The Prelims of the KQA Cricket quiz 2014, held in Bangalore on 30th March 2013.

1. Well Of Course Prelims
KQA Cricket Quiz 2014
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2. Prelim Rules
• Teams of 4 or less.
• 30 Questions.
• First five questions are *ed.
• An ODI game allows a team with a bad start to recover
somehow in the slog overs. We will reward good slog
overs, so in case of ties (even after stars) – no bowl
outs, but sudden death starting with the last question.

3. Before we start, put your hands together…..

4. 1.*
• Aju John appears to be the first person to use
_______________. He used it back in September 2009. He
said it was a distinctly tongue-in-cheek slant. It was a big
joke in the blogging community and was often used to poke
fun at the way young cricketers in the team reacted after
good performances with the media as almost every player
would say the same thing to the media.
• “It started really as a way of taking the mickey”, says Gaurav
Sethi, founder of the blog Bored Cricket Crazy Indians. He
used _______________ in a cartoon that he drew for the
blog in 2009.
• Fill in the blank.

5. 2.*
• Given what happened at his previous job, whose
current job, quite appropriately, is at the Christ Church
Grammar School, an Anglican all-boys school in Perth?

6. 3.*
• Two unrelated people..
• The first game to be broadcast on radio was X’s
testimonial held at the SCG in 1922. Who is X?
• X set a record that has not been broken in over 135 years.
• Y was the first Trinidadian to score a century in Port of
Spain, Trinidad. He did so in a test in 1948. Who is Y?
• Y is an answer to a petered cricket trivia question.
• Just identify X and Y.

7. 4.*
• Much before attaining cricketing immortality, he played
a game against the MCC side (almost the English team)
and helped his team to dismiss MCC for 33 by taking 6
wickets including a hat-trick. In the 2nd innings, MCC
were dismissed for 19 where he completed his 10
wicket haul.
• After the game he is said to have wheeled around the
dressing room “Ain’t I a _____! Ain’t I a _____!” Many
agreed he was and the nickname stuck.
• Who and what is the nickname?

8. 5.*
• "There was no Sunday cricket during the county season in those
days. Sunday used to be the off day and I used to feature in club
games for pickup sides owned by tobacco and alcohol
companies, to make an extra buck on the side. Rothmans
Cavaliers was one such team. They used to give me 10 pounds a
day to play for them. a lot of money back then.”
• "In one such match, I was up against a Middlesex club with the
great Fred Titmus in it. We were chasing a rather large target and
Freddie, a giant of an off spinner, was bowling. I couldn't get a
run. I looked around and realised that the only gap was at third
man. My shot was pre-meditated, but it connected and went for
four, but Titmus appealed!“
• Who describing what?

9. 6.
• “I rode a bike to practice everyday. Which meant I could
not carry anything with me. Nobody would share and
this meant I never got a chance. It is embarrassing
sometimes but in my defense, I turned down a lot of
singles.”
• Who about what?

10. 7.
• Device designed by John
Drake Scott after his
appointment in 1937.
• What is its use?

11. 8.
• On typing which cricketer’s name in the search bar, did
Google return these images.

12. 9.
• The cup you see in the image was
called the ‘Unity Cup’ and was
given to Sachin as he was the
captain of the winning team. The
game took place right in between
an India-Sri Lanka series.
• Question is where did the game
take place?

13. 10.
• Who is the author of the book “How to play association
football”?

14. 11.
• CSA suggested that the South African team would come
from the United Arab Emirates, where they were
playing Pakistan, to take on India in two home Tests.
This would have happened at the time India ended up
playing West Indies. CSA proposed that this would be
followed by three Tests in South Africa, and the five
Tests viewed as a complete series could be played for
the X-Y Trophy. “We got the appropriate clearances to
use the Y name, and had asked BCCI officials if they
could seek similar permissions for the X name in India,”
a top CSA functionary told Wisden India. X-Y ?

15. 12.
• John Wright has been the coach of 3 international
cricket sides. India and New Zealand are 2 of them.
Which is the third one?

