Sports quiz of the week: Super Bowl, Six Nations and a shambolic show

1. There will be 25,000 fans at the Super Bowl on Sunday (and 30,000 cardboard cutouts), making it the smallest ever attendance at a Super Bowl. What is the highest ever attendance?

   1. 91,654

   2. 103,985

   3. 176,222

   4. 222,543

2. Manchester United beat Southampton 9-0 this week, equalling the record they already share with Leicester City for the biggest win in Premier League history. What is the all-time record for the top flight?

   1. 10-0, held by Sunderland

   2. 12-0, held jointly by West Brom and Nottingham Forest

   3. 15-0, held by Liverpool

   4. 18-0, held by Charlton Athletic

3. Seven United players were on the scoresheet in their 9-0 win over Southampton. For which other club have seven players scored in a single Premier League game?

   1. Leicester City

   2. Portsmouth

   3. Chelsea

   4. It has never happened before

4. Jan Bednarek did not have the greatest of nights in that 9-0 defeat. Which of these things did he not do?

   1. Pick up a yellow card

   2. Get sent off

   3. Give away a penalty

   4. Score an own goal

5. Scotland are playing England at Twickenham in the Six Nations this weekend. Which music format was introduced in Europe in the month Scotland last beat England at Twickenham?

   1. Vinyl

   2. Cassette tape

   3. Compact discs

   4. Digital downloads

6. Why was Corentin Tolisso missing from the Bayern Munich team for their game against Hoffenheim this week?

   1. The game was an early kick-off and he slept in

   2. He went skiing in nearby Liechtenstein and had to quarantine for 14 days upon returning to Germany

   3. He was injured during a snowball fight in training

   4. He posted a photo of his new tattoo on social media and the club dropped him for breaking lockdown restrictions

7. Manchester City are playing Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday. Which former Liverpool player scored the winning goal the last time City beat Liverpool at Anfield?

   1. Robbie Fowler

   2. Steve McManaman

   3. Nicolas Anelka

   4. Raheem Sterling

8. Pep Guardiola has never won at Anfield – not even as a player. His only game at Anfield in his playing career, the Uefa Cup semi-final in 2001, ended in a 1-0 defeat for Barcelona. Who scored Liverpool’s winning goal? Clue: it was a penalty and he also scored a penalty in the final.

   1. Steven Gerrard

   2. Gary McAllister

   3. Michael Owen

   4. Robbie Fowler

9. Live cricket is back on terrestrial TV in the UK for the first time since the Ashes was shown on Channel 4 in 2005. England won that series in the second week of September. What was the most watched TV show on Channel 4 that week?

   1. The Ashes

   2. Channel 4 News

   3. Supernanny

   4. Location, Location, Location

10. What unlikely double did the Bristol City women’s team pull off this week?

    1. They bought a player on deadline day and sold her for two hours later for double the price

    2. They took a gambling company's logo off their shirt and started advertising a gambling charity instead

    3. They reached a cup final and won their first league game all season

    4. They won a home game 8-0 and lost an away game 8-0

Solutions

1:B - The best attended Super Bowl was held in 1980 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the only stadium in the world that has hosted a World Cup final, a Women’s World Cup final and an Olympic football final., 2:B - West Brom set the record in 1892 and Forest equalled it in 1909., 3:C - Fernando Torres, David Luiz, Branislav Ivanovic, Frank Lampard, Ramires, Oscar and Eden Hazard were all on the scoresheet when Chelsea beat Aston Villa 8-0 in 2012., 4:A - Bednarek became the first player in Premier League history to achieve the unlikely hat-trick of being sent off, giving away a penalty and scoring an own goal in a single match. , 5:C - CDs went on sale in Europe and the US in March 1983, around the time Scotland beat England 22-12 in the Five Nations. Scotland have played at Twickenham 18 times since then without winning any of them., 6:D - "We won’t tolerate violations like this," said Bayern. "We will therefore hand Corentin Tolisso a heavy fine, which will be donated to charity.", 7:C - City have not won at Anfield since April 2003. Milan Baros gave the hosts the lead but Anelka scored twice to give City a 2-1 win., 8:B - Pepe Reina was in goal – for Barcelona., 9:C - At no point that summer was the Ashes the most watched broadcast on Channel 4. In the week the first Test began, the coverage was only the 16th most popular broadcast. Episodes of Big Brother took the top seven positions in the charts., 10:C - Bristol City will play Chelsea in the Women’s League Cup final in March.

Scores

1. 3 and above.

   Not bad. Have a good weekend

2. 4 and above.

   A decent score. Have a great weekend

3. 5 and above.

   A decent score. Have a great weekend

4. 6 and above.

   A fine score. Have a great weekend

5. 7 and above.

   A fine score. Have a great weekend

6. 8 and above.

   A fantastic score. Have a great weekend

7. 9 and above.

   A fantastic score. Have a great weekend

8. 10 and above.

   A perfect 10. Fantastic. Have a great weekend

9. 2 and above.

   Not to worry. Have a good weekend

10. 0 and above.

    Not to worry. Have a good weekend

11. 1 and above.

    Not to worry. Have a good weekend