Sports quiz of the week: Giro d’Italia, Virat Kohli and two FA Cup finals

1. Crystal Palace have reached the FA Cup final for the third time in their history. Who beat them in their previous two finals?

   1. Manchester United

   2. Manchester City

   3. Arsenal

   4. Chelsea

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?

   1. Old Etonians

   2. The Wednesday

   3. Chelsea

   4. Newcastle

3. The ball used at the FA Cup final on Saturday will be …

   1. Gold

   2. Silver

   3. Red

   4. Black

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). Which one of the current 92 league clubs has never played at Wembley?

   1. Accrington Stanley

   2. MK Dons

   3. Yeovil Town

   4. Salford City

5. 

   It’s the Women’s FA Cup final on Sunday. Which team will be playing in the final for the third season in a row?

   1. Arsenal

   2. Chelsea

   3. Manchester United

   4. Tottenham

6. 

   Virat Kohli has retired from Test cricket. He played 123 Tests for India, scoring how many runs?

   1. 4,555

   2. 6,230

   3. 9,230

   4. 13,300

7. Carlo Ancelotti has been appointed the new Brazil manager. Which country has won the World Cup with a foreign manager?

   1. Brazil

   2. Italy

   3. Germany

   4. It has never been done

8. 

   The Giro d’Italia is winding its way through southern Italy this weekend. Where did the race begin this year?

   1. Mount Vesuvius

   2. Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

   3. Albania

   4. Croatia

9. Which trophy did the Scottish midfielder Lewis Ferguson win this week?

   1. Coppa Italia

   2. Coupe de France

   3. Bundesliga

   4. Scottish Premiership

10. 

    Formula One celebrated its 75th birthday this weekend. The very first Grand Prix was held on 13 May 1950. Where?

    1. Silverstone

    2. Monaco

    3. Indianapolis

    4. San Marino

11. Brazil won the Beach Soccer World Cup final this week, retaining their title. Which landlocked country did they beat in the final?

    1. Hungary

    2. Belarus

    3. Paraguay

    4. Ethiopia

12. 

    Rory McIlroy completed the career slam by winning the Masters earlier this year. Who could complete the slam by winning the PGA Championship this weekend?

    1. Dustin Johnson

    2. Phil Mickelson

    3. Brooks Koepka

    4. Jordan Spieth

13. Luke Donald has started well at the PSG Championship. At 47, he would be one of the oldest major winners in history. Who is the only golfer to have won a major in his 50s?

    1. Phil Mickelson

    2. Tiger Woods

    3. Old Tom Morris

14. Barcelona have beaten Real Madrid in four different cities this season: Barcelona, Madrid …

    1. … Seville and Jeddah

    2. … Bilbao and Riyadh

    3. … Valencia and Doha

    4. ... Palma and Malaga

15. Which athlete told this joke to 75,000 people this week: "A father is dying at home with his three children standing at his bedside. Suddenly, the smell of his favourite cake wafts from the kitchen, where the mother is baking it. He says: ‘Son, please bring me one last piece of my favourite cake. That would be my last wish.’ The son comes back from the kitchen but without the cake. The father says, ‘What’s going on?’ The son says: ‘Well, mum said it’s for after the funeral’”?

    1. Stephen Curry

    2. Thomas Müller

    3. Luke Littler

Solutions

1:A - In 1990 and 2016., 2:C - Chelsea were beaten in the 2020 final by Arsenal, the 2021 final by Leicester and the 2022 final by Liverpool., 3:B - Mitre, who made the ball, say: "This ball was created to capture the essence of that magic – from the silver of the cup to the fans with their tinfoil trophies, and, of course, to the players who will take to the pitch to give everything for that moment of glory.", 4:A - They came close a few years ago in the Papa Johns Trophy but were pipped to the final by Bolton., 5:C - United hammered Tottenham 4-0 in the final last year but they face tougher opposition this time around in Chelsea, who have just finished the season unbeaten in the Women’s Super League. , 6:C - Sachin Tendulkar holds the all-time record in Test cricket, with 15,921 runs for India. , 7:D - Two foreign managers have reached the final, but neither won it. Sweden were managed by the English manager George Raynor when they reached the 1958 final, and the Netherlands were coached by the Austrian manager Ernst Happel in the 1978 final. , 8:C - As usual, it will finish in Rome. , 9:A - He captained Bologna to victory over Milan in the final. It was Bologna’s first trophy in more than 50 years. , 10:A - George VI (the one from the King’s Speech) was in attendance. , 11:B - The tournament was played in the Seychelles. , 12:D - Spieth won the Masters and US Open in 2015, and the Open in 2017. Just one more to go., 13:A - Mickelson was 50 when he won the PSG Championship in 2021., 14:A - Seville in the Copa del Rey final, and Jeddah in the Supercopa final. , 15:B - Müller, who is leaving Bayern Munich after 17 years at the club, was given the microphone to say goodbye to the fans. He decided to tell them a joke.

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.

10. 10 and above.

    Superb scoring. Well played.

11. 11 and above.

    Superb scoring. Well played.

12. 12 and above.

    Superb scoring. Well played.

13. 13 and above.

    Superb scoring. Well played.

14. 14 and above.

    Superb scoring. Well played.

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 15 and above.

    Superb scoring. Well played.