1. Keely Hodgkinson was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year this week. Who was the last female track and field winner to take home the award before her?

   1. Jessica Ennis-Hill

   2. Kelly Holmes

   3. Liz McColgan

   4. Paula Radcliffe

2. Hodgkinson’s next target is to break the indoor women’s 800m world record in February. Which of the following is true in relation to the current mark?

   1. It is faster than the outdoor world record

   2. It was set on the day Hodgkinson was born

   3. The track it was run on was destroyed by fire soon after

   4. Four women went below the previous record in the same race

3. Ravichandran Ashwin retired from international cricket this week as seventh in the list of all-time Test wicket-takers. Which three English county teams has he played for?

   1. Yorkshire, Essex and Northamptonshire

   2. Lancashire, Glamorgan and Sussex

   3. Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire and Surrey

   4. Gloucestershire, Durham and Warwickshire

4. The Carabao Cup quarter-finals this week featured eight Premier League teams. Who were the last club from outside the top flight to win the trophy?

   1. Birmingham City

   2. Sheffield Wednesday

   3. Swansea City

   4. Swindon Town

5. Tyson Fury hopes to avenge defeat by Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch on Saturday. What was the result of their first fight in May?

   1. Usyk won by knockout in round five

   2. Usyk won by knockout in round nine

   3. Usyk won on points, unanimous decision

   4. Usyk won on points, split decision

6. Grinches of the week: the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets have come under fire for presenting a young fan with a Christmas gift, only for it to be taken away off camera. What was the gift?

   1. PlayStation 5

   2. VIP season tickets

   3. A trip to Disneyland

   4. A signed Hornets jersey

7. Chelsea have topped their Women’s Champions League group after a 2-1 comeback win against Real Madrid with Catarina Macario scoring two penalties. Which Madrid player conceded both spot kicks?

   1. Caroline Weir

   2. Filippa Angeldahl

   3. Linda Caicedo

   4. Olga Carmona

8. Where in the world was this picture taken?

   1. Las Vegas

   2. London

   3. Milwaukee

   4. Oklahoma City

9. The trophy awarded to Nigel Mansell for winning the 1992 Portuguese Grand Prix was sold at auction last week. What was the price when the auctioneer’s hammer fell?

   1. £1,500

   2. £15,000

   3. £150,000

   4. £1,500,000

10. Rocky Flintoff has been called up by his father, Andrew Flintoff, for the England Lions squad touring Australia next month. How old is Flintoff Jr?

    1. 16

    2. 18

    3. 21

    4. 24

11. The Netherlands’ Christian Kist hit the first nine-darter of this year’s PDC world championship in his first-round match against Madars Razma. What is Kist’s nickname?

    1. Double Dutch

    2. The Lipstick

    3. The Preacher Man

    4. Kist of Death

12. Which African country announced this week it is bidding to host a Formula One grand prix?

    1. Egypt

    2. Kenya

    3. Rwanda

    4. South Africa

13. Who said the following this week? “This job is the hardest job now in any walk of life ... very few are going to come out of it without any scars”

    1. Ange Postecoglou

    2. Ben Stokes

    3. Lewis Hamilton

    4. Ronnie O’Sullivan

14. World welterweight champion Lauren Price has announced a unification bout at the Royal Albert Hall in March. Who will she fight?

    1. Natasha Jonas

    2. Mikaela Mayer

    3. Bexcy Mateus

    4. Ivana Habazin

15. Finally, happy birthday to Ashley Cole, who turns 44 today. Regarded as one of the great modern full-backs, goals weren’t Cole’s forte – but who did he score most often for?

    1. Arsenal

    2. Chelsea

    3. LA Galaxy

    4. England

Solutions

1:B - Holmes won in 2004 after earning two gold medals at the Athens Olympics. Ennis-Hill came second in 2012 and third in 2015, 2:B - Jolanda Ceplak’s record of 1:55.82 was set on 3 March 2002 – the day Keely Hodgkinson was born, 3:C - Ashwin made his county debut for Worcestershire in 2017, later playing for Notts and Surrey, 4:B - John Sheridan got the winner in the 1991 final as second-tier Wednesday shocked Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United at Wembley, 5:D - Fury was knocked down in round nine but went the distance before losing a split 2-1 decision on the scorecards, 6:A - The Hornets issued a public apology after the console was replaced by a signed jersey out of shot, accepting the skit had “missed the mark” and pledging to give the boy the PS5 he was promised. His bemused uncle said: “They should have just given him a jersey on the court in the first place. He would’ve been thrilled”, 7:D - It was a night to forget for the Real Madrid captain. Her first mistake was tripping Macario in the box before she accidentally handled the ball five minutes later, 8:A - The NBA Cup finals concluded in Sin City this week, with the Milwaukee Bucks beating the Oklahoma City Thunder in the championship game to win the mid-season tournament, 9:B - The estimated price prior to bidding had been £10,000-£15,000. A host of items went unsold in the From The Pit Lane auction, including a 2007 helmet worn by Jenson Button and one of Lance Stroll’s race suits., 10:A - Rocky, born in 2008, was handed his first professional contract by Lancashire in August, 11:B - Coined by Bobby George, it’s a play on his surname and his habit of hitting treble 20s, aka “the lipstick”. No, us neither. Anyway, Kist went on to lose the match, but will pocket £60,000 regardless, 12:C - The country’s president, Paul Kagame, announced plans to build a circuit near Kigali’s new airport during the FIA’s general assembly, which was held in the Rwandan capital this year, 13:A - The Tottenham manager reckons Premier League management is tougher than being prime minister because “we have an election every week”, 14:A - The British rivals will contest two title belts after Price beat Colombia’s Bexcy Mateus and Jonas defeated Ivana Habazin in Liverpool last weekend. The winner is likely to face Mayer for the undisputed title, 15:A - The left-back scored eight times for Arsenal in 156 appearances, and seven for Chelsea in 229 games. Cole got three goals in 89 games for LA Galaxy – and never scored for England in 107 caps

Scores

1. 0 and above.

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