Home / Sports / Sports quiz of the week: League Cup final, Winter Olympics and a great mind Sports quiz of the week: League Cup final, Winter Olympics and a great mind by Loknath Das / Sports / 23 Feb 2018 Manchester City are hoping to win their first trophy under Pep Guardiola on Sunday in the League Cup final. How many times has Arsène Wenger won the competition? None One Two Three Marit Bjorgen became the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time this week when she won her 14th medal. In which sport does she compete? Curling Cross-country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Wigan became only the third team to beat Manchester City this season. The other two are: Liverpool and … Napoli Arsenal Shakhtar Donetsk Feyenoord What role has Ailsa Craig played for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang? She designed the Olympic village She sang the theme song Let Everyone Shine She sings the anthems at every medal ceremony It provided all of the curling stones Where will a 140-year-old trophy made from 270 melted silver rupees be awarded this weekend? Pyeongchang London Glasgow Edinburgh Queen of the South goalkeeper Sam Henderson may not be fit to play against Dunfermline this weekend. How did he pick up an injury? He dropped a phone book on to his foot He burned his hand while tossing pancakes He shot himself in the foot with a pellet gun He was struck by a runaway cow Who reacted to being rejected for a job by saying: “I’m intelligent enough. It’s not like I played on a fox and dog pitch all my life. I can’t believe some people, I’m one of the greatest minds in football and I’m being wasted because of a lack of experience or ‘maybe he talks his mind too much’”? Mark Hughes Craig Bellamy Paolo Di Canio Sol Campbell What did RB Leipzig build in their stadium before Napoli’s visit for a Europa League match this week? A lifesize statue of Napoli legend Diego Maradona A 100-foot high can of Red Bull for fans to drink at half-time A smoking area in the away dressing room for Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri A pizza the size of the centre circle to feed the away fans before the game Which country tripled its all-time total of Winter Olympics medals in one day this week? New Zealand Ireland Portugal Spain Darya Domracheva won her fourth Winter Olympic gold medal this week. What did the biathlete from Belarus do for work four years ago? She was a TV presenter at the Winter Olympics in Sochi She worked for the KGB She was a stunt woman in the Fast and Furious films She was a professional boxer who fought (and beat) Nicola Adams Source:-theguardian Tweet Pin It Tags:a, and, Cup, final, great, League, mind, of, Olympics, quiz, sports, the, Week, winter Related Posts 83: About cricket, film and underdogs by Loknath Das 27 Dec 2021 Sports quiz of the week: Premier League, Eden Hazard and sore feet by Loknath Das 11 Aug 2019 National Sports Day: Full list of award winners by Loknath Das 30 Aug 2019 Big sports events today by Loknath Das 10 Mar 2019 About The Author manage
