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Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: World Cup debutants, caps, dogs and Harrys

A new set of fans celebrate qualifying for a World Cup.
A new set of fans celebrate qualifying for a World Cup. Photograph: Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images
  1. Three players called Harry started for England against Lithuania on Sunday (Kane, Winks and Maguire). Which Harry has the most caps for England?

    1. Harry Hibbs

    2. Harry Bedford

    3. Harry Allen

    4. Harry Kane

  2. Lewis Hamilton’s fourth F1 title is all but in the bag after his victory at the Japanese Grand Prix. Only four other drivers have won four or more titles: Alain Prost, Juan Manuel Fangio, Michael Schumacher and …

    1. Sebastian Vettel

    2. Jackie Stewart

    3. Ayrton Senna

    4. Niki Lauda

  3. Which Spurs player became his country’s most capped footballer ever this week?

    1. Jan Vertonghen

    2. Toby Alderweireld

    3. Hugo Lloris

    4. Son Heung-min

  4. Who accepted a job after taking advice from his dog?

    1. Harry Redknapp

    2. Maria Sharapova

    3. Rafa Nadal

    4. Jupp Heynckes

  5. Gordon Strachan took charge of Scotland for seven games this year. How many of them did they lose?

    1. Seven

    2. Five

    3. Two

    4. None

  6. What tactics did Venezuela coach Rafael Dudamel accuse Paraguayans of using before their World Cup qualifier in Asunción?

    1. That the hotel chef tried to make his players sick with a dodgy lasagne

    2. That taxi drivers drove around their hotel tooting their horns all night

    3. That women were sent to their team hotel to “distract” his players

    4. That their Paraguay Airlines flight was purposefully delayed to disrupt preparations

  7. Which 49-year-old former England player will be turning out for Welsh fourth-tier team Caerau this week if the club can sort out international clearance?

    1. Paul Gascoigne

    2. Paul Ince

    3. Paul Parker

    4. Paul Merson

  8. Iceland have become the country with the smallest population to reach a World Cup. Who are the second smallest country to have played in the finals?

    1. Slovenia

    2. Jamaica

    3. Trinidad and Tobago

    4. Northern Ireland

  9. Why did the English Karate Federation have to spend an unexpected £27,310 this week?

    1. They had to pay compensation after one of their fighters used the crane kick from Karate Kid, which had been trademarked by the film’s director

    2. They had to book new flights to the Junior World Championships after Monarch Airlines went bust

    3. They were fined after they "forgot" to enter a junior team in the Karate World Championships

    4. The world governing body discovered half of their team was from Wales

  10. Since the tournament began in 1930, every World Cup has featured a new team. Which two sides will be making their debuts in 2018? Iceland and ...

    1. Qatar

    2. Saudi Arabia

    3. Panama

    4. Venezuela

  11. How did Leicester City striker Ahmed Musa expand his business empire during the international break?

    1. He opened a second petrol station in Nigeria

    2. He graduated from De Montfort with a BA in fine art

    3. He exhibited his new line of women's dresses at Paris Fashion Week

    4. He earned a place in the Guinness World Records by helping to complete a 1,000,000-piece jigsaw puzzle

  12. According to former Mike Ditka, who played and coached both the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears, what has not existed in the US for the last 100 years?

    1. Space travel

    2. Oppression

    3. Global warming

    4. Drugs

Solutions

1:A - Hibbs made his England debut in a 6-0 win over Wales in 1929. He won his last cap seven years later in another game against Wales but this time England lost 2-1., 2:A - Stewart, Lauda and Senna won three. , 3:A - Vertonghen, who is only 30, made his 97th appearance for Belgium in their World Cup qualifier against Cyprus. , 4:D - The new Bayern Munich coach said: "My daughter and my wife advised me on my decision, then my dog Cando barked twice and the deal was sealed.", 5:D - Scotland won four and drew three of Strachan’s final games in charge. But they didn’t make it to the World Cup, so he has stepped aside., 6:C - Dudamel said: "There were several women visits last night at the hotel but football players have changed. We were not surprised by these female visits, I do not know who sent them. These are old strategies.", 7:D - When asked about Merson’s return to the game in a press conference this week, Arsène Wenger said: "I only speak about professional football here.", 8:C - When Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the 2006 World Cup their population was 1.3 million, about a million more than Iceland., 9:B - The federation secured new flights after "a fraught few days of internet searches"., 10:C - Panama president Juan Carlos Varela declared Wednesday a public holiday to celebrate the team’s achievement., 11:A - Musa has now opened as many petrol stations as he has scored goals for Leicester (two goals in 18 games). Musa said: "We will not play forever and the best time to start thinking about that and doing something about it is when you are still playing.", 12:B - “All of a sudden, it’s become a big deal now, about oppression," said Ditka. "There has been no oppression in the last 100 years that I know of. Now maybe I’m not watching it as carefully as other people. I think the opportunity is there for everybody."

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