Annual KQA Cricket Quiz 2012.

1. The “Well Of Course” Quiz
Super Eights.
MANISH ACHUTH

2. Finals
List It
Write Bros
Dry Clockwise
Write Bros
LVC
Dry Anti Clockwise

3. LIST IT!
Gets Papers ready.

4. LIST IT!
8 Indians have made it to the batting honours
board at Lords. List them
5 points per batsman. Get all 8, bonus of 5.
One batsman even made it to the bowling honours
board. Circle that name and if it is correct, another
5 points.

5. ANSWERS
Next Slide….

6. VinooMankad, 1952 – Also made it to the bowling
honours list.
G.R.Viswanath, 1979
DilipVengsarkar, 1979
Mohammed Azharuddin, 1990
Ravi Shastri, 1990
SauravGanguly, 1996
AjitAgarkar, 2002
RahulDravid, 2011

7. WRITE BROTHERS
Cricketing Quotes
6 quotes
+5 for each part
+10 bonus for getting all 8 parts right.

8. Chappell Quotes. About whom?
“The board wanted their man in. Not a Packer guy.
What they didn‟t realize was that they gained a
lousy captain and lost a really really good
batsman.”

9. 2. Who?
Who once described his batting as “the straight
drive, the forward defense and 27 variations of the
leave.” He is famous atleast in India for his
reactions after a sweep shot.

10. 3. Who about whom?
In X‟s last seven innings, he averaged only 29.00. I
averaged over 85.00 from my last seven hits and
he calls himself poorly treated?

11. 4. An erudite captain about another player. Id the
captain
You were out first ball, run out in the next innings
and now you have been shot! What a
terrible, terrible first tour!

12. 5. Very candid observation.
If there is an uglier top three in the world than
Andrew Strauss, Cook and Trott, I don‟t know of it.

13. 6. Monumental achievement. Who about what?
You can see the end of the world but it‟s a shame
you don‟t know what you‟re looking at.

14. PLEASE EXCHANGE SHEETS.

15. Chappell Quotes. About whom?
“The board wanted their man in. Not a Packer guy.
What they didn‟t realize was that they gained a
lousy captain and lost a really really good
batsman.”
Ans: Kim Hughes, has one of the poorest captaincy
records for Australia.

17. 3. Who about whom?
In X‟s last seven innings, he averaged only 29.00. I
averaged over 85.00 from my last seven hits and
he calls himself poorly treated?
X – Simon Katich
Y – Dean Jones

18. 4. An erudite captain about another
player.
You were out first ball, run out in the next innings
and now you have been shot! What a
terrible, terrible first tour!
Captain – Kumara Sangakkara
TharangaParanvitana

19. 5. Very candid observation.
If there is an uglier top three in the world than
Andrew Strauss, Cook and Trott, I don‟t know of it.
Ans – Expect Graeme Swann to come up with
something like this.

20. 6. Monumental achievement. Who about what?
You can see the end of the world but it‟s a shame
you don‟t know what you‟re looking at.
Ans – Adam Parore on reaching the top of the
Everest.

21. CLOCKWISE
Infinite Pounce format.
+15/-10 on the pounce.
If you are pouncing, all parts of the question must
be answered.
Normal bounce - +10

22. 1. Id the title of the book
Arthur Milton, born in 1928, occupies a place in
English sporting history that in all probability will
not be usurped. He was the last player to perform a
feat.
His first class career spanned over 25 years and
managed to play 6 test matches as well. He later
coached future internationals like Vic Marks etc.
Mike Vockins published a biography last year
titled, “Arthur Milton: ___ ____ __ __ ________.”
The title of the book reveals Arthur Milton‟s feat.

24. 2. This is a pic of a cricketer post his cricketing career. Id the
gentleman.

25. HAROLD LARWOOD
He emigrated to Australia post WW2. He was
employed by the Pepsi-Cola company for many
years.

26. 3. Many Parts.
During April 2011, there
were talks that a feat
achieved at Bangalore
was a new world record.
The world record is not in
the hands of Malayali
medium pacer, but this
guy on the right. Who is
the Malayali? Who is the
guy on the right? And
what record?

27. Malayali medium pacer – PrasanthParameshwaran
Burt Vance
Most runs conceded in an over. Burt Vance
conceded 77 runs in an over. Prasanth in
comparison was a miserly 37 runs.

28. 4. Who? What?
The guy in the pic, Norman
Callaway, holds this record in
First Class Cricket.
The test record is held by an
occasional West Indian
wicket keeper, very famous
in quizzing circles.
Who?

