The big sports quiz of the year 2017

Anthony Joshua, the All Blacks and Lions captains, Real Madrid winning the Champions League and Conor McGregor landing a shot on Floyd Mayweather. Composite: Sportsfile via Getty Images, Reuters, AFP

1. Which of these footballers retired with fewer than 100 international caps?

   1. Andrea Pirlo

   2. Dirk Kuyt

   3. Francesco Totti

   4. Frank Lampard

   5. Philipp Lahm

   6. Xabi Alonso

2. Where did Usain Bolt finish in the final race of his career?

   1. First

   2. Second

   3. Third

   4. He didn’t finish

3. 

   Who is this?

   1. Rafa Nadal

   2. Andy Murray

   3. Nick Kyrgios

   4. Stan Wawrinka

4. Who was the winner when two double Olympic champions met in the ring as professionals?

   1. Anthony Joshua

   2. Billy Joe Saunders

   3. Vasyl Lomachenko

   4. Guillermo Rigondeaux

5. Which football team won a competitive match for the first time in 13 years?

   1. Andorra

   2. Luxembourg

   3. Lichtenstein

   4. Gibraltar

6. Which team won 18 matches in a row before losing in Dublin?

   1. Real Madrid

   2. Celtic

   3. The All Blacks

   4. England’s rugby union team

7. How many points did England score in the Rugby League World Cup final?

   1. None

   2. One

   3. Five

   4. Ten

8. 

   In which city was this photo taken?

   1. New York

   2. Dubai

   3. London

   4. Abu Dhabi

9. The first finished 30–15. The second finished 21–24. What about the third?

   1. 22–16

   2. 3–12

   3. 15–15

   4. 31–31

10. Which tennis player made it to three singles grand slam finals this year?

    1. Venus Williams

    2. Roger Federer

    3. Rafa Nadal

    4. Garbiñe Muguruza

11. Complete this Warren Gatland quote: "I am a happy … "

    1. Kiwi

    2. Idiot

    3. Hunter

    4. Clown

12. 

    Who is wearing this boot?

    1. Harry Kane

    2. Lionel Messi

    3. Alexis Sánchez

    4. Cristiano Ronaldo

13. Which of the four clubs that made it to the Champions League semi-finals this year have not been managed by Claudio Ranieri?

    1. Atlético Madrid

    2. Monaco

    3. Juventus

    4. Real Madrid

14. Where did Lewis Hamilton have his worst result of his season (a ninth-place finish) and the best result of his season (securing the drivers’ title)?

    1. Mexico

    2. Brazil

    3. Great Britain

    4. Monaco

15. England didn't lose a competitive football match in 2017. Neither did…

    1. Wales

    2. Republic of Ireland

    3. Northern Ireland

    4. Scotland

16. Which athlete held three different world records in the same event on the same day in July?

    1. Mo Farah

    2. Usain Bolt

    3. Adam Peaty

    4. Jonnie Peacock

17. Who finally won after 73 attempts?

    1. LA Dodgers

    2. Atlanta Falcons

    3. Sergio García

    4. Houston Astros

18. 

    Who is this?

    1. Jodie Taylor

    2. Heather Knight

    3. Sarah Hunter

    4. Anya Shrubsole

19. Complete this sequence: Joe Cordina, Katie Taylor, Luke Campbell, Scott Quigg …

    1. Tony Bellew

    2. Floyd Mayweather

    3. Anthony Joshua

    4. Wladimir Klitschko

20. Who came out on top when two French football teams met at the Cardiff City Stadium in June?

    1. Lyon

    2. France

    3. Paris Saint-Germain

    4. Marseille

21. According to the UAE Football Association’s guidelines, what was “unethical” about Asamoah Gyan?

    1. His goal celebrations

    2. His boots

    3. His tattoos

    4. His hair

22. Who described their job as “90% aggravation and 10% top satisfaction – and you have to give everything in your life for that"?

    1. Adam Peaty

    2. Floyd Mayweather

    3. Arsène Wenger

    4. Nicola Adams

23. 

    Where is this?

