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Sports quiz of the week: Six Nations, stadiums, Simona Halep and speed

<span>Luke Littler, Simona Halep, Abdoulaye Doucouré.</span><span>Composite: Shutterstock, AP, Getty</span>
Luke Littler, Simona Halep, Abdoulaye Doucouré.Composite: Shutterstock, AP, Getty
  1. Who were the only team not to score a try in the opening weekend of the Six Nations?

    1. Scotland

    2. Wales

    3. Italy

    4. England

  2. Warrington Wolves will rename their ground The Luke Littler Stadium for their first home match of the Super League season. What is the ground usually called?

    1. The Bunton Jones Stadium

    2. The Brown Jones Stadium

    3. The Chisholm Jones Stadium

    4. The Halliwell Jones Stadium

  3. There were just 10.18 seconds on the clock when Abdoulaye Doucouré opened the scoring for Everton against Leicester on Saturday. Who holds the record for scoring the fastest goal in the Premier League, having found the net after just 7.69 seconds?

    1. Sadio Mané

    2. Teddy Sheringham

    3. Shane Long

    4. Ledley King

  4. What did the tennis player Danielle Collins do this week that fulfilled a promise she made during the Australian Open?

    1. She spent a week working as an umpire

    2. She went to a Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

    3. She went on a five-star holiday to the Bahamas

    4. She gave a fan a one-on-one coaching session

  5. Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 40th birthday this week. How many goals did he score in his thirties?

    1. 280

    2. 370

    3. 460

    4. 550

  6. Which song was played over the speakers in the Emirates after Arsenal’s 5-1 win against Manchester City?

    1. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue by Bob Dylan

    2. You Need to Calm Down by Taylor Swift

    3. Decline & Fall by the Manic Street Preachers

    4. Humble by Kendrick Lamar

  7. On the subject of music, where is Kendrick Lamar performing on Sunday?

    1. New Orleans

    2. New York

    3. New Haven

    4. New Delhi

  8. The game on Sunday is Super Bowl LIX. Translated from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals, that means it is Super Bowl ...

    1. 39

    2. 59

    3. 71

    4. 99

  9. There were four League Cup semi-finals this week. Newcastle and Liverpool have reached the men’s final. Which two clubs are through to the women’s final?

    1. Chelsea and Manchester City

    2. Manchester City and West Ham

    3. Newcastle and Liverpool

    4. Arsenal and Tottenham

  10. Claressa Shields beat Danielle Perkins at the weekend to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Why was her victory so remarkable?

    1. She was knocked down three times in the first round but came back and won by knockout in the second round

    2. She became the only boxer in history to have won all four world titles in three weight classes

    3. She had not fought in four years

    4. She is 43 years old

  11. Australia have retained the Women’s Ashes. What was the final score in the series?

    1. 3-3

    2. 5-0

    3. 4-2

    4. 16-0

  12. Where was this photograph taken?

    1. Zagreb

    2. Bern

    3. Copenhagen

    4. Oslo

  13. Simona Halep has retired from tennis. She is the only player from which country to have won a Wimbledon singles title?

    1. Czech Republic

    2. Romania

    3. Ukraine

    4. Bulgaria

  14. Marcelo has retired from football. The Brazilian is best known for his time at Real Madrid – where he won La Liga six times and the Champions League five times – but where did he start and finish his career?

    1. Flamengo

    2. Fluminense

    3. Fortaleza

    4. Formosa

  15. Which football team started the season with 10 wins in their first 11 games but have not won any of their 14 games since then?

    1. Aberdeen

    2. Juventus

    3. Brest

    4. Real Betis

Solutions

1:B - Wales were thumped 43-0 by France in Paris. They’re off to Rome this weekend so will be expecting an upturn in form., 2:D - Littler, a lifelong Warrington fan, will lead the team out before the match. “It’s an absolute honour and I can’t thank the club enough,” says the darts world champion. “It’s a dream come true that the club I’ve been a fan of since I was young has decided to name the stadium after me for a night.” In case you were wondering, Halliwell Jones is a car dealership in the north of England., 3:C - The game finished 1-1: Long gave Southampton the lead in the first minute and Watford equalised in the 90th minute., 4:C - After being booed by fans at the Australian Open, Collins said: "Every person that’s bought a ticket to come out here and heckle me, it’s all going towards the Danielle Collins Fund. Me and my group of girlfriends love a five-star vacation. I can guarantee you that paycheck is going towards our next five-star trip, hopefully to the Bahamas. We like big boats, we like yachts. We’ll post about it, let you guys know how it goes." True to her word, she posted pictures from the Bahamas this week., 5:C - Ronaldo scored more goals in his thirties (460) than his twenties (440)., 6:D - Erling Haaland’s advice to Mikel Arteta to “stay humble” has come back to bite him., 7:A - He is the main attraction at the Super Bowl half-time show., 8:B - LIX = L + IX = 50 + 9 = 59. , 9:A - Chelsea have reached six straight finals (although they have lost the last three). , 10:B - Shields is the only boxer, female or male, to have won all four world titles – WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO – in three different weight classes: heavyweight, middleweight and light-middleweight. She is also a two-time Olympic champion. And she's undefeated as a professional., 11:D - The teams only played seven times but England somehow managed to lose 16-0., 12:C - Denmark won the Handball World Cup this week. There was a huge turnout for their victory parade in Copenhagen. , 13:B - Ilie Nastase came close. He reached two finals in the 1970s but lost them both., 14:B - He won 58 caps for Brazil. Legend. , 15:A - Their form this season is bizarre: WWWWWWDWWWLDDLDLLLLLDLLL.

Scores

  1. 1 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

  2. 2 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

  3. 3 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

  4. 4 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

  5. 5 and above.

    Not bad, not bad at all.

  6. 6 and above.

    Not bad, not bad at all.

  7. 7 and above.

    Not bad, not bad at all.

  8. 8 and above.

    Not bad, not bad at all.

  9. 9 and above.

    That's a great score. Have a good weekend

  10. 10 and above.

    That's a superb score. Have a good weekend

  11. 11 and above.

    That's a superb score. Have a great weekend

  12. 12 and above.

    That's a superb score. Have a great weekend

  13. 13 and above.

    That's a superb score. Have a great weekend

  14. 14 and above.

    That's a superb score. Have a great weekend

  15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

  16. 15 and above.

    That's a superb score. Have a great weekend