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Sports quiz of the week: big waves, tough ground and the birds in the sky

<span>Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images</span>
Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images
  1. Kalju FC played Levadia in the Estonian Premier League this week. What happened 13 seconds into the match?

    1. The referee pulled his hamstring and the game had to be called off

    2. The Kalju goalkeeper walked off the field, later claiming he heard an opponent coughing

    3. The Kalju manager substituted one of his players – even though he had not touched the ball yet

    4. One of the goalposts blew over in the wind and the game was abandoned

  2. In last week’s quiz we predicted that the players at the US Open might struggle at Winged Foot golf club. How many players at the tournament finished under par?

    1. None

    2. One

    3. Two

    4. Three

  3. Tottenham will play Chelsea in the fourth round of the League Cup. How many games have Spurs played to reach the last-16?

    1. None

    2. One

    3. Two

    4. Three

  4. Why was a non-league game between Carlton Athletic and Ilkley Town interrupted for 20 minutes?

    1. Ilkley players left early as they are now in lockdown

    2. The players and officials agreed to a long half-time break so they could observe the eclipse of the moon

    3. Government rules changed during the match and the referee did not know whether they should continue

    4. An alpaca ran on to the pitch

  5. Bayern Munich won their latest trophy on Thursday night, beating Sevilla in the Super Cup in Budapest. When did Bayern last lose a game of football?

    1. March 2020

    2. January 2020

    3. December 2019

    4. October 2019

  6. The French Open begins at Roland Garros on Sunday. Rafa Nadal is the favourite to win the men’s singles tournament. If he is successful, how many grand slams will Nadal have won?

    1. 18

    2. 20

    3. 22

    4. 24

  7. Nadal, Federer and Novak Djokovic have dominated men’s tennis for a generation. When was the last time a man born outside Europe won a grand slam?

    1. 2006

    2. 2009

    3. 2012

    4. 2015

  8. Sheffield United are playing Leeds United this weekend. When was the last time the two clubs met in the Premier League?

    1. 1994

    2. 1999

    3. 2004

    4. They have never met in the Premier League.

  9. Big wave surfer Doug Falter lost his board in a wipeout in Hawaii two years ago. Where did it turn up this week?

    1. In the same beach he lost it

    2. In the Philippines

    3. In the Bermuda Triangle

    4. Bognor Regis

  10. Why did the Brazil women’s football team have to take a few minutes break during a match this week?

    1. They stopped playing as they realised the assistant referee was playing games on his phone

    2. Brazil had four players sent off, so the referee decided to give them a “time out” to calm down

    3. A parrot landed on the head of one of the players

    4. A small plane made a crash landing on the pitch

Solutions

1:C - Clubs in the league have to pick two homegrown players in their starting line-up, which may explain why the manager started a 16-year-old and then took him off before he had even touched the ball. Let’s hope the youngster gets an appearance bonus at least.⁣, 2:B - Just Bryson DeChambeau, who can drive the ball more than 400 yards., 3:A - The first round does not feature Premier League clubs. The second round does not feature clubs that are playing in Europe. And Spurs were given a bye in the third round as Leyton Orient could not fulfil the fixture after 17 of their players tested positive for Covid-19., 4:D - Oscar the alpaca’s owner later explained – and we are not making this up – that he “loves his football”. “He absolutely adores football. Any ball activity and he’s at the top of the fence and he watches from start to finish. He absolutely does enjoy his football.”, 5:C - Before you had heard of Zoom., 6:B - The same number as Roger Federer., 7:B - When Juan Martín del Potro, who was born in Argentina, won the US Open., 8:A - They did, however, play in the Championship just last year. , 9:B - The board floated for 5,000 miles before being picked up by some fishermen near the remote island of Sarangani in the southern Philippines. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Falter. “I thought it was a joke. I was certain that the board would never be found again.”, 10:C - It has been a big week for animals.

Scores

  1. 1 and above.

    Hard lines. Have a great weekend

  2. 2 and above.

    Hard lines. Have a great weekend

  3. 3 and above.

    Hard lines. Have a great weekend

  4. 4 and above.

    Hard lines. Have a great weekend

  5. 5 and above.

    A fine score. Have a great weekend

  6. 6 and above.

    A fine score. Have a great weekend

  7. 7 and above.

    A very fine score indeed. Have a great weekend

  8. 8 and above.

    A very fine score indeed. Have a great weekend

  9. 9 and above.

    A very fine score indeed. Have a great weekend

  10. 0 and above.

    Hard lines Have a great weekend

  11. 10 and above.

    A superb score. Have a great weekend