Hello Dubai Ah? is a IPL Quiz conducted by Qurious Minds through online at the start of 2020 IPL. In a quiz where participants ranged from Amritsar to Trivandrum, Ahmedabad to Guwahati - Gaurav Sundararaman from Bengaluru, Ramesh Natarajan from Chennai and Harshit Sachdeva from New Delhi finished in top three positions. Attempt the quiz and send your feedbacks.

1. IPL Quiz
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2. 1.
Only three franchises chose Indian head coaches for the inaugural IPL.
Which successful stint was said to be the reason behind franchises going
with these relatively lesser experienced coaches?

3. India’s Support Staffs during 2007 T20 WC Victory

4. 2.
Shown here is the jersey of Kochi
Tuskers Kerala for 2011 IPL edition.
According to the franchise, what
was said to be the reason for
selecting their jersey colours?

5. Orange and Purple Caps

6. 3.
During the Super 6 match between India and New Zealand in 2003
World Cup, Kiwis were rattled for a mere 146 and India was batting
well. Craig McMillan in-between his deliveries kept giving unsolicited
advice to Kaif, so umpire Peter Willey warned him.
Since McMillan was not in the mood to stop his sledges, Willey
signalled him to come near and famously did something that made
everyone laugh.
What did Peter Willey do with McMillan, which will also remind you of
a similar 2015 IPL incident?

7. He stick a piece of duct tape on McMillan’s mouth

8. 4.
After Brendon McCullum scored a match winning 60 for Gujarat Lions
against Daredevils at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2016, he was tested positive
in the drug test. Later, it was reported that he took an extra dose of
salbutamol for asthma – a condition he suffered from his childhood.
What prompted him to take more than the usual dose of medicine?

9. Delhi Pollution

10. 5.
Nafees Iqbal is a former Bangladeshi International cricketer who
captained their country in 2002 u19 World Cup and played in 2004
Champions Trophy.
Mahela Jayawardene spotted him during his coaching stint at Khulna
Titans in BPL and brought him to the Mumbai Indians camp after the
auction for the 2018 IPL edition.
What was Nafees Iqbal’s role at MI, which was also rightly credited in
the Netflix series Cricket Fever : Mumbai Indians?

11. Translator for Fizz

12. 6.
During the RCB vs CSK encounter in 2019, CSK needed 2 runs of the
last ball with Dhoni on strike. Dhoni missed the slower ball from
Umesh. Shardul from the non-striker end sprinted towards the striker’s
end to tie the match but fell short of the grease by few inches.
According to Harsha Bhogle and various netizens, who indirectly
helped RCB in this victory by “following MCC rulebook”?

14. Butler’s Run out by R.Ashwin
Batsman started staying within the grease till the ball’s release.

15. 7.
In 2010, two cricketers came together for a promotional program of
FutureBazaar website in boxing attires.
According to both the players, this is a marketing gimmick by the
website but they have moved on in their careers after a particular IPL
incident.
Which incident?

16. Slapgate

17. 8.
During the 2018 IPL auctions, Royal Challengers Bangalore ended up
buying Chris Woakes, Colin de Grandhomme, Umesh Yadav and
Nathan Coulter-Nile for a price of 16 crores.
Which incident a year before was stated as the reason for these four
purchases across social media?

18. RCB’s 49 a.o.

19. 9.
Identify this cricketer who was part of
Delhi Daredevils squad between 2008 –
2012, but didn’t get a single game.
His father famously vented out his
disappointment in a much bigger stage
stating, “My son _______ is part of the
Delhi team. But all he has done is to carry
water to the field."

20. Tejashwi Yadav – Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly

21. 10.
In 2009, OPN Advertising was inspired by the nature of the region,
where most of the people are all Rajinikanth fans. Audience generally
can’t hear anything in theatres during the first day first show of any
Rajinikanth movie due to an activity.
This inspired the agency to come up with what? (Two words)

22. Whistle Podu

23. 11.
Shown here is a Radio jockey and stand-
up comedian, famous for his prank shows
under his fictional identity Nagesh and
Nograj. He even made his film debut in
2018 Kannada film Humble Politician
Nograj.
According to his Twitter bio, he is also a
peas seller. How do we better know him
in IPL context?

