Weekend sports quiz

Are you a sports ace? How many points can you score out of a possible 11 in our quiz? Answers at the bottom corner of the page.

1. The final four teams in Major League Baseball are Boston, Houston Milwaukee and Los Angeles. What are the nicknames of those teams? For a bonus point which has never won the World Series?

2. Laura Langman set a record of NZ netball test caps. How many? Who held the previous record?

3. Staying with netball, despite the return of Langman and a new coach in Noeline Taurua, Australia has now won how many games in a row against the Silver Ferns?

4. Chelsea football legend John Terry announced his retirement as a player this week and was immediately hired as an assistant coach by which team?

5. Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints set the record for the most passing yards in the NFL this week – has he thrown closer to a) 72,000 yards b) 75,000 yards c) 78,000 yards?

6. Trent Boult went with ballistic with the bat on the first day of Plunket Shield cricket with 28 runs off one over. Who was the bowler?