Sports quiz of the week: Mo Salah, Mo Farah, maximums and musicians

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Who was quick? Who hit a hat-trick? Who scored spot-kicks?

Related: Football quiz: Liverpool in Europe

Which of these statements about Arsène Wenger is false?

He was the first non-British manager to win the league championship in England

He was the first manager to go unbeaten all season in England’s top flight

He released a book in 1997 called The Spirit of Conquest for the Japanese market

He made his playing debut for Strasbourg aged 29

Arsène Wenger will take Arsenal to Old Trafford for the final time this weekend. Who scored the winning goal when Arsenal beat United 1-0 in Manchester to win the Double in 2002?

Thierry Henry

Marc Overmars

Sylvain Wiltord

Freddie Ljungberg

Which of these British records does Mo Farah not hold?

1,500m

3,000m

5,000m

10,000m

Half-marathon

Marathon

He holds them all

Which one of these teams has scored more Premier League goals this season than Mohamed Salah?

West Brom

Huddersfield Town

Swansea City

Burnley

Two Liverpool players have scored hat-tricks in the Champions League this season. Sadio Mané and …

Daniel Sturridge

Mohamed Salah

Philippe Coutinho

Roberto Firmino

Blackburn have been promoted back to the Championship after a single season in League One. Who was their captain when they won the Premier League?

Tim Sherwood

Colin Hendry

David Batty

Alan Shearer

What happened this week for the first time since 2014?

Chelsea reached an FA Cup final

Derbyshire won a home match in the County Championship

An English team played in the Champions League semi-finals

An English team did not play in the European Rugby Champions Cup semi-finals

Complete this sequence: Leicester City, Bournemouth, Burnley, Newcastle United ...

Sunderland

Wolves

Fulham

Cardiff City

Manchester United and Chelsea have earned their places in this season's FA Cup final. Which player scored two penalties in six minutes when they first met in the Cup final?

Kerry Dixon

Bryan Robson

Eric Cantona

Didier Drogba

The World Snooker Championship organisers have increased the prize money on offer for maximum breaks as it has been six years since anyone hit a 147 in the tournament. Which player made that break back in 2012?

Steve Davis

Ronnie O’Sullivan

Stephen Hendry

Jimmy White

Philadelphia-born rapper Meek Mill rang a ceremonial bell before the start of the 76ers’ series-clinching win over the Miami Heat this week. Where had he been two hours before the game began?

Performing a Knicks game in New York

Having dinner with Donald Trump

Winning $3m in a casino in Atlantic City

In prison

1 and above.

Dire

2 and above.

Rubbish

3 and above.

OK-ish

4 and above.

OK

5 and above.

Meh

6 and above.

Decent

7 and above.

Decent

8 and above.

Fantastic

9 and above.

Impressive

10 and above.

Superb

0 and above.

Embarrassing

11 and above.

Perfection

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/27/sports-quiz-week-football-liverpool-arsenal-salah-farah-snooker

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