Sports quiz of the week: US Open, deadline day and the end of the world

Maria Sharapova in action at the US Open in New York. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

1. Which Premier League club were the biggest spenders in the transfer window this summer? Clue: they were also the biggest spenders last summer.

   1. Manchester United

   2. Chelsea

   3. Manchester City

   4. Liverpool

2. Paris Saint-Germain have paid Barcelona £198m for Neymar and agreed to pay Monaco £167m for Kylian Mbappé, meaning the two most expensive footballers in history will be at the same club this season. Which club was the last to field the world's two most costly players?

   1. Barcelona

   2. Manchester United

   3. Real Madrid

   4. Juventus

3. Five Premier League clubs made a profit in the transfer window. Which club made the most, bringing in £28m more than they spent?

   1. Arsenal

   2. Burnley

   3. Stoke City

   4. Swansea City

   5. Tottenham Hotspur

4. Who said this about his coach this week: "Honestly. I’m not good enough for him. He’s very dedicated. He’s an unbelievable coach. He probably deserves a player that is probably more dedicated to the game than I am. He deserves a better athlete than me. I’m not dedicated to the game at all"?

   1. Mario Balotelli

   2. Olivier Giroud

   3. Nick Kyrgios

   4. Yaya Touré

5. Only one of the top six seeds in the men's singles at last year's US Open is taking part this year. Which one?

   1. Novak Djokovic

   2. Andy Murray

   3. Stan Wawrinka

   4. Rafa Nadal

   5. Milos Raonic

   6. Kei Nishikori

6. Angelique Kerber won the women's event last year. How is she faring this year?

   1. She had to miss the tournament due to an injury

   2. She retired from tennis after winning the US Open last year

   3. She was knocked out in the first round in straight sets

   4. She has won her first two matches without dropping a set

7. The Bears begin at 11am. The Outlaws appear at 2.30pm. And the final commences at 6.45pm. Where?

   1. London

   2. New York

   3. Paris

   4. Birmingham

8. Bangladesh beat Australia in a Test match for the first time this week. Which Test-playing side has never beaten Australia?

   1. Pakistan

   2. Sri Lanka

   3. Zimbabwe

   4. West Indies

9. Chris Froome held on to his lead at the Vuelta a España all week – despite crashing twice on Thursday. If he is still in the lead when the race arrives in Madrid on 10 September, Froome will become only the third cyclist to win the Tour de France and the Vuelta in the same season. Where were the other two double-winnings riders from?

   1. Belgium

   2. France

   3. Great Britain

   4. USA

10. Which terrifying-sounding player did the New York Jets sign this week?

    1. Armagedon Draughn

    2. Pestlilenz George

    3. Beelzebub Davies

    4. Fireball Nevins

Solutions

1:C - Pep Guardiola spent £174.2m last summer and £217.3m this summer. He should really be winning the league soon., 2:C - When Gareth Bale joined Cristiano Ronaldo in 2013., 3:D - Arsenal made the fewest signings – just two (Sead Kolasinac on a free transfer and Alexandre Lacazette for £46m), 4:C - Kyrgios, who was speaking about Sebastien Grosjean, had just been knocked out of the US Open. , 5:D - Nadal is the top seed this year., 6:C - She lost 6-3 6-1 to the Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka., 7:D - Warwickshire, Glamorgan, Nottinghamshire and Hampshire meet at Edgbaston on Saturday to contest the semi-finals and final of the T20 Blast., 8:C - They have only played each other in three Tests and Australia won all three., 9:B - Jacques Anquetil did it in 1963 and Bernard Hinault did it in 1978., 10:A - The Jets have brought Armagedon to New York. We thought that was Donald Trump's job.

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