The Cricket Quiz

Hey All, ..
On account of the god reaching the zenith.Heres a quiz to celebrate our religion.
Get your cricketing brains out and send in your entries to preetam.jena@wipro.com by Tuesday Evening(21/10/2008).


1...Blamed for many a defeats in world cricket.Name this celebrated(or rather notorious) duo.

Ans:Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis

2...Connect

Ans:Operation Kingfish(The investigation on match fixing charges for Ajay Jadeja was named as Operation Kingfisher.And that of Bob Woolmer murder case was named as Operation Kingfish. )

3...Connect

Ans:Scorer of the first centruries of all 3 forms of cricket.Charles Bannerman(Eng) against Australia,Dennis Amiss(Eng) against India in ODIs & Chris Gayle(WI) against SA.

4...What forms the anomally (Hint:Relate rose to cricket)

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Ans:Red Rose:Sachin played for Yorkshire county and Wasim played for Lancashire.FAmous for the war of roses.Red represents Lancs n White represents Yorks.


5..T.P.B.S. who has taken more than 1500 wickets and scored more dan 10000 runs in english county.But I dnt want his name.Graham Gooch was the 1st after him to achieve a certain feat.Tell me what was the feat.
(Hint:Gooch can not claim for the same nemore.The answer is in the pic)

Ans:graham Gooch was the 1st English cricketer to sport a moustache after Peter Smith(pic) last did.

6...You can very well expect this from the gentle(?)men in da pic.Just tell what had just happen prior this action scene.

Ans:A match between Australia n Pakistan.Miandad ran straight into Lillee while running.Miandad said he Lillee was obstructing him.While umpire was talking to him,Lillee KICKED Miandad,which enraged him n he wielded his bat Gladiator style to hit Lillee.
[Subrajit answered The bowler gave some "ma-behen" gaali to the batsman???? Lille learnt hindi specifically for this :)]
7...This geeky boy seems 2 be an avid cricketer.But never did he play in Tests or ODIs .But still he is in my quiz.just tell me why he is here n what is his name?? (Hints:His words carry a lot of weight I tell ya.)

Ans:Peter Roebuck:Famous Cricket writer.Cricinfo lovers must know him.

8...This young cricketer B.De'O. was the very reason for something really bad for the cricketing fraternity but a great step for mankind.He led to an uproar which cut short many great players career n very sadly so.I dnt want the name of this player.just give me the incident I m refering to? (Hint:Controversies in cricket are very few)

Ans:Basil D'Oliviera.He was a colored player from south africa in the apartheid era.His inclusion in the team caused a great deal of discomfort to the white men in the South African team.N there was a huge controversy raged.Which when came to light led to an uproar which eventually resulted in South African team's banishment from international cricket.That spelled the end of the career of such players as Peter n Graeme Pollock and Barry Richards.

9...Ahh 2 young boys holding bats and posing for the media when was the last time such thing happned.thats not xactly the question may serve as a hint though.Tell whats so special about dese kids???

Ans:13 yr old chaps Manoj Kumar and Md. Shaibaz Tumbi who broke the long standing record of Sachin Tendulkar n Vinod Kambli of the highest partnership in terms of runs in any form of cricket recorded.

10...A famous n vintage poster.Tell me what is this an advertisement for?

Ans:Its the advertisement for the only time Cricket was included in Olympics.After the withdrawl of Belgium n Holland and the non-communication to Australia.England team played a match against the French side which consisted of mostly the English player who couldnt play in the team of England.

11..Known to his fellow teammates as Amar Akbar Anthony,this mercurial fast bowler was once touted to be the next best thing after Kapil Dev to have happend to the Indian pace bowling scene.But sadly couldnt ever make it into the Indian National team.One of the most prolific wicket takers in Ranji Trophy,Name the bowler???
Ans:Ashis Winston Zaidi(UP)

12...I dnt want you guys to google it.So I ll jus give the initials.A really big star of early cricketing scene in India P.B. made a name in a certain art which was quite scarce at that time and was a pain for others to master but it came naturally to him due to his built.In the eras of Maharajas n Nawabs in the cricketing scene of India he was a beacon of light for the commoners.one of the characters in a Bollywood flick was inspired from him and faced quite the similar circumstances.I want the bowlers name or the character he inspired and the name of the movie.Full marks for any one.And a bonus for answering both.(hint:A contemporary Prime Minsterial aspirant would have given him a Bharat Ratna just for his background).
Ans:Palwankar Balu.He was the 1st DALIT cricketer of India.The character "Kachra" from the movie "Lagaan" was based on two players.His background was linked wid Baloo n his style was linked with B.Chandrashekhar.So since most of u guys have drawn comaparisions with Kachra n his deformity with the player.I wnt give ne1 ne marks.Since its his CASTE which was the soul of the ques.

