cricket quiz by CC

2. Quizmasters
Team “Cricket Cacophony” (https://www.facebook.com/groups/CricketCacophony/)
Tapabrata Banerjee
Satyaki Guha
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Apurv Bhatia
Aditya Kulashri
Kaushik Saha

3. Acknowledgements
• Entire team of Cricket Cacophony, for taking the initiative for this quiz
• Poorna Banerjee, for helping us with the refreshments sponsorship
• Raj Ray (CEO, System on Silicon) for being the title sponsor
• Sanjha Chulha, Avirup Guha Roy and Alekhya Chakrabarty for
sponsoring the prizes
• Abhinandan Banerjee and Samrat Sengupta for helping us with the
venue
• My parents for helping me with a couple of questions
• Anantha Kumar Rajamani for reviewing the quiz

4. Prelims

5. Identify the duo (surnames will do)

6. Name the batsman getting dismissed

7. Starred Question
• Catherine "Cate" McGregor was a serving member of the Australian
Defence Force. MCGregor is a published author, of a book “An Indian
Summer of Cricket”. She plays club cricket for Wests US in the
Canberra league. She set herself for auction for Women’s Big Bash
League in 2016. Had she been selected, she would have set two
records. Give either

8. Name this exceptionally talented cricketer who
has a first class match hosting ground named
after him

10. Starred Question
• The cricketer in the last slide was often considered to be more
talented than Sachin Tendulkar. He remains the youngest ever to
complete 1000 Ranji Trophy runs and was up for consideration for a
India test team slot in 1992. Which Bengali novel about cricket
mentions his achievements (perhaps the only published novel to do
so), and later when published in a book form, was dedicated to him?

11. • Raja Jawad played one first class match for Tamil Nadu while his
eldest son Mehriyar (Mel) played one first class for Worcestershire
and one list A match for Essex. What is their surname?

12. • George Newland Osborn was a English cricketer who played 3 FC
matches for Middlesex in the 1881 and played club cricket for Upper
Clapton Club for more than 30 years. What was his profession,
something that fans of “Mean Mark” Callous can identify with?

13. Identify the team and the trophy

15. Who is the boy on the extreme right playing
the clarinet?

17. • This person was a fast bowler and attended the team trials for the
2000 U19 World Cup (the same known for Yuvraj Singh’s exploits).
However, he had to drop out due to injury. Soon, he became well
known in a different field and became the first Asian to “perform”
twice at London’s O2 Arena. Who?

18. • In the early days of cricket, the batsman had to insert his bat in a hole
ala Golf to consider the run being completed. The field, to run him
out, had to drop the ball in the hole before the batsman could put his
bat in. Often, the fielder was injured when both tried to get to the
hole earlier. As a result, what innovation was brought in?

19. How is Dinesh Karthik connected to this
movie?

20. • Nirvan Chopra is a cricketer who has represented Delhi in U-17 and U-
19 cricket and is a contemporary of Virender Sehwag, Rajat Bhatia,
Mithun Manhas etc. Nirvan later did his MBA and moved away from
cricket. However, one of his relatives played for India with distinction.
Who?

21. • Chandra, an English Professor from Indore, is often considered to be
the first ever women commentator in cricket (she did the
commenting duties in a England vs. Mumbai tour match in 1977 and a
few other women’s matches on All India Radio). Who is her well
known father?

22. • The 2009 P Sen Memorial Trophy saw Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey and
Wriddhiman Saha turn up for Mohun Bagan. The other really strong
team that year that was Town Club, who lost to Mohun Bagan in the P
Sen and JC Mukherjee Trophy finals. Town Club had 2 players in their
team who went on to play for India. One was Saurabh Tiwary. Who
was the other?

23. • "Desire and need makes you do things that one shouldn't. There's
more to life than that. Once I asked myself how long I would last in
cricket. But what after that? Lara, Tendulkar and Ponting are
champions on the field but what about their life after cricket? That's a
big question waiting ahead,“. Whose words, when he decided to retire
at a young age of 29?

24. • “In April 1994, as I was gearing up for my golden summer, Audifax
Byiringiro was a six-month-old baby in Rwanda. Audifax and his
family—his mother, father and three siblings—sought refuge from the
violence as nearly a million Tutsis were killed by their Hutu
countrymen”. Who, when asked about the reasons why he was raising
funds to build a stadium in Kigali, Rwanda?

25. Starred Question: Identify the cricketer

27. Starred Question
• This model belongs to the group of executive cars that were
manufactured between 1968 to 1994. The first model was launched
in 1968 and it kept rolling out of assembly line till 1976. It was
restyled in 1976 with a power output 136PS from the earlier 100PS. In
1983 another version was launched that came in with an increased
drag coefficient of .30 and a slimmer body design from its previous
boxy shape.
• What is the cricket connection of the 1983 version?

