Pita Taufatofua is competing in the 15km cross-country event at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. In which event did the Tongan compete at the Rio Olympics in 2016?
Marathon
Taekwondo
Rugby 7s
Shot put
Which football team conceded a goal this week for the first time in 2018?
Fulham
Juventus
Bayern Munich
Celtic
How did British bobsleigh driver Toby Olubi help fund his training for the Winter Olympics?
He sold vacuum cleaners door to door in Camberwell
He played the role of a hyena in a production of The Lion King
He won £12,000 on Deal or No Deal
He made £30m trading Bitcoin
How did Eric Radford make history in Pyeongchang?
He became the first athlete to win two gold medals for different countries
He became the first Monegasque athlete to win an Olympic medal
He became the first openly gay male gold medalist in Winter Olympics history
He became the first ever athlete from the Isle of Man to win a gold medal
How are the Finland team enjoying their down time at the Winter Olympics?
Riding up escalators on their skis
Knitting a blanket for the Finnish president’s newborn son
Holding up “funny” banners at events where Swedish athletes are competing
Dressing up as the Pyeongchang mascots, Soohorang and Bandabi
Which footballer – who was released by Arsenal as an eight-year-old – was the club’s former academy director, Liam Brady, talking about when he said: “He was a bit chubby and he wasn’t very athletic, but we made a mistake”?
Cristiano Ronaldo
Wayne Rooney
Dele Alli
Harry Kane
Who said: “I am fully committed to win the award this season of the best behaved manager on the touchline”?
Eddie Jones
Warren Gatland
José Mourinho
Jürgen Klopp
Who set up Philippe Coutinho to score his first goal for Barcelona?
His brother-in-law
His international captain
His best friend from primary school
The same player who set up his first goal for Liverpool
Where did Wigan Warriors beat Hull FC?
Warsaw
Washington
Wellington
Wollongong
Why did a few Phoenix Suns players call Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr “disrespectful” after their NBA match?
He had fallen asleep during the game
He ate a large bag of popcorn in the fourth quarter
He had let his players coach themselves
He was spotted updating his Fantasy Football team on his phone
Solutions
1:B - Remarkably, Taufatofua, who has only ever spent 12 weeks on snow, did not finish last in the 15km cross-country skier., 2:B - Juventus had conceded one goal in their previous 16 matches before Harry Kane turned up in Turin., 3:C - Olubi appeared on a few gameshows, including The Cube and Can’t Touch This., 4:C - Radford won a bronze medal and a gold medal in Pyeongchang and then retired., 5:B - “Everyone is knitting a little square and then we will join them together” said Antti Koskinen, the team’s snowboard head coach. “It has become something of a hobby for me. It means no unnecessary chit-chat is needed.”, 6:D - Brady added: “Through his determination he has carved out an amazing career and he deserves it. He has a character that drives him to improve all the time.”, 7:C - That might be all he wins this season., 8:D - Luis Suárez assisted Coutinho for his first Liverpool goal in 2013 and his first Barcelona goal in 2018., 9:D - Wigan won the first Super League game to be played outside of Europe., 10:C - “It’s the players’ team and they have to take ownership of it – our job as coaches is to nudge them in the right direction and guide them,” said Kerr as he explained he wasn’t disrespecting the opposition by letting his players coach their team-mates during timeouts.
Scores
1 and above.
Dire
2 and above.
Shocking
3 and above.
Shocking
4 and above.
You've slipped up there
5 and above.
Halfway there
6 and above.
Decent
7 and above.
Impressive
8 and above.
Nice work. Enjoy your weekend
9 and above.
Fantastic work. Enjoy your weekend
0 and above.
Dire
10 and above.
You are a genius. Don't ever forget it
