruled that the word could not be trademarked due to the “geographical significance” of the city.