    1. Sydney

    2. New York

    3. Shanghai

    4. Huddersfield

24. Carlos Correa proposed to his girlfriend on 1 November. What else did he do that day?

    1. Won the Superbike World Championship

    2. Won the World Series

    3. Beat Novak Djokovic at tennis

    4. Bought Barnsley FC.

25. Who said: "It is impossible to please the Greeks and Trojans. Neither did Jesus please everyone"?

    1. Martin O’Neill

    2. Sam Allardyce

    3. Joe Root

    4. Emanuel Santos

26. 

    Who is this?

    1. David de Gea

    2. Gianluigi Buffon

    3. Sergio Romero

    4. Iker Casillas

27. Who was employed for 77 days in 2017, having been employed for 85 days in 2016?

    1. Alan Pardew

    2. Frank de Boer

    3. Sam Allardyce

    4. Slaven Bilic

28. Who completes the set: Sergio García, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas and...

    1. Rory McIlroy

    2. Dustin Johnson

    3. Jordan Spieth

    4. Danny Willett

29. 

    Who is this?

    1. Alastair Cook

    2. Stuart Broad

    3. Ben Stokes

    4. Jimmy Anderson

30. Real Madrid became the first team to retain the Champions League. Who were the first team to retain the European Cup?

    1. Nottingham Forest

    2. Real Madrid

    3. Liverpool

    4. Celtic

31. Who became like Frank Lampard, Dixie Dean, Thierry Henry, Luther Blissett and Jimmy Greaves?

    1. Neymar and Ousmane Dembélé

    2. Wayne Rooney and Sergio Agüero

    3. John Terry and Brendan Rodgers

    4. Gareth Southgate and Gordon Strachan

32. Who decided to accept a job offer when his “dog barked twice”?

    1. Harry Redknapp

    3. Jupp Heynckes

33. England couldn't do it in Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth. Where did Bangladesh do it?

    1. Sydney

    2. Canberra

    3. Dhaka

    4. Hobart

34. Who are like “nutella and shit”?

    1. Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho

    2. Steve Smith and Ben Stokes

    3. Rino Gattuso and Andrea Pirlo

    4. Claudio Bravo and Ederson

35. Slovakia did it in 2009. Bosnia and Herzegovina did it in 2013. Who did it in 2017?

    1. Chile

    2. Iceland and Panama

    3. Denmark and Switzerland

    4. North Korea

36. 

    Who is this?

    1. Michael van Gerwen

    2. Phil Taylor

    3. Martin Adams

    4. Gary Anderson

37. In which country did an Earthquake exact revenge on a Jackal?

    1. Russia

    2. The US

    3. Northern Ireland

    4. Mexico

38. Which of cycling's three Grand Tours started in France?

    1. Giro d’Italia

    2. Tour de France

    3. Vuelta a España

39. 

    Name the "boxer".

