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Have you been following the big stories in football, tennis, boxing, golf, rugby union and MMA?
- 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?
Brian Lara hit 400 not out against England
Wayne Rooney made his England debut
Liverpool came from 3-0 down to win the Champions League final
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?
Tottenham
Manchester City
Everton
Brentford
- 3.What percentage of Arsenal’s league games this season have they won 1-0?
9%
15%
22%
31%
- 4.The French Open begins this weekend so you will be hearing a lot about Roland Garros. Who was Roland Garros?
A pilot
A tennis player
An architect
A politician
- 5.In what way is the French Open different to other grand slams?
It is the only slam that still uses human line judges rather than technology
It is the only grand slam not played on grass
It is the only grand slam held in a capital city
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?
She graduated from university
She auctioned her winners’ medals for charity
She won the over-80s French Open
Watched her granddaughter qualify for the tournament
- 7.Which player has Pep Guardiola picked the most while at Manchester City?
Rodri
Bernardo Silva
Raheem Sterling
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?
They were also thrown out of the playoffs and given a six-point deduction
They were docked nine points
They were fined £200,000
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 …
Ange Postecoglou
Wilfried Nancy
Neil Lennon
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?
One fight, one win
20 fights, 18 wins, two defeats
30 fights, 30 wins, 30 knockouts
This is his first professional fight
- 11.There are two European finals in rugby union this weekend. What do they have in common?
They are both being played in Spain
They both feature an Irish team and a French team
They are both being refereed by Englishmen
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 …
Valencia
Celta Vigo
Atlético Madrid
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?
She won it in 17 seconds
Not much – it was scored a draw after very little action
She was beaten in the first round
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?
He only wears red clothes – a nod to his hero, Tiger Woods
He does not wear a golf cap
He wears two gloves
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)?
Liverpool
Leicester City
West Ham
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?
Riyadh
Bangkok
Macau
Las Vegas