24. Mr. Nags

25. 12.
Before the 2012 IPL, Pune Warriors India franchise threatened BCCI
that they would withdraw from the event for multiple reasons. One
among them being ‘a tragedy’ costing them $1.8 million in their auction
purse which they requested BCCI to be added again in their purse.
What tragedy are we talking about, that resulted in PWI boycotting
2012 auctions?

26. Yuvraj Singh withdrew from IPL for Cancer Treatment

27. 13.
During the 2008 Pakistan tour, this player received a call from KKR
management asking him to enroll his name for inaugural auctions.
Even though he was in-form, he was taken aback by the unexpected
call. Later he realized that Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan was a fan of
him due to his similar appearance and he was also chosen for the
franchise before the likes of Ponting, Akthar, Gayle and McCullum.
Identify the player, who scored 28 runs in the three IPL innings he
played in the 2008 season.

28. Tatenda Taibu

29. 14.
What in IPL represents the strength, fierceness of intelligent and
powerful ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the first Indian to lead an
Indian cricket team to Lord’s in 1911 - erstwhile Maharaja of Patiala,
Bhupinder Singh?

30. Two lions in KIXP Logo

31. Two Pointers

32. 15.
Knights & Angels is a reality talent hunt show organized by Kolkata
Knight Riders and NDTV where contestants battles out over five weeks
for six spots in the 2009 IPL. The show was judged by Sourav Ganguly,
Shah Rukh Khan and few KKR players supported the talents from
sidelines.
a) What was the reward for the winners at this show?
b) Why KKR was not able to fulfill the promised reward for the
winners?

33. Selected as Cheerleaders for KKR, Only local South
African Cheerleaders were allowed in 2009 IPL

34. 16.
After the end of first ever IPL auction, 2008 World Cup winning Indian
u-19 players were allowed to be drafted by all the eight franchises.
a) According to ex-COO of IPL Sundar Raman, who was the first
player selected in the draft – since he finished at the top of some
table?
b) Delhi Daredevils had the chance to pick Virat Kohli from the draft.
However the franchise chose whom instead of Kohli?

35. Tanmay Srivastava – Leading run scorer of the WC
tournament, Pradeep Sangwan

36. 17.
The 2008 Champions League Twenty20 was initially scheduled in first
week of December in India.
However just one week prior to the tournament, the event was
cancelled. Why?
Due to upper hand BCCI had over other cricket boards, the organisers of
this tournament came up with a criteria, that only Middlesex and Essex
cleared out of all 18 counties in England. Also, the runners up of
Twenty20 cup Kent was not invited due to this criteria.
What criteria is this, resulted by BCCI’s fury?

37. 2008 Mumbai Attack, Other 15 counties fielded
players from the ICL

38. 18.
The idea for RCB’s Go Green campaign is believed to come from a
problem they faced after the end of every match. To create awareness
about it, the management decided to start this campaign.
What problem did they face?
As part of the Campaign, they created green jersey to effectively solve
the said problem. Other than the colour, they also changed something on
their jersey to indicate their shift towards being digital. What did they
change on their jersey?

39. Plastic Wastes, Twitter ID instead of names on Jersey

40. 19.
When Angelo Mathews was injured during the middle of 2011 season,
Pune Warriors India management initially wanted whom as their
replacement player? However, their coach opposed this idea stating
discipline as the reason and picked James Faulkner instead.
Also identify their coach, whose “disciple” was one of the players
haunted later by their initial choice player.

41. Chris Gayle, Geoff Marsh

42. 20.
Shown here is the IS Bindra stadium in Mohali, commonly used as the
home ground for KIXP in IPL.
a) Instead of four large conventional floodlights, why does IS Bindra
stadium has sixteen low light pillars?
b) To stop crowd entering into the ground, what additional feature did
they add to the stadium?

44. Stadium is located near to Chandigarh Airport – so this
helps avoiding potential crashes, Ditch

45. For bouquets and brickbats,
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