Sports quiz of the week: Super Bowl, Six Nations and a shambolic show

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Sports quiz of the week: Super Bowl, Six Nations and a shambolic show

Who hit a hat-trick? Which ground filled up? Who misbehaved?

There will be 25,000 fans at the Super Bowl on Sunday (and 30,000 cardboard cutouts), making it the smallest ever attendance at a Super Bowl. What is the highest ever attendance?

91,654

103,985

176,222

222,543

Manchester United beat Southampton 9-0 this week, equalling the record they already share with Leicester City for the biggest win in Premier League history. What is the all-time record for the top flight?

10-0, held by Sunderland

12-0, held jointly by West Brom and Nottingham Forest

15-0, held by Liverpool

18-0, held by Charlton Athletic

Seven United players were on the scoresheet in their 9-0 win over Southampton. For which other club have seven players scored in a single Premier League game?

Leicester City

Portsmouth

Chelsea

It has never happened before

Jan Bednarek did not have the greatest of nights in that 9-0 defeat. Which of these things did he not do?

Pick up a yellow card

Get sent off

Give away a penalty

Score an own goal

Scotland are playing England at Twickenham in the Six Nations this weekend. Which music format was introduced in Europe in the month Scotland last beat England at Twickenham?

Vinyl

Cassette tape

Compact discs

Digital downloads

Why was Corentin Tolisso missing from the Bayern Munich team for their game against Hoffenheim this week?

The game was an early kick-off and he slept in

He went skiing in nearby Liechtenstein and had to quarantine for 14 days upon returning to Germany

He was injured during a snowball fight in training

He posted a photo of his new tattoo on social media and the club dropped him for breaking lockdown restrictions

Manchester City are playing Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday. Which former Liverpool player scored the winning goal the last time City beat Liverpool at Anfield?

Robbie Fowler

Steve McManaman

Nicolas Anelka

Raheem Sterling

Pep Guardiola has never won at Anfield – not even as a player. His only game at Anfield in his playing career, the Uefa Cup semi-final in 2001, ended in a 1-0 defeat for Barcelona. Who scored Liverpool’s winning goal? Clue: it was a penalty and he also scored a penalty in the final.

Steven Gerrard

Gary McAllister

Michael Owen

Robbie Fowler

Live cricket is back on terrestrial TV in the UK for the first time since the Ashes was shown on Channel 4 in 2005. England won that series in the second week of September. What was the most watched TV show on Channel 4 that week?

The Ashes

Channel 4 News

Supernanny

Location, Location, Location

What unlikely double did the Bristol City women’s team pull off this week?

They bought a player on deadline day and sold her for two hours later for double the price

They took a gambling company’s logo off their shirt and started advertising a gambling charity instead

They reached a cup final and won their first league game all season

They won a home game 8-0 and lost an away game 8-0

3 and above.

Not bad. Have a good weekend

4 and above.

A decent score. 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 fantastic score. Have a great weekend

9 and above.

A fantastic score. Have a great weekend

10 and above.

A perfect 10. Fantastic. Have a great weekend

2 and above.

Not to worry. Have a good weekend

0 and above.

Not to worry. Have a good weekend

1 and above.

Not to worry. Have a good weekend

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