29. ANDY GANTEAUME
Highest average in test cricket. Andy Ganteaume
scored a hundred and was never picked again for
the West Indies.
Norman Callaway scored 207 in his only first class
innings and after that took part in World War 1
where he died during the second battle of
Bullecourt in France.

30. 5. Who?
Just prior to the Bodyline series, Don Bradman
wanted to play professional cricket in England. He
was eventually stopped by X, who offered him a job
as a reporter with his newspaper. This led to
further controversy as ACB would not allow
Bradman to write while playing cricket. X, in the
interest of the nation asked Bradman to forget
about writing and play for Australia. X had a
grandson, who is famous for his involvement with
cricket among other things?

31. Robert Clyde Packer, grand father of Kerry Packer.

32. 6. Identify the gentleman in question.
If he had played for Lancashire, he would have
earned 3₤ a week during the summer and 1₤ a
week during the winter. He decided to play in the
Lancashire and Bradford Leagues who paid him 8₤
a week for the entire year. During 35 years of
cricket, he played only 2 full seasons of county
cricket for a total of 6 championship games. Yet
good enough to be selected for 27 Tests. Who?

33. SYDNEY BARNES
189 wickets in 27 tests at an
average of 16.43 and an economy
of 2.36 runs per over.

34. 7. What is unusual?
George Simpson-Hayward played 5 tests for
England at the start of the 20th century. His bowling
style has been described as unusual right arm off
break. He seldom flighted the ball and bowled with
a lower trajectory, faster speed but still managed to
get sufficient turn. He is considered to be the last
serious exponent of this unusual form of bowling.
What is unusual about it?

35. LOB BOWLING OR UNDERARM.

36. 8.Who?
He represented Oxford at hammer throw and
billiards. But it was for the fruits of his
experimentation when playing Twisti-Twosti, that he
would achieve lasting fame. Twisti-Twosti was a
past time where the object is to put the ball beyond
the opponent with a single pitch. The opponent is
at the other end of a table.

37. BERNARD JAMES TINDAL BOSANQUET
Apparently the inventor of Googly or Bosie.

38. 9. Identify the guy in the centre and his
“feat”?

39. NORMAN GORDON
First cricketer to breach the 100 mark, in terms of
birthdays.

40. 10. Who have I blanked out?
In the news last year.

41. MIKE HORN
Was India‟s motivational speaker during the World
Cup.

42. 11. Failure to communicate
A joke in the Indian cricket circles before Ganguly.
For a long time, Bengal (and East Zone)‟s most
significant contribution to Indian cricket was the
failure of its representative to attend a crucial
selection meeting in the 1970‟s. Why?

43. The captain for the 1971 West Indies tour was
being selected. And since the selector was
absent, Vijay Merchant used his “casting vote” to
appoint AjitWadekar as captain instead of Pataudi.

44. 12. Elements of a list. Id X and the list.
1 – Nelson Mandela
…
4 – Mahatma Gandhi
…
8 – Gary Player
…
11 - X

45. HANSIE CRONJE
Greatest South Africans of the 20th century.

46. WRITE BROTHERS
ABBA KE ZAMANE MEIN
8old photos
+5 for each part
+10 bonus for getting all 8 parts right.

47. 1.

48. 2. Id both
The caption for this
photo – “X bats while
Y threatens from
behind the stumps”

49. 3. Identify the guy.

50. 4. Identify the guy on the left and the
venue.

51. 5. Was nearly called on to the field once.

52. 6. Famous incident that caused a riot.
Who?

53. 7. Part of a famous bowler-wk combo.

54. 8. Captain of a ship, inspecting a statue of himself.

55. PLEASE EXCHANGE SHEETS

56. 1.
G.R.Viswanat
h

57. 2.
X – Aubrey Smith
Y – Boris Karloff

58. 3. PhirozePalia

59. 4. Gen. Zia-Ul-Haq, Sawai Man Singh
stadium, Jaipur

60. 5. Henry Blofeld.

61. 6. Bill Lawry

62. 7. Godfrey Evans

63. 8. C. B. Fry, the cricketing polymath

64. Visual Connect
13 images connected by a common theme
Sets of 3 and the last set has 4 images
+25/+20/+15/+10
-10 through out.

