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

  • 4/19/2024
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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 final of the Cup? Never Three times Six times Eight times Reveal 2.Coventry face Manchester United in the other semi-final. Mark Robins won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 1990, the year when his goal in the third round supposedly saved Alex Ferguson’s job. Who did he score that goal against? Coventry City Nottingham Forest Liverpool Watford Reveal 3.Ludvig Åberg finished second in the Masters on Sunday, which was a sensational performance given it was his first time playing in the tournament. Who was the last golfer to win at Augusta in his debut at the Masters? Tiger Woods Fuzzy Zoeller Jordan Spieth It has never happened before Reveal 4.The Chinese runner He Jie won the Beijing half marathon on Sunday. Why is his victory being investigated? A rival runner says He Jie was wearing a “jet pack device” that pushed him forwards Three other athletes ran alongside him for the whole race but slowed up at the finish line and gestured for him to cross the tape first Another runner says that He Jie tripped him up in a quiet section of the course A rival runner claims his identical twin ran half of the race for him Reveal 5.Which club has reached the Women’s FA Cup final for the first time in their history? Everton Tottenham Leicester City Luton Town Reveal 6.Bayer Leverkusen have won the German league title for the first time in their 119-year history. How many clubs have won the Bundesliga (since it was established in 1963)? Seven 13 20 25 Reveal 7.The organisers of the London marathon expect Sunday’s race to set a new world record for the amount of money raised for charity on a single day. What is the current record? £10m £33m £66m £100m Reveal 8.Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a car ­accident in February, won the men’s race at the marathon last year, setting a new course record in London. What was his time? 1:59:58 2:01:25 2:03:12 2:04:54 Reveal 9.Which former Brazil footballer has registered as a player for America-RJ, the club he now runs in Rio de Janeiro, so he can “make another dream come true, playing alongside my son”? Romário Ronaldo Cafu Bebeto Reveal 10.Boban Marjanović deliberately missed a free throw in the NBA game between the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers this week. Why? His team want to finish lower in the table to guarantee a better draft pick next year His team was winning by a huge margin and he did not want to “embarrass” the opposition So fans in the arena would win free chicken He used his free throw to fling the ball at a fan in the crowd who was heckling him Reveal 11.Cole Palmer has scored nine penalties in the Premier League this season. Who holds the record for the most penalties scored in a Premier League season, with 10? Alan Shearer Leighton Baines Bruno Fernandes Frank Lampard Reveal 12.There were nine matches in the County Championship at the weekend. They all … … were won by the away team … were drawn … were called off due to bad weather … featured players in their 40s Reveal 13.Which football club has teams in the semi-finals of the men’s and women’s Champions League? Barcelona Bayern Munich PSG Real Madrid Reveal 14.USA have picked an impressive team for the men’s basketball event at the Olympics in the summer, with LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid and Kevin Durant all on the roster. How did the team do at the last Olympics in Tokyo? They were knocked out in the group stage They were beaten 80-79 by Serbia in the final They did not enter the men’s events They beat France 87-82 in the final Reveal 15.The World Snooker Championship begins this weekend at the Crucible in Sheffield. Where is the reigning champion from? England Belgium The Netherlands Wales

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