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Sergio Ramos scored his seventeenth goal in the Champions League this week, becoming the most productive defender in the history of the competition. Who is the second best scoring defender in the Champions League?
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Roberto Carlos
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Ronald Koeman
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Pepe
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Gerard Pique
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Mary Earps is the favorite to win this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. She is shortlisted alongside Stuart Broad, Frankie Dettori, Alfie Hewett, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Rory McIlroy. It was a big week for Earps. Why else was she in the spotlight?
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She has signed for Manchester City
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She stars in the new John Lewis Christmas advert
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Her England shirt went on sale – and sold out within five minutes
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She sang guest vocals on the song that is expected to become Christmas number 1
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Aston Villa has won its last fifteen home games in the Premier League. They have just beaten the clubs that finished first and second last season – Manchester City and Arsenal – to become third in the table. When was the last time they won the top flight?
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The 2000s
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The nineties
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The eighties
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The seventies
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What household appliance did snooker player Kyren Wilson use during a tournament in Swansea?
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A stepladder
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An oven glove
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An iron
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A spatula
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Andy Farrell has extended his contract and will lead Ireland at the next Rugby World Cup. Where did he get his first coaching job?
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England
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Wigan
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Saracens
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Castleford
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Santos will not play with a number 10 shirt next season. Why?
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They say the “crown of history” weighs too heavily on every player who wears the shirt and therefore no longer has a number 10
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They have been relegated and do not want to associate Pelé’s number with the second division
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Every Santos player will wear number 10 next year as a sign of respect for Pelé
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Pelé family says they have trademarked his No. 10 shirt and Santos must pay to wear it
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Sean Dyche returns to Burnley as manager of Everton this weekend. There is a pub in Burnley named after him. What is it called?
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The Sean (formerly The Swan)
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The worm and the mouth
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The Royal Dyche
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The rising Sean
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Eddie Jones has taken over as Japan rugby manager for the second time. He was team boss at the Rugby World Cup in England in 2015. How far did Japan go in that tournament?
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They were eliminated in the group stage
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They reached the quarter-finals
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They reached the semi-finals
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They reached the final
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The World Darts Championship starts this weekend. Which player has already won three majors this year (the Players Championship, World Grand Prix and Grand Slam)?
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Michael van Gerwen
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Luke Humphries
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Fallon Sherrock
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Lucas Kleiner
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FC Copenhagen reached the knockout stages of the Champions League after finishing above Galatasaray and Manchester United in their group. How did the club celebrate in the stadium?
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They organized a Metallica concert after the match (as their drummer Lars Ulrich is a big fan)
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They gave free beer to the fans in the stadium
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The team captain led a rendition of the Danish national anthem after the match
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They made every ticket for their last 16 home games free
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How many of the sixteen teams still playing in the Champions League this season also reached the knockout stages last year?
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15
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12
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9
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6
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Golden State Warriors player Draymond Green has been banned “indefinitely” by the NBA after punching Jusuf Nurkic in the face. Green protested his innocence, saying…
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“I tried to swat a fly”
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“I didn’t mean to hit him.”
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“I waved to my wife in the crowd”
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“He dared me to hit him”
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The NFL will play five games on the road next year, visiting three countries: England, Germany and…
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Argentina
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Brazil
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Scotland
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Wales
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Cricketer Usman Khawaja was forced to change part of his kit for Australia’s match against Pakistan this week. What happened?
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He had to sand his bat because it was too long
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He was not allowed to wear new ‘eco-friendly’ gloves because of their bright design
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He was not allowed to wear a pair of shoes because they were considered ‘political’
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He wasn’t allowed to wear sunglasses because his coach said he had to “be able to look into the eyes of my players.”
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La Rochelle have won the Rugby European Champions Cup for the past two years in a row, but they were beaten in their first game of the competition this season – by which club?
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Leicester Tigers
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Leinster
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Stormers
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Munster
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Solutions
1:D – Ramos has scored 140 goals in his career. His final summary summed him up well: he scored a stunning Panenka-style penalty for Sevilla in the Champions League and was then booked for kicking the opposition goalkeeper as he collected the ball from the net., 2:C – Nike initially decided not to release a ball replica version of the England goalkeeper kit. They then released a batch, which sold out within hours, and then a second batch, which sold out within minutes., 3:C – Villa won the league in 1981 and followed it up by winning the European Cup the following season win., 4 :B – Between quotes that raise more questions than answers, he said: “The kitchen was kind enough to lend it to me. I thought, this event is so much fun. I got him out when I won the frame. If I had had to win it, I wouldn’t have gotten it out. Everyone wants a good time, it’s the weekend, so why not take it outside? Listen, it’s Friday, we all want to have a good time, so I’m just enjoying myself.”, 5:C – Farrell started out in rugby league, playing for Wigan, England and Great Britain before moving to the union at Saracens, where he played and coached., 6:B – “Until Santos is back in Série A, we will not play with the number 10 shirt,” the club said. “We will be back in the top division. Until then, we won’t be wearing our most glorious shirt.”, 7:C – According to its own website, the pub is “just a goal kick away from Turf Moor” and is the “best place to be for all Clarets fans”. , 8:A – Japan pulled off a sensational upset at the tournament by beating South Africa in Brighton, but they failed to progress from the group. South Africa finished third. , 9:B – Humphries has never won the major, but he is the pre-tournament favorite. , 10:B – There were 34,726 fans in attendance., 11:C – Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Manchester City, PSG, Bayern Munich, Napoli, Inter and Porto., 12:B – Nurkic didn’t buy it : “ Personally, I feel like that brother needs help,” said the Phoenix Suns player. “I’m glad he didn’t try to strangle me.” , 13:B – It will be the NFL’s first trip to South America. , 14:C – Khawaja had the words “all lives are equal” and “freedom is a human right” written on his boots, but cricket authorities told him not to wear them because players are not allowed to promote political causes on the field., 15 :B – The win in France gave Leinster some revenge as they were the team that defeated La Rochelle in the final and won two trophies.
Scores
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1 and higher.
Oh yeah. Better luck next week.
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2 and higher.
Oh yeah. Better luck next week.
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3 and above.
Oh yeah. Better luck next week.
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4 and higher.
Oh yeah. Better luck next week.
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5 and higher.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
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6 and above.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
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7 and higher.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
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8 and above.
That’s a fantastic score. Good weekend.
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9 and above.
That’s a fantastic score. Good weekend.
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10 and above.
That’s a fantastic score. Nice weekend.
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11 and above.
That’s a fantastic score. Nice weekend.
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12 and above.
That’s a fantastic score. Nice weekend.
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13 and above.
That’s a fantastic score. Nice weekend.
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14 and above.
That’s a fantastic score. Nice weekend.
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0 and higher.
Oh yeah. Better luck next week.
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15 and above.
That’s a fantastic score. Nice weekend.