KQA Cricket Quiz 2018 - Prelims

Well Of Course – Edition 8ANNUAL KQA CRICKET QUIZ

SOHAN MAHESHWAR MANISH ACHUTH

Rules

• Teams of 4 or less

• 30 questions

• First 5 questions are *ed

• In case of ties, sudden death from last question

Taking Guard

1

• Identify the man in the suit in the middle.

• Like another more famous person like him, he only played 1 first class game. And just like how the other famous person is associated with one cricketer, this guy is also known for his association with one cricketer.

2

• Identify this wicketkeeper, who turned up for Netherlands for one game in 2014 against Scotland.

3

• Which tournament, with regards to the circumstances in which it was held, decided to have a dove as a symbol and a slogan that was ‘Cricket for Peace’?

4

• About whom were the following lines written –

• “He would run a university, be a Jamaican Senator. But at 42, the world lost him. It was one of the few times he never made it to 50.”

5

• Identify the keeper and the batsman from this image.

6

• Phillip Bailey is a cricket statistician. He used to record games in a certain way. In order to prioritize the most important games, he maintained it differently. What term did this give rise to?

7

• Dean Elgar’s shirt says 80, but he is the 315th cricketer for SA. Why is 80 on his shirt?

8

• Identify this bowler, who has a random trivia associated with the 1992 World Cup.

9

• Connor Williams question of the quiz:

• Last year’s cricket question had a question on who has played the most matches for Baroda. This year’s question – who is rank 2? He should ideally have become a more famous name for the events that took place in June and July 2017 but hasn’t really become a household names unlike others involved.

10

• India has won test series in 7 countries to date. Among Indians the highest is Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. Sachin Tendulkar, who has played nearly 40% of all tests India has played has series wins in only 5 countries. So identify the 2 countries where India has won a series, but Sachin did not play.

11

• Identify the fielder taking a nice catch. He had an unusual world record to his name, which was broken by Younis Khan. He achieved the record in a test against West Indies in 1983.

12

• 1009* - Pranav Dhanawade

• 546 – X

• 498 – Y

• 473 – Y

• 439 – Z

• 427 – RS Nagdev

• X, Y and Z have all played for Mumbai and have represented India at various age group levels. Identify X, Y, Z.

13

• His team had already won the series. He had a middling series till then and on the eve of what many thought would be his last test match, a reporter asked what would be the most defining moment of his career. It was bravado or a premonition of what would happen, he answered “It might be this test match”. He walked out to bat at 3.26PM. The kind of situation that he walked in, was what generally brought the best out of him. He scored a 100 and this is considered one of the iconic moments of his career. Who saved his career thus?

14

• During domestic games, in order to gee up his teammates during long stints in the field, this cricketer would randomly shout dialogues from an iconic movie. This led him to be given a nickname which has stuck till date. Who and what nickname?

15

• Identify her. The background should give you some clues.

16

• He is currently the CEO of a Perth based Pharma Company – Armadale. Something distinctive about him now, or the lack of it during his playing career, led him to have a remarkably short career in cricket. Who?

17

• One of Nathan Lyon’s spin mentors throughout his career has been X – a finger spinner of some skill, who had played for Victoria and South Australia. He was appointed spin coach by Australia just prior to the Ashes in 2013-14.

• Most of us remember him for his moment in the sun during his playing career. Who is X?

18

• Who? What is he trying to do?

19

• Identify this cricketer from his younger days. We all have “used” his name.

20

• Identify the tournament that Kapil Dev is signing here to take part in. He eventually didn’t take part due to scheduling conflicts. In the 2013 edition of this tournament, 82 foreign players took part including 18 Englishmen and 41 Sri Lankans.

21

• Vijay Singh Pathik popularly known as Rashtriya Pathik, was an Indian revolutionary. Much before Mahatma Gandhi experimented with Satyagraha, Vijay Singh did something similar during Bijola Kisan agitation. He was also someone who fought for a united Rajasthan state and died after the state was formed in 1954.

