Sports quiz of the week: Paralympics glory, US Open and enjoyable with names

1. Dame Sarah Storey collected her 18th Paralympics gold on Wednesday. From which sleepy Cheshire city does she hail?

   1. Congleton

   2. Poynton

   3. Knutsford

   4. Wilmslow

2. What time (in BST) did Celtic kick off their Women’s Champions League qualifier with Finland’s KuPS, performed at a impartial venue in Lithuania?

   1. 10am

   2. Noon

   3. 3.36pm

   4. 10pm

3. Which of those golf equipment has Steve Bruce not managed?

   1. Sheffield United

   2. Sheffield Wednesday

   3. West Brom

   4. Middlesbrough

4. Which of those was not the previous occupation of recent British tennis star Jack Draper’s father?

   1. CEO of the Lawn Tennis Association

   2. Grass-court coach to Ivan Lendl

   3. CEO of Warrington Wolves Super League membership

   4. CEO of Sport England

5. Dave Bassett, the previous soccer supervisor, celebrated his eightieth birthday this week. What is his nickname all through the sport?

   1. Bertie

   2. Harry

   3. DB

   4. Breathless

6. New England fast-bowler Josh Hull performs for which crew within the Hundred?

   1. Trent Rockets

   2. Manchester Originals

   3. Welsh Fire

   4. Oval Invincibles

7. Raheem Sterling joined Arsenal on mortgage from Chelsea? Name one other participant to have performed for these two London golf equipment, plus Manchester City and Liverpool?

   1. Kolo Touré

   2. David Speedie

   3. Nicolas Anelka

   4. Kevin Richardson

8. Erling Haaland’s pair of hat-tricks in his membership’s opening three matches equalled an English file set by which old-school striker?

   1. Paul Jewell

   2. Keith Edwards

   3. Andy Cole

   4. John Aldridge

9. The NFL season kicked off in a single day with Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs dealing with the Baltimore Ravens. What place does Chief and Taylor Swift beau Travis Kelce play in?

   1. Middle linebacker

   2. Safety

   3. Tight finish

   4. Tackle

10. Ezra Frech gained two T63 athletics gold medals in 24 hours on the Paralympics. What had been his two occasions?

    1. 100m and lengthy leap

    2. 100m and excessive leap

    3. Long leap and excessive leap

    4. 100m and shot put

11. The US rugby sevens centre Ilona Maher, who helped her crew to bronze on the Paris Olympics, signed up for a US actuality TV present this week. But which one?

    1. Who Do You Think You Are?

    2. Married At First Sight

    3. The Amazing Race

    4. Dancing With The Stars

12. Two jockeys sharing the identical title went up towards each other at Bath on Wednesday – who’re they?

    1. Michael Ryder

    2. Sean Bowen

    3. Daniel Smart

    4. Andy Smith

13. The US Open may have a brand new girls’s singles champion – who knocked out the reigning title-holder Coco Gauff?

    1. Elina Svitolina

    2. Karolina Muchova

    3. Emma Navarro

    4. Aryna Sabalenka

14. Hull KR go into the weekend in pole place for the Super League League Leaders’ Shield. What is the present title of their stadium?

    1. Mend-a-Hose Jungle

    2. MKM Stadium

    3. Cherry Red Records Stadium

    4. Sewell Group Craven Park

15. Two male athletes confronted off outdoors their ordinary occasions for an exhibition 100m in Zurich on Wednesday. Who had been they?

    1. High jumper Gianmarco Tamberi and 1500m runner Cole Hocker

    2. Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and 400m hurdler Karsten Warholm

    3. Long jumper Malaika Mihambo and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra

    4. 800m runner Emmanuel Wanyonyi and triple jumper Pedro Pichardo

Solutions

1:B – She has now moved up the hill to Disley., 2:A – After an early begin for followers again house, Celtic progressed with a 3-1 victory after additional time., 3:D – At the time of typing, Boro are the one main north-east membership the present Blackpool supervisor has by no means helmed., 4:B – Jack’s dad, Roger, has had his finger in lots of pies – however not Lendl’s serve-volley sport., 5:B – “My father’s name was Harry and there were a lot of Daves in my school,” he has said. “One of my good pals called me Harry because my mum was always on at my dad.”, 6:B – Despite being a Leicestershire CCC product, Hull options additional up north on this competitors., 7:C – Anelka performed for all 4 in a sequence of Arsenal, Liverpool, City and Chelsea., 8:A – Jewell scored two in Bradford’s opening three video games within the 1994-95 Division Two (akin to at this time’s League One) season., 9:C – In April, Kelce signed a two-year extension with the Chiefs for a reported $34.25m, making him the highest-paid tight finish within the NFL, 10:B – Frech additionally got here fifth within the lengthy leap., 11:D – “it’s a new skill that gets me out of my comfort zone,” she mentioned, as she prepares to go up towards the likes of Tori Spelling, Eric Roberts and Dwight Howard., 12:B – Sean D Bowen, driving Maritime Lady, took the win within the Harrow Inn At Wanborough Handicap, whereas his namesake Sean Bowen was sixth with For Pleasure., 13:C – The American beat Gauff in three units within the fourth spherical and is on her greatest run at a grand slam., 14:D – The Jungle performs host to Castleford, MKM Stadium is the stadium of native rivals Hull FC, and Cherry Red Records Stadium is London Broncos’ house floor., 15:B – The pair each set private bests, with Swede Duplantis taking the win in 10.37, 0.10 forward of the Norwegian. Warholm was then handed a Sweden prime to put on in his hurdles race at Thursday’s Diamond League assembly.

Scores

1. 14 and above.

   Gold medal – no notes from us

2. 10 and above.

   Glorious work

3. 6 and above.

   Very creditable

4. 0 and above.

   There’s at all times subsequent week

5. 1 and above.

   May we advise … following sport a bit extra carefully?