Sports quiz of the week: I Am Maximus, Marie-Louise Eta and Rory McIlroy

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Paul Townend aboard I Am Maximus, Marie-Louise Eta in her new job and Rory McIlroy winning the Masters

Paul Townend aboard I Am Maximus, Marie-Louise Eta in her new job and Rory McIlroy winning the Masters. Composite: Tom Jenkins, Getty, Reuters

Paul Townend aboard I Am Maximus, Marie-Louise Eta in her new job and Rory McIlroy winning the Masters. Composite: Tom Jenkins, Getty, Reuters

Did you follow the big stories in football, rugby, golf, baseball, basketball, boxing, snooker, cricket and racing?

  1. 1.Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain and Atlético Madrid have reached the semi-finals of the European Cup. Between them, how many times have they won the competition?
  2. 2.Tottenham have dropped into the relegation zone after a run of 14 matches without a win. When were they last relegated from the top flight?
  3. 3.Which club has made Marie-Louise Eta the first female head coach in Europe’s top five leagues?
  4. 4.Rory McIlroy won his sixth major on Sunday. Who is the only European golfer to have won more?
  5. 5.Shane Lowry did something remarkable at Augusta over the weekend. What was it?
  6. 6.Which team lost their opening game of the Women’s Six Nations on Saturday, having picked up the wooden spoon last year and the year before?
  7. 7.Which football manager has been appointed by Ghana, giving him the opportunity to manage at a sixth World Cup?
  8. 8.I Am Maximus has become the third horse in the post-war era to win multiple Grand National titles. Red Rum was the first. Who was the second?
  9. 9.Which former England player won his first silverware as a manager this week?
  10. 10.When it comes to the County Championship, what do the cricketers Tom Westley, Jonny Bairstow, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Lewis Goldsworthy, Ben Kellaway, Fergus O’Neill, Jhye Richardson and Jack White have in common?
  11. 11.The NBA playoffs begin this weekend. Which team has reached the playoffs for the 12th season in a row?
  12. 12.Oleksandr Usyk is preparing to fight Rico Verhoeven. Usyk is a heavyweight world champion in boxing; in which sport was Verhoeven the heavyweight world champion for 12 years?
  13. 13.The fight is taking place in one of the most famous sites in the world. Where?
  14. 14.The British teenager Stan Moody has secured a place at the World Snooker Championship for the first time. Why is that remarkable?
  15. 15.Which event was broadcast on the massive screen inside the Citi Field stadium during the baseball game between New York Mets and Oakland Athletics last weekend?

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