Sports quiz of the week: Paralympics, Novak Djokovic and Kylian Mbappé

1. The Paralympics have begun in Tokyo. The American swimmer Trischa Zorn is the most decorated Paralympian of all time. How many gold medals did she win at the Games?

   1. 17

   2. 25

   3. 35

   4. 41

2. Which of these sports featured at the Paralympics in 1964, the last time the Games were held in Tokyo?

   1. Wrestlifting (a combination of wrestling and weightlifting)

   2. Dartchery (a combination of darts and archery)

   3. Taekwondiving (a combination of taekwondo and diving)

   4. Fencwimming (a combination of fencing and swimming)

3. Which other city has hosted the summer Paralympics twice?

   1. London

   2. Rome

   3. Athens

   4. Nowhere else has done it. Just Tokyo

4. 

   Michail Antonio overtook Paolo Di Canio as West Ham’s top scorer in the Premier League on Monday night after he scored in their 4-1 win over Leicester. Antonio was well aware that he had broken the record and celebrated in style. Which film did he reference in his goal celebration?

   1. Forrest Gump

   2. Dirty Dancing

   3. Titanic

   4. Parasite

5. New Zealand are preparing to play Australia in the Rugby Championship. Why will the All Blacks be without three of their most important players – captain Sam Whitelock and first-choice halves Richie Mo’unga and Aaron Smith – for the Test?

   1. They have travelled to Tokyo to watch their partners in action for the New Zealand wheelchair rugby team

   2. Their partners are all due to give birth

   3. They all broke fingers this week while playing for their club – they had just won an important game and the three of them were caught at the bottom of a huge pile-on

   4. They play their club rugby in Australia and have not been allowed to travel due to Covid-19 rules

6. Which club has lost their last 12 games in the Premier League?

   1. Watford

   2. Norwich

   3. Newcastle

   4. Burnley

7. The Champions League groups were drawn this week, pitting 13-times winners Real Madrid against newcomers Sheriff Tiraspol. Sheriff are the first club from which country to reach the group stage of the competition?

   1. Cyprus

   2. Albania

   3. Lithuania

   4. Moldova

8. 

   Novak Djokovic has a chance to make history at the US Open. Not only can he win the 21st grand slam of his career – an achievement that would take him above Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal in the all-time table – but he can also win a calendar slam. Who was the last tennis player to win all four slams in one year?

   1. Roger Federer

   2. Serena Williams

   3. Andre Agassi

   4. Steffi Graf

9. What did Wigan Warriors do this week for the first time in 30 years?

   1. They put out a team of 13 English players

   2. They appointed a new manager

   3. They failed to score a point in a home game

   4. They won away against their fierce rivals St Helens

10. Real Madrid are trying to sign Kylian Mbappé and he is keen to move. Mbappé apparently wants to wear Zinedine Zidane’s old shirt number if he joins the club. Which number did Zidane wear at Madrid?

    1. No5

    2. No7

    3. No10

    4. No23

Solutions

1:D - Zorn competed at every Games from 1980 to 2004 and won 55 medals in total (41 gold, nine silver and five bronze)., 2:B - Competitors used bows and arrows to hit a dartboard. , 3:D - Innsbruck has hosted two winter Games (in 1984 and 1988). , 4:B - Antonio celebrated the goal by lifting a cardboard cutout of himself aloft, mimicking Patrick Swayze’s character in Dirty Dancing (although Swayze lifted up another character rather than a cutout of himself)., 5:B - We wish them well. , 6:B - They lost their last 10 games of the 2019-20 season and are bottom of the table this season after two defeats. They play Leicester City this weekend. , 7:D - Sheriff will also play Inter and Shakhtar Donetsk in the group. Their badge is, unsurprisingly, very similar to a sheriff’s badge. , 8:D - She won the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open in 1988., 9:C - The scoreboard read: Wigan Warriors 0-14 Leeds Rhinos., 10:A - Zidane had a strange succession of shirt numbers during his career, wearing No11 at Cannes, No7 at Bordeaux, No21 at Juventus and No5 at Madrid. He wore No10 for France – which makes much more sense.

Scores

1. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

2. 3 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

3. 4 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week

4. 5 and above.

   That's a fine score. Well played. Have a great weekend

5. 6 and above.

   That's a fine score. Well played. Have a great weekend

6. 7 and above.

   That's a fine score. Well played. Have a great weekend

7. 8 and above.

   You are sensational. Enjoy your weekend. You deserve it

8. 9 and above.

   You are sensational. Enjoy your weekend. You deserve it

9. 10 and above.

   You are sensational. Enjoy your weekend. You deserve it

10. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week

11. 1 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week