• He may come into major news later this year if commitments go as planned.

• What is Vijay Singh Pathik doing in a cricket quiz?

22

• The first time this cricketer, X, watched a game was in 1997. It was a pretty well attended game with over 45000 people watching. X’s friends kept cheering Y, a fast bowler who played that game. Something about Y’s action inspired X to take up cricket seriously. Y retired in 2007, some 5 years after X’s debut. Much later X broke Y’s record.

• Identify X and Y.

23

• Who is the current national record holder for Zimbabwe in the javelin event? He also played first class cricket, but may be remembered as the brother of a fire brand opening batsman.

• Who, for sometime in the 80’s, held the Zimbabwean record? We know him for how he ate biscuits among other things.

24

• The last time this happened with India was in 1998 at Harare. Core fans will remember this game as something of an anomaly in a person’s career till it repeated thrice in 2011.

• The last time it happened with England was in 1986 at the test match in Jamaica, due to a payment dispute.

• What, going by some crazy numbers, are unlikely to ever happen again?

25

• Something that was the subject of much scrutiny during the 2013-14 Ashes was auctioned off for charity for AUD 50000, in an Ashes replica urn, once the series was done.

• Though it was supposed to end by the 1st test in Brisbane, many people requested it be continued till the end of the series.

• What?

26

• The highest scores by an Indian in tests is mostly dominated by performances post 2000's. There are 3 performances in the top 16 that come in different time periods. X in 1983 (12th place), Y in 1956 (15th place) and Z in 1993 (16th place).

• Identify all 3.

27

• He started out as a spinning all rounder and made it to his side as one. In a Cooch Behar game against Himachal Pradesh, he was batting at no 8 and in the first innings was dismissed for a duck. His team followed on and he was sent in as a night watchman at no 3. He batted over 90 overs and helped his team avoid defeat. This was the turning point for him and his bowling has fell by the wayside.

• Which current cricketer has his origins as a spin bowling all rounder?

28

• Nearly a year after retiring tearfully from tests, he was playing in a game against Worcestershire, he feigned a knee injury and went into the physio’s room. There to distract himself he switched on the US Open Golf and started watching. The physio’s assistant then entered the room to inform about the scores of the second XI and mentioned that X had scored a double hundred. X was making waves right through age group cricket at the county.

• He finally decided that since he was given a chance to make his debut early at the age of 19, he should retire and pave the way for X to make a mark.

• Identify the retired test cricketer and X, who sort of replaced him at the county.

29

• Identify the common surname. All have played international cricket.

30

• This fellow, known for his fielding prowess and seam bowling, was drafted into the Zimbabwe side in 2001. His career was largely forgettable, playing three ODIs scoring 0 runs and taking 0 wickets but he at least he gave us something memorable. (video)

• Identify.

Hand in your sheets

1

• Identify the man in the suit in the middle.

• Like another more famous person like him, he only played 1 first class game. And just like how the other famous person is associated with one cricketer, this guy is also known for his association with one cricketer.

A

• Keki Tarapore – famous as the coach of Rahul Dravid in his formative years

2

• Identify this wicketkeeper, who turned up for Netherlands for one game in 2014 against Scotland.

A

• Mohammed Wasim

3

• Which tournament, with regards to the circumstances in which it was held, decided to have a dove as a symbol and a slogan that was ‘Cricket for Peace’?

A

• 1987 World Cup – jointly hosted by India and Pakistan

4

• About whom were the following lines written –

• “He would run a university, be a Jamaican Senator. But at 42, the world lost him. It was one of the few times he never made it to 50.”

A

• Sir Frank Worrell

5

• Identify the keeper and the batsman from this image.

A

• Keeper – Denesh Ramdin

• Batsman – Azhar Ali

6

• Phillip Bailey is a cricket statistician. He used to record games in a certain way. In order to prioritize the most important games, he maintained it differently. What term did this give rise to?

A

• The term ‘List A’ for the most important ODI games

7

• Dean Elgar’s shirt says 80, but he is the 315th cricketer for SA. Why is 80 on his shirt?

