Sports quiz of the week: Champions League, Wu Yize, Giro and F1 winners
Have you been following the big stories in football, snooker, cycling, tennis, rugby and Formula One?
www.silverguide.site – Arsenal have reached the Champions League final for the second time in their history. They lost their only previous final 20 years ago, going down 2-1 to Barcelona. Who scored Arsenal’s goal? Sol Campbell Thierry Henry Robin van Persie Dennis Bergkamp English clubs could win all three European trophies this season: Arsenal in the Champions League, Aston Villa in the Europa League and Crystal Palace in the Conference League. Which country provided all three winners in 1990 (European Cup, Uefa Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup)? England Italy Spain Germany Wu Yize, 22, has become the second-youngest world champion in snooker history. Who holds the record as the youngest? Stephen Hendry Steve Davis Ken Doherty Mark Selby The final between Wu Yize and Shaun Murphy went to the very last frame. Who was the last player to win the world title in a final-frame shootout? Clue: it was 2002 and he beat Stephen Hendry? Peter Ebdon Ronnie O’Sullivan Jimmy White Ken Doherty Wu beat Mark Allen in the semi-finals. What was unusual about the 14th frame in their match? Allen hit a century break but lost the frame The two players went 55 minutes without potting a ball Wu hit a break of 151 – four more than a maximum Allen conceded the frame even though he was leading at the time Paul Seixas, the teenage cycling prodigy, will make his Tour de France debut this year, giving French fans the hope of a home winner. When was the last time a Frenchman won the race? The 1980s The 1990s The 2000s The 2010s Staying with cycling, the Giro d’Italia begins this weekend. Where? Austria Bulgaria Italy Vatican City Some of the cyclists who will be competing in the Giro fell ill this week after a race in Belgium. What is the suspected cause of their sickness? Out of date chocolate provided by a sponsor The champagne they drank on the podium Cowpat on the roads A dodgy lasagna they were given by a rival team Wolves and Burnley have been relegated from the Premier League. What do the two clubs have in common? They played each other in the first FA Cup final They have won all four professional divisions in English football They were the first two clubs to win the league in England They have both sacked three managers this season The world’s top tennis players believe they are not paid enough at grand slams, with Aryna Sabalenka saying they could even boycott the events if not given more money. How much will the winners of the singles events at the French Open take home in prize money? €100,000 €500,000 €1m €2.8m Which of the four clubs in the Championship playoffs has been outside the top flight for the longest? Millwall Hull City Middlesbrough Southampton Will Still was sacked by Southampton earlier this season. Which club – who also play in the Championship – sacked his brother, Ed Still, this week? Blackburn Watford Oxford United Sheffield Wednesday Which team won the Champions Cup last year and has reached the final again this year? Bordeaux Bègles Leinster Northampton Saints Toulouse Manchester City have won the Women’s Super League. Khadija Shaw has been their star player this season, scoring 19 goals in 21 games. What did she do the day after they secured the title? Signed a new 10-year contract Retired from football Let it be known she was leaving Took a job as the club’s new player-manager Kimi Antonelli is the favourite to win the Formula One world title after winning three of the first four races this season. How many Italian drivers have won the world championship? (For some context, 11 British drivers have done it). None Two Eight Eleven 1:A - Campbell opened the scoring but Samuel Eto’o equalised and Juliano Belletti scored the winner for Barcelona. Belletti was not the most talented or famous player of his generation but he won the World Cup, Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, La Liga and a string of other trophies. He is on the coaching staff at Barcelona now., 2:B - Milan, Juventus and Sampdoria won the three trophies. This is the only time the three big European trophies have been won by teams from the same country., 3:A - Hendry was 21 years old when he beat Jimmy White in the final in 1990., 4:A - Ebdon won his only world title the hard way: his semi-final and the final both went to deciding frames. , 5:B - The frame, which lasted more than 100 minutes, is the longest in Crucible history., 6:A - Bernard Hinault, who won the Tour de France in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985, remains the last French winner. He is also the only cyclist to have won all three Grand Tours more than once. , 7:B - The first three stages are in Bulgaria. As usual, the race will finish in Rome. , 8:C - There was cow excrement on the roads, which splashed up on to the riders when it rained., 9:B - Only a handfulof clubs have won all four professional divisions in England: Wolves, Burnley, Preston, Portsmouth and Sheffield United have also done it. , 10:D - It would take the average French worker 65 years to earn that much., 11:A - Millwall have only spent two seasons in the English top flight – from 1988 to 1990 – and they have never played in the Premier League. , 12:B - It hasn’t been the best season for the Still brothers. , 13:A - They play Leinster in the final on 23 May. , 14:C - Shaw has scored 110 goals in 133 appearances for City since joining them in 2021 but the club is unwilling to match the £1m a year contract that Chelsea have offered her., 15:B - Italy has hosted more grands prix than any other country but just two Italians – Alberto Ascari and Giuseppe Farina – have won the world championship and they both did it in the 1950s. 1 and above. Ah well. Better luck next week 2 and above. Ah well. Better luck next week 3 and above. Ah well. Better luck next week 4 and above. Ah well. Better luck next week 5 and above. Ah well. Better luck next week 6 and above. Not bad. Not bad at all 7 and above. Not bad. Not bad at all 8 and above. That's a great score. Well played 9 and above. That's a great score. Well played 10 and above. That's a great score. Well played 11 and above. That's a great score. Well played. Have a good weekend 12 and above. That's a great score. Well played. Have a good weekend 13 and above. That's a great score. Well played. Have a good weekend 14 and above. That's a great score. Well played. Have a good weekend 0 and above. Ah well. Better luck next week 15 and above. Top marks. Well played. Have a good weekend
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