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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul Campbell

Sports quiz of the week: Zinedine Zidane, Mo Salah and a total bore

Zinedine Zidane goes out at the top.
Zinedine Zidane goes out at the top. Photograph: Helios de la Rubia/Real Madrid via Getty Images
  1. More than half a million people have signed a petition asking Fifa and Uefa to take action against Sergio Ramos for his performance in the Champions League final. How many fouls did the referee award against Ramos on the night?

    1. None

    2. One

    3. Two

    4. Three

  2. Zinedine Zidane won three Champions League titles in two-and-a-half years as a manager. How many times did he win it as a player?

    1. None

    2. One

    3. Two

    4. Three

  3. Who were the last English club to beat a Spanish club in a European final?

    1. Fulham

    2. Middlesbrough

    3. Manchester United

    4. Chelsea

    5. Liverpool

  4. Kyle Edmund beat Marton Fucsovics in four sets at the French Open. What reason did Edmund give for struggling in the second set?

    1. He lost a contact lens

    2. He had a stitch

    3. He was distracted by news that Zinedine Zidane had resigned

    4. He had a paper cut on his finger

  5. What was “super-unexciting” and “the most boring ever”?

    1. The first week of the French Open, according to Novak Djokovic

    2. The Champions League final, according to José Mourinho

    3. The England v Barbarians match, according to Eddie Jones

    4. The Monaco Grand Prix, according to Lewis Hamilton

  6. Fulham are back in the Premier League. Who was their manager the last time they earned promotion to the top flight, in 2000-01, when they won 101 points and ran away with the Division 1 title?

    1. Jean Tigana

    2. Roy Hodgson

    3. Chris Coleman

    4. Kevin Keegan

  7. Teams from which two states have made it to the NBA finals in 2015, 2016, 2017 and now 2018?

    1. Texas and Florida

    2. New York and Oregon

    3. Ohio and California

    4. Massachusetts and Oklahoma

  8. Matt Barnes won the NBA Finals last year with the Golden State Warriors. What was unusual about his pre-match routine?

    1. He would go to the toilet in the opposing team's shirt

    2. He downed a shot of whiskey on the morning of the match

    3. He smoked cannabis six hours before a game

    4. He always played a song on his ukulele before going out

  9. For which country did George Weah’s son Tim score his first international goal this week?

    1. Libera

    2. Libya

    3. USA

    4. Lesotho

  10. 76ers general manager Bryan Colangelo is under investigation for his activity on Twitter. Which one of these misdemeanours has he not been accused of doing?

    1. Insulting his own team’s players

    2. Insulting his predecessor

    3. Defending the size of his collar

    4. Threatening to punch Barack Obama in the face

Solutions

1:A - He did, however, award five against Sadio Mané., 2:B - For Real Madrid in 2002. He was a beaten finalist with Juventus in 1997 and 1998. , 3:E - When they beat Alavés in the Uefa Cup final in 2001. Of course, since then they have lost finals to Sevilla and Real Madrid., 4:D - Thankfully he received some treatment and survived., 5:D - Fernando Alonso agreed, calling it “probably the most boring race ever”., 6:A - Louis Saha was their top scorer that season with 32 goals., 7:C - The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors. , 8:C - Barnes said: "I would smoke cannabis six hours before a game. We'd have a shoot-around in the morning, I'd come home and smoke a joint, take a nap, shower, eat and go and play.", 9:C - The 18-year-old was born in the US and spent his childhood between New York City and Florida., 10:D - Colangelo denies that he sent the tweet. "Someone's out to get me, he said. "This is clearly not me."

Scores

  1. 1 and above.

    Ah well. At least it's the weekend

  2. 2 and above.

    Ah well. At least it's the weekend

  3. 3 and above.

    Ah well. At least it's the weekend

  4. 4 and above.

    Not great.

  5. 5 and above.

    Decent

  6. 6 and above.

    Nice one

  7. 7 and above.

    Nice one. Well done

  8. 8 and above.

    Impressive stuff

  9. 9 and above.

    Superb.

  10. 0 and above.

    Terrible

  11. 10 and above.

    Perfection. You hero

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