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1. Novak Djokovic set a new tennis record this week by playing his 430th Grand Slam singles match. What record did he break?

   1. Roger Federer

   2. Serena Williams

   3. Rafa Nadal

   4. Martina Navratilova

2. 

   Djokovic is coached at the Australian Open by Andy Murray. What is the age difference between them?

   1. Seven o’clock

   2. Seven days

   3. Seven months

   4. Seven years

3. Tyson Fury announced his retirement from boxing this week, saying: “It’s been great, I’ve loved every minute of it. And I’ll end with this: Dick Turpin wore a mask. Who is Dick Turpin?

   1. An actor who starred in the film Mary Poppins

   2. The first British boxer to win a world title

   3. An old Morecambe FC player

   4. A criminal from the 1700s

4. 

   Fury has a history of retiring from boxing. What motivated his first “retirement” in 2013?

   1. He was not nominated for Sports Personality of the Year

   2. He had just lost to Vitali Klitschko

   3. David Haye withdrew from the fight due to injury.

   4. He was annoyed that Anthony Joshua wouldn’t fight him

5. On the subject of semi-retired athletes, which footballer came out of retirement to play for Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup, was sent off against Real Madrid but ended the week with a trophy?

   1. Cesc Fabregas

   2. Victor Valdes

   3. Wojciech Szczesny

   4. Javier Mascherano

6. 

   Alexander Isak has scored in Newcastle’s last eight league matches. Who holds the record for goals in consecutive matches in the Premier League, having scored in 11 consecutive games for their club?

   1. Ruud van Nistelrooy

   2. Alan Shearer

   3. Daniel Sturridge

   4. Jamie Vardy

7. Snooker fans celebrate 50 years of the Masters. What happened in the very first Masters final in 1975?

   1. The match took place after the midday curfew and was therefore declared a draw.

   2. There was a power cut at Alexandra Palace so the final was delayed by a day

   3. The final went down to the last frame, which was decided with a reattached black

   4. Ray Reardon, who led 7-0 overnight, did not show up for the second day of the final

8. 

   Shaun Murphy failed to achieve a maximum break at the Masters this week. Which player missed the last black when attempting 147 in the 2000 Masters final?

   1. John Parrot

   2. Jimmy White

   3. Ken Doherty

   4. John Higgins

9. If Carlos Alcaraz wins the Australian Open, he says he will…

   1. …get a kangaroo tattoo

   2. … bring the trophy to the Voisins stage

   3. …spend the rest of the year in Melbourne

   4. …go on a campervan holiday from Melbourne to Cairns in autumn

10. 

    Jimmy Anderson has signed up to play for Lancashire this season. At 42, he will be by far the oldest player on the team. At 16, who is the youngest?

    1. James Anderson (his son)

    2. Rocky Flintoff (Andrew’s son)

    3. Archie Vaughan (Michael’s son)

    4. Arjun Tendulkar (Sachin’s son)

11. Southampton’s defeat to Manchester United on Thursday night leaves them stuck at the bottom of the Premier League table with just six points after 21 matches. Which club holds the record for the worst league season, with just 11 points from 38 games?

    1. Derby County

    2. Swindon Town

    3. Sunderland

    4. Sheffield United

12. 

    Chris Eubank and Conor Benn agreed to fight in April. What happened when their fathers fought twice in the 1990s?

    1. Nigel Benn won both fights

    2. Chris Eubank won both fights

    3. They were both rubbish

    4. Eubank won the first fight and the second was a draw

13. Hockey player Alex Ovechkin set a new NHL record this week. What did he do?

    1. He passed his 179th different goaltender in the league

    2. He became the oldest player in NHL history

    3. He broke Wayne Gretzky’s all-time scoring record

    4. He played on the same team as his two sons

14. 

    Bruno Lobo is a qualified doctor who represented Brazil in kitesurfing at last year’s Olympics. Why was he in the news this week?

    1. He is the new vice president of Brazil

    2. He saved a drowning woman

    3. He is the brain surgeon who operated on President Lula.

    4. He won the Brazilian version of the TV show Traitors

15. Which football team is undefeated in its national championship this season and only occupies fifth place in the standings?

    1. Mother well

    2. Juventus

    3. Atletico Madrid

    4. Lille

16. 

    The Women’s Super League returns this weekend with Chelsea at the top of the table. Who was the last club other than Chelsea to win the title?

    1. Arsenal

    2. Manchester United

    3. Tottenham

    4. Villa Aston

Solutions

1:A – Djokovic has won 88.1% of these matches., 2:B – Murray is a week older. , 3:D – Turpin was the most famous highwayman of his time. He was arrested and hanged in 1739, but his life and crimes have remained in the public imagination ever since. 4:C – Fury said: “I have officially retired from boxing. There are too many crooked people in this sport. I’m not in a bad mood or anything. I retired at 1,000,000%. No matter what, I will never fight again. He returned to the ring three months later.,5:C – Szczesny quit after the Euros but was tempted to return to the sport when Marc-Andre ter Stegen was injured. He was living in Spain with his family, so this decision suited him well.,6:D – Vardy scored in 11 consecutive games during the 2015-16 season. He didn’t win the Golden Boot that season – he lost to Harry Kane – but he helped Leicester win the title. , 7:C – John Spencer defeated Ray Reardon in the final. There was no century break in the entire tournament, which shows how far the sport has progressed over the last 50 years.,8:C – Doherty had to settle for 140, the break the highest of the tournament. He then lost the final., 9:A – “I will definitely have a kangaroo,” says Alcaraz. He already has tattoos of the date of his victory at the 2022 US Open, of the Eiffel Tower to represent his triumph at the 2024 French Open, and of a strawberry to represent his two Wimbledon titles.,10:B – Rocky Flintoff is the youngest player in Lancashire’s history., 11: A – It’s not looking good for Southampton – they haven’t won a game since November – but they have been brilliant against United at Old Trafford., 12:D – Sons fight in April, probably at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. , 13:A – The 39-year-old is one of three players to have scored more than 800 goals in the NHL, along with Gretzky and Gordie Howe., 14:B – “I only did the right thing TO DO. and what was in my power,” said Lobo, who is also a qualified doctor. , 15:B – They have drawn 13 of their 20 matches in Serie A., 16:A – Chelsea have won the title for five consecutive years and are undefeated so far this season.

Sheet music

1. 2 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

2. 3 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

3. 4 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

4. 5 and up.

   Not bad. Not bad at all

5. 6 and up.

   Not bad. Not bad at all

6. 1 and above.

   Ah well, better luck next week

7. 7 and up.

   Not bad. Not bad at all

8. 8 and up.

   Excellent work

9. 9 and up.

   Excellent work

10. 10 and up.

    Excellent work

11. 11 and up.

    Excellent work

12. 12 and up.

    A breathtaking score

13. 13 and up.

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14. 14 years and over.

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15. 15 years and over.

    A breathtaking score

16. 0 and above.

    Ah well, better luck next week

17. 16 years and over.

    A breathtaking score