13...Tell me the significance of this team.(Hint:Anyone resembling a monkey here ;)

Ans:Its the 1st Australian Aboriginal team.Now my hint makes some case I guess.
[Sid said Parsee team!!]

14... During the infamous match fixing case investigated by The Delhi Police and CBI,the investigation against each player had an unique operation name.The operation names were such that they somehow relate to the player in some way whih is off course not very obvious.So one such operation names was Operation Vidyut.You just need to identify who the palyer could be. (Hint:Relate vidyut with someones personal life)
Ans:Vidyut in common Hindi is "Bijli".It was an indirect reference to Sangeeta Bijlani who is the wife of Mohammad Azharuddin.

[Manas answered Inzamam-ul-haq no doubt... nt fast as vidyut u see.. ha ha..]

15...Connect. Billl brown,Ian Redpath,Derek Randall,Sikander Bhakt,Brian Luckhurst,Grant Flower,Peter Kirsten(Exhaustive list). (Hint:How many types of dismissals do you know???)
Ans:These are all the players who ve been "Mankaded" in international ricket.

16....Montague Druitt was a fast bowler who played for Winchester College, Incogniti and Dorset, and was a playing member of the MCC. In 1888 he drowned himself in the Thames. Just tell me whats a very famous rumour about him???? (Hint:Answers dr in Das's quiz.)
Ans:He is still seen as 1 f da suspects to be "Jack,The Ripper".

17..Identify the signal..

Ans:Short Run.

18....A ques on my fav tournament.In the early nineties in a Benson & Hedges world series,England and Zimbabwe crashed out in the leagues and Australia finaly won the cup defeating a certain team.Name the runners up.
Ans:Australia-A.

19..Identify the Trophy.

Ans:Ashes,Off course.

20...In a certain celebrity match for the Don Bradman charity foundation,a certain celebrity was also in one of the teams who had absolutely no connection with cricket,i.e. he had never played any form of competitive cricket.That in the 2 teams were player of the stature of Greg Chappel,Ian Chappel,Graham Gooch,Steve Waugh,Mike Gatting etc. and nt a single other palyer who hadnt ever played in a Test match.Name this player who never was part of any First Class teams but still was 1 among the glittering cricketing stars of his era. (Hint:Cricket n showbiz walk hand in hand.)
Ans:Gary Sweet.He was the actor who played the character of Don Bradman in the famous mini-series "Bodyline".

21..Identify the player who is the inspiration behind the following:

Ans:Sachin Tendulkar off course.virgin comics is about to release a new comics range with Sachin as its Superhero.

22....There is not a single video available of the epic 175 by Kapil Dev against Zimbabwe in the world cup'83.What had happened that day???
Ans:BBC radio strike.Which meant a blackout to the media coverage of the game.

[Subrajit had other reasons..As the ground (Tunbridge Wells) was deemed too small and the contestants too insignificant to merit an official camera crew. Nice one..]

23..Just before the ball was bowled ,the batsmen walked off LAUGHING..What event sparked it off?? (Youtube)

Ans:Courtney Walsh was the batsman who walked off laughing.What had happened was,the bowler Colin Miller had come to bowl in took his cap off n exposed his BLUE dyed hairdo.

[Deepak answered "Walsh farted before the ball was bowled and ian healy kept reminding him that his fart stinks so when he bowls he shld fart on the ball ..then the bouncers wud be very dangerouse when they go near the noses of the player" ..]

24..Complete the series....

Farooq Engineer,______________,Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Ans:Kishore Kumar.The 3 celebrities who were the brand ambassador of Bryllcreem in India.

I wnt give marks for Dennis Compton since since its Bryllcreem in India that I m mentioning here n there have been only 3 stars 2 don the role of ambassador in India.

Results:

Siddhartha Patnaik...16

Deepak Das....16.5

Ashok...15

Karthick...9

Subhrajit...8

Manas...5

Nandie...3

Sabya..1

Malini...1