28. Starred Question: This is a panel from a 2014
graphic novel. It shows a boy sitting on the back of
a truck being driven by an old man. The old man
has a cricket connection. Identify both

29. This is the poster of a 2008 Tamil movie Santosh
Subramaniam. Who played Sanjay, the hero’s elder
brother?

30. This is a bust of Pankaj Roy near his house in North
Kolkata. At least once a year, his statue and its
whereabouts get a massive number of visitors.
Why?

31. • The Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple is one of the "Divya Desams",
the 108 temples of Vishnu revered by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars
located near Aranmula, a village in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala. A
boat race is held on the river Pamba every year in July to pay homage
to a Mahabharata story. In 2016, one of these boats capsized. 6
people died and several went missing. One of the survivors of the
disaster went on to become only the second Indian to achieve
something. Who?

32. • In 2007, this former Indian cricketer joined the Janta Dal (S) and rose
to become the youth secretary of the party. He played 5 international
matches for India, but never at home. Later, he coached Goa in 2012-
13 Ranji Trophy season and participated in Kannada Bigg Boss in
2014. Wo?

33. • What was special about Baroda’s Ranji Trophy win in 1957-58 and
Karnataka’s victory in 1973-74?

34. Whose name is darkened

35. Why was she in news in August 2016?

36. Which ground?

37. Whose tweet?

38. • 4 Indian batsmen have reached the landmark of 1000 test runs in past
12 months. Name all (3 needed for 1 point, all 4 for 2 points)

39. Submit your sheets

40. Answers

41. Identify the duo (surnames will do)

42. • Swapnil Gugale and Ankit Bawane

43. Name the batsman getting dismissed

44. • Steven O’Keefe (Papali is <3)

45. • Catherine "Cate" McGregor was a serving member of the Australian
Defence Force. MCGregor is a published author, of a book “An Indian
Summer of Cricket”. She plays club cricket for Wests US in the
Canberra league. She set herself for auction for Women’s Big Bash
League in 2016. Had she been selected, she would have set two
records. Give either

46. • First official transgender to play recognized cricket
• Oldest cricketer in any T20 league (she is 60)

47. Name this exceptionally talented cricketer who
has a first class match hosting ground named
after him

49. • The late Dhruv Pandove

50. • Dhruv Pandove was often considered to be more talented than Sachin
Tendulkar. He remains the youngest ever to complete 1000 Ranji
Trophy runs and was up for consideration for a India test team slot in
1992. Which Bengali novel about cricket mentions his achievements
(perhaps the only published novel to do so), and later when published
in a book form, was dedicated to him?

51. Jiban Ananta by Late. Moti Nandy

52. • Raja Jawad played one first class match for Tamil Nadu while his
eldest son Mehriyar (Mel) played one first class for Worcestershire
and one list A match for Essex. What is their surname?

53. • Hussain (father and elder brother of Nasser)

54. • George Newland Osborn was a English cricketer who played 3 FC
matches for Middlesex in the 1881 and played club cricket for Upper
Clapton Club for more than 30 years. What was his profession,
something that fans of “Mean Mark” Callous can identify with?

55. • Undertaker

56. Identify the team and the trophy

58. • The 2016-16 Cooch Behar Trophy winning Bengal U19 team

59. Who is the boy on the extreme right playing
the clarinet?

61. • Alastair Cook

62. • This person was a fast bowler and attended the team trials for the
2000 U19 World Cup (the same known for Yuvraj Singh’s exploits).
However, he had to drop out due to injury. Soon, he became well
known in a different field and became the first Asian to “perform”
twice at London’s O2 Arena. Who?

63. • Atif Aslam

64. • In the early days of cricket, the batsman had to insert his bat in a hole
ala Golf to consider the run being completed. The field, to run him
out, had to drop the ball in the hole before the batsman could put his
bat in. Often, the fielder was injured when both tried to get to the
hole earlier. As a result, what innovation was brought in?

65. • Popping Crease

66. How is Dinesh Karthik connected to this
movie?

67. • Dinesh Karthik’s ex wife Nikita is married to Murali Vijay. Murali Vijay
was mentioned in the movie in a game of “20 questions” played by
the protagonists

68. • Nirvan Chopra is a cricketer who has represented Delhi in U-17 and U-
19 cricket and is a contemporary of Virender Sehwag, Rajat Bhatia,
Mithun Manhas etc. Nirvan later did his MBA and moved away from
cricket. However, one of his relatives played for India with distinction.
Who?

