It is the Packet's new weekly sports quiz, designed to test how much you know about the week's local and national sporting headlines.

This week's seven questions are listed below.

The answers are at the bottom of the page (no peeking!).

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  1. Young German tennis player Alexander Zverev stunned Novak Djokovic to win the ATP Tour Finals on Sunday. Who played in last year’s final? Two points available here.
     
  2. Liskeard Athletic’s 100 per cent start to the South West Peninsula League Division 1 West season finally came to an end on Saturday when they drew 1-1 at Penzance. How many league games had they won in a row since the start of the season before Saturday’s game?
     
  3. England’s 2-1 win over Croatia at Wembley on Sunday acted as small piece of revenge for their defeat to the Croats in the World Cup semi-final in Moscow earlier in the year. What was the score in that game and who scored, if anyone, for England? Two points available here.
     
  4. Why will Redruth RFC have been frustrated with their 20-20 draw at home to Bury St. Edmunds in National League 2 South on Saturday?
     

A – They were 20-0 up with 20 minutes to go
B – Bury had only 12 men on the pitch for a spell
C – They missed a kick in front of the posts in the final minute

5. Golf stars Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson face each other in a one-off match at Shadow Creek Golf Club in Las Vegas on Friday. How many majors have the pair won combined?

6. Penryn RFC racked up nine tries in their 53-0 rout of Liskeard-Looe in their Tribute Cornwall/Devon match on Saturday, with two players scoring hat-tricks. Name them. Two points available here.

7. Spot the ball in this picture of Helston Athletic’s Combination League game at home to Penryn Athletic on Saturday.

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Answers:

  1. Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin.
  2. Ten.
  3. 2-1 to Croatia (after extra-time). Kieran Trippier.
  4. B – Bury had 12 men on the pitch for a spell
  5. 19 (Woods has 14 and Mickelson has five)
  6. James Salisbury and Josh Chambers.
  7. B

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