Who bared his teeth? Who was on the pull? Who fell over?
Andy Farrell asked a couple of famous Irishmen to talk to his players before their big match against England in the Six Nations on Sunday. Paul O’Connell, who won 108 caps for Ireland, spent a few days with the team. Who else did the Ireland coach call upon for a motivational speech?
Liam Neeson
Graham Norton
Bono
Conor McGregor
The match at Twickenham will pit Andy Farrell against his son, Owen, who is now the England captain. The pair played together briefly for Saracens in 2008. Who was their manager at the time?
Andy’s father
Andy’s brother
Andy’s father-in-law
Eddie Jones
Manchester City have been banned from European competitions for two years. City have a pretty dire record in Europe anyway. They have only one won European trophy in their history: the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1970. In the final, they beat a team from which country?
Scotland
Switzerland
Hungary
Poland
Leonardo Pavoletti is having a rough time at the minute. The Cagliari striker injured his knee in the first game of the season and then, just as he was about to make a comeback, he injured it again and is now facing another six months on the sidelines. How did he injure his knee second time around?
He fell off a ladder while fixing a hole in his ceiling
He was playing football in his garden with his six-year-old son
He injured it while on a night out with teammates
He tripped over a chair while at the hairdressers
Srinivas Gowda, a 28-year-old sprinter from India, ran 100 metres in 9.55 seconds this week. Why is Usain Bolt’s record of 9.58 seconds safe?
He was wearing Nike’s new trainers, which are not allowed in record attempts
He was running on a treadmill
The track slopes downhill too much to be considered for world records
He was being pulled along by two buffalos
Why has a footballer in the French lower leagues been banned from playing for five years?
He locked a referee in the changing room after the game and he was stuck in the stadium overnight
He was caught peeing (and worse) on the referee’s car before the game
He took off the referee’s glasses and stood on them
He bit an opponent on the penis
Liverpool have lost one game in the Premier League in the last two seasons. How many have they lost in the Champions League in the same time period?
Two
Four
Six
Eight
Mondo Duplantis set a new pole vault world record on Saturday, breaking the world record he set the Saturday before. What is the new record?
5.09 metres
6.18 metres
7.27 metres
8.36 metres
On the subject of new world records, Joshua Cheptegei ran the fastest ever 5K road race this week. What was his time?
10 minutes, 44 seconds
12 minutes, 51 seconds
14 minutes, 15 seconds
16 minutes, 11 seconds
Which team played in the Champions League this week with a front three made up of players born in Leeds, London and Sunderland?
Liverpool
Tottenham
Borussia Dortmund
Atalanta
1 and above.
Ah well. Have a good weekend
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Ah well. Have a good weekend
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Ah well. Have a good weekend
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A fine score. Have a good weekend
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A fine score. Have a good weekend
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A fine score. Have a good weekend
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A fantastic score. Have a great weekend
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Ah well. Have a good weekend
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A fantastic score. Have a great weekend
Written by Paul Campbell
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/21/sports-quiz-of-the-week-animals-animosity-world-record-football-rugby-six-nations under the title “Sports quiz of the week: animals, animosity and a new world record”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
