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Have you been paying attention to the football, tennis, cricket, horse racing, boxing and baseball?
- 1.Nottingham Forest have won three of their four FA Cup ties this season on penalties. Which team did they beat in 90 minutes?
- 2.The County Championship season returns this week. Surrey have won the title for the last three years in a row. Who were the last team to win four straight titles?
- 3.On the subject of counties, in which county will the Grand National take place on Saturday?
- 4.Which horse won the race last year (and is the favourite this year)?
- 5.Thirty-two horses started the Grand National last year. How many of them fell during the race?
- 6.Jakub Mensik beat Novak Djokovic in the Miami Open final to win the first title of his career. Why did that seem very unlikely the day before the tournament began?
- 7.José Mourinho did not react well when Fenerbahce were beaten by Galatasaray in the Turkish Cup this. What did he do after the final whistle?
- 8.Where was this photograph taken?
- 9.What did Arminia Bielefeld do this week?
- 10.Dustin May played for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the New York Yankees this week. It was his first appearance for the team after nearly two years out with injury. How did he pick up the injury?
- 11.The New York Yankees are hitting an unprecedented number of home runs this season in MLB. What is the best explanation for the rise in home runs?
- 12.Peter Vermes left Sporting Kansas CIty this week after 15 years and 239 days as their manager. Which English club has had the same manager for even longer?
- 13.In women’s cricket, which former England player is now managing the England team?
- 14.Alfie Middlemiss is boxing on the undercard of the Joe Joyce v Filip Hrgovic fight on Saturday night. Speaking in the buildup to his fight, Middlemiss said: “I’m used to having that spotlight on me, so it’s nothing out of the ordinary. The things I’ve learned in that field will help me in front of the television cameras.” What was his previous career?
- 15.Who said: "Oh my goodness, the tomatoes. Bellissimo. I never ate them at home, they are just red water. Here, they actually taste like tomatoes. Now I eat them as a snack. I eat all the vegetables, all of the fruits. It is all so fresh. It’s incredible"?
- 16.There are eight clubs left in the Champions League: Bayern Munich, Inter, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, PSG and Aston Villa. How many of them have won the competition before (including the European Cup)?
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