[KQA] the Well of Course Open Cricket QuiZ-League Stage_Prelims

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The “Well Of Course” Quiz

League Stage

Manish Achuth

with a little help from

Rahul Suhas Kottalgi



Rules

• Teams of 2 or less.

• 30 question League stage.

• Questions 25 to 30 are starred.



1. Simple one to get off the mark.

Starting with this year's Ranji Trophy,every senior match will have a Man-of-

the-Match award, worth Rs 25,000.

"The award has been introduced as part

of our deal with X for supporting

domestic cricket," Ratnakar Shetty, the

chief administrative ofce of the BCCI. What is X?



2. Id this cricketer who got into somedirty business.



3. What?

• Dude's name is PeterHain. He in 1970,

was indirectly responsible for a concept in cricket.This concept made a comeback in 2005,

but was largely unsuccessful. It may never happen again.

What?



4. Id the 2 people marked in red.



Reduce volume rst. And get out of slideshow.

Setting change.



5. What in cricket term shares its name with this?

http://users/manishachuth/Documents/cric_quiz_funda/Q1.avi



6. Id person holding the cup? Its probably his only signicant contribution as a player.



7. What?

Alderman to Ian Botham, Botham's test 1981.

Botham comes down the track and wallops the ball over Alderman's head for a big six.

Richie Benaud on air -

"Dont bother looking for that let alone chasing it. Itsgone straight into the _____________ _____ and outagain. A beautiful hit."

This piece of commentary inspired something that mostcricket lovers like.



8. Id



9. What since 1996 till 2007 has happened only 4 times in these world cup games.

• vs Ind, Bombay 1996

• vs Pak, Leeds 1999

•

vs South Africa, Birmingham 1999• vs New Zealand, Port Elizabeth

2003



10. Signicance of the match



11. Who about what?

"I knew something will come in the slips for me, because I had dropped two in the previousgame. I told my teammates I will get one.

When it hit the edge, I knew it is time, and saw it into my hand. And the celebrations, Malachiran one way and I ran the other." Who about

what?



12.

22nd february, 1st november and January 11thhave been suggested. What are these dates being suggested for?



Increase volume again and get out of slideshow.

Setting change



13. Kannada lm cricket reference

http://users/manishachuth/Documents/cric_quiz_funda/ganeshana%20maduve.avi



14. Last ever winners of an award. What award?



15.

Phil Neville after scoring the winning penalty against Chelsea in the FA cupremarked, “I should have done ___

_________ _____. I have been practicing itfor weeks.” Fill in the blanks.



16. What?

Before the India-England game held atBangalore, Star cricket showed some glimpsesof the reconstructed pavilion in the KSCA stadium. On air Ian Chappell recollected that

when he played in Bangalore, he played at a college ground and that pavilion was notsuitable for 5 people let alone 20. If I am notmistaken, that pavilion still exists even today.

Which ground was Ian Chappell talking about?



17. Stadium

To cash in on the success of the 1983 World Cupand ODI's in general, BCCI decided to host a 5match ODI series in 1984 against Australia.The rst match of the series, was also the rstDay Night ODI to be played in India. Theregular stadium in the city was not equipped

with lights and hence another stadium wasused. This stadium hosted just one more ODI 7

years later. Which stadium?



18. Who competes in this?

• 2007 World Cup – Snip Du Jour trophy

• 2011 World Cup – Snip Mooney trophy



19. Who?

X can claim the title “Most Unluckiest Indiancricketer”. X, playing for India, scored a gritty 42 against a strong South Africanattack, but that game was not even given rstclass status. That performance ensured thathe stayed on the horizons for some time, butnever made it to the national team again. X

Yaaru?



20. What?

The third test match between India and West Indies saw India chase a then world record score of 404 in the 4th

innings to register a famous victory.This defeat is said to have made CliveLloyd averse to X and decided to use Y from there on. What is all this about?



21. What?

"Good Lord! This means war!" Whatevent in 1939 convinced anunnamed MCC member that the

Second World War had begun?



22. Cricketer and his rather ironic nickname



23. Connect the 3



24. Who is advertising?



25. What is happening here?



26. Id him – was at the receiving end of some serious sledging.



27. Id commentator from these gems.

• “One batsman ran one, the other one and a half. They managed to get 2 for that.”

• “Mithunda may dance to the tunes of Disco

Dancer, but Gujrat batsman are dancing to thetunes of Abhimanyu Mithun.”

• “It is sunny here, but Sunny Singh does notseem to be enjoying the sun here.”



28. Inspiration for a nickname. Idcricketer and the nickname.



29. Id the batsman.



30. Id both



ANSWERS



1. Simple one to get off the mark.

Starting with this year's Ranji Trophy,every senior match will have a Man-of-

the-Match award, worth Rs 25,000.

"The award has been introduced as partof our deal with X for supporting

domestic cricket," Ratnakar Shetty, the

chief administrative ofce of the BCCI. What is X?



1.



2. Id this cricketer who got into somedirty business.



Craig McDermott



3. What?

• Dude's name is PeterHain. He in 1970,

was indirectly responsible for a

concept in cricket.This concept made a comeback in 2005,

but was largely

unsuccessful. It may never happen again.

What?



Supertest or Superseries



4. Id the 2 people marked in red.



Harsha Bhogle, Kiran Reddy



5. What in cricket shares its name with this?



Chin music.



