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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: two big derbies, a petrified referee and a fighting soldier

Will Mohamed Salah keep scoring against Everton?
Will Mohamed Salah keep scoring against Everton? Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
  1. How many of the semi-finalists from last season’s Champions League have made it to the last-16 stage this season?

    1. Four

    2. Three

    3. Two

    4. One

    5. None

  2. When did England last win an Ashes Test in Australia?

    1. 2017

    2. 2015

    3. 2013

    4. 2011

    5. 2010

  3. Sam Allardyce has spent all week preparing for his big trip to Anfield on Sunday. Who was the last Everton manager to win a Merseyside derby?

    1. David Unsworth

    2. Ronald Koeman

    3. Roberto Martínez

    4. David Moyes

    5. Walter Smith

  4. Speaking of derbies, what unites Matt Busby, Steve Coppell and Mark Hughes?

    1. They all played in the Manchester derby and the Merseyside derby

    2. They all scored winners in Manchester derbies in FA Cup finals

    3. They all played for one Manchester club and managed the other

    4. They are the last three players Manchester United have signed from Manchester City

  5. Who became a colonel in his country's army this week?

    1. Mark O'Meara

    2. Conor McGregor

    3. Park Ji-sung

    4. Manny Pacquiao

  6. Complete this Jack Wilshere quote: “Positive week…”

    1. “… Played in a 6-0 win for Arsenal and looked like solid gold. BOOM.”

    2. “… Bring on phase two of Brexit talks. We go again.”

    3. “… Managed to get through 20 minutes of ice skating without getting injured”

    4. “… But disappointed not to be on Ballon d'Or longlist”

  7. Who was Mark Clattenburg talking about when he said: "He screamed at us for a corner and I'm sure it was a goal kick but because he screamed at us so loudly, I gave a corner. I was that petrified of him"?

    1. Mauricio Pochettino

    2. José Mourinho

    3. Roy Keane

    4. Patrick Vieira

  8. Which piece of tennis memorabilia sold for $125,000 this week?

    1. A collection of 100 sweatbands worn by Bjorn Borg at Wimbledon

    2. The racquet Fred Perry used when winning Wimbledon in 1934

    3. Thirty-six racquets smashed by John McEnroe in his career

    4. The racquet Billy Jean King used for her Battle of the Sexes match against Bobby Riggs in 1973

  9. Two of the best boxers in the world – Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux – fight at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. What makes the bout especially intriguing?

    1. Lomachenko is married to Rigondeaux’s ex-wife

    2. They have met each other in four Olympic finals – but never as pros

    3. Both fighters have won all of their professional fights within three rounds

    4. It is the first ever world title fight between two double Olympic champions

  10. Which former Blackburn Rovers player was back in England this week to manage his club in the Champions League?

    1. Brad Friedel

    2. Giorgos Donis

    3. Lars Bohinen

    4. Henning Berg

Solutions

1:C - Atlético Madrid finished third in their group, so they go into the Europa League; Monaco didn’t win a single game in their group and were knocked out of Europe altogether., 2:D - England won the fifth and final Test of the 2010-11 series by an innings and 83 runs. How times change., 3:D - The year was 2010 and Roy Hodgson was in charge of Liverpool. The 2-0 defeat at Goodison left Liverpool in the relegation zone, below Wolves, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Sunderland, Wigan and Fulham. How times change., 4:C - Coppell and Hughes played for United before managing City. Busby played for City (and Liverpool) before managing United., 5:D - The 38-year-old boxer, who is preparing for a return to the ring next year, is also a senator in the Philippines. , 6:C - Wilshere also scored his first goal for Arsenal for two and half years., 7:C - Clattenburg added: "I was still a young boy. I didn't have any experience of dealing with people, managing people, saying the right thing at the right time. It's only when I got older that I started to develop those skills. When you have those skills, you interact with adults better, players better. If you interact with players, they make your life easier. When they make your life easier, you become a good referee.", 8:D - Billy Jean King won the match 6-4 6-3 6-3 in front of 30,000 fans at the Houston Astrodome and another 50 million watching at home on TV., 9:D - Lomachenko won two Olympic gold medals for Ukraine in 2008 and 2012; Rigondeaux won his for Cuba in 2000 and 2004., 10:B - Donis, who spent a season at Blackburn in the mid-1990s, is now Apoel Nicosia manager.

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