Sports quiz of the week: Jamie Vardy, Faith Kipyegon and Ben Youngs
Sunny Delight
Port
Vermouth
A decaf flat white with oat milk
Faith Kipyegon has won three Olympic gold medals and set world records at various distances. Now she wants to become the first woman to run a sub four-minute mile. When did Roger Bannister was the first man to do it?
1929
1954
1966
1981
The two clubs at the top of the Serie A table, Inter and Napoli, have the same number of points. What will happen if that is still the case at the end of the season?
They will share the title
No title will be awarded
The title will be decided by a playoff
The title will be decided on goal difference
It's the London Marathon on Sunday. Fred Tomlinson made headlines last year when he finished last in the race. What was his time?
Seven hours and 55 minutes
Nine hours and 48 minutes
Eleven hours and 11 minutes
Thirteen hours and 23 minutes
The race on Sunday could set a new world record for participants. Which race holds the current record of 56,950 finishers?
Boston Marathon
Seville Marathon
New York Marathon
Paris Marathon
Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his debut in the Indian Premier League at the weekend. He opened the batting for Rajasthan Royals and hit a six in his first ball. Why was his performance particularly impressive?
He went on to hit six sixes in his first over
He is 14 years old
He hit 287 – the biggest score in IPL history
He is also chess grandmaster who reached the quarter-finals of the world championship last year
Southampton and Leicester have been relegated and, barring a miracle, Ipswich will be joining them in the Championship next season. Which club has suffered the most relegations from the top flight?
Norwich City
Leicester City
Birmingham City
Manchester City
Kyren Wilson was knocked out of the Snooker World Championship in the first round this week, continuing the so-called 'curse' of players trying to defend their first world title. Since the tournament moved to the Crucible in 1977, there have been 20 new champions. Which of them followed up their first title by winning it again the next year?
Steve Davis in 1982
Stephen Hendry in 1991
Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2002
No one has done it
Andre Agassi is coming out of retirement at the age of 54 to play which sport professionally?
Baseball
Padel
Table tennis
Pickleball
Karen Holmgaard scored for Everton against Manchester City in the Women's Super League at the weekend. What was remarkable about her goal?
She scored in the third second of the match
She scored with her hand but the referee (and VAR) missed it
It was her 300th in the Women's Super League – a new record
It was set up by her twin sister Sara
Jack Wilshere is now managing in the Championship. Which of his former teammates will he face in the dugout before the season is over?
Aaron Ramsey
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Per Mertesacker
Cesc Fàbregas
Bodø/Glimt are preparing to play Tottenham on Thursday night in the semi-finals of the Europa League. They are the first club from which country to reach the semi-finals of a major European competition?
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Estonia
Which team has won five games in a row in the Premier League this season and lost five games in a row in the Premier League this season?
Tottenham
Bournemouth
Aston Villa
Wolves
The Benn and Eubank families resume their rivalry this weekend. Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank had their famous draw at Old Trafford in October 1993. Which other big boxing event took place in the UK the week before?
Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno fought in Cardiff
Barry McGuigan beat Eusebio Pedroza in London to win a world title
Mike Tyson fought at York Hall – his only fight in the UK
Prince Naseem won his first world title at the Royal Albert Hall
Ben Youngs will retire from rugby at the end of the season. Youngs played for England 127 times – more than any other man in history. How many times has he played for his club, Leicester Tigers?
Four
97
201
332
Solutions
1:B - 'I can't say why it started, because I genuinely don't know, but I decided to drink a glass of port on the eve of every game in the 2015-16 season,' recalls Vardy in his autobiography. 'I'm not normally superstitious but, from the moment I scored against Sunderland on the opening day, I didn't want to change anything. I fill a small plastic water or Lucozade bottle halfway and just sip the port while watching television. It tastes like Ribena to me, and it helps me switch off and get to sleep a bit easier the night before a game.', 2:B - Kipyegon already holds the women's record for the mile (4min 07.64sec). She will have to shave more than seven seconds off that time to beat the four-minute barrier., 3:C - And if there is no winner in the playoff after 90 minutes, it goes straight to a penalty shootout., 4:D - He finished after midnight although, to be fair, his preparations were affected by a bad knee injury. The 76-year-old is running the marathon again on Sunday. 'I can't do any worse than last year,' he says., 5:D - The race in Paris – which took place a fortnight ago – beat the previous record of 55,646 set at last year's New York marathon. , 6:B - Suryavanshi is the youngest player in the competition's history. , 7:B - This is Leicester's 13th relegation from the top flight – a new record., 8:D - Wilson will be disappointed by his defeat, but at least he is in good company., 9:D - Agassi, who was world No1 in tennis 30 years ago, will be playing in the mixed doubles event at the US Open Pickleball Championships next week., 10:D - The sisters – who are identical twins – both play for Everton and Denmark., 11:A - Wilshere is the caretaker manager at Norwich and Ramsey is the caretaker manager at Cardiff City. , 12:C - It's an incredible achievement, especially considering that their league season runs from March to November. So they are effectively playing all year round at the minute., 13:D - Wolves have won their last five games – a big turnaround given their terrible form earlier in the season., 14:A - In an era when stadium fights were far less common than they are today, October 1993 was an outstanding time for British boxing fans., 15:D - Youngs has spent his entire career at Leicester, winning the Premiership five times along the way.
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