Sports quiz of the week: Australian Open, NFL and England Cricket Woe

1. New Manchester City Signing Abdukodir Khusanov is the first Premier League player from which country?

   1. Albania

   2. Armenia

   3. Kazakhstan

   4. Uzbekistan

2. Who said the following? “It’s my job to say something that needs to be better and I did that. The way I have been treated since then has been completely unfair.

   1. Andy Murray

   2. Alex Hartley

   3. Paul Scholes

   4. Tim Henman

3. Luke Littler turned 18 this week. Which of these top PDC titles still has the darting superstar?

   1. Grand Slam of Darts

   2. World Matchplay

   3. Premier League Darts

   4. World Darts Championship

4. Why did Novak Djokovic briefly boycott his on-court interviews at the Australian Open this week?

   1. Andy Murray, Djokovic’s new coach, was stalked by fans outside their hotel

   2. Tournament director Craig Tiley did not allow Djokovic’s family to take their usual seats before one of his matches

   3. A journalist from Channel Nine, an Australian television network, ‘moked’ Serbian fans and ‘made insulting and offensive comments’

   4. One of its sponsors raised concerns that a rival company’s logo featured prominently during on-field interviews

5. How much is Ferrari paying Lewis Hamilton, 40, a childhood fan of the Italian team, to drive for them for the next two F1 seasons?

   1. Nothing

   2. £10m

   3. £100m

   4. £500m

6. How did Buffalo Bills fans react after Baltimore’s Mark Andrews gave up a crucial late catch in their NFL playoff game?

   1. They unofficially renamed their position after him

   2. They built a giant snow statue of him outside the stadium

   3. They raised $80,000 for charity in his name

   4. They gave him free chicken wings for life

7. Who is currently the top scorer in the EFL Championship?

   1. Borja Sainz (Norwich)

   2. Emmanuel Latte Lath (Middlesbrough)

   3. Josh Maja (West Brom)

   4. Joel Piroe (Leeds)

8. 

   Where in the world was this photo taken?

   1. Beijing

   2. Budapest

   3. Seoul

   4. Turin

9. In the NHL, who does Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson blame after giving up a goal in Edmonton?

   1. A new custom visor that prevented him from seeing the puck clearly

   2. A tray of nachos that were thrown onto the ice by fans

   3. The official Oilers mascot, Hunter, dancing behind his goal

   4. A distracting McDonalds ad on the arena’s big screen

10. Aryna Sabalenka faces Madison Keys in the Australian Open final, aiming to become the first woman to win three titles in a row in Melbourne since…?

    1. Martina Hingis

    2. MONICA SALTS

    3. Serena Williams

    4. Steffi Graf

11. Olympic silver medalist Laura Muir announced which BBC athletics expert as new coach?

    1. Denise Lewis

    2. Jessica Ennis Hill

    3. Michael Johnson

    4. Steve Cram

12. Manchester City host Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday evening. What outcome is most common in the previous 179 club meetings?

    1. Manchester City victory

    2. Draw

    3. Chelsea Win

13. India’s men beat England by seven wickets with 43 balls to spare in their maiden T20 Cricket defeat, England’s heaviest in terms of balls remaining. What was notable about the match?

    1. This was Brendon McCullum’s first match as England White-Ball coach

    2. It was Brendon McCullum’s last match as England white-ball coach

    3. The match was played in 42°C heat

    4. England’s Phil Salt, Ben Duckett and Jos Buttler were all out for Golden Ducks

14. Randal Kolo Muani joined Juventus this week on loan from PSG. How many league goals has he scored for the French club since his €80m move from Eintracht Frankfurt in September 2023?

    1. Zero

    2. Eight

    3. 15

    4. 33

15. Finally, which non-league football team became the first club in England to wear sponsored shirts on this day in 1976?

    1. Bath City

    2. Hereford United

    3. Town of Kettering

    4. Yeovil Town

Solutions

1:D – The goal defender’s arrival means 126 different countries have been represented in the Premier League., 2:B – The former England cricketer and BBC pundit says she has received ‘cold shoulder’ from former teammates after raising concerns about their fitness.,3:B – Littler won the other three titles in the last 12 months, but exited the July match event in the first round, losing to Michael Van Gerwen., 4:C – Tony Jones, a veteran journalist for Channel Nine, later apologized after singing to fans in the stands: “Novak, he’s overrated. Novak is a has-been. Novak kicks him out. Boy, I’m glad they can’t hear me.” Unfortunately for him, Djokovic could.,5:C – Hamilton will be paid around £100 million in his new two-year deal, similar to the £50 million he earned in his final year with Mercedes. Nice work if you can get it.,6:C – Andrews has type 1 diabetes and has previously raised money for research into the condition; A Bills Fan page aimed to raise $5,000 as a gesture of support, but has already raised 16 times that amount, 7:A – Sainz has scored 15 goals for the Canaries, who sit 12th in the table. Maja has 12, batten lath 11; Piroe is the only player at one of the league’s top four clubs to reach double figures.,8:D – The Italian city is hosting the FISU World University Winter Games this month; Next year the Winter Olympics will be held in Milan.,9:B – ‘I’ve never seen it before. Obviously I have to play the whistle. This one’s on me,’ said Thompson, who made 30 saves with no snacks involved as Washington won 3-2. 10: A – Hingis won the title in 1997, 1998 and 1999; Seles completed her hat-trick in 1993, with Graf Three-Repating in 1990. Serena Williams has won seven Australian Open titles, but never three in a row.,11:D – Team GB rider will work with Cram – ‘someone’ one who has commentated on virtually every major race of my career and ran quite well over 1500m’ – and his former competitor Laura Weightman., 12:C – Chelsea have won 71 matches to City’s 67, with 41 finishing all-square., 13:A – “I’m desperate that we play a really watchable brand of cricket,” McCullum said this weekend. “With the talent we have, there’s no reason we can’t.” Clearly there is work to be done.,14:B – The striker has fallen out of favor with Luis Enrique, but is likely to return to PSG in the summer as Juventus do not have a strike clause. purchase in deal.,15:C – Club managing director Derek Dougan agreed deal with Kettering tires, which first featured on Poppies’ shirts against Bath in a Championship match from the South. They were fined by the FA, but a decade later almost every top team had a shirt sponsor.

Scores

1. 0 and above.

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