    1. Gennady Golovkin

    2. Conor McGregor

    3. Canelo Álvarez

    4. Manny Pacquiao

40. What was unusual about Ali Farag and Nour El Tayeb winning US Open squash titles on the same day in October?

    1. They were professional tennis players last year

    2. They are married

    3. They are siblings

    4. They are both in their 40s

Solutions

1:C - Pirlo won 116; Alonso won 114; Lahm won 113; Lampard won 106; Kuyt won 104; and Totti won 58., 2:D - Bolt pulled up injured in the 4x100m relay at the World Championships in London., 3:B - At the Australian Open in Melbourne., 4:C - Two-time Olympic champion Lomachenko was victorious against fellow two-time Olympic champion Rigondeaux when they fought in December. , 5:A - Andorra won a World Cup qualifier against Hungary, a team that made it to the World Cup final in 1938 and 1954., 6:D - England won 18 in a row before their defeat to Ireland in Dublin in the final match of the Six Nations. Iain Henderson scored Ireland's try., 7:A - Australia won 6-0., 8:C - At the ATP World Tour finals, where Grigor Dimitrov beat David Goffin in the final., 9:C - The results from the three Tests between the All Blacks and the Lions in New Zealand., 10:C - He won two of them – at the US Open and French Open – but was beaten by Federer in the Australian Open final., 11:D - Gatland took a lot of stick after the Lions lost the first Test in New Zealand but he had the last laugh., 12:D - His daughters are called Eva Maria and Alana Martina., 13:D - The team that won it., 14:A - Hamilton has now won four drivers’ titles. Only Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher have won more., 15:D - Not that it saved Gordon Strachan., 16:C - Peaty broke his own 50m breaststroke world record in the morning and then bettered it later that day., 17:C - García had competed in 73 majors – and finished second on four occasions – before he won the Masters in April., 18:B - After winning the Women's Cricket World Cup final at Lord's., 19:C - The boxers who won at Wembley Stadium on 29 April 2017., 20:A - Lyon beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Women’s Champions League final., 21:D - Gyan was on loan at Al Ahbi, who are based in Dubai., 22:C - Wenger also told Arsenal fans: "I dedicate 99% of my lifetime to try to make you happy. Looking at what happened today, it is not easy.", 23:D - The John Smith's Stadium to be precise., 24:B - She said yes., 25:D - The man who sculpted Cristiano Ronaldo., 26:C - Romero wears the same gloves "for around four or five games – after that, the latex starts to go and they’re not the same, so I swap them for a fresh pair." , 27:B - 85 days with Inter and 77 days with Crystal Palace, 28:C - The four golf major winners in 2017., 29:C - This picture was taken in Barbados, not Australia. , 30:B - Real Madrid won the first five European Cups., 31:B - They became the all-time top goalscorers for an English football club., 32:C - When speaking about his decision to go back to Bayern Munich, Jupp Heynckes said: "My wife and my daughter said I should do it. My dog also barked twice, so that meant I should do it." , 33:C - Beat the Australia cricket team a Test match., 34:C - So says Gattuso, who did not deem himself fit to be compared to his former team-mate., 35:B - They qualified for the World Cup for the first time., 36:C - Martin "Wolfie" Adams., 37:B - Léo “the Earthquake” Santa Cruz defeated Carl “the Jackal” Frampton in January in Las Vegas. , 38:C - The Tour started in Germany and the Vuelta started in France., 39:B - Just before he lost against Floyd Mayweather in August., 40:B - Neither had won a major title before.

Scores

1. 40 and above.

   Incredible. You are simply incredible

2. 39 and above.

   Incredible. You are simply incredible

3. 38 and above.

   Incredible. You are simply incredible

4. 37 and above.

   Incredible. You are simply incredible

5. 36 and above.

   That's a very, very, very impressive score

6. 34 and above.

   That's a very impressive score

7. 33 and above.

   That's a very impressive score

8. 32 and above.

   That's a very impressive score

9. 35 and above.

   That's a very impressive score

10. 31 and above.

    That's a very impressive score

11. 30 and above.

    That's a very impressive score

12. 29 and above.

    More than half! Well done

13. 28 and above.

    More than half! Well done

14. 27 and above.

    More than half! Well done

15. 26 and above.

    More than half! Well done

16. 25 and above.

    More than half! Well done

17. 24 and above.

    More than half! Well done

18. 23 and above.

    More than half! Well done

19. 22 and above.

    More than half! Well done

20. 21 and above.

    More than half! Well done

21. 20 and above.

    You did OK. Better luck next year

22. 19 and above.

    You did OK. Better luck next year

23. 18 and above.

    You did OK. Better luck next year

24. 17 and above.

    You did OK. Better luck next year

25. 16 and above.

    You did OK. Better luck next year

26. 15 and above.

    Meh

27. 14 and above.

    Meh

28. 13 and above.

    Meh

29. 12 and above.

    Meh

30. 11 and above.

    Meh

31. 10 and above.

    Not great

32. 9 and above.

    Not great

33. 8 and above.

    Not great

34. 7 and above.

    Not great

35. 6 and above.

    Not great

36. 5 and above.

    Disaster

37. 4 and above.

    Disaster

38. 3 and above.

    Disaster

39. 2 and above.

    Disaster

40. 0 and above.

    Disaster

41. 1 and above.

    Disaster