Sports quiz of the week: Novak Djokovic, FA Cup and Zoe Aldcroft

1. Why was Ashley Young ‘gutted’ after Everton’s FA Cup draw with Peterborough – even though his side won 2-0?

   1. He grew up in Peterborough and wanted them to “score at least one goal”

   2. He missed two penalties in the match

   3. He thought fans ‘should have applauded more’ when he scored

   4. He did not have the opportunity to play against his son, who was on the Peterborough bench.

2. 

   The Dakar Rally started this week. Or?

   1. South America

   2. South Africa

   3. Saudi Arabia

   4. Paris

3. Exeter City have lost their last two matches 2-1 after conceding goals in stoppage time. What do the two late goals have in common?

   1. They were both scored from the halfway line

   2. They were both marked by opposing goalkeepers

   3. They were both scored by the same player

   4. They were both overhead kicks

4. 

   Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy launched a new golf tournament in Florida this week. What’s new in the event?

   1. It is played over 54 holes in Saudi Arabia

   2. It’s a crazy golf tournament for professionals

   3. It takes place inside

   4. It’s like the Ryder Cup but, rather than USA versus Europe, it’s Asia versus Africa.

5. Wolves player Matheus Cunha has been banned for two matches for his part in a fight with an Ipswich steward. He would have been suspended three games but…

   1. …the authorities decided that it was the steward who started

   2. …he agreed to buy the steward a new pair of glasses

   3. …the punch he threw at the steward missed

   4. …he gave his car to the steward to say sorry

6. 

   Arsenal had 23 shots against Newcastle in midweek but scored none. According to Mikel Arteta, what was partly to blame for their poor finishing?

   1. Sub-zero temperatures in London on Tuesday evening

   2. The off-putting noise of 7,400 away supporters

   3. The new jerseys worn by the Arsenal players that evening

   4. The ball used in the Coupe de la Ligue

7. Milan’s new manager, Sérgio Conceição, has only been in charge for two matches and he has already…

   1. …was sacked

   2. …won a trophy

   3. … recruited 11 new players

   4. …was banned from the sidelines for 10 games

8. 

   The Women’s Ashes begin this weekend in Australia. What happened the last time the teams met, in 2023?

   1. England won 5-0

   2. Australia won 5-0

   3. It ended in a draw so Australia retained the Ashes

   4. There was so much rain that the series was “canceled”

9. What “trophy” is awarded to the winners of the Women’s Ashes?

   1. A £50 note that English players won in a bet during the first series in 1934.

   2. A wooden cricket ball containing the ashes of a cricket bat

   3. A small statue of the explorer James Cook

   4. A suitcase full of money

10. 

    Lewis Hamilton celebrated his 40th birthday this week. Who was the last driver to win an F1 race in their 40s?

    1. Michael Schumacher

    2. Nigel Mansell

    3. Niki Lauda

    4. This has never been done

11. There will be a few FA Cup third round derbies this weekend. What equality do clubs based just five miles from each other present?

    1. Leeds v Harrogate Town

    2. Manchester City vs Salford City

    3. Fulham v Watford

    4. Liverpool v Accrington Stanley

12. 

    Novak Djokovic aims to become the oldest Grand Slam singles champion in history at the Australian Open. Who is the youngest Grand Slam winner, having won the Australian Open at 16?

    1. Boris Becker

    2. Novak Djokovic

    3. Martina Hingis

    4. Maria Sharapova

13. What do the Birmingham, Bristol City, Newcastle and Southampton women’s teams offer fans for the rest of the season?

    1. Free tickets for every championship match

    2. A free Big Mac for every fan arriving one hour before kickoff

    3. The possibility of drinking alcohol in the stands while watching their matches

    4. A free replica shirt for every season ticket holder who brings three friends

14. 

    Zoe Aldcroft is the new captain of the England women’s rugby team. What lucky charm does she bring to each match?

    1. A £20 note she found in the street on her debut day in England

    2. A knitted Jonny Wilkinson doll

    3. A framed photo of her posing with David Beckham

    4. The scarf she wore to her first rugby match as a child

15. Tottenham travel to Tamworth this weekend in the FA Cup. Where will the game be played?

    1. The sheep’s land

    2. Ground Lamb

    3. The cow land

    4. The pigs’ land

Solutions

1:D – Ashley Young said lining up against her son Tyler would “surpass anything in my career.” Unfortunately for the Young family, Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson – who won a Premier League medal while being picked by his father Alex – was not as sentimental. “I have to do what I think is best for the team,” Ferguson said. “We are not a charity.”, 2:C – The Dakar Rally started as a race from Paris to Dakar – hence the name – but has evolved in recent years. Saudi Arabia have hosted the last five editions., 3:C – Aaron Morley scored a late winner for Wycombe, then returned from loan to do the same for Bolton. Maybe Exeter should sign him.,4:C – McIlroy says they are “bringing golf into the 21st century”. Woods went even further, saying the new concept “takes golf to another stratosphere.”, 5:B – The disciplinary commission was impressed by his kind offer and “sincere” apology., 6:D – Only three of Arsenal’s 23 shots were on target. “We sent a lot of balls over the bar and that ball flies a lot,” Arteta said after the 2-0 defeat. “It’s just very different from the Premier League ball, and you have to adapt to it because it flies differently. When you touch it, the grip is also very different.”, 7:B – Milan won the Supercoppa Italiana this week after beating Juventus in the semi-final and Inter in the final. However, it wasn’t all plain sailing for Conceição: he was so angry with his team during the Inter match that he smashed a television in their dressing room at half-time. In the end, everything went well., 8:C – The series, which lasts almost a month, is played across all three formats: a one-off Test, three T20s and three one-day internationals, with various points assigned. for each game. Last time the teams drew 8-8., 9:B – A miniature cricket bat was signed by English and Australian players and then burned, with the ashes then placed in a ball of hollow cricket carved from a 300 year old yew tree. TREE. Yes, really., 10:B – Mansell was 41 when he won the Australian Grand Prix in 1994. He is, however, not the oldest winner of all time – Luigi Fagioli was 53 when he won the French Grand Prix in 1951., 11:B – The Salford players do not need to go far to reach the Etihad., 12: C – Hingis won three Australian Open singles titles as a teenager, in 1997, 1998 and 1999., 13:C – Consumption of alcohol in view of the court is prohibited in the top five men’s leagues in English football, but clubs say the law does not apply to women’s matches.,14:B – “This is a bit silly,” Aldcroft said in an interview a few years ago years. “I have a little knitted Jonny Wilkinson doll. My friend’s grandmother knitted it for me when I first started playing and every time I play, I just have it at the bottom of my bag. I don’t never go out or anything. I just have it at the bottom of my bag. But I always carry it with me.”, 15:B – Tamworth Stadium is built on a former pig farm, but it. is called Lamb Ground because of the Lamb Inn pub nearby – where the players used to change before matches.

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