Sports quiz of the week goals, gifts, gaffes and a garden fence
over 5 years in The guardian
Who dominated the decade? Who is acing it? Who lost his way?
How did cricketer Rory Burns injure his ankle before England’s match against South Africa?
Playing cricket
Playing football
Playing touch rugby
Playing the drums
It’s the FA Cup third round this weekend. When are Saturday’s fixtures being played?
12.30pm, 3pm and 5.30pm
12.31pm, 3.01pm, 5.31pm
12.19pm, 3.19pm, 5.19pm
12.20pm, 3.20pm, 5.20pm
What will Nick Kyrgios do every time he hits an ace this month?
He will give the umpire a thumps up “as a mark of respect”
He will “count to 10 and remember how much I love tennis”
He will “pick a member of the crowd and smile at them”
He will donate $200 to people affected by the bushfires in Australia
Which footballer made the most appearances in the Premier League in the 2010s?
Petr Cech
Jordan Henderson
David Silva
Leighton Baines
There were 101,169 shots in the Premier League in the decade. What percentage of them were scored?
5.1%
10.3%
15.5%
20.7%
Peter Wright won the PDC World Darts Championship this week for the first time in his career. What is his wife’s profession?
She is a darts player and made it to the third round of the tournament
She is a darts commentator who was working on the final
She is a jeweller and had the job of engraving her husband's name on the trophy
She is a hairdresser
West Ham player Michail Antonio drove his Lamborghini through a wall and into the front garden of a house in London on Christmas Day. Why did he lose concentration at the wheel?
He was dressed as a snowman and his costume fell over his eyes
He heard on the radio that David Moyes had been appointed West Ham manager
He was following Santa’s movements around the world on an app on his phone
He was singing along to All I Want For Christmas Is You and “closed his eyes on the high notes”
The ATP Cup – a new 24-team tennis tournament – began this week in Sydney. Why did the organisers have to apologise to the Moldova team before they had even played a game?
The Australian prime minister was overheard saying “I wish I was watching Navratilova, not Moldova”
They mistakenly flew a USSR flag rather than a Moldova flag at the stadium
They played the Romanian national anthem rather than the Moldovan anthem
They booked the four players in the team into a single “family room” at a two-star hotel
David Villa, Lukas Podolski and Andrés Iniesta – three World Cup winners – won a trophy together this week in which country?
Qatar
Japan
China
Turkey
Eight players have scored more than 10 goals in the Premier League so far this season. Six of them are English. Which national teams do the other two players represent?
Egypt and Argentina
Finland and Brazil
Mexico and New Zealand
Gabon and Senegal
1 and above.
Ah well. Happy new year.
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Happy new year.
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Happy new year.
4 and above.
A solid score. You have started the new year on the right foot.
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A solid score. You have started the new year on the right foot.
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A fine score. You have started the new year with a bang.
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A great score. You have started the new year with a bang.
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A great score. You have started the new year with a bang.
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A great score. You have started the new year with a bang.
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Ah well. Happy new year.
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