Sports quiz of the week: fast balls, wanton boys and dropped shots

The man of the week.

The man of the week. Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images

Jofra Archer’s bowling against Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s was extremely fast. But which of these is fastest?

The fastest ball Archer bowled against Australia

The fastest recorded free-kick in a football match

The fastest recorded table tennis shot

The fastest recorded serve by a tennis player

Which of these teams will play each other for the first time (in a competitive game) in this season’s Champions League?

Chelsea and Ajax

Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur

Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid

Juventus and Atlético Madrid

Luke Campbell fights Vasyl Lomachenko for three world titles on Saturday night in London. At which Olympics did both fighters win gold medals?

Athens 2004

Beijing 2008

London 2012

Rio 2016

What was James Haskell – the former rugby union player who earned 77 England caps – talking about when he said: “I’m dedicating my life to this. I want to make sure I am in the best possible shape and whatever happens at the end of it I am going to put as much dedication into this as I did into rugby”?

His new career as a priest

His move into MMA

The new Chinese restaurant he has opened in the Peak District

His new money-saving website

Teemu Pukki has scored in his first three matches in the Premier League. Who is the only player to have scored in his first six games in the league?

Fernando Torres

Teddy Sheringham

Micky Quinn

Diego Costa

The F1 season will be longer than ever next year, with 22 races. Which country will host a grand prix for the first time?

The Netherlands

Vietnam

Qatar

Thailand

The Challenge Cup final was played at Wembley on Saturday. And so was …

… the 1066 Cup final

… the 1690 Cup final

… the 1895 Cup final

… the 2020 Cup final

Eric Cantona delivered an intriguing speech while picking up an award from Uefa this week. What is the missing word in his monologue: “As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods, they kill us for their sport. Soon the science will not only be able to slow down the ageing of the cells, soon the science will fix the cells to the state and so we will become eternal. Only accidents, crimes, wars, will still kill us but unfortunately, crimes, wars, will multiply. I love …”

… lamp”

… life”

… football”

… rock ‘n’ roll”

Forest Green were knocked out of the League Cup this week by Bournemouth. How many goals did Forest Green score on the night (in 90 minutes of normal time, 30 minutes of extra time and a penalty shootout)?

None

Eight

Ko Jin-young, the best women’s golfer in the world, set a new record for bogey-free holes this week. How long did she go without dropping a shot?

59 holes

81 holes

114 holes

276 holes

Brazilian midfielder Wanderson had an eventful game for Ludogorets aganist Slavia Sofia this week. He put the ball in the net in the 78th minute and then ran off to the crowd, found his wife and gave her a kiss. Then what happened?

One of his teammates also kissed her so Wanderson punched him and was sent off

He turned around and saw the goal had been ruled out for offside

His manager subbed him off for “losing sight of the game”

[“source=theguardian”]

Sports quiz of the week: fast balls, wanton boys and dropped shots

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