65. SET 1
+25/ -10

69. SET 2
+20/ -10

73. SET 3
+15/ -10

77. SET 4
+10
No negatives but only one attempt

82. End of Connect

83. Visual Connect
One Test Wonders from India.
In this set I have used the images of
Lall Singh GhulamParkar
Laxmidas Jai Ajay Sharma
LadhaRamji Yograj Singh
Yuvraj of Patiala RahulSinghvi
M. J. Gopalan IqbalSiddiqui
Shute Banerjee Robin Singh
RameshSaxena JayadevUnadkat
Vinay Kumar

84. ANTI-CLOCKWISE
Infinite Pounce format.
+15/-10 on the pounce.
If you are pouncing, all parts of the question must
be answered.
Normal bounce - +10

85. 1. The last few in the series. Id X and Y.
Guyana – 22 tests
Leeward Islands – 2 tests
Guyana – 14 tests
Guyana – 4 tests
Trinidad and Tobago – 2 tests
Jamaica – 20 tests
Trinidad and Tobago - 1 test
X – 2 tests
Y – 13 tests

86. West Indian captains.
X – Combined Campuses and Colleges
Y – St. Lucia
Carl Hooper, Ridley
Jacobs, ShivnarineChanderpaul, RamnareshSarwa
n, Daren Ganga, Chris Gayle, Dwayne
Bravo, Floyd Reifer, Darren Sammy.

87. 2.Identify the gentleman in question.
During the 1896 Ashes, Ranjitsinghji was supposed
to play the first test at Lords. But X, who believed
that people only born in England can play for the
national team, ensured that Ranji did not play at
Lords. Lancashire committee defied him and chose
Ranji for the 2nd test where he scored 62 and 154*.
X has a good few cricketing connections with India
to this day. X?

88. LORD HARRIS
Harris Shield is named after him.

89. 3. Identify the gentleman.
His debut came in unusual circumstances. Like
2011, the 1959 team to England was badly ravaged
by injuries. There was a strong campaign to include
him in the Indian side by Keith Miller, who pleaded
“Don‟t be vague, ask for ______.” A cartoon at that
time showed a miniature ______ playing his
favourite square cut, inside a ____ whisky bottle
carrying the label „Oxford Vintage‟. Who?

90. ABBAS ALI BAIG

92. Intentionally left blank

93. Left arm bowler – Alan Davidson
Opening Batsman – Trevor Bailey

94. 5. Identify the openers in this game.

95. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
P. G. WODEHOUSE

97. Intentionally left blank

98. MAX WALKER, TANGLES

99. 7. Identify the author.
Plot: Clyde St Joseph Bonaventure, nephew of
____ ______, shows no interest in cricket until he
joins the research department at Star Computers.
During his first term he develops a program that
enables a team made up of Canadian, Swedish
and Welsh students to tie against an All-Comers XI
containing ______, Compton et al with 684 runs
scored in a day.
Plot of a 1967 novel, that talks about computer
programs etc. called Bonaventure and the flashing

100. Gary Sobers
A sincere request. If anybody has this book, please
share it with me. Thanks in advance.

101. 8.Identify the Gentleman and the
nickname.
This is Wilfred ________. He
was a leg spinner who toured
India in the 1940‟s.
Somebody took his nickname
from him. Who?
The man in question has a lot
of other connections to the
Caribbean as well.

102. SUBHASH „FERGIE‟ GUPTA
He took 27 wickets in West
Indies in 1953. He later
married a girl from Trinidad
and settled there.

104. Intentionally left blank

105. JEREMY CONEY
He basically surrenders and waves a white flag at
Kapil Dev.

106. 10. Why this slogan?

107. Lara Bingle
Michael Clarke missed a test match to basically
break up with his girl friend Lara Bingle.
Lara Bingle‟s claim to fame is a series of ads for
Tourism Australia called So Where the bloody hell
are you?

108. For the uninitiated, this is Lara Bingle

109. 11. Identify the gentleman
Their loss in 2006 is sometimes humorously
attributed to the absence of this cricketer. In fact,
loyal supporters tried to drum up some financial
support for him, but failed to do so in time.
He is remembered for “inflicting a massive
psychological blow on the opposition captain”,
according to the Independent, despite not playing a
single test.

110. GARY PRATT
Super sub who ran out
Ricky Ponting in the
2005 Ashes.

111. 12. Two Avatars of the same player
Considered among the top 5 worst players to have
played in the top flight of English football.

112. ARNIE SIDEBOTTOM
Played for Manchester United
Also a one test wonder. Son Ryan, for a long
time, had played only one test.

113. END OF DAY‟S PLAY
THANK YOU!