Sports quiz of the week: lions, open, tour and first player of 1 million pounds sterling

1. The male final in Wimbledon did not include Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray. Who were the two finalists the last time it happened?

   1. Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi

   2. Lleyton Hewitt and David Nalbandian

   3. Nick Kyrgios and Marin Cilic

   4. Goran Ivanisevic and Mark Philippoussis

2. 

   IGA Swiatek and Amanda Anisimova met during the female final. How long did the match last?

3. The champions of Wimbledon Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek have something in common. In the past year, they have …

   2. … National allegiance changed

   3. … The two served drug prohibitions

   4. … Lying on a new brand of tennis racket

4. 

   Olivia Smith became the first player of 1 million pounds sterling in women’s football after joining Arsenal from which club?

5. Finish this sequence: Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Nice, Strasbourg, Botafogo …

6. 

   Which of these statements about the 2025 club World Cup is correct?

   1. There were no shooting shots

7. Ben Healy took the head of the Tour de France this week, just becoming the fourth Irish cyclist to wear the yellow jersey. Who is the only Irish to have won the tour?

   4. No Irishman won the tour

8. 

   Daniel Dubois and Oleksandr Usyk have a revenge match at the Wembley stadium on Saturday evening. Where was their first fight?

9. The last six fights of Oleksandr Usyk have everything…

   2. … Been against British boxers

10. 

    Andy Farrell chose his Lions team to face Australia on Saturday. Which of the four nations of origin is not represented in the XV?

11. Will Greenwood did something unusual when he played for Lions against South Africa in 1997. No one has done so since. What is this?

    2. He marked a triplet of tests

    3. He played for the lions before playing for his country

    4. Scored a test, a conversion and a drop goal in the same match

12. 

    What country have the lions played but never beaten?

13. Four women scored in the quarterfinals of England against Sweden at Euro 2025. In which city are they all playing their club football?

14. 

    There are $ 17 million in money available on open this weekend, the winner winning $ 3.1 million. What was the price of the first winner opened in 1860?

    1. A leather belt with a silver loop

15. The open is the fourth and last major of the year. Which golfer recorded the first 10 finishes in the other three?

Solutions

1: B – The final of this year has been the first since 2002 not to present one of the big four., 2: B – to put this in a context, the male final lasted three hours and four minutes., 3: C – SwiTek served a suspension of one month at the end of last year and the sinner was banned for three months earlier this year. Europeans with European champions. Won matches against PSG this season – in the Champions League, Ligue 1 and Club World Cup. PSG was beaten by four English clubs and only two French clubs this season., 6: A – The last male world cup in 2022, which had the same format, produced five shootings., 7: B – not only Roche won the tour in 1987, but it also won the Giro d’Italia., 8: C – USYK won their first fight in 2023 but with sufficient controversies Make it very interesting. Dubois caused problems in Usyk two years ago and he has been executed since they met in Poland, beating Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and Antony Joshua., 9: B – Seven of his last eight fights were against the British: Derek Chisora and Tony Bellew. , 10: C – There are eight runners from Ireland, four from England, three in Scotland and none of Wales. , 11: C – Greenwood made its debut in the Lions in the summer of 1997, a few months before winning the first of its 55 Caps in England, 12: C – The two teams only met once, in 1977, when the Fiji won 25-21. , 13: B – Lucy bronze plays for Chelsea, Kosovare Asllani plays for London City, and Stina Blackstenius and Michelle Agyemang play for Arsenal., 14: A – The champion was allowed to keep the belt until the following. The CLART JUG – which is still given to the winner – was presented in 1873., 15: B – he won the PGA championship, finished fourth at the Masters and finished joint at the seventh at the US Open.

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Scores

1. 1 and more.

   Ah well. Best luck next week.

2. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Best luck next week.

3. 3 and more.

   Ah well. Best luck next week.

4. 4 and more.

   Ah well. Best luck next week.

5. 5 and more.

   It is a decent score. Well played.

6. 6 and above.

   It’s a very good score. Well played.

7. 7 and more.

   It’s a very good score. Well played.

8. 8 and more.

   It’s a very good score. Well played.

9. 9 and more.

   It’s a very good score. Well played.

10. 10 and more.

    It’s a sensational score! Well played.

11. 11 and more.

    It’s a sensational score! Well played.

12. 12 and more.

    It’s a sensational score! Well played.

13. 13 and more.

    It’s a sensational score! Well played.

14. 14 and more.

    It’s a sensational score! Well played.

15. 0 and more.

    Ah well. Best luck next week.

16. 15 and more.

    It’s a sensational score! Well played.