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Cricket Quiz ’21
Rajath Krishna Pai J Anwesha Mishra Rachita Nanda Sanath Kumar Swain
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PRELIMS
Connect these images to a cricketer who holds
the overall record. Name the cricketer and the
record
2009
2007
1993
2007
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Name this sports journalist that authored
a book inspired by 11th edition of ICC
Women's World Cup Finals
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Suprita Das
Name the brand X that launched a media
campaign #TeamX produced by ArtE
MediaTech in 2020. The Company is currently
in an infamous court battle with its fellow
competitor.
3.
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BharatPe
Name the player.
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Sir Viv Richards
X has been shaking up the Indian fashion
business since 2015 with on-trend items,
clever celebrity collaborations, and an
unfailing finger on the pulse of India's young.
It swiftly made a name for itself and is now
considered one of the category's important
participants. Its brands include Imara,
Ms.Taken, and Single and it is
headquartered in Bangalore. Who is the CEO
of X?
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Anjana Reddy
With the help of given image, identify
the phrase which has been wrongly attributed
to a famous Yorkshire cricket legend and
commentator, albeit there are many origin theories.
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Corridor of Uncertainty
Ogilvy conceptualized this recreation
of one their most popular ads ever, after 2 junior
members from an all female creative team pitched
it to senior management.
It was directed by Shashanka Chaturvedi aka Bob
who was also involved in making the original ad. In
sync with the times, it has become quite a talking
point on social media for the women empowerment
message and its nostalgia value.
Name the brand in question and the cricket funda.
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Mondelez/Cadbury
Funda - The ad concludes with #GoodLuckGirls to
wish the Indian women’s cricket team ahead of their
ODI series with Australia that began on 21
September.
Name the player.
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Brett Lee
Mohun Bagan Athletic Club of Kolkata is famous
for its achievements in the field of football.
However in 2016, it was part of something historic
in the field of cricket in India, the historic event
would be to introduce something to international
cricket in India in the later part of 2019.
Identify the historic event.
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1. Wasim Akram
2. Usman Khawaja, Shoaib Malik, Herschelle
Gibbs
3. AB De Villiers
4. VVS Laxman, Muttiah Muralitharan,
Mohammed Kaif
5. Dwayne Bravo
6. Chris Gayle
What does the non-exhaustive list indicate, which
has to do something with the service
offered by the person in the pic.
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The price (from highest to lowest) of cricketers
who will send a personalised wish on the cameo
app/website
This English wicket keeper
played county cricket from
2001 to 2011. Like his
contemporaries, he also
experimented with the
game with a unique kind of
helmet which earned him a
nickname X due to its
similarities with a 90s pop
culture reference.
Identify X.
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Simon Guy
Identify this International stadium
devastated after the 2004 tsunami?
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Galle International Stadium
X is a special type of delivery usually by fast
bowlers to deceive a batsman in death overs. It
was invented in the late 80s and was introduced
in international cricket during the 2011 World Cup
by an Indian bowler.
Identify X
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Name the player.
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Sir Gary Sobers
Mr X is a sitting Member of Parliament, a
barrister by profession, has represented South
Zone inter university U 25 cricket team as a fast
bowler in Vizzy Trophy in 1994 and later got
selected in South Zone University team. He has
also studied from Lincoln’s Inn of London.
Identify X.
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FINALS
General Rules for the Quiz
● There are 4 Rounds.
● Each Round has its own rules that will be mentioned before
it starts.
● Teams must not shout out the answer unless asked and
must remain on mute unless speaking.
● Videos must always be switched on and the participants
need to be clearly visible.
● Do not use Google or similar unfair means.
● In case of any dispute, the QM’s decision will stand final.
● Teams may be recorded and the video may be published
on social media.
● Good luck and Happy Quizzing!
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ROUND – 1
Everybody Gets a Question!
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Rules
● 8 Questions
● Questions will go around team-wise. The questions WILL NOT pass to the
next team.
● DO NOT say the answer unless you are asked to.
● Teams for whom the question is not a direct can text the answers in their
WhatsApp group. (Pounce)
● The scoring for this round will be
● +10/0 (Default)
● +10/-5 (Pounce)
● You’re supposed to submit your answers in the WhatsApp group WITHIN
the time limit
● Type your answer along with what parts they correspond to. Not
mentioning will be assumed to be alphabetical order.
● Example : X – Shinzo Abe Y – Narendra Modi
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In 2020 BCCI lost a case in the Bombay High Court, therefore had
to pay a hefty compensation to X.
X is a company that is responsible for publishing one of the top
newspaper Y.
Identify X and Y.
Question 1
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Deccan Holdings Pvt Ltd and Deccan Chronicles
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Y is often blamed for an in famous cricket incident in 1981 which
was against the spirit of cricket, However he did it because he got
instructions from his brother X.
X was associated to Indian cricket, Identify X and his association
with Indian Cricket.
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Greg Chappell, Former coach of Indian Cricket Team
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Why was this mid-80s ODI match between India and Pakistan
cancelled.
Question 3
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Assasination of late PM Indira Gandhi, 31st Oct 1984
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Hardus Viljoen
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Lockie Ferguson
Ajit Agarkar
Keshav Maharaj
Akshatha Rao
Clive Lloyd
Virat Kohli
Not an exhaustive list. What is their common claim to fame?