6. Id person holding the cup?



Surinder Khanna, he was the man of theseries of the rst Asia Cup.



7. What?

Alderman to Ian Botham, Botham's test

Botham comes down the track and wallops the ball over Alderman's head for a big six.

Richie Benaud on air -

"Dont bother looking for that let alone chasing it. Itsgone straight into the _____________ _____ and outagain. A beautiful hit."

This piece of commentary inspired something that mostcricket lovers like.





8. Id



Jack Hobbs



9. What since 1996 till 2007 has happened only 4 times in these world cup games.

• vs Ind, Bombay 1996

• vs Pak, Leeds 1999

•

vs South Africa, Birmingham 1999• vs New Zealand, Port Elizabeth

2003



Glenn Mcgrath batting in a world cupgame.



10. Signicance of the match



First ever Ranji trophy game.



11. Who about what?

"I knew something will come in the slips for me, because I had dropped two in the previousgame. I told my teammates I will get one.

When it hit the edge, I knew it is time, and saw

it into my hand. And the celebrations, Malachiran one way and I ran the other." Who about

what?



Dwayne Leverock - “The Catch that shookthe world”



12.

22nd february, 1st november and January 11thhave been suggested. What are these dates being suggested for?



Suggestions for David Sheperd day



13. Kannada lm cricket reference



Raghuram Bhat



14. Last ever winners of an award. Id?



Cricketer of the year, Indian cricket.



15.

Phil Neville after scoring the winning penalty against Chelsea in the FA cupremarked, “I should have done ___

_________ _____. I have been practicing itfor weeks.” Fill in the blanks.



The Sprinkler Dance



16. What?

Before the India-England game held atBangalore, Star cricket showed some glimpsesof the reconstructed pavilion in the KSCA stadium. On air Ian Chappell recollected that

when he played in Bangalore, he played at a college ground and that pavilion was notsuitable for 5 people let alone 20. If I am notmistaken, that pavilion still exists even today.

Which ground was Ian Chappell talking about?



Central College Grounds.



17. Stadium

To cash in on the success of the 1983 World Cupand ODI's in general, BCCI decided to host a 5match ODI series in 1984 against Australia.The rst match of the series, was also the rst

Day Night ODI to be played in India. Theregular stadium in the city was not equipped

with lights and hence another stadium wasused. This stadium hosted just one more ODI 7

years later. Which stadium?



Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi



18. Who competes in this?

• 2007 World Cup – Snip Du Jour trophy

• 2011 World Cup – Snip Mooney trophy





19. Who?

X can claim the title “Most Unluckiest Indiancricketer”. X, playing for India, scored a gritty 42 against a strong South Africanattack, but that game was not even given rst

class status. That performance ensured thathe stayed on the horizons for some time, butnever made it to the national team again. X

Yaaru?



Connor Williams



20. What?

The third test match between India and West Indies saw India chase a then world record score of 404 in the 4th

innings to register a famous victory.This defeat is said to have made CliveLloyd averse to X and decided to use Y from there on. What is all this about?

Clive Lloyd started hating spinners and unleashed



Clive Lloyd started hating spinners and unleashedthe greatest pace quartet on the world.



21. What?

"Good Lord! This means war!" Whatevent in 1939 convinced anunnamed MCC member that the

Second World War had begun?

Removing the W G Grace bust from the



Removing the W.G.Grace bust from theLords Long Room.



22. Cricketer and his nickname



J.W.H.T.Douglas, “Johnny Wont hit today”

Olympic Result

* Defeated René Doudelle (France) KO 1

* 2nd round bye

* Defeated Ruben Warnes (Great Britain) KO2

* Defeated Snowy Baker (Australia) 2-0



23. Connect the 3



Named after other cricketers

• Neil Harvey Fairbrother after Neil Harvey

• Nicholas Verity Knight after Hedley Verity

• Rohan Jaivishwa Gavaskar after RohanKanhai, M.L.Jaisimha and G.R.Viswanath



24. Who is advertising?



Karnataka Tourism



25. What is happening here?

k h W l d h



Making the Warne Muralidaran Trophy

26. Id him – was at the receiving end of



26. Id him was at the receiving end of some serious sledging.

Scott Muller – “He can't bowl, and can't



Scott Muller He can t bowl, and can tthrow”

• Supposedly told by Shane Warne during a domestic game in Australia.

• It was later revealed that Joe the Cameraman

was at fault.• Brett Lee's band – six and out recorded a song

“Can't bowl, Can't throw”

27 Id t t f th



27. Id commentator from these gems.

• “One batsman ran one, the other one and a half. They managed to get 2 for that.”

• “Mithunda may dance to the tunes of DiscoDancer, but Gujrat batsman are dancing to the

tunes of Abhimanyu Mithun.”

• “It is sunny here, but Sunny Singh does notseem to be enjoying the sun here.”

V.B.Chandrashekhar, the LaxmanSi k i h f D ti C i k t



Sivaramakrishnan of Domestic CricketCommentary

28. Inspiration for a nickname. Id



28. Inspiration for a nickname. Idcricketer and the nickname.

David “Bumble” Lloyd because of hisbl t B bli t l i i



resemblance to Bumblies, a televisioncharacter.

29 Id th b ts



29. Id the batsman.

Ne ille Chamberlain



Neville Chamberlain

30 Id both



30. Id both

Peter Siddle and Caroline Wozniacki



Peter Siddle and Caroline Wozniacki

A much better pic



A much better pic