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Sports quiz of the week: US Open golf, F1 and a niche world championship

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Paul Campbell |Michael Butler

1.Senegal beat England this week 3-1 at the City Ground in Nottingham. Which other African country has won a game against England? None. Senegal are the first2.Which city will return to the F1 calendar next year, making its first appearance since 1981? 3.Which country has qualified for next summer’s World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada, continuing their record of being their only team to have qualified for every tournament since the began in 1930?
Sports quiz of the week: Champions League, French Open and Giro d’Italia

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Paul Campbell

1.PSG wrapped up a treble on Saturday night when they hammered Inter in the Champions League final. Who were the first European team to win a treble? 2.Désiré Doué was substituted a few minutes after he scored his second goal for PSG in their 5-0 win, so did not have a chance to complete his hat-trick. There have only been four hat-tricks in European Cup finals. Who scored two of them?
Sports quiz of the week: French Open, Champions League and McTominay

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Paul Campbell

1.Paris Saint-Germain face Inter in the Champions League final on Saturday night. When was the last time a French team met an Italian team in the final? It has never happened before2.Isaac del Toro is leading the Giro d’Italia. If he wins the race, he will become the first cyclist from which country to win a Grand Tour? 3.Robbie Keane, who is now managing Ferencvaros in Hungary, picked up an unusual injury this week. What happened?
Premier League 2024-25 review: the big quiz of the season

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Richard Foster |Paul Campbell

1.Which team won the same number of points this season as they did last season? 2.Mohamed Salah finished the season with 29 goals and 18 assists, meaning he was involved in 55% of Liverpool’s goals. Which player was involved in 46% of his team’s goals – the second highest contribution in the league? 3.Which player scored three own goals this season? 4.Which stadium hosted the most goals – a total of 75 in 19 matches? Tottenham Hotspur Stadium5.Two players scored two hat-tricks this season.
Sports quiz of the week: Spurs, Stokes, Scheffler, Swiatek and birds on badges

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Paul Campbell |Niall McVeigh

1.Crystal Palace won their first major trophy by beating Manchester City in the FA Cup final on Saturday. There are now just four clubs in the Premier League that have never won a major trophy: Brentford, Bournemouth, Brighton and …2.Before Palace did it on Saturday, who were the last English team to win a major trophy for the first time? 3.Why will the Six Nations start on a Thursday next year?
Sports quiz of the week: Giro d’Italia, Virat Kohli and two FA Cup finals

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Paul Campbell

1.Crystal Palace have reached the FA Cup final for the third time in their history. Who beat them in their previous two finals? 2.Manchester City will be trying not to lose two finals in a row on Saturday. Which club has lost three straight FA Cup finals? 3.The ball used at the FA Cup final on Saturday will be …4.Manchester City are regulars at Wembley. The final on Saturday will be their 44th match at the stadium (they’ve played 30 at the new ground and 13 at the old venue).
Sports quiz of the week: Leeds, Lions, Zhao Xintong, camogie and F1 winners

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Paul Campbell

1.Leeds pipped Burnley to the title in the Championship. What was their winning margin? They finished one point above BurnleyThey won the title on goal difference They won it on goals scoredThe teams had almost identical records so the title was decided on number of away wins2.Burnley missed out on the title but they are returning to the Premier League.
Sports quiz of the week: Liverpool, Lions, Usyk v Dubois and Chelsea

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Paul Campbell

1.Complete this list: Scotland, France, Portugal, Italy, Chile, Spain, Germany and ... 2.Liverpool have won their 20th top-flight title, catching up with Manchester United. Which club is third on the all-time list with 13 league titles? 3.Liverpool won the Premier League while being managed and captained by two men from the Netherlands: Arne Slot and Virgil van Dijk. Which other title-winning team was managed and captained by two men from the same country?
Sports quiz of the week: Jamie Vardy, Faith Kipyegon and Ben Youngs

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Paul Campbell

1.Jamie Vardy will leave Leicester at the end of the season. Vardy was the club’s top scorer when they won the Premier League in the 2015-16 season. What did he drink on the night before every game during that season? A decaf flat white with oat milk2.Faith Kipyegon has won three Olympic gold medals and set world records at various distances. Now she wants to become the first woman to run a sub four-minute mile. When did Roger Bannister was the first man to do it?
Banding Together

2 months ago | drumpaul.substack.com | Paul Campbell

The musicians walked on stage, swallowing nervously. Harsh lights glinted on shiny instruments. A not very-expectant hush fell on the far from capacity crowd. The conductor raised his baton … and we were off. Twelve minutes later, we were off …. stage, our performance of Journey into Freedom by Eric Ball completed, to muted applause. In the green room, anxious faces debated how it had gone. Melvin’s solo was brilliant as always, but there were some cracked notes. When are Dyke on?