A

• He is the 80th cricketer after re-admission. The discrepancy arises because Cricket South Africa decided to start their numbers after readmission in 1991-92.

8

• Identify this bowler, who has a random trivia associated with the 1992 World Cup.

A

• Murphy Su’A

• Only player in all the squads of the 1992 World Cup who did not play a single game

9

• Connor Williams question of the quiz:

• Last year’s cricket question had a question on who has played the most matches for Baroda. This year’s question – who is rank 2? He should ideally have become a more famous name for the events that took place in June and July 2017 but hasn’t really become a household names unlike others involved.

A

• Tushar Arothe

• Indian women’s team coach

10

• India has won test series in 7 countries to date. Among Indians the highest is Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. Sachin Tendulkar, who has played nearly 40% of all tests India has played has series wins in only 5 countries. So identify the 2 countries where India has won a series, but Sachin did not play.

A

• West Indies (Sachin last played a test there in 2002 – India won the series in 2006, 2011 and 2016)

• Zimbabwe (India won a series in Zimbabwe for the first and only time in 2005, a series that Sachin missed)

• Dravid and Laxman have not won a series in Sri Lanka

• Anil Kumble has not won a series in New Zealand

11

• Identify the fielder taking a nice catch. He had an unusual world record to his name, which was broken by Younis Khan. He achieved the record in a test against West Indies in 1983.

A

• Gursharan Singh

• Most catches by a substitute fielder.

12

• 1009* - Pranav Dhanawade

• 546 – X

• 498 – Y

• 473 – Y

• 439 – Z

• 427 – RS Nagdev

• X, Y and Z have all played for Mumbai and have represented India at various age group levels. Identify X, Y, Z.

A

X – Prithvi Shaw Y – Armaan Jaffer Z – Sarfaraz Khan

13

• His team had already won the series. He had a middling series till then and on the eve of what many thought would be his last test match, a reporter asked what would be the most defining moment of his career. It was bravado or a premonition of what would happen, he answered “It might be this test match”. He walked out to bat at 3.26PM. The kind of situation that he walked in, was what generally brought the best out of him. He scored a 100 and this is considered one of the iconic moments of his career. Who saved his career thus?

A

• Steve Waugh

• Scored a 100 off the last ball of day 2 of the SCG test in 2003.

14

• During domestic games, in order to gee up his teammates during long stints in the field, this cricketer would randomly shout dialogues from an iconic movie. This led him to be given a nickname which has stuck till date. Who and what nickname?

A

• Shikhar Dhawan

• Gabbar

15

• Identify her. The background should give you some clues.

A

• Sydney Lara. Named after the city where her father scored 277, his first test hundred.

16

• He is currently the CEO of a Perth based Pharma Company – Armadale. Something distinctive about him now, or the lack of it during his playing career, led him to have a remarkably short career in cricket. Who?

A

• Rodney Redmond

• He scored 162 runs on debut, but couldn’t play again. He couldn’t get used to the contacts in England for some reason and despite his debut performance, couldn’t displace the incumbent opener John Parker

17

• One of Nathan Lyon’s spin mentors throughout his career has been X – a finger spinner of some skill, who had played for Victoria and South Australia. He was appointed spin coach by Australia just prior to the Ashes in 2013-14.

• Most of us remember him for his moment in the sun during his playing career. Who is X?

A

• John Davison, who in the 2003 World Cup, scored the then fastest 100 in World Cups against West Indies

18

• Who? What is he trying to do?

A

• Nick Compton.

• Recreating the Brylcreem ads that featured his Grandfather – Sir Dennis Compton

19

• Identify this cricketer from his younger days. We all have “used” his name.

A

• Fakhar Zaman. Used to be part of the navy.

20

• Identify the tournament that Kapil Dev is signing here to take part in. He eventually didn’t take part due to scheduling conflicts. In the 2013 edition of this tournament, 82 foreign players took part including 18 Englishmen and 41 Sri Lankans.

