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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: Wayne Rooney, City v United and Formula 1

Wayne Rooney made his international debut at Upton Park in 2003.
Wayne Rooney made his international debut at Upton Park in 2003. Photograph: Mark Leech/Getty Images
  1. Wayne Rooney is likely to win his final England cap later this month. His first game for England ended in a 3-1 defeat to Australia. Which other young striker made his international debut that night, scored England’s only goal of the game and never played for his country again?

    1. Rickie Lambert

    2. Francis Jeffers

    3. David Nugent

    4. James Beattie

  2. Where are England playing New Zealand at rugby this weekend?

    1. Bradford and Bath

    2. London and Leeds

    3. Manchester and Cardiff

    4. Wigan and Sheffield

  3. When it comes to the Manchester derby, what makes Ernest Mangnall unique?

    1. He scored for both sides in the derby in 1935 (a fine header for United and a scrappy own goal for City)

    2. He is the only man to have managed both clubs

    3. He is the only player to have been sold from one club to the other

    4. He is the only United player who has gone on to manage City

  4. If it was Singapore in 2008, United Arab Emirates in 2009, South Korea in 2010 and India in 2011, where will it be in 2020?

    1. South Africa

    2. Vietnam

    3. Wales

    4. Turkey

  5. Why will Aldershot Town have to do without midfielder James Rowe for the next few months?

    1. After winning Britain’s Got Talent with his ukulele playing, he "wants to concentrate on music for a while"

    2. He has stepped away from football for a few months to star in a pantomime

    3. He has gone to Buenos Aires “to watch the Copa Libertadores final and check out Argentina”

    4. He was injured by a bottle of Ribena

  6. The Women’s World Twenty20 begins this weekend. Who are the hosts and reigning champions?

    1. England

    2. Australia

    3. India

    4. West Indies

  7. Bradley Stoke Town FC signed a new player this week. What is he called?

    1. Donald Trump

    2. Obama Barracks

    3. Michel Barnier

    4. Bradley Stokes

  8. Huddersfield's victory on Monday night means that every team in the Premier League has won a game this season. Who scored Huddersfield's winner?

    1. A Huddersfield player

    2. A Newcastle player (on loan from Chelsea)

    3. A Cardiff City player (on loan from Liverpool )

    4. A Fulham player (on loan from Manchester United)

  9. Fernando Ovelar scored a goal for Cerro Porteño against Club Olimpia in the Paraguayan Superclásico this week. What is unusual about Ovelar’s goal?

    1. He was the referee

    2. He is also the club’s owner

    3. He is just 14 years old

    4. He played the first half for Olimpia but was signed for Cerro Porteño at half-time

  10. Who is the only player to have scored at Anfield and the Etihad this season?

    1. David Silva

    2. Danny Ings

    3. Callum Wilson

    4. Wesley Hoedt

  11. Zeki Celik was shown a yellow card for stripping Neymar of which item of clothing in Lille’s defeat to PSG?

    1. A hat

    2. A snood

    3. A necklace

    4. A glove

  12. Who said: "I wanted to do something different. I want to give the people what they want – blood, sweat and tears. I can do it all"?

    1. José Mourinho

    2. Tony Bellew

    3. Floyd Mayweather

    4. Wayne Rooney

Solutions

1:B - Jeffers was on the books at Arsenal at the time., 2:B - Rugby union at Twickenham on Saturday and rugby league at Elland Road on Sunday., 3:B - Mangnall's final game in charge of United was a 1-0 defeat to City – who he had already agreed to join., 4:B - The Vietnamese Grand Prix will be making its debut on the F1 calendar in 2020., 5:D - Rowe dropped a glass bottle and cut his foot on the shards of glass. Get well soon James., 6:D - Australia – who won the title in 2010, 2012 and 2014 and were beaten finalists last time out in 2016 – are the favourites., 7:D - "I knew there was an area called Bradley Stoke, so I searched for it online to see if they had a football team because I thought that would be cool," said Stokes., 8:D - Huddersfield beat Fulham 1-0 on Monday night thanks to a goal from Timothy Fosu-Mensah – who is on a season-long loan from Manchester United., 9:C - Ovelar, who was born in 2004, is the youngest footballer to play or score in Paraguay’s top division., 10:D - The Southampton defender has only scored twice in the Premier League: own goals this season at Liverpool and Manchester City., 11:D - Neymar had burst past Celik on the wing so the defender grabbed him by the hand and swiped his glove., 12:C - Mayweather was selling his fight against Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa – which he has subsequently ditched, saying: "I want it to be clear that I, Floyd Mayweather, never agreed to an official bout with Tenshin Nasukawa. In fact, I have never heard of him until this recent trip to Japan"

Scores

  1. 12 and above.

    You are a true credit to yourself. Have a cracking weekend. You've earned it

  2. 1 and above.

    That's not very good.

  3. 2 and above.

    That's not a great score but it's something to build on next week

  4. 3 and above.

    That's not a great score but it's something to build on next week

  5. 4 and above.

    You've done OK there. Not great but not embarrassing either

  6. 5 and above.

    You've done well there. Give yourself a thumbs up

  7. 6 and above.

    You've done well there. Give yourself a thumbs up

  8. 7 and above.

    You've done well there. Give yourself a thumbs up. Enjoy the weekend

  9. 8 and above.

    You've done very well there. Enjoy the weekend

  10. 9 and above.

    You've done very, very well there. Enjoy the weekend

  11. 10 and above.

    You've done very, very, very well there. Have a cracking weekend

  12. 0 and above.

    That's not very good.

  13. 11 and above.

    You are a credit to yourself. Have a cracking weekend. You've earned it

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