Sports quiz of the week: Spurs, Stokes, Scheffler, Swiatek and birds on badges

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?

   1. To attract more viewers in the United States

   2. To avoid a clash with the Winter Olympics opening ceremony

   3. To free up the bigger Friday night slot for the Women’s Six Nations

   4. To mark the 150th anniversary of the competition

4. 

   Chelsea Women played 30 games in the Women’s Super League, FA Cup and League Cup this season. Who were the only team to beat them?

5. Arsenal face Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League final on Saturday. Arsenal have won the competition once before, in 2007. Who did they beat in that final?

6. 

   What lifestyle change did Ben Stokes make to get fit for England’s Test match against Zimbabwe?

   2. He woke up at 2am every night to have an ice bath

   4. He went on a week-long ecotherapy retreat in the Yorkshire Dales

7. When will the Championship playoff final between Sunderland and Sheffield United kick off on Saturday?

8. 

   Scottie Scheffler won the PGA Championship on Sunday. What happened to him at the tournament last year?

   1. He lost four balls on the Friday afternoon and missed the cut

   2. He had a brief spell in jail

   3. He missed the tournament so he could prepare for the Olympics

   4. He went into the final day with a four-shot lead but threw it away and finished 13th

9. Complete this sequence: South Melbourne, Australia Under 20s, Brisbane Roar, Australia, Yokohama, Celtic …

10. 

    Tottenham beat Manchester United in the Europa League final. Which other English team have they beaten in a European final?

11. Which of the four English clubs that have won major trophies this season do not have a bird on their badge?

12. 

    Northampton Saints face Bordeaux in the Champions Cup final on Saturday. Northampton have won the trophy once before, in 2000. What was unusual about their victory in that final?

    1. They sacked their manager the day before the match

    2. They didn’t score a try

    3. They’re the only team to have won the final in extra time

    4. They were relegated from the Premiership this weekend before winning the final

13. Why was the Ashford United player Gary Lockyer celebrating this week?

    1. He made his international debut for Vatican City, the smallest country in the world

    2. Lockyer, who is from Australia, won a gold medal at the Beach Football World Cup

    3. He was the top scorer in the FA Cup this season

    4. He won £500,000 in the National Lottery

14. 

    Magnus Carlsen was held to a draw in a game of freestyle chess this week. What was unusual about the contest?

    1. He was playing against his son

    2. Carlsen was hypnotised after each move so he could not develop a strategy

    3. He was playing against 143,000 people

    4. Carlsen had to ride a horse around the venue while playing

15. In the NFL, the Philadelphia Eagles will be allowed to continue which controversial play after a motion to ban it didn’t get enough votes?

16. 

    Iga Swiatek is seeking her fourth straight French Open title in Paris this year. Who is the last player to win four consecutive women’s singles titles?

    4. It has never happened before

Solutions

1:B – Fulham have come close on a couple of occasions, losing the FA Cup final in 1975 and the Europa League final in 2010. They did win the Intertoto Cup in 2002 (along with two other clubs) but that doesn’t count. , 2:B – And Wigan also did it by beating Manchester City 1-0 in an FA Cup final., 3:B – The opening game of the competition, between France and Ireland, has been brought forward to Thursday 5 February to avoid a clash with the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan the following day., 4:D – Chelsea won a domestic treble without losing a game. However, they more than met their match in the Champions League semi-finals, where they were hammered 8-2 on aggregate by Barcelona., 5:B – Umeå​ were one of the most successful clubs in Europe in the early 2000s. They reached five Champions League finals, winning two of them in 2003 and 2004., 6:C – The England captain says he’ll never be “completely sober” but that the lack of booze has helped him recover from a hamstring injury. , 7:C – The Championship, League One and League Two playoff finals are all kicking off slightly late to support Every Minute Matters, a campaign by the British Heart Foundation that aims to inspire fans to learn CPR., 8:B – Scheffler was arrested for a few motoring offences on his way to the tournament, although the charges were later dropped. , 9:B – These are the teams where Ange Postecoglou has won trophies in his second season. He never fails in his second year, even with Australian youth teams. , 10:B – Spurs won the very first Uefa Cup final in 1972, beating Wolves over two legs. A few months before the final, Spurs manager Bill Nicholson offered his players’ wives and girlfriends a trip to the away leg of the final if they made it. Wolverhampton was probably not the destination they had in mind. , 11:A – Newcastle are nicknamed the Magpies but, confusingly, have seahorses and a tiny lion on their badge. They are considering changing the badge, so perhaps the magpie will feature next season. , 12:B – Northampton beat Munster (who did score a try) 9-8. , 13:C – Lockyer, who was at Wembley for the final, scored 10 goals in the competition for Ashford United, who play in the Isthmian League South East Division – the eighth tier of English football., 14:C – The match was billed as Magnus Carlsen v The World. After each of Carlsen’s moves his 143,000 opponents would vote on what to do next. The wisdom of the crowd prevailed. , 15:A – The vote required the support of 24 out of 32 NFL owners, but fell two votes short. The Super Bowl winners’ manoeuvre sees players pushing quarterback Jalen Hurts forward in short-yardage situations. , 16:C – Lenglen won six titles at Roland Garros, including four in a row from 1920-23, although the tournament was only open to members and French nationals. The venue’s second show court was named in her honour in 1997.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

2. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

3. 3 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

4. 4 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

5. 5 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

6. 6 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

7. 7 and above.

   That’s a decent score. Well played.

8. 8 and above.

   That’s a decent score. Well played.

9. 9 and above.

   That’s a great score. Well played.

10. 10 and above.

    That’s a great score. Well played.

11. 11 and above.

    That’s a great score. Well played.

12. 12 and above.

    That’s a great score. Well played.

13. 13 and above.

    That’s a great score. Well played.

14. 14 and above.

    That’s a sensational score. Well played.

15. 15 and above.

    That’s a sensational score. Well played.

16. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

17. 16 and above.

    That’s a sensational score. Well played.