Sports quiz of the week: Six Nations, subs scoring hat-tricks and a sell-out

Who strayed? Who took a seat? Who is back in the UK?

Every team in the Premier League has lost at least one game this season. Who were the last side to lose their unbeaten record?

Tottenham Hotspur

Aston Villa

Everton

Liverpool

Marcus Rashford came off the bench and scored a hat-trick for Manchester United against RB Leipzig in the Champions League. Who is the only other player to have come on as a substitute and scored three for United?

Wayne Rooney

Brian Kidd

Ole Gunnar Solskjær

George Best

How many of the Six Nations are still in contention for the title on the final day of the championship?

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Delano van Crooij told reporters this week: “It is shit to be world news like this.” Who is Delano van Crooij?

The Conservative MP in Marcus Rashford’s constituency

The VVV-Venlo goalkeeper

A video assistant referee who made a decision that went against Liverpool

The latest MMA fighter to lose to Khabib Nurmagomedov

The LA Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night to win the World Series. Why did Dodgers player Justin Turner have to leave the field before the game finished?

His wife was having a child and he said he would be there once he had “done his bit” to win the series

His brother was coming in to bat for the Tampa Bay Rays and he did not want to pitch to him

He asked to be taken off so he could avoid the “drag” of doing post-game interviews

His coaches were notified that he had tested positive for coronavirus

The four English clubs in the Champions League – Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United – had a great week. They did not concede a single goal between them in four matches. How many did they score?

11

13

15

17

Inverness Caledonian Thistle ran into problems while broadcasting their match against Ayr United at the weekend. What happened?

The cameraman forgot to turn off his microphone and was overheard talking to his lover on the phone, much to the annoyance of his wife

A bird perched on the camera and stayed there for the first half, enjoying the game but obscuring the view for fans watching at home

The automatic camera used by Cally is programmed to follow the ball during the game but it kept focusing on the assistant referee’s bald head

The microphone picked up 1,208 swear words from the two benches during the game

Derek Chisora is facing Oleksandr Usyk at Wembley Arena on Saturday night in the first of a series of huge fights involving British heavyweights. Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Joe Joyce and Daniel Dubois are all expecting to be in action in London before the end of the year. Usyk has history in the UK too, having won Olympic gold in London in 2012. He has also fought once as a professional in the UK. Who did he face – and beat – in that fight?

David Haye

Tony Bellew

Audley Harrison

Carl Froch

Arsenal are off to Old Trafford on Sunday. Who was the prime minister the last time Arsenal beat United in Manchester in the league?

Tony Blair

Gordon Brown

David Cameron

Theresa May

Álvaro Morata put the ball in the Barcelona net three times on Wednesday night in the Champions League. What was unusual about this particular hat-trick?

The three shots all came off his knees

He also scored a hat-trick in his previous game against Barcelona – for Real Madrid last season

They were all penalties

They were all deemed offside by VAR and ruled out

There were no fans at the Heerenveen v Emmen match in the Eredivisie on Saturday, but the seats were not left empty. How come?

Heerenveen fans made papier-mache figurines of themselves to sit on the seats

There were 15,000 teddy bears sitting on the seats

Supporters were allowed to send their animals to sit on their seats

There was a balloon on every seat and they were all painted to look like the usual occupiers

1 and above.

Ah, well. Not to worry. Have a great weekend

2 and above.

Ah, well. Not to worry. Have a great weekend

3 and above.

Ah, well. Not to worry. Have a great weekend

4 and above.

A respectable score. Well played. Have a great weekend

5 and above.

A decent score. Have a great weekend

6 and above.

A fine score. Have a great weekend

7 and above.

A fine score. Have a great weekend

8 and above.

A superb score. Have a great weekend

9 and above.

A superb score. Have a great weekend

10 and above.

A superb score. Have a great weekend

0 and above.

Ah, well. Not to worry. Have a great weekend

11 and above.

Perfection. Have a great weekend

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source: theguardian.com