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Sport
Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: Thierry Henry, unicorns and the smell of urine

The new Monaco manager.
The new Monaco manager. Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images
  1. Hiromu Inada completed the Ironman World Championship on Saturday, swimming 2.4 miles, cycling 112 miles and running 26.2 miles in just under 17 hours. What made his achievement extra special?

    1. He is 13 years old

    2. He completed the whole race alongside his dog, Rio

    3. It was his seventh Ironman in a week

    4. He is 85 years old

  2. More than 40,000 people have petitioned the Bank of England to put which Harry on the new £50 note?

    1. Harry Kane

    2. Harry Redknapp

    3. Harry Winks

    4. Harry Maguire

  3. Thierry Henry has taken over as manager of Monaco, where he started his playing career. Which British footballer was in the Monaco team alongside Henry when the club won the league in the 1996-97 season?

    1. Paul Lambert

    2. Glenn Hoddle

    3. John Collins

    4. Mark Hateley

  4. Hazratullah Zazai hit six sixes in a single over in the Afghanistan Premier League this week. What happened next?

    1. He completed a century in just 26 shots

    2. His team lost the game

    3. He took off his shirt and was dismissed for the “unbecoming” celebration

    4. He was bowled out on the next ball he faced

  5. Which striker has now scored 55 goals for his country – a total that no player from England, France or the Netherlands can match?

    1. Romelu Lukaku

    2. Edin Dzeko

    3. Sergio Ramos

    4. Marko Arnautovic

  6. Which two teams have won all of their games in the Nations League without conceding a goal?

    1. France and Portugal

    2. Finland and Georgia

    3. Kosovo and Belarus

    4. Norway and Sweden

  7. On Monday, Ronnie O’Sullivan called the venue for the English Open, a leisure centre in Crawley, “a hellhole” with “no atmosphere” that “smells of urine”. On Wednesday …

    1. He starred in an advert for a toilet cleaning product

    2. He walked out to the table spraying a bottle of perfume

    3. He lost 11-0 to a teenager

    4. He hit a 147 in the same venue

  8. Which football team had never won a competitive match a week ago, but have now won two in a row?

    1. Liechtenstein

    2. Gibraltar

    3. San Marino

    4. Faroe Islands

  9. Lewis Hamilton is hoping to win his fifth F1 title on Sunday in Texas at the US Grand Prix. What age was Hamilton when he won his first title?

    1. 19

    2. 21

    3. 23

    4. 25

  10. Chelsea play Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday. When the teams met in the Champions League final a decade ago, the game was decided on penalties. Who missed the final kick?

    1. John Terry

    2. Ashley Cole

    3. Nicolas Anelka

    4. Michael Ballack

Solutions

1:D - Inada, who did not take up the sport until after he retired, said: "I’ve lived to my eighties and I’ve never felt so fulfilled.", 2:D - The petition suggests the note should feature a picture of Maguire riding an inflatable unicorn. , 3:C - Collins joined Monaco in 1996 on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling, a deal that Celtic tried to block by arguing that Monaco were not based within the jurisdiction of the European Union., 4:B - Zazai scored 37 runs in the over., 5:B - Dzeko’s brace against Northern Ireland takes him halfway to beating Ali Daei’s record of 109 international goals., 6:B - And England think they’re doing well. , 7:D - O’Sullivan has to share the £17,000 high-break prize with fellow player Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, who also hit a 147 at the event this week., 8:B - After 22 straight defeats, Gibraltar won two games – against Armenia and Liechtenstein – in four days. , 9:C - He is now 33., 10:C - Cristiano Ronaldo was the only player to miss for United. Terry and Anelka missed for Chelsea.

Scores

  1. 1 and above.

    Oh dear. You're better than this.

  2. 2 and above.

    Not the greatest score. There's always next week

  3. 3 and above.

    You almost got half of them right. Take solace in that and enjoy your weekend.

  4. 4 and above.

    You almost got half of them right. Take solace in that and enjoy your weekend.

  5. 5 and above.

    That's a pass. Enjoy your weekend.

  6. 6 and above.

    You've done well there. Well done. Enjoy your weekend.

  7. 7 and above.

    A fine score. You should be proud of that performance.

  8. 8 and above.

    A fine, fine score. You should be proud of that performance.

  9. 9 and above.

    A fine, fine score. You should be proud of that performance.

  10. 0 and above.

    Oh dear. You're better than this.

  11. 10 and above.

    Top marks for you. Life doesn't get any better than this.

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