Sports quiz of the week: winners, losers, movers and history makers

The winners. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images

1. Liverpool have started the season with eight wins in a row. Which club once began a top-flight campaign with 11 straight victories?

   1. Manchester United

   2. Arsenal

   3. Tottenham Hotspur

   4. Chelsea

2. Which of the quarter-finals at the Rugby World Cup this weekend features two former champions?

   1. England v Australia

   2. New Zealand v Ireland

   3. Wales v France

   4. Japan v South Africa

   5. None of them

3. Which two teams at the tournament flew home having lost all four of their games?

   1. Georgia and Uruguay

   2. Russia and USA

   3. Tonga and Samoa

   4. Namibia and Canada

4. England are playing Australia at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday. At which other World Cup – which is being held in Australia over the weekend – are England playing France, Lebanon and Wales (in the men’s event) and Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand (in the women’s event)?

   1. Table-tennis World Cup

   2. BBQ World Cup

   3. Rugby League Nines World Cup

   4. Barrecore World Cup

5. Pedro Pasculli managed Bangor City to a 1-1 draw against Ruthin Town in the Welsh second division this week. What did he do in June 1986?

   1. He was top of the UK albums charts with his band Super Furry Animals

   2. He and his co-pilot Richard Branson became the first people to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a hot air balloon

   3. He was elected as an MEP for Plaid Cymru

   4. He played in the Argentina team that won the World Cup

6. Which capital city hosted a World Cup qualifier this week that had no goals, no fans, no journalists and no live broadcast on TV?

   1. Beijing

   2. Baku

   3. Pyongyang

   4. Doha

7. Lee Ann Walker received 58 penalty shots at a golf tournament in Indiana this week. What had she done wrong?

   1. She was caught smoking marijuana midway through her round

   2. She “knowingly” killed an animal (a beetle) while putting on the green

   3. She picked up her opponent's ball and threw it into a lake

   4. Her caddie helped her line up shots while she was on the green

8. Mighty Mike, Voltage, Superchin, Bully Boy, The Flying Scotsman, Snakebite, The Iceman and The Machine will be in Leicester this weekend. Which sport will they be playing?

   1. Pool

   2. Snooker

   3. Darts

   4. Squash

9. If La Liga have their way, where will the match between Atlético Madrid and Villarreal be played in December?

   1. Catalonia

   2. Miami

   3. Scotland

   4. Lapland

10. As a player, he scored his country’s first (and so far only) goals at the European Championship. And now, as the team's manager, he has helped them qualify for the Euros next year. Who is he?

    1. Gheorghe Hagi

    2. Theodoros Zagorakis

    3. Andriy Shevchenko

    4. Savo Milosevic

11. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 700th goal of his career this week. For which team did he score the first goal of his career?

    1. Manchester United

    2. Benfica

    3. Sporting

    4. Porto

Solutions

1:C - Spurs started the 1960-61 season with 11 wins. They finished it as league and FA Cup champions., 2:A - Australia have won it twice, in 1991 and 1999. And, although you never hear it mentioned, England won it in 2003., 3:B - We'll give you half a point if you said Namibia and Canada. They lost all of the games they played and only picked up points because their match against each other was called off for bad weather and recorded as a 0-0 draw., 4:C - The tournament is being hosted in one stadium in Sydney over two days, with 12 men’s teams and four women’s teams taking part., 5:D - Pasculli played his part in Argentina's success, scoring the only goal of the game as they beat neighbours Uruguay in the last-16., 6:C - There were no goals in the game between North Korea and South Korea, but there were some tasty tackles. "The opponents were very rough and there were moments when very abusive language was exchanged," said South Korea captain Son Heung-min. "It was hard to concentrate on the match because you were thinking about avoiding injury.", 7:D - Walker took it well. "This was my first competitive round since 2011 or 2012," she said. "Now that I don’t play the LPGA anymore, I don’t watch golf. I knew there were rules changes, but I just honestly didn’t know them. What can you do? Obviously, it’s my fault for not knowing the rules, but what am I going to do? I may have made the Guinness Book of World Records!", 8:C - The eight players – Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross, Daryl Gurney, Michael Smith, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price and James Wade – are in Leicester to compete at the Champions League of Darts on Saturday and Sunday., 9:B - Both clubs have agreed to the idea, which is part of the league’s “internationalisation strategy”., 10:C - It’s difficult to overstate Shevchenko’s importance to the Ukraine football team. He is their all-time top scorer, their youngest ever goalscorer, their oldest ever goalscorer and, now, one of their most successful managers. , 11:C - He started his first league game for the club on 7 October 2002 – and scored twice in a 3-0 win.

Scores

1. 11 and above.

   Perfection! Have a great weekend.

2. 1 and above.

   Ah well, you tried. Have a good weekend. Not great

3. 2 and above.

   Ah well, you tried. Have a good weekend.

4. 3 and above.

   Ah well, you tried. Have a good weekend.

5. 4 and above.

   Ah well, you tried. Have a good weekend.

6. 5 and above.

   You were there or thereabouts Have a good weekend.

7. 6 and above.

   You were there or thereabouts Have a good weekend.

8. 7 and above.

   You were there or thereabouts Have a good weekend.

9. 8 and above.

   You nailed it. Have a good weekend.

10. 9 and above.

    You nailed it. Have a great weekend.

11. 0 and above.

    Ah well, you tried. Have a good weekend.

12. 10 and above.

    You nailed it. Have a great weekend.