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Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: World Series, Carlos Alberto and the Ballon d'Or

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Trevor Bauer pitches to Dexter Fowler. Photograph: David Richard/USA Today Sports
  1. Carlos Alberto, who has died at the age of 72, captained Brazil to glory at the 1970 World Cup. At how many World Cups did he play?

    1. One

    2. Three

    3. Five

    4. Seven

  2. The Chicago Cubs are currently playing the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. Who was US president when the Cubs last won the championship?

    1. Theodore Roosevelt

    2. John Adams

    3. Bill Clinton

    4. Ronald Reagan

  3. Jamie Vardy is the only English footballer on the 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or award. How many games did he start for England at Euro 2016?

    1. None

    2. One

    3. Two

    4. Four

  4. Who was the last Englishman to win the Ballon d'Or?

    1. David Beckham

    2. Kevin Keegan

    3. Michael Owen

    4. George Best

  5. Who texted his boss with the words: "A tsunami just hit my bank account, so thank you very much"?

    1. Paul Pogba

    2. Claudio Ranieri

    3. JP Fitzgerald

    4. Boris Becker

  6. Four of the eight teams left in the League Cup have never won the competition. Which of them has never made it to the final?

    1. Newcastle United

    2. Hull City

    3. Southampton

    4. West Ham United

  7. José Mourinho suffered the indignity of losing 4-0 against Chelsea on Sunday. Against which team did his Chelsea side lose 3-0 in the 2014-15 season, when they won the league?

    1. Manchester City

    2. Manchester United

    3. Liverpool

    4. West Bromwich Albion

  8. Which institution has received a $1m donation from Brooklyn Nets basketball player Jeremy Lin?

    1. The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation

    2. The Derek Zoolander school for kids who can't read good and want to do other stuff good too

    3. Salvation Army

    4. Harvard University

  9. If it's Nice in Ligue 1, Real Madrid and Villarreal in La Liga, and Bayern Munich, Leipzig and Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, who is it in the Premier League?

    1. Everton

    2. Manchester City

    3. Tottenham Hotspur

    4. Arsenal

  10. The Four Nations is being contested by England, Australia, New Zealand and which other country?

    1. France

    2. Great Britain

    3. South Africa

    4. Scotland

Solutions

1:A - His 100% win rate puts him up there with former England boss Sam Allardyce, sort of., 2:A - The Cubs haven't won the World Series since 1908 (when there was no TV and only 46 states) – although they did win it in 1907. , 3:B - The group match against Slovakia, 4:C - He is the only Liverpool player who has won the award., 5:C - JP Fitzgerald, Rory McIlroy's caddie, picked up $1.05m when the golfer won the FedEx Cup. "I think he was quite happy," said McIlroy. "He deserved it. He's a big part of what we do. He was with me when I was No210 in the world and when I was No1.", 6:B - Liverpool have won it eight times, Manchester United four, Arsenal twice and Leeds United once., 7:D - In fairness to Chelsea, they had already won the league by this stage. , 8:D - Lin studied at the university and has asked that his money go towards grant aid and renovations to the basketball arena., 9:C - Spurs remain the only unbeaten team in the Premier League but they welcome the champions to White Hart Lane on Saturday so that statistic might change this weekend., 10:D - Scotland are competing this year following appearances from Samoa (2014), Wales (2011), Papua New Guinea (2010) and France (2009).

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