Sports quiz of the week: Arsenal, French Open, Ronda Rousey and Aaron Rai

Ronda Rousey, Arsenal and Aaron Rai. Composite: Getty Images

1. Arsenal are the champions of England for the 14th time. Which of these sporting events happened in the same month as Arsenal’s last title win?

   1. Brian Lara hit 400 not out against England

   2. Wayne Rooney made his England debut

   3. Liverpool came from 3-0 down to win the Champions League final

   4. Lewis Hamilton won his first grand prix

2. 

   Arsenal have relied heavily on set pieces this season. They have scored 18 goals from corners – a new record in the Premier League. Which team has scored 17 goals from corners this season?

   1. Tottenham

   2. Manchester City

   3. Everton

   4. Brentford

3. What percentage of Arsenal’s league games this season have they won 1-0?

   1. 9%

   2. 15%

   3. 22%

   4. 31%

4. 

   The French Open begins this weekend so you will be hearing a lot about Roland Garros. Who was Roland Garros?

   1. A pilot

   2. A tennis player

   3. An architect

   4. A politician

5. In what way is the French Open different to other grand slams?

   1. It is the only slam that still uses human line judges rather than technology

   2. It is the only grand slam not played on grass

   3. It is the only grand slam held in a capital city

   4. There is no prize money for players

6. 

   Billie Jean King won the French Open twice – in 1969 and 1970. What did she do this week?

   1. She graduated from university

   2. She auctioned her winners’ medals for charity

   3. She won the over-80s French Open

   4. Watched her granddaughter qualify for the tournament

7. Which player has Pep Guardiola picked the most while at Manchester City?

   1. Rodri

   2. Bernardo Silva

   3. Raheem Sterling

   4. Ederson

8. 

   Southampton have been thrown out of the Championship playoffs and docked four points for spying on other teams’ training sessions. What punishment was given to Leeds when they did something very similar a few years ago?

   1. They were also thrown out of the playoffs and given a six-point deduction

   2. They were docked nine points

   3. They were fined £200,000

   4. They weren’t punished at all

9. Celtic won the Scottish League title in dramatic circumstances. The club have had three managers this season: Brendan Rodgers, Martin O’Neill (twice) and …

   1. Ange Postecoglou

   2. Wilfried Nancy

   3. Neil Lennon

   4. Ronny Deila

10. 

    Oleksandr Usyk is defending his world titles against Rico Verhoeven this weekend in Egypt. What is Verhoeven’s record as a professional boxer?

    1. One fight, one win

    2. 20 fights, 18 wins, two defeats

    3. 30 fights, 30 wins, 30 knockouts

    4. This is his first professional fight

11. There are two European finals in rugby union this weekend. What do they have in common?

    1. They are both being played in Spain

    2. They both feature an Irish team and a French team

    3. They are both being refereed by Englishmen

    4. All of the above

12. 

    Unai Emery has won the Europa League for the fifth time. He has won it three times with Sevilla, once with Aston Villa and once with …

    1. Valencia

    2. Celta Vigo

    3. Atlético Madrid

    4. Villarreal

13. Ronda Rousey returned to the MMA octagon for the first time in a decade to fight Gina Carano. What happened in the fight?

    1. She won it in 17 seconds

    2. Not much – it was scored a draw after very little action

    3. She was beaten in the first round

    4. She was losing on the cards but secured a stoppage in the last few seconds

14. 

    Aaron Rai has become the first Englishman to win the PGA Championship for more than a century. What makes Rai stand out when he’s on the course?

    1. He only wears red clothes – a nod to his hero, Tiger Woods

    2. He does not wear a golf cap

    3. He wears two gloves

    4. He plays with a gold ball – a reference to Wolves

15. Which team finished bottom of the Women’s Super League table (having sacked their manager 10 days before the season began)?

    1. Liverpool

    2. Leicester City

    3. West Ham

    4. London City Lionesses

16. 

    The first edition of the Enhanced Games – the controversial sports competition that allows competitors to take banned drugs and offers huge prizes if they win races or break world records – begins on Sunday. In which city?

    1. Riyadh

    2. Bangkok

    3. Macau

    4. Las Vegas

Solutions

1:A - Arsenal won the title in April 2004 (at White Hart Lane of all places), the same month the West Indies captain hit his world-record quadruple century. In other news, Gmail was released on 1 April 2004 – and plenty of tech reporters thought it was an April fool’s joke. In case you were wondering, Rooney made his England debut in 2003, Liverpool won the Champions League in 2005 and Hamilton won his first grand prix in 2007., 2:A - The problem for Spurs is that they have conceded more than twice as many goals as Arsenal., 3:C - Eight out of 37 so far. Their last two games have finished one-nil to the Arsenal, which feels fitting. , 4:A - He completed the first-ever airplane trip across the Mediterranean Sea in 1913 and went on to become a hero in the first world war., 5:A - The French Open – which is played on clay rather than grass or a hard court – continues to trust line judges and umpires, not allowing players to use electronic replays to challenge human decision. , 6:A - She started a degree in history the early 1960s but did not finish it as she was off winning 12 grand slam titles. She returned to college last year and graduated this week at 82 years old. “Yeah baby, only 61 years,” she said. “Like so many of my fellow graduates, I am the first member of my immediate family to graduate college.”, 7:B - Silva has made 459 appearances for City under Guardiola. He is also leaving at the end of the season. , 8:C - Southampton say the decision to expel them from the playoffs is “manifestly disproportionate to every previous sanction in the history of the English game”., 9:B - Brendan Rodgers was in charge until the end of October, when O’Neill was appointed as an interim manager. He made way for Nancy in December but that was a disaster so the club asked O’Neill to come back in January. Times have changed: Celtic’s first manager, Willie Maley, was in charge for 43 years., 10:A - Verhoeven is one of the greatest kickboxers ever, but this is just his second professional boxing match. He won his fight by knockout. , 11:D - Montpellier play Ulster in the Challenge Cup final on Friday night and Leinster play Bordeaux Bègles on Saturday night. Both games are in Bilbao. , 12:D - Villa, Sevilla and Villarreal. If the letters “Villa” are in the name, he is going to lift the trophy. , 13:A - There were 17 million people watching on Netflix during the very short fight. , 14:C - When he was younger, Rai's dad reached out for sponsors and a glove maker replied. "They were all-weather, and I'd wear one on each hand," says Rai, who has stayed loyal to the brand. "I loved them. At practice, I forgot one and had to play with one glove. It was awful. I've played with two for 20 years, still that same brand: Macwet.", 15:B - Despite finishing bottom, they may not go down. The league is expanding to 14 teams next season. Birmingham City and Crystal Palace have been promoted. The final place in the league will go to Leicester or Charlton, who meet in a playoff on Saturday., 16:D - Sin City, where else.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

2. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

3. 3 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

4. 4 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

5. 5 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

6. 6 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

7. 7 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

8. 8 and above.

   That's a great score. Well played.

9. 9 and above.

   That's a great score. Well played.

10. 10 and above.

    That's a great score. Well played.

11. 11 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played.

12. 12 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played.

13. 13 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played.

14. 14 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played.

15. 15 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played.

16. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

17. 16 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played.