Sports quiz of the week: Lions, the Open, the Tour and the first £1m player

1. The men’s final at Wimbledon did not feature Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray. Who were the two finalists the last time that 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 in the women’s final. How long did the match last?

3. Wimbledon champions Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek have something in common. In the last year they have …

   2. … switched national allegiances

   3. … both served drug bans

   4. … switched to a new brand of tennis racket

4. 

   Olivia Smith has become the first £1m player in women’s football after she joined Arsenal from which club?

5. Complete 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 accurate?

   1. There were no penalty shootouts

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

   4. No Irishman has won the Tour

8. 

   Daniel Dubois and Oleksandr Usyk are having a rematch at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night. Where was their first fight?

9. Oleksandr Usyk’s last six fights have all …

   2. … been against British boxers

10. 

    Andy Farrell has picked his Lions team to face Australia on Saturday. Which of the four Home Nations is not represented in the XV?

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

    2. He scored a hat-trick of tries

    3. He played for the Lions before he played for his country

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

12. 

    Which country have the Lions played but never beaten?

13. Four women scored in the England v Sweden quarter-final at Euro 2025. In which city do they all play their club football?

14. 

    There is $17m in prize money available at the Open this weekend, with the winner taking home $3.1m. What was the prize for the first Open winner in 1860?

    1. A leather belt with a silver buckle

15. The Open is the fourth and final major of the year. Which golfer recorded top-10 finishes in the other three?

Solutions

1:B – This year’s final was the first since 2002 not to feature one of the big four., 2:B – To put that in some context, the men’s final lasted three hours and four minutes., 3:C – Swiatek served a one-month suspension at the end of last year and Sinner was banned for three months earlier this year., 4:D – The 20-year-old Canadian has signed a four-year contract with the European champions., 5:D – These are the teams that won matches against PSG this season – in the Champions League, Ligue 1 and Club World Cup. PSG were beaten by four English clubs and just two French clubs this season., 6:A – The last men’s World Cup in 2022, which had the same format, produced five shootouts., 7:B – Not only did Roche win the Tour in 1987 but he also won the Giro d’Italia., 8:C – Usyk won their first fight in 2023 but with enough controversy to make the rematch very interesting. Dubois caused Usyk some problems two years ago and he has been on a great run since they met in Poland, beating Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and Antony Joshua., 9:B – Seven of his last eight fights have been against Brits: Tyson Fury twice, Daniel Dubois, Anthony Joshua (twice), Derek Chisora and Tony Bellew. , 10:C – There are eight starters from Ireland, four from England, three from Scotland and none from Wales. , 11:C – Greenwood made his Lions debut in the summer 1997, a few months before he won the first of his 55 England caps., 12:C – The two teams have only met once, in 1977, when 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 Open. The claret jug – which is still handed out to the winner – was introduced in 1873., 15:B – He won the PGA Championship, was fourth at the Masters and finished joint-seventh at the US Open.

Advertisement

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.

   That’s a decent score. Well played.

6. 6 and above.

   That’s a very good score. Well played.

7. 7 and above.

   That’s a very good score. Well played.

8. 8 and above.

   That’s a very good score. Well played.

9. 9 and above.

   That’s a very good score. Well played.

10. 10 and above.

    That’s a sensational score! Well played.

11. 11 and above.

    That’s a sensational score! Well played.

12. 12 and above.

    That’s a sensational score! Well played.

13. 13 and above.

    That’s a sensational score! Well played.

14. 14 and above.

    That’s a sensational score! Well played.

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 15 and above.

    That’s a sensational score! Well played.