16. 13. Identify the 2 people involved in this ugly fracas.
• Video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRgzwrv1w2k

17. 14.
• “I know what it feels like when someone accuses you
wrongly. I have felt the humiliation of it and also the
fact that people lose faith in you. When I saw the script
of the episode, I could identify with it and hence I
decided to act. I am glad that both in real and on TV, I
am innocent.”
• The cricketer in question is accused of murder as the
murder weapon is found in his golf bag. He is later
exonerated as the real killer is found.
• Who and which TV show?

18. 15.
• Sheldon Cottrell made his
debut in the Sachin
Farewell series and his
first wicket was that of
Cheteshwar Pujara.
• Why is Cottrell celebrating
like this after taking
Pujara’s wicket?

19. 16.
• The term is thought to have originated at Dulwich
College where there was the corner of a field containing
livestock on that edge of the playing area. Fielders were
dispatched to the X.
• X?

20. 17.
• ‘Ground Rules – A celebration of test cricket’, is a book
that tries to chronicle the history of test cricket by using
cricket grounds as a reference. Sourav Ganguly was
asked to chronicle the history of Indian cricket with an
article on Eden Gardens.
• Who according to Sourav Ganguly, is the greatest player
to have played at the Eden Gardens? The man in
question played only one game in the 1970’s at the
Eden Gardens where he led his team to a draw. It was a
well attended game with large crowds against a local
side.

21. 18.
• J.M. (John) Parkin was a right-handed middle-order
batsman who played for Nottinghamshire and averaged
11.25 with a top score of 53 in 28 first-class matches
between 1966-68. His one claim to fame was having the
best seat in the house to what?

22. 19.
• Warwickshire possesses a potent seam attack including
internationals like Boyd Rankin and Chris Woakes. But their
wet winters have delayed grass growth and hence produced
sluggish surfaces during the cricket season.
• Gary Barwell, the groundsman saw something being used,
when he worked on the ground staff at Notts County
Football Club and believes its usage in cricket will improve
pitch quality and outfield drainage. In procuring this for
pitch use, Warwickshire used the help of West Midlands
police.
• So if Warwickshire win the championships this year, what is
the secret to their success? Some might accuse me of
marketing another KQA quiz with this question.

23. 20.
• The list of fastest test hundreds has some unlikely
names. The list is topped by IVA Richards followed by
Adam Gilchrist. A man primary known for his bowling
(he has 2 hundreds to his name though) comes in third
with a hundred off 67 balls. This is also the fastest
hundred in terms of minutes. 4th is a man not really
known for his explosive batting with a hundred off 69
balls. Identify 3 and 4 in the list.
• While you're at it, who has the fastest test fifty?

24. 21.
• Identify this cricketer and
also the title of the book.
It is a pun on something
that is defined as unlawful
taking of personal
property of another
person whose value is
more than 400$.

25. 22.
• 2 people have been hit for 6 sixes in 6 balls in the T20
world cup. One of course was Stuart Broad who was hit
for 6 sixes by Yuvraj Singh. The other person added to
his reputation with this feat. Who?

26. 23.
• Jatinder Singh, son of fourth generation Indian
immigrants, played his school cricket for Te Aroha
College and his senior cricket for Te Aroha Cobras
(before it folded last season due to a lack of players)
and is an opening batsman who can bowl a little. Was
in the news early this year.
• What?

27. 24.
• Gary Pratt affected the run-out of Ricky Ponting in the
4th test at Edgbaston to change the course of the Ashes
series in 2005. He was called as he was not playing for
Durham on the suggestion of Steve Harmison.
• Another substitute was also called from Warwickshire
who was on the field for sometime during the test. He
was at the time 37 years old and in his final season of
first class cricket.
• Who is this cricketer and what is his current job?

28. 25.
• In the early 1990’s there was a rare moment when India
was dominating the Pakistani bowling at Sharjah. The
very pro-Pakistani crowd was silent. But then, arose a
slogan:
• "Allah ki badi shaan hai'
_____ _________ ___".
Complete the blanks.

29. 26.Pic from the only test to be played at
the ground. Identify the venue.

30. 27.
• The most expensive bowling figures in first class history
were recorded by X, whose 64 eight ball overs for New
South Wales in Melbourne in 1926 brought him 4 for
362. X’s name is usually associated with some other
bowling figures from a match in 1921.
• Who is X?

