Weekly Sports Quiz Answers 23.08.19

1. Q. Why is Steve Smith absent from the 3rd Ashes Test?
A. Concussion

2. Q. Which former Liverpool forward joined Turkish side Trabzonspor this week?
A. Daniel Sturridge

3. Q. The 2019 US Open starts on Monday. Who won the Women’s Singles in 2018’s controversial final?
A. Naomi Osaka

4. Q. Which mid-week Champions League qualifier saw the biggest Goals x Shirts make-up: Olympiakos vs Krasnador, Young Boys vs Red Star Belgrade or APOEL vs Ajax?
A. Olympiakos vs Krasnador at 852 (thanks to a brace for no. 97 Lazar Randelovic)

5. Q. After last weekend’s rugby union internationals, which nation is now the world’s top-ranked side?
A. Wales

6. Q. Phil Parkinson this week resigned as the manager of which League One club?
A. Bolton

7. The 2019 Challenge Cup final is at 3pm on BBC One this Saturday – who is it between?
A. Warrington Wolves vs St Helens

8. Q. Which side shockingly beat Barcelona in their 2019/20 La Liga opener?
A. Athletic Bilbao

9. Q. Liverpool host Arsenal in the weekend’s biggest Premier League head-to-head. What was the score last time the Gunners visited Anfield?
A. Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal

10. Q. Haik-who is our Sports Person of the Week? Bearded canary/Went thrice to the Finnish line/Grounding the magpies
A. Teemu Pukki

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