Sports quiz of the week: Paralympics glory, US Open and fun with names

  • 9/6/2024
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1.Dame Sarah Storey collected her 19th Paralympics gold on Friday. From which sleepy Cheshire town does she hail? Congleton Poynton Knutsford Wilmslow Reveal 2.What time (in BST) did Celtic kick off their Women’s Champions League qualifier with Finland’s KuPS, played at a neutral venue in Lithuania? 10am Noon 3.36pm 10pm Reveal 3.Which of these clubs has Steve Bruce not managed? Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday West Brom Middlesbrough Reveal 4.Which of these was not the former occupation of new British tennis star Jack Draper’s father? CEO of the Lawn Tennis Association Grass-court coach to Ivan Lendl CEO of Warrington Wolves Super League club CEO of Sport England Reveal 5.Dave Bassett, the former football manager, celebrated his 80th birthday this week. What is his nickname throughout the game? Bertie Harry DB Breathless Reveal 6.New England fast-bowler Josh Hull plays for which team in the Hundred? Trent Rockets Manchester Originals Welsh Fire Oval Invincibles Reveal 7.Raheem Sterling joined Arsenal on loan from Chelsea? Name another player to have played for those two London clubs, plus Manchester City and Liverpool? Kolo Touré David Speedie Nicolas Anelka Kevin Richardson Reveal 8.Erling Haaland’s pair of hat-tricks in his club’s opening three matches equalled an English record set by which old-school striker? Paul Jewell Keith Edwards Andy Cole John Aldridge Reveal 9.The NFL season kicked off overnight with Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs facing the Baltimore Ravens. What position does Chief and Taylor Swift beau Travis Kelce play in? Middle linebacker Safety Tight end Tackle Reveal 10.Ezra Frech won two T63 athletics gold medals in 24 hours at the Paralympics. What were his two events? 100m and long jump 100m and high jump Long jump and high jump 100m and shot put Reveal 11.The US rugby sevens centre Ilona Maher, who helped her team to bronze at the Paris Olympics, signed up for a US reality TV show this week. But which one? Who Do You Think You Are? Married At First Sight The Amazing Race Dancing With The Stars Reveal 12.Two jockeys sharing the same name went up against one another at Bath on Wednesday – who are they? Michael Ryder Sean Bowen Daniel Smart Andy Smith Reveal 13.The US Open will have a new women"s singles champion – who knocked out the reigning title-holder Coco Gauff? Elina Svitolina Karolina Muchova Emma Navarro Aryna Sabalenka Reveal 14.Hull KR go into the weekend in pole position for the Super League League Leaders" Shield. What is the current name of their stadium? Mend-a-Hose Jungle MKM Stadium Cherry Red Records Stadium Sewell Group Craven Park Reveal 15.Two male athletes faced off outside their usual events for an exhibition 100m in Zurich on Wednesday. Who were they? High jumper Gianmarco Tamberi and 1500m runner Cole Hocker Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and 400m hurdler Karsten Warholm Long jumper Malaika Mihambo and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra 800m runner Emmanuel Wanyonyi and triple jumper Pedro Pichardo

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