Sports quiz of the week: Ashes, All Blacks defeats and a full-kit father

Who ruled the pop charts? Who has dubious style? And who stayed positive?

Which of these cricket teams has won a Test in Australia in the last five years?

England

India

New Zealand

Pakistan

South Africa

Sri Lanka

West Indies

England have played 20 Tests at the Gabba in Brisbane and only won four of them. Which song was No1 in the UK music charts when England last won an Ashes Test at the ground?

Every Breath You Take by The Police in 1983

Breath After Breath by Duran Duran in 1984

Take My Breath Away by Berlin in 1986

Breathe In, Breathe Out by Kanye West in 2004

What did Wigan player Ryan Colclough wear to the hospital for the birth of his son this week?

The same thing his father wore when he was born: a Bolton Wanderers shirt

A full Wigan kit: shirt, shorts and socks

Not much. He took his shirt off to celebrate and the midwife gave him “a yellow card”

A special “birth shirt” made by Wigan sponsors JJB Sports

Complete this quote from New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick: "You have two NFL franchises in an area ...

" ... where Trump is King. Argh. What a drag"

" ... where the food is just absolutely awful – disgusting really. Vile”

" ... where I don’t know how stable the geological plates are – but nothing happened so that was good”

" ... that needs an overnight flight – and it's a disaster for carbon emissions"

Yakubu retired this week on his 35th birthday. What footballing feat has been achieved by him, Wayne Rooney and Raúl?

They are all their country’s top scorers

They all scored Champions League hat-tricks as teenagers

They have all been top scorers at a home Olympics

All three of them scored against Arsenal on their debuts

Which of these teams has not made it to the semi-finals of the Rugby League World Cup?

England

New Zealand

Fiji

Tonga

Australia

Who said: “The thrill of scoring a goal, you get that same thrill when you save a good chance. Tim Howard was my idol. I used to have a little Tim Howard shirt”?

Hugo Lloris

Jordan Pickford

Manuel Neuer

Marcus Rashford

When Wales beat the All Blacks in Cardiff in December 1953, they took the all-time record between the teams to: Wales 3-1 New Zealand. What is it now?

Wales 3-30 New Zealand

Wales 4-42 New Zealand

Wales 5-30 New Zealand

Wales 6-52 New Zealand

What was unusual about Olly Lee’s goal for Luton Town against Cambridge United last weekend?

Lee has played for the club his whole career – 19 seasons – and it was his first goal for them

His father, former England player Rob Lee, was managing the opposition

He shot from one postal code (LU1) and the ball hit the net in another (LU4)

Both the goal and the assist should have been penalised as handballs

Which football manager said this after seeing his team lose a lead and lose a match: “In a strange way, I thought there were lots of good moments for us”?

Tony Pulis

Jürgen Klopp

David Moyes

Brendan Rodgers

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