31. 28.
• The India vs New Zealand test match that took place at
the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera is unique in Sachin
Tendulkar’s career - he has always been accused of
shying away from responsibility and in this instance he
actually took up the responsibility with not so great
results.
• Why is this test unique?

32. 29.
• Something happened in this innings that was observed by
Percy Fender and he passed it on to a Surrey colleague. How
did the Surrey colleague use the information?

33. 30.
• The last time Maharashtra reached the Ranji Trophy
finals before the current season was in 1992-93. The
team led by Surendra Bhave decided to seek the
blessings of the captain of the last successful
Maharashtra Ranji captain. The senior man had turned
101 and was willing to even go to Ludhiana, the venue
of the final, but ill health prevented him from doing so.
Despite the best wishes, Maharashtra could not add to
their 2 titles that were won under the captaincy of the
101 year old man. Who?

34. Time for answers

35. 1.*
• Aju John appears to be the first person to use
_______________. He used it back in September 2009. He
said it was a distinctly tongue-in-cheek slant. It was a big
joke in the blogging community and was often used to poke
fun at the way young cricketers in the team reacted after
good performances with the media as almost every player
would say the same thing to the media.
• “It started really as a way of taking the mickey”, says Gaurav
Sethi, founder of the blog Bored Cricket Crazy Indians. He
used _______________ in a cartoon that he drew for the
blog in 2009.
• Fill in the blank.

36. #ThankYouSachin

37. 2.*
• Given what happened at his previous job, whose
current job, quite appropriately, is at the Christ Church
Grammar School, an Anglican all-boys school in Perth?

38. Mickey Arthur
• He is said to have told news reporters “At least they’ll
do their homework.”

39. 3.*
• Two unrelated people..
• The first game to be broadcast on radio was X’s
testimonial held at the SCG in 1922. Who is X?
• X set a record that has not been broken in over 135 years.
• Y was the first Trinidadian to score a century in Port of
Spain, Trinidad. He did so in a test in 1948. Who is Y?
• Y is an answer to a petered cricket trivia question.
• Just identify X and Y.

40. • X – Charles Bannerman
• Y – Andy Ganteaume

41. 4.*
• Much before attaining cricketing immortality, he played
a game against the MCC side (almost the English team)
and helped his team to dismiss MCC for 33 by taking 6
wickets including a hat-trick. In the 2nd innings, MCC
were dismissed for 19 where he completed his 10
wicket haul.
• After the game he is said to have wheeled around the
dressing room “Ain’t I a _____! Ain’t I a _____!” Many
agreed he was and the nickname stuck.
• Who and what is the nickname?

42. • Fred Spofforth
• Demon

43. 5.*
• "There was no Sunday cricket during the county season in those
days. Sunday used to be the off day and I used to feature in club
games for pickup sides owned by tobacco and alcohol
companies, to make an extra buck on the side. Rothmans
Cavaliers was one such team. They used to give me 10 pounds a
day to play for them. a lot of money back then.”
• "In one such match, I was up against a Middlesex club with the
great Fred Titmus in it. We were chasing a rather large target and
Freddie, a giant of an off spinner, was bowling. I couldn't get a
run. I looked around and realised that the only gap was at third
man. My shot was pre-meditated, but it connected and went for
four, but Titmus appealed!“
• Who describing what?

44. • Mushtaq Mohammad
• Reverse Sweep

45. 6.
• “I rode a bike to practice everyday. Which meant I could
not carry anything with me. Nobody would share and
this meant I never got a chance. It is embarrassing
sometimes but in my defense, I turned down a lot of
singles.”
• Who about what?

46. • Chris Martin
• About his (lack of) batting
skills.

47. 7.
• Device designed by John
Drake Scott after his
appointment in 1937.
• What is its use?

48. • Count the number of balls bowled
in an over. John Scott had been
appointed as the umpire for the
Ashes series.
• We can see 8 sticks to indicate the
8 ball overs that were prevalent in
Australia at that time.

49. 8.
• On typing which cricketer’s name in the search bar, did
Google return these images.

