Sports quiz of the week: Super Bowl, Super League and a super sub

Trézéguet is given the hero’s treatment by Aston Villa fans. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

1. Raheem Mostert will be playing for the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl on Sunday. What does Mostert’s new $8.7m contract prohibit him from doing?

   1. Contacting his ex-wife

   2. Wearing jewellery on the field

   3. Eating hamburgers

   4. Surfing

2. What is Joe Salisbury doing this weekend?

   1. Playing in his first grand slam final

   2. Becoming the first Londoner to play in the Super Bowl

   3. Making his debut in La Liga – against Barcelona at the Camp Nou

   4. Making his debut in the Six Nations at the age of 15

3. The 49ers are hoping to win their sixth Super Bowl on Sunday night, drawing level with which two teams?

   1. Patriots and Steelers

   2. Cowboys and Packers

   3. Giants and Broncos

   4. Raiders and Dolphins

4. Trézéguet came off the bench and scored a 93rd-minute winner for Aston Villa as they beat Leicester to reach the League Cup final. Villa are one of the great clubs in English football, having won seven league titles, seven FA Cups, five League Cups and one European Cup. Although, when did they last win a major trophy?

   1. The 1980s

   2. The 1990s

   3. The 2000s

   4. The 2010s

5. The Inter goalkeeper Tommaso Berni was shown a red card this week and is now facing a suspension. Why should Inter manager Antonio Conte not be too concerned about his absence?

   1. Berni’s contract allows him to take two weeks off every February to work on his farm

   2. Berni has played five times this season and conceded five goals each of those games

   3. Berni has been at Inter for six years but has never played a game for the club

   4. Berni was concussed in the game so will have to sit out the next three matches anyway

6. The late, great Kobe Bryant played in the NBA for 20 seasons. How many times was he selected as an All-Star?

   1. Never

   2. 10

   3. 18

   4. 20

7. Why was he named Kobe?

   1. He was conceived in the Japanese city

   2. It is an acronym of King Of Basketball Excellence

   3. His parents named him after a type of steak they saw on a restaurant menu

   4. It was his mother's maiden name

8. France, Ireland, Italy and Wales are coming into the Six Nations with new head coaches. Which team appointed a coach who played for them?

   1. France

   2. Ireland

   3. Italy

   4. Wales

9. How will Katie Sowers make history this weekend?

   1. She will become the first woman to referee a Six Nations game

   2. She will become the oldest professional footballer in history

   3. She will become the first woman to coach at the Super Bowl

   4. She will play in the women’s doubles final at the Australian Open, her 10th straight grand slam final

10. The new Super League season kicked off on Thursday night, with Wigan beating Warrington in an eventful game. There are 12 teams in the league this year: six from Yorkshire, two from Greater Manchester, one from Merseyside, one from Cheshire ...

    1. … one from Wales and one from Scotland

    2. … one from Spain and one from Canada

    3. … one from Ireland and one from USA

    4. … one from France and one from Canada

Solutions

1:D - Mostert grew up on the coast in Florida and was offered a surfing contract before pursuing American football full-time. “I’m not too bummed about it,” he said this week about the clause in his new three-year contract. “I’ll have time to do that when I’m done playing ball. I have one objective and that’s to play the game I love right now and to play in the Super Bowl.”, 2:A - Salisbury, who is playing in the men’s doubles final at the Australian Open, is not the only British player in a final this weekend. Jamie Murray is in action in the mixed doubles too., 3:A - This year’s Super Bowl will be the first time since February 2016 that Tom Brady and the Patriots have not played for the championship., 4:B - They have not won a major trophy since they beat Leeds 3-0 in the League Cup final in 1996. Savo Milosevic, Ian Taylor and Dwight Yorke scored the goals and Villa captain Andy Townsend was voted man of the match., 5:C - The reserve goalkeeper was shown a red card for running on to the pitch after the game to confront the referee., 6:C - To put that in some context, LeBron James has been selected 16 times, Shaquille O’Neal 15 times and Michael Jordan 14 times. The Guardian columnist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the only player with more All-Star selections than Bryant., 7:C - His middle name, Bean, was derived from his father’s nickname “Jellybean”., 8:A - Ireland have appointed an Englishman (Andy Farrell); Italy have appointed a South African (Franco Smith); Wales have appointed a New Zealander (Wayne Pivac); and France have appointed a Frenchman (Fabien Galthié)., 9:C - Sowers, who works with the 49ers offence, will not just become the first female to coach at the Super Bowl. She will also become the first openly gay coach to work the game., 10:D - Catalans Dragons and Toronto Wolfpack.

Scores

1. 2 and above.

   Ah well. It's only knowledge. Have a good weekend

2. 3 and above.

   Ah well. It's only knowledge. Have a good weekend

3. 4 and above.

   A fine score. Have a great weekend

4. 5 and above.

   A very fine score indeed. Have a great weekend

5. 6 and above.

   A very fine score indeed. Have a great weekend

6. 7 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

7. 8 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

8. 9 and above.

   Well played. Have a great weekend

9. 10 and above.

   You know it all. Have a great weekend

10. 0 and above.

    Ah well. It's only knowledge. Have a good weekend

11. 1 and above.

    Ah well. It's only knowledge. Have a good weekend