A

• Dhaka Premier League

21

• Vijay Singh Pathik popularly known as Rashtriya Pathik, was an Indian revolutionary. Much before Mahatma Gandhi experimented with Satyagraha, Vijay Singh did something similar during Bijola Kisan agitation. He was also someone who fought for a united Rajasthan state and died after the state was formed in 1954.

• He may come into major news later this year if commitments go as planned.

• What is Vijay Singh Pathik doing in a cricket quiz?

A

• The stadium at Greater Noida, home of Afghanistan Cricket team is named after him.

• India are likely to take on Afghanistan later this year.

22

• The first time this cricketer, X, watched a game was in 1997. It was a pretty well attended game with over 45000 people watching. X’s friends kept cheering Y, a fast bowler who played that game. Something about Y’s action inspired X to take up cricket seriously. Y retired in 2007, some 5 years after X’s debut. Much later X broke Y’s record.

• Identify X and Y.

A

• X – Jhulan Ghoswami

• Y – Cathryn Fitzpatrick

23

• Who is the current national record holder for Zimbabwe in the javelin event? He also played first class cricket, but may be remembered as the brother of a fire brand opening batsman.

• Who, for sometime in the 80’s, held the Zimbabwean record? We know him for how he ate biscuits among other things.

A

• Roland Vermeulean, brother of Mark Vermeulean

• Eddo Brandes

24

• The last time this happened with India was in 1998 at Harare. Core fans will remember this game as something of an anomaly in a person’s career till it repeated thrice in 2011.

• The last time it happened with England was in 1986 at the test match in Jamaica, due to a payment dispute.

• What, going by some crazy numbers, are unlikely to ever happen again?

A

• No television coverage of games

• The test match in Harare was a one-off test and is remembered by core fans of Dravid as the only 100 that came in a losing cause, till well of course the 2011 tour.

25

• Something that was the subject of much scrutiny during the 2013-14 Ashes was auctioned off for charity for AUD 50000, in an Ashes replica urn, once the series was done.

• Though it was supposed to end by the 1st test in Brisbane, many people requested it be continued till the end of the series.

• What?

A

• Mitchell Johnson’s ‘stache

26

• The highest scores by an Indian in tests is mostly dominated by performances post 2000's. There are 3 performances in the top 16 that come in different time periods. X in 1983 (12th place), Y in 1956 (15th place) and Z in 1993 (16th place).

• Identify all 3.

A

• X - Sunil Gavaskar

• Y - Vinoo Mankad

• Z - Vinod Kambli

27

• He started out as a spinning all rounder and made it to his side as one. In a Cooch Behar game against Himachal Pradesh, he was batting at no 8 and in the first innings was dismissed for a duck. His team followed on and he was sent in as a night watchman at no 3. He batted over 90 overs and helped his team avoid defeat. This was the turning point for him and his bowling has fell by the wayside.

• Which current cricketer has his origins as a spin bowling all rounder?

A

• Shreyas Iyer

28

• Nearly a year after retiring tearfully from tests, he was playing in a game against Worcestershire, he feigned a knee injury and went into the physio’s room. There to distract himself he switched on the US Open Golf and started watching. The physio’s assistant then entered the room to inform about the scores of the second XI and mentioned that X had scored a double hundred. X was making waves right through age group cricket at the county.

• He finally decided that since he was given a chance to make his debut early at the age of 19, he should retire and pave the way for X to make a mark.

• Identify the retired test cricketer and X, who sort of replaced him at the county.

A

• Michael Vaughan

• Joe Root

29

• Identify the common surname. All have played international cricket.

A

• Joyce

• 2 brothers and 2 sisters have played for Ireland in international cricket

30

• This fellow, known for his fielding prowess and seam bowling, was drafted into the Zimbabwe side in 2001. His career was largely forgettable, playing three ODIs scoring 0 runs and taking 0 wickets but he at least he gave us something memorable. (video)

• Identify.

A

• Angus ‘Gus’ McKay

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