50. George Bailey
• James Stewart’s character in the movie ‘It’s a
Wonderful Life’ was called George Bailey.

51. 9.
• The cup you see in the image was
called the ‘Unity Cup’ and was
given to Sachin as he was the
captain of the winning team. The
game took place right in between
an India-Sri Lanka series.
• Question is where did the game
take place?

52. Puttaparthi
• Arjuna Ranatunga led the
World XI team and Sachin was
the captain of the India XI
team.

53. 10.
• Who is the author of the book “How to play association
football”?

54. Denis Compton

55. 11.
• CSA suggested that the South African team would come
from the United Arab Emirates, where they were
playing Pakistan, to take on India in two home Tests.
This would have happened at the time India ended up
playing West Indies. CSA proposed that this would be
followed by three Tests in South Africa, and the five
Tests viewed as a complete series could be played for
the X-Y Trophy. “We got the appropriate clearances to
use the Y name, and had asked BCCI officials if they
could seek similar permissions for the X name in India,”
a top CSA functionary told Wisden India. X-Y ?

56. Gandhi - Mandela

57. 12.
• John Wright has been the coach of 3 international
cricket sides. India and New Zealand are 2 of them.
Which is the third one?

58. World XI
• He was the coach of the World XI team that took on
Australia in the Super Series in 2005-06.
• This was an official match and all scores were added to
the records of the players.

59. 13. Identify the 2 people involved in this ugly fracas.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRgzwrv1w2k

60. • Chethan Sharma
• Tim Zoehrer
• Tied test match.

61. 14.
• “I know what it feels like when someone accuses you
wrongly. I have felt the humiliation of it and also the
fact that people lose faith in you. When I saw the script
of the episode, I could identify with it and hence I
decided to act. I am glad that both in real and on TV, I
am innocent.”
• The cricketer in question is accused of murder as the
murder weapon is found in his golf bag. He is later
exonerated as the real killer is found.
• Who and which TV show?

62. • Kapil Dev
• CID

63. 15.
• Sheldon Cottrell made his
debut in the Sachin
Farewell series and his
first wicket was that of
Cheteshwar Pujara.
• Why is Cottrell celebrating
like this after taking
Pujara’s wicket?

64. Previous Job - soldier
• He was a soldier before being an international cricketer
and used to stand guard at the Antigua Recreational
Ground. Whenever he takes a wicket he salutes as a
reminder of his previous profession.

65. 16.
• The term is thought to have originated at Dulwich
College where there was the corner of a field containing
livestock on that edge of the playing area. Fielders were
dispatched to the X.
• X?

66. Cow Corner

67. 17.
• ‘Ground Rules – A celebration of test cricket’, is a book
that tries to chronicle the history of test cricket by using
cricket grounds as a reference. Sourav Ganguly was
asked to chronicle the history of Indian cricket with an
article on Eden Gardens.
• Who according to Sourav Ganguly, is the greatest player
to have played at the Eden Gardens? The man in
question played only one game in the 1970’s at the
Eden Gardens where he led his team to a draw. It was a
well attended game with large crowds against a local
side.

68. Pele!
• Cosmos drew 2-2 with Mohan Bagan. This game was
played at the Eden Gardens.

69. 18.
• J.M. (John) Parkin was a right-handed middle-order
batsman who played for Nottinghamshire and averaged
11.25 with a top score of 53 in 28 first-class matches
between 1966-68. His one claim to fame was having the
best seat in the house to what?

70. • Non-striker when Sobers hit six sixes.

71. 19.
• Warwickshire possesses a potent seam attack including
internationals like Boyd Rankin and Chris Woakes. But their
wet winters have delayed grass growth and hence produced
sluggish surfaces during the cricket season.
• Gary Barwell, the groundsman saw something being used,
when he worked on the ground staff at Notts County
Football Club and believes its usage in cricket will improve
pitch quality and outfield drainage. In procuring this for
pitch use, Warwickshire used the help of West Midlands
police.
• So if Warwickshire win the championships this year, what is
the secret to their success? Some might accuse me of
marketing another KQA quiz with this question.