69. • Anjum Chopra

70. • Chandra, an English Professor from Indore, is often considered to be
the first ever women commentator in cricket (she did the
commenting duties in a England vs. Mumbai tour match in 1977 and a
few other women’s matches on All India Radio). Who is her well
known father?

71. • CK Nayudu

72. • The 2009 P Sen Memorial Trophy saw Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey and
Wriddhiman Saha turn up for Mohun Bagan. The other really strong
team that year that was Town Club, who lost to Mohun Bagan in the P
Sen and JC Mukherjee Trophy finals. Town Club had 2 players in their
team who went on to play for India. One was Saurabh Tiwary. Who
was the other?

73. • Mohammad Shami

74. • "Desire and need makes you do things that one shouldn't. There's
more to life than that. Once I asked myself how long I would last in
cricket. But what after that? Lara, Tendulkar and Ponting are
champions on the field but what about their life after cricket? That's a
big question waiting ahead,“. Whose words, when he decided to retire
at a young age of 29?

75. • Tatenda Taibu, who became a priest

76. • “In April 1994, as I was gearing up for my golden summer, Audifax
Byiringiro was a six-month-old baby in Rwanda. Audifax and his
family—his mother, father and three siblings—sought refuge from the
violence as nearly a million Tutsis were killed by their Hutu
countrymen”. Who, when asked about the reasons why he was raising
funds to build a stadium in Kigali, Rwanda?

77. • Brian Lara

78. Identify the cricketer

80. • Eric Clapton. Here he is seeing taking part at the Bunbury Annual
Cricket Festival

81. • This model belongs to the group of executive cars that were
manufactured between 1968 to 1994. The first model was launched
in 1968 and it kept rolling out of assembly line till 1976. It was
restyled in 1976 with a power output 136PS from the earlier 100PS. In
1983 another version was launched that came in with an increased
drag coefficient of .30 and a slimmer body design from its previous
boxy shape.
• What is the cricket connection of the 1983 version?

82. • The Audi C3 100 that was given to Ravi Shastri for winning the
Champion of Champions trophy in Benson & Hedges Cup 1985

83. This is a panel from a 2014 graphic novel. It shows
a boy sitting on the back of a truck being driven by
an old man. The old man has a cricket connection.
Identify both

84. • Samuel Beckett and Andre the Giant

85. This is the poster of a 2008 Tamil movie Santosh
Subramaniam. Who played Sanjay, the hero’s elder
brother?

86. • Sadgopan Ramesh

87. This is a bust of Pankaj Roy near his house in North
Kolkata. At least once a year, his statue and its
whereabouts get a massive number of visitors.
Why?

88. • The Durga Puja of Kumartuli is held at the Pankaj Roy Park near
Sobhabazar

89. • The Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple is one of the "Divya Desams",
the 108 temples of Vishnu revered by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars
located near Aranmula, a village in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala. A
boat race is held on the river Pamba every year in July to pay homage
to a Mahabharata story. In 2016, one of these boats capsized. 6
people died and several went missing. One of the survivors of the
disaster went on to become only the second Indian to achieve
something. Who?

90. • Karun Nair

91. • In 2007, this former Indian cricketer joined the Janta Dal (S) and rose
to become the youth secretary of the party. He played 5 international
matches for India, but never at home. Later, he coached Goa in 2012-
13 Ranji Trophy season and participated in Kannada Bigg Boss in
2014. Who?

92. • Dodda Ganesh

93. • What was special about Baroda’s Ranji Trophy win in 1957-58 and
Karnataka’s victory in 1973-74?

94. Bombay’s 15 consecutive Ranji Trophy wins in
between

95. Whose name is darkened

96. Harmanpreet Kaur

97. Why was she in news in August 2016?

98. Sunette Viljoen – Olympic Silver in Javelin in
Rio 2016

99. Which ground?

100. Manuka Oval

101. Whose tweet?

102. Jimmy Neesham

103. List it
• 4 Indian batsmen have reached the landmark of 1000 test runs in past
12 months. Name all (at least 3 needed for 1 point, all 4 for 2 points)

104. • Rohit Sharma
• KL Rahul
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Wriddhiman Saha

105. Audience and Just in case

106. This is the Middle Income Group Ground in
Bandra, Mumbai, What first in the world of cricket
took place here on 16 December 1997?

107. • Belinda Clark’s 229

108. • The present captain of the MIG Cricket Club, Bandra created a batting
record himself in November 2013. Who?

109. • Prithvi Shaw, 546 in a Harris Shield Match