Sports quiz of the week: Usain Bolt, Novak Djokovic and Thierry Henry

The football dream has died for Usain Bolt. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

1. Petra Kvitova will play a grand slam final for the first time in five years when she faces Naomi Osaka in the Australian Open final on Saturday. What makes Kvitova’s comeback all the more impressive?

   1. She did not lose a game in her semi-final

   2. She is also in the finals of the women’s doubles and mixed doubles

   3. She was stabbed two years ago and suffered career-threatening injuries

   4. She is the oldest woman to play in an Australian Open final

2. Novak Djokovic has reached his seventh Australian Open final. How many of the previous six did he win?

   1. One

   2. Three

   3. Five

   4. Six

3. New Chelsea signing Gonzalo Higuaín has played in a Champions League final, a World Cup final and two Copa América finals. Which of these tournaments has he won?

   1. Champions League

   2. World Cup

   3. Copa América

   4. None of them

4. Higuaín will wear the No 9 shirt at Chelsea. Complete this sequence of the last five players to have worn the shirt: Álvaro Morata, Radamel Falcao, Fernando Torres, Franco Di Santo …

   1. Gaël Kakuta

   2. Steve Sidwell

   3. Salomon Kalou

   4. Romelu Lukaku

5. Tottenham's defeat to Chelsea in the League Cup this week means they have now lost five of their last six semi-finals. When did they last win one?

   1. 2010 FA Cup

   2. 2012 FA Cup

   3. 2015 League Cup

   4. 2017 FA Cup

   5. 2018 FA Cup

6. Why was play stopped during the cricket one-day international between India and New Zealand this week?

   1. A rabbit was running around the field

   2. The sun was too bright

   3. The batsman lost a contact lens

   4. The umpire had to go back to the pavilion for his hat

7. Usain Bolt has given up his dream of becoming a professional footballer. What are his career plans now?

   1. To take up the long jump for Tokyo 2020

   2. To be a football commentator

   3. To write a concept album about his life

   4. To become a businessman

8. Thierry Henry is not having the best week. He has been suspended by Monaco after a string of dire results and also had to apologise after being caught saying something on TV. What did he say?

   1. He called his players “more Spursy than Tottenham”

   2. He said the Monaco owner was “a tightwad”

   3. He told a Strasbourg player: “Your grandmother’s a whore”

   4. He said the Monaco crowd is “even quieter than at the Emirates”

9. Which of these players-turned-pundits has the highest win percentage as a manager?

   1. Gary Neville at Valencia

   2. Alan Shearer at Newcastle

   3. Thierry Henry at Monaco

10. The Los Angeles Rams have made it to the Super Bowl for the first time since the 2001 season. Which city did the team represent back then?

    1. St. Louis

    2. Denver

    3. Miami

    4. Atlanta

Solutions

1:C - “I’m really happy to be back again,” said Kvitova after winning her semi-final. “Not many people believed that I could do that again, to stand on the court, play tennis and play on this level. It’s been a long journey.”, 2:D - Djokovic faces Nadal on Sunday in what will be their eighth meeting in a grand slam final. , 3:D - He didn’t score (or play well) in any of those finals., 4:B - Perhaps Higuaín should try a different number., 5:C - They lost to Chelsea in the final., 6:B - The game was halted for half an hour as the setting sun was getting in the eyes of the players and umpires., 7:D - “It was fun while it lasted,” said Bolt of his football dream. “I’m now moving into different businesses. I have a lot of things in the pipeline. I’m just dabbling in everything and trying to be a businessman now.”, 8:C - “It’s an expression of the street, unfortunately,” said Henry. “I regret my comments from the bench. It was a human reaction, I’m still human. I regret it. Sometimes I do it in English. Maybe in English it wouldn’t have been as noticeable. No, I’m joking. I should not do it.”, 9:A - Neville won 10 of his 28 games in charge of Valencia; Henry has five victories from 20 matches; and Shearer picked up just one victory in his eight-game stint as Newcastle boss., 10:A - The Rams started out in Cleveland, then moved to Los Angeles, then to St Louis and then back to Los Angeles.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Oh dear. Have a good weekend

2. 2 and above.

   Oh dear. Have a good weekend

3. 3 and above.

   Ah well. You tried. Have a good weekend

4. 4 and above.

   Ah well. You tried. Have a good weekend

5. 5 and above.

   That's a respectable score. Have a good weekend

6. 6 and above.

   That's a fine score. Have a good weekend

7. 7 and above.

   That's a very fine score. Have a good weekend

8. 8 and above.

   That's a very, very fine score. Have a good weekend

9. 9 and above.

   That's a very, very fine score. Have a good weekend

10. 0 and above.

    Oh dear. Have a good weekend

11. 10 and above.

    You are a genius. Have a good weekend