Sports quiz of the week: Grand National, Champions League and county cricket

1.Nottingham Forest have won three of their four FA Cup ties this season on penalties. Which team did they beat in 90 minutes?

Luton Town in the third round

Exeter City in the fourth round

Ipswich Town in the fifth round

Brighton in the quarter-finals

2.The County Championship season returns this week. Surrey have won the title for the last three years in a row. Who were the last team to win four straight titles?

Surrey

Yorkshire

Durham

Kent

3.On the subject of counties, in which county will the Grand National take place on Saturday?

Lancashire

Cheshire

Merseyside

Greater Manchester

4.Which horse won the race last year (and is the favourite this year)?

I am Yahweh

I Am Maximus

I Am Whatever You Say I Am

I Am Vengeance

5.Thirty-two horses started the Grand National last year. How many of them fell during the race?

None

Five

Ten

Fifteen

6.Jakub Mensik beat Novak Djokovic in the Miami Open final to win the first title of his career. Why did that seem very unlikely the day before the tournament began?

He missed his flight and had to travel straight from Miami airport to the court for his first-round match

Mensik tried to pull out of the tournament due to a knee injury

Mensik was 10,000 miles away playing in the final of Bangkok Open

It was his wedding day

7.José Mourinho did not react well when Fenerbahce were beaten by Galatasaray in the Turkish Cup this. What did he do after the final whistle?

He poked the Galatasaray assistant manager in the eye

He planted a Fenerbahce flag in the middle of the pitch

He grabbed the Galatasaray manager's nose

He told the groundstaff to turn on the sprinklers to soak the celebrating Galatasaray players

8.Where was this photograph taken?

Buenos Aires

Dunkerque

Newcastle

St Moritz

9.What did Arminia Bielefeld do this week?

He scored a hat-trick against Real Madrid

She set a new world record in the trathlon

She qualified for the next Olympics – meaning she will compete in three Games in three different sports

They beat Bayer Leverkusen to reach the German Cup final

10.Dustin May played for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the New York Yankees this week. It was his first appearance for the team after nearly two years out with injury. How did he pick up the injury?

He hurt his knee while picking up a Scrabble piece from the floor

He choked on a piece of lettuce

He fell off his son’s balance bike

He injured his back while sneezing

11.The New York Yankees are hitting an unprecedented number of home runs this season in MLB. What is the best explanation for the rise in home runs?

The weather in New York has been especially hot, which means the ball moves faster and further

The playing area at the Yankee Stadium was reduced in size during the off-season to fit in more corporate seats

The team's owner says he will pay a $100m bonus to the player who hits the most home runs this year

They are playing with a new 'torpedo' bat that was developed by a physicist at MIT

12.Peter Vermes left Sporting Kansas CIty this week after 15 years and 239 days as their manager. Which English club has had the same manager for even longer?

Manchester City

Harrogate Town

Brentford

Mansfield Town

13.In women’s cricket, which former England player is now managing the England team?

Heather Knight

Charlotte Edwards

Jane Smit

Claire Taylor

14.Alfie Middlemiss is boxing on the undercard of the Joe Joyce v Filip Hrgovic fight on Saturday night. Speaking in the buildup to his fight, Middlemiss said: “I’m used to having that spotlight on me, so it’s nothing out of the ordinary. The things I’ve learned in that field will help me in front of the television cameras.” What was his previous career?

He was the bass player in the band Bloc Party

He is a former actor who had role in Emmerdale and Doctors

He was a model who worked with Gillette, Calvin Klein and Hugo Boss

He was in Diversity, the dance group that won Britain’s Got Talent.

15.Who said: "Oh my goodness, the tomatoes. Bellissimo. I never ate them at home, they are just red water. Here, they actually taste like tomatoes. Now I eat them as a snack. I eat all the vegetables, all of the fruits. It is all so fresh. It’s incredible"?

Lewis Hamilton

Scott McTominay

Kyle Walker

Dele Alli

16.There are eight clubs left in the Champions League: Bayern Munich, Inter, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, PSG and Aston Villa. How many of them have won the competition before (including the European Cup)?

Eight

Seven

Six

Five

Sports quiz of the week: Grand National, Champions League and county cricket

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