Sports quiz of the week: London Marathon, FA Cup and Olympic teams

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  1. Chelsea and Manchester City meet in the FA Cup semi-finals on Saturday. How many times have they contested the cup final?

    1. Never

    2. Three times

    3. Six times

    4. Eight times

  2. Coventry will face Manchester United in the other semi-final. Mark Robins won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 1990, the year his third-round goal would save Alex Ferguson’s job. Who did he score that goal against?

    1. Coventry city

    2. Nottingham forest

    3. Liverpool

    4. Watford

  3. Ludvig Åberg finished second in the Masters on Sunday, which was a sensational achievement considering it was his first time participating in the tournament. Who was the last golfer to win Augusta in his Masters debut?

    1. Tiger Woods

    2. Vague Zoeller

    3. Jordan Spieth

    4. It’s never happened before

  4. Chinese runner He Jie won the Beijing half marathon on Sunday. Why is his victory under investigation?

    1. A rival runner says He Jie wore a “jetpack device” that pushed him forward

    2. Three other athletes ran alongside him throughout the race, but slowed down near the finish and gestured for him to cross the tape first

    3. Another runner says He Jie tripped him on a quiet part of the course

    4. A rival runner claims his identical twin brother ran half the race ahead of him

  5. Which club has reached the Women’s FA Cup final for the first time in their history?

    1. Everton

    2. Tottenham

    3. Leicester city

    4. Luton town

  6. Bayer Leverkusen has won the German league title for the first time in their 119-year history. How many clubs have won the Bundesliga (since its founding in 1963)?

    1. Seven

    2. 13

    3. 20

    4. 25

  7. Organizers of the London Marathon expect Sunday’s race to set a new world record for the amount of money raised for charity in one day. What is the current record?

    1. £10 million

    2. £33 million

    3. £66 million

    4. £100 million

  8. Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a car crash in February, won the men’s marathon race last year, setting a new course record in London. What was his time?

    1. 1:59:58

    2. 2:01:25

    3. 2:03:12

    4. 2:04:54

  9. Which former footballer from Brazil signed up as a player for America-RJ, the club he now manages in Rio de Janeiro, so that he could “fulfill another dream, playing with my son”?

    1. Romario

    2. Ronaldo

    3. Cafe

    4. Bebeto

  10. Boban Marjanović deliberately missed a free throw in the NBA game between the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers this week. Why?

    1. His team wants to finish lower in the rankings to guarantee a better draft pick next year

    2. His team won by a huge margin and he didn’t want to ’embarrass’ the opposition

    3. So fans in the arena would win free chicken

    4. He used his free throw to throw the ball to a fan in the crowd who was heckling him

  11. Cole Palmer has scored nine penalties in the Premier League this season. Who holds the record for most penalties scored in a Premier League season, with 10?

    1. Alan Scheerder

    2. Leighton Baines

    3. Bruno Fernandes

    4. Frank Lampard

  12. There were nine games in the County Championship this weekend. They all…

    1. …were won by the away team

    2. …were signed

    3. …were canceled due to bad weather

    4. … featured players in their 40s

  13. Which football club has teams in the men’s and women’s Champions League semi-finals?

    1. Barcelona

    2. Bayern Munich

    3. PSG

    4. Real Madrid

  14. The US has picked an impressive team for the men’s basketball event at this summer’s Olympics, with LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid and Kevin Durant all on the roster. How did the team do at the last Olympic Games in Tokyo?

    1. They were eliminated in the group stage

    2. They were defeated by Serbia 80-79 in the final

    3. They did not participate in the men’s events

    4. They defeated France 87-82 in the final

  15. The World Snooker Championship starts this weekend at the Crucible in Sheffield. Where does the reigning champion come from?

    1. England

    2. Belgium

    3. The Netherlands

    4. Wales

Solutions

1:A – Although the teams have won the FA Cup 15 times between them, they have never met in the final. The most common FA Cup finals are: Arsenal v Liverpool, Arsenal v Newcastle and Aston Villa v West Brom, each of which have been played three times., 2:B – The story goes that Ferguson would have been sacked if United had lost that tie and left the cup, as they were 15th in the league and had already been knocked out of the League Cup. But Martin Edwards, then club chairman, always denied that Ferguson’s job was in danger., 3:B – Zoeller won the Masters in 1979. He also almost won the Open in 1994. And he’s also the man behind Fuzzy’s Vodka. , 4:B – The three runners say they were hired to pace He Jie so he could break the Chinese half marathon record (which he didn’t). , 5:B – They take on Manchester United in the final at Wembley next month., 6:B – There were seven winners in the first seven years and only six in the subsequent 53 years. Bayern has won the title 33 times., 7:C – The London Marathon also set this record in 2019., 8:B – Kiptum will be honored on Sunday with a 30-second applause before the race., 9:A – He is 58. His son’s name is Romarinho., 10:C – The Clippers offer free chicken if a visiting player misses two consecutive free throws in the fourth quarter. Knowing that his team was defeated and that he had already missed a free throw, Marjanović said to the crowd: “You want chicken? I got you.”, 11:D – Another Chelsea midfielder. , 12:B – We’re two weeks and 18 games into the season and Essex are the only team with a win., 13:C – PSG face Lyon in the semi-finals of the women’s competition and Borussia Dortmund in the last four of the men’s event ., 14:D – They’ve won four consecutive golds and it seems like a good bet to get to five. James, Curry, Durant and Embiid have all been named NBA MVPs during their careers. Good luck to the rest of the world., 15:B – Luca Brecel won the tournament last year, beating Mark Selby in the final

Scores

  1. 1 and higher.

    Oh yeah. Better luck next week

  2. 2 and higher.

    Oh yeah. Better luck next week

  3. 3 and higher.

    Oh yeah. Better luck next week

  4. 4 and higher.

    Oh yeah. Better luck next week

  5. 5 and higher.

    Oh yeah. Better luck next week

  6. 6 and above.

    Not bad. Not bad at all. Good weekend

  7. 7 and higher.

    Not bad. Not bad at all. Good weekend

  8. 8 and above.

    Not bad. Not bad at all. Good weekend

  9. 9 and above.

    That’s a great score. Good weekend

  10. 10 and above.

    That’s a great score. Good weekend

  11. 11 and above.

    That’s a great score. Good weekend

  12. 12 and above.

    That’s a super score. Nice weekend

  13. 13 and above.

    That’s a super score. Nice weekend

  14. 14 and above.

    That’s a super score. Nice weekend

  15. 0 and higher.

    Oh yeah. Better luck next week

  16. 15 and above.

    Perfection. Nice weekend

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