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Wicket from the first ball they ever bowled in a particular format
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Question 5
Connect
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Answer-Masuri
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Clockwise -
Southampton
Stags (Masuri
Teamwear), Phil
Hughes (Died
wearing a
Masuri),
Hampshire
(Currently based
out of), Cape
Town (Founded
in)
X, a former Union minister resigned from the cabinet due to
allegations of misusing his power to obtain shares in an IPL
franchise. Although he denied the allegations, later his friend (who
became his wife) gave up her shares in the now defunct IPL team.
Identify X
Question 6
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Shashi Tharoor
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What is so peculiar about placement of the Star and Nike logo in
the jersey of the Indian players in 2015 Edition of ICC Cricket World
Cup?
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It is that the Nike Logo appears on right shoulder for right handed
batsman and on the left side for left handed ones.
Each time a person takes stance for batting only the star logo
appears to us on the front facing shoulder via the common
bowler's end camera.
The advertisement slot on the leading arm obviously sells at a
higher price than the non-leading arm. Star bought the leading
arm slot, and Nike bought the non-leading arm.
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A brand(X) campaign started by two Indian cricketers Y and Z in 2020,
aimed to inspire young talents especially women to power through and
follow their dreams. The brand was also associated with ICC T20 Women’s
World Cup. Y also was part of a digital film campaign under the same
umbrella which showcases that power
has no gender.
Identify Y and the parent company of X
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Y: Jemimah Rodrigues
Parent Company: Coca-Cola
( Campaign: #PowerHasNoGender X: Powerade Z: MS Dhoni)
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ROUND – 2
Open for all!
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Rules
● 8 Questions
● Questions are open to all
● Each team can attempt questions by texting their
answers in the allocated WhatsApp group
● The scoring for this round will be
● +10/0
● You’re supposed to submit your answers in the
WhatsApp group WITHIN the time limit
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He developed an alternate to the Duckworth-Lewis
(DL) method.
Identify the man or the name of the method.
Question 1
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VJD method or Jayadevan method
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This is a picture of the
highest cricket match ever
played, at a height of
5165m. It was played at Mt.
Everest base camp, and
thus the teams were aptly
named X and Y.
What were X and Y?
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Tenzing and Hillary
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X made his debut in New Zealand in early 1981 as a
replacement for injured Dilip Doshi. He picked up 15
wickets and 48 runs as a low order batsman. X is most
probably at the end of his career now as we speak
(not as a player). Who is X?
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Ravi Shastri
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The fourth test between WI and ENG at Georgetown in
1997/98 saw something unique with forty wickets fallen.
What was special about these wickets taken?
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None of the wickets were bowled out.
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Despite widespread misconception, X's ________ ___________ are
not an innovative way of marketing a sponsor. They are
manufactured by a corporation in the United States called
Mueller. In reality, they're only employed to give a batsman an
edge, and they're readily available in most supermarkets.
Digicell, on the other hand, saw a chance to promote it and
had done so successfully before the ICC crackdown. What is
Id X and what is being discussed?
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Zinc - Oxide paste
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Established in 1973, this Pune-
based orphanage Shreevatsa
has played a tiny but significant
role in contributing a legend to
the game, thanks to a certain
American couple’s visit in 1978
and they settled down in
another country for the later
part of their lives with the
“contribution”
Identify the legend.
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Lisa Sthalekar
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The player shown in the
picture is Travis Dowlin,
who plays for WI. He is the
only international wicket of
a very famous player (X),
who recently retired.
Needless to say, X is not
famous as a bowler.
Identify X ?
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M S Dhoni
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What did this man invent?
His invention is much in
news as of now.
Question 8
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T-20 format (Stuart Robinson)
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Round - 3
Risk hai toh Ishq hai
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Rules
● 6 Questions
● Open to all
● The scoring for this round will be
○ +10/0 (Default)
○ +15/-5
○ +20/-10
● Teams are free to choose the points they want to go for each
question
● You’re supposed to submit your answers in the WhatsApp group
WITHIN the time limit
● Type your answer along with points you want to go for
○ Example : Kamala Harris 20
● No mention of points will be considered under default scoring.
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Located in a Mumbai suburb meaning "port" in
Marathi, this cricket ground X was established
by the club X whose name has a financial
connotation, as a part of their initiatives to
support sports among the "not-so affluent
families".
The cricket ground has been a host to a certain
first batting achievement by a cricketer Y
against a Scandinavian country in the late 90s,
only to be replicated by a legendary batsman 13
years later.
Identify the cricketer Y and the certain first
batting achievement.
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Y: Belinda Clark
Event: First double century in ODI cricket
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A brand X based off Bangalore was launched in 1970s. X's parent company
actually started in 1915 in Southern India.
X launched a popular media campaign for T20 to showcase the lighter
side of cricket.
There has been various iteration of the campaign keeping in mind the
trends among the younger and newer audience.
Recently X even tapped into the Rap Culture and WFH trend.
Name the New york based media house Y behind these campaigns.
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Y: Wunderman Thompson
(X: Kingfisher (United Breweries))
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A tournament X was created by a Arab millionaire and cricket
enthusiast in late 1980s. X lasted only 3 editions and was replaced
by the ICC Champions trophy.
The first edition finale marked a historic moment in One Day
Cricket history and made Y a national hero.
Y became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score a
century in both his 1st and 100th test.
Identify X and Y
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