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The sports quiz of the week: Lionel Messi, Lewis Hamilton and Liverpool

If you watched Lionel Messi score a lot of goals and Liverpool concede a lot of goals, you will do well in this week's quiz

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Lionel Messi is held aloft by his Barcelona team-mates. Photograph: Joan Cros Garcia/Demotix/Corbis

  1. 1. Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick this week to become the leading goalscorer in Champions League history. Other than Messi, who was the last player to score at hat-trick for Barcelona in the competition?

  2. 2. Messi also scored a hat-trick in La Liga to become the competition's all-time top scorer. Whose record did he overtake?

  3. 3. The Ireland rugby team finished off the autumn by beating South Africa, Georgia and Australia. Against whom did they suffer their only defeat in 2014?

  4. 4. Lewis Hamilton became the fourth Briton to win multiple F1 world championships. Who is the only British racer to have won it three times?

  5. 5. Liverpool have lost six of their 12 matches in the Premier League this season. Who are the only team to have lost more matches (eight)?

  6. 6. Which football manager played down his team's failings this season by recounting the proverb: 'Everything has an end, only the sausage has two'?

  7. 7. Switzerland won the Davis Cup on Sunday but which France player defeated Roger Federer during the final?

  8. 8. In this season's Champions League which team has played five matches, scored two goals and won eight points?

  9. 9. Which player has scored the most goals in the Premier League in 2014 (17)?

  10. 10. What did an irate Arsenal fan throw at Manchester United staff during their match at the Emirates on Saturday?

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