72. Cannabis Lamps
• They have been given the lamps free of cost by the
police.
• Cannabis Indica is of course the famous collected works
India Quiz conducted by Navin Rajaram and Hrishi
Varma.

73. 20.
• The list of fastest test hundreds has some unlikely
names. The list is topped by IVA Richards followed by
Adam Gilchrist. A man primary known for his bowling
(he has 2 hundreds to his name though) comes in third
with a hundred off 67 balls. This is also the fastest
hundred in terms of minutes. 4th is a man not really
known for his explosive batting with a hundred off 69
balls. Identify 3 and 4 in the list.
• While you're at it, who has the fastest test fifty?

74. • 3 - Jack Gregory
• 4 – Shivnarine Chanderpaul
• Fastest 50 – Jacques Kallis

75. 21.
• Identify this cricketer and
also the title of the book.
It is a pun on something
that is defined as unlawful
taking of personal
property of another
person whose value is
more than 400$.

76. Gavin Larsen
• Title of the book is Grand Larseny.

77. 22.
• 2 people have been hit for 6 sixes in 6 balls in the T20
world cup. One of course was Stuart Broad who was hit
for 6 sixes by Yuvraj Singh. The other person added to
his reputation with this feat. Who?

78. Sir Ravindra Jadeja

79. 23.
• Jatinder Singh, son of fourth generation Indian
immigrants, played his school cricket for Te Aroha
College and his senior cricket for Te Aroha Cobras
(before it folded last season due to a lack of players)
and is an opening batsman who can bowl a little. Was
in the news early this year.
• What?

80. He won 100,000$ for taking a one handed catch

81. 24.
• Gary Pratt affected the run-out of Ricky Ponting in the
4th test at Edgbaston to change the course of the Ashes
series in 2005. He was called as he was not playing for
Durham on the suggestion of Steve Harmison.
• Another substitute was also called from Warwickshire
who was on the field for sometime during the test. He
was at the time 37 years old and in his final season of
first class cricket.
• Who is this cricketer and what is his current job?

82. • Trevor Penney
• Fielding Coach of India

83. 25.
• In the early 1990’s there was a rare moment when India
was dominating the Pakistani bowling at Sharjah. The
very pro-Pakistani crowd was silent. But then, arose a
slogan:
• "Allah ki badi shaan hai'
_____ _________ ___".
Complete the blanks.

84. • Azhar Musalmaan Hai.

85. 26.Pic from the only test to be played at
the ground. Identify the venue.

86. Bombay Gymkhana Ground
• Site of the first test ever played in India.

87. 27.
• The most expensive bowling figures in first class history
were recorded by X, whose 64 eight ball overs for New
South Wales in Melbourne in 1926 brought him 4 for
362. X’s name is usually associated with some other
bowling figures from a match in 1921.
• Who is X?

88. Arthur Mailey
• Most famously associated
with 10 for 66 and all
that.

89. 28.
• The India vs New Zealand test match that took place at
the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera is unique in Sachin
Tendulkar’s career - he has always been accused of
shying away from responsibility and in this instance he
actually took up the responsibility with not so great
results.
• Why is this test unique?

90. • The only time Sachin has batted higher than No 4 in
tests.

91. 29.
• Something happened in this innings that was observed by
Percy Fender and he passed it on to a Surrey colleague. How
did the Surrey colleague use the information?

92. Bodyline
• The Surrey colleague was Douglas Jardine.
• During his innings of 232, a ball from Larwood hit the
sternum of Bradman and he collapsed. This led to the
formulation of bodyline.

93. 30.
• The last time Maharashtra reached the Ranji Trophy
finals before the current season was in 1992-93. The
team led by Surendra Bhave decided to seek the
blessings of the captain of the last successful
Maharashtra Ranji captain. The senior man had turned
101 and was willing to even go to Ludhiana, the venue
of the final, but ill health prevented him from doing so.
Despite the best wishes, Maharashtra could not add to
their 2 titles that were won under the captaincy of the
101 year old man. Who?

94. Prof. D.B. Deodhar
• Maharashtra won the Ranji
twice in consecutive years under
his captaincy in 1939-40 and
1940-41.

95. Top 8 teams in the finals