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So how many did you get right? Find below the answers to our quiz of the week.

Football

1. Federico Macheda became the second Italian to score for Manchester United in the Premier League with his injury-time winner against Aston Villa but who was the first? (Answer: New Jersey born Italian international Giuseppe Rossi who scored against Sunderland during the 2005/06 season)

2. Liverpool and Chelsea meet in the Champions League quarter-final - ensuring that at least one English team will be in the last four; but when was the last time the Premier League was not represented in the semi-finals? (Answer: 2003 - which was also the last time the final was in England at Old Trafford)

3. When Porto knocked Manchester United out of the Champions League back in 2004, five of the team that started in the second leg now play in the Premier League - who are they? (Answer: Ricardo Carvalho, Deco and Paulo Ferreira (all Chelsea), Benni McCarthy (Blackburn) and Nuno Valente (Everton) - another Chelsea player - Jose Bosingwa - was on the bench)

Formula One

4. Last weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix was abandoned after just 32 laps, but it was not the shortest GP of all time? Which race holds that dubious honour? (Answer: The 1991 Australian GP which was abandoned after just 16 laps again because of torrential rain)

Tennis

5. By winning the Miami Masters Andy Murray equalled the number of singles titles that Tim Henman won in his whole career. How many events has each player won? (Answer - 11)

Cricket

6. In which country did India this week bring to an end a winning slump that had lasted since 1968? (Answer New Zealand)

Golf

7. The Masters starts this weekend and no European player has won the event this decade. However, three non-Americans have - who are they? (Answer - Fiji's Vijay Singh in 2000, Canada's Mike Weir in 2003 and last year South Africa's Trevor Immelman)

Snooker

8. Which player reached his first ranking event semi-final at last week's China Open? (Answer - Stuart Pettman)

Boxing

9. Vladimir Klitschko will fight David Haye for the heavyweight title in June at the home of which football club? (Answer - Bundesliga team Schalke who play in Gelsenkirchen)

General

10. Scotland are one of the strongest team's competing in which sport's World Championships which is currently taking place in Moncton, Canada? (Answer - Curling)

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