Prelims of the KQA Cricket quiz by Manish Achuth and Sohan Maheshwar

1. “Well Of Course” edition 6
Prelims
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2. Rules
• Teams of 4 or less
• 30 Questions
• First five questions are *ed
• In case of ties, sudden death from the last question
• Depending on QM’s mood, we will decide the number of teams in the final

3. Take Guard
• No grace and all…..

4. 1.
• Juju Basu and his team member Mustafa Rangawala came out with a creative
brief wanting to capture the anguish of a rival fan. The original plan was to have it
only for the opening game. But the success prompted more and consequently
quality of subsequent efforts were lower when compared to the original.
Nonetheless it captured a nation’s and to an extent its rival’s imagination.
• What?

5. 2.
• Story of a series of ODI tournaments in the 90’s. What’s the story?
• Bangladesh – won by India
• India – won by Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka – won by India

6. 3.
• Ignore the 1978 and the elderly
man. Identify the tigerish fast
bowler.

7. 4.
• With regards to Indian cricket, the first instance was 1943-44, possibly due to
Independence struggle. The next time it happened was in 1996-97, a game which
saw an innovation that hasn’t been repeated in Indian cricket.
• Now this is a regular feature. What?

8. 5.
• Parodying whom?

9. 6.
• This cricketer is usually reluctant to give the origin of his nickname. When pressed
he often replies to the effect – “Maybe people feel I am a calm person. Maybe I
shaved my head once…”
• Some articles attribute to a brand of alcohol, though the cricketer has never
admitted to this reason.
• Who? And what nickname?

10. 7.
• This happened a
week before a
test match was
to start. Which
group claimed
responsibility?
Who famously
benefited from
this?

11. 8.
• Identify the man
in focus. He is
providing the
commentary for a
game happening
at which ground?

12. 9.
• The story goes that the supporters of team X were waiting at the railway station
for the first set of newspapers to see how their team had progressed. To their
horror, the supporters saw members of team X walk out of the train. They were
surprised to know that the very first game of the tournament, X had lost in a
single day. Team X has had better days in that tournament. Identify team X and
the tournament they were playing.

13. 10.
• Lala Amarnath was independent India's first test captain. He captained India
during the disasterous tour of Australia and the first tour by the West Indies. He
was replaced by Vijay Hazare. Vijay Hazare captained India to its first ever test
win. But he was relieved of his duties before Pakistan's first tour of India and Lala
was reinstated as the captain.
• Who rather ironically was the chairman of selectors who reinstated Lala as
captain?

14. 11.
• If he hadn’t played international
cricket, his greatest claim to fame
would have been playing the role
of Alan Donald in the 2008 movie
“Hansie”. The producers wanted
some authenticity, hence used
actual cricketers. He has
subsequently played international
cricket and in his last test match,
arrived at the venue hour after the
game started. Luckily for him, his
team batted first.
• Who?

16. 12.
• Scorecard from a Baroda Under-16 vs Mumbai Under-16 match from 2009. Fill in
the 2 blanks.

17. 13.
• Footage from the early 70’s.
Identify the bowler and the
team he was playing for.

18. 14.
• X scored a memorable 173 not out leading England to a huge 208 run victory. This
should have made headlines if not for Y’s effort that happened later in the day
which completely overshadowed this feat.
• Pendants will always point to Y, rather than events in Gwalior as being the first to
achieve this feat.
• What did Y do? Who is X?

19. 15.
• On the morning of the final day of the January 1971 Sydney Test against England,
a newspaper headline read "BLEAK FORECAST – NO RAIN, MORE _____" as
Australia were tottering at 64-4 chasing 416. What is blanked out?
Ps: The forecast did actually end up being correct.

20. 16.
• His father was in the Indian Foreign Services explaining his slightly unusual
birthplace. In a decision by the Indian government to recall his father back to
India, allowed him to take up a cricket. He played 2 tests for India and refused to
be a 12th man for a test as he had to take up Rhodes scholarship interview. He
along with Freddie Brown share an unusual connection.
• Who?

21. 17.
• There is a story that goes like this. During his time as a Kings High School student
in Dunedin, Brendon McCullum was selected in the rugby team and was looking
around for rugby boots to wear during the game. Richard Hadlee, who knew how
talented Brendon was, ensured that Brendon never got those boots. Brendon had
to miss the game, but instead chose cricket after that.
• Who according to this possibly apocryphal story, was the beneficiary of Brendon
missing out?

22. 18.
• Identify this forgotten Indian batsmen
on his “test” debut.

23. 19.
• An unbelievable catch. Just
identify the catcher.

24. 20.
• Who, quite appropriately, once checked if an umpires glasses were proper after a
series of appeals that were turned down?

25. 21.
• What has
happened here?

26. 22.
• English cricketers generally draw cartoons that get auctioned and money goes to
charity. What incident from 2005 Ashes has Jimmy Anderson drawn here?

27. 23.
• What are these West Indian cricketers trying to do?

28. 24.
• MK Gandhi never showed any interest in cricket, but his son Devdas Gandhi was
an ardent fan and even sponsored the scoreboard at the Ferozshah Kotla during
his time as the Managing Editor of Hindustan Times.
• He had a dream of watching the Don play. He managed to be in England during
the Don’s last series and using connections managed to get passes for the first
test at Nottingham. Hundreds had come to the city to watch the game, and
Devdas was unable to get a room in the city.
• Where, appropriately for his lineage, did he spend the night in order to see the
game?

29. 25.
• Who made his first class debut in this game? He made his debut while being the
president of the state board. He is said to have later used his status as a first class
player to induct himself into the national junior selection committee.

30. 26.
• What were these
games called?

31. 27.
• He follows Brian Clough, Olympic and world champion ice skaters Jayne Torvill &
Christopher Dean and boxer Carl Froch in this honor.
• Nottingham’s city council had invited nominations and he received the highest
number of votes.
• "No matter where I travel in the world, it will be nice to know that a ____ carrying
my name will be travelling over the River Trent, the place which has become my
home and where we secured the Ashes”.
• Jane Urquhart of Nottingham City Council added: "It seems only fitting that a
world class cricket player is honoured with his name on a world class _________
system, and I am really pleased we can pay tribute to him in his home town
where he secured the Ashes victory earlier this year."
• Who, what honor?

32. 28.
• South Australia played Victoria at the Adelaide Oval on Oct 24, 1967. To avoid
potentially future confusions, scoreboard operators did something. That has stuck
to this day. What change did the scoreboard operators at the Adelaide Oval do?

33. 29.
• Lords cricket ground has undergone many changes. But what is the only feature
that has survived since the ground opened in 1814?

34. 30.
• Who is the speaker? Who is he talking about?

35. Hand in your sheets

36. Answers

37. 1.
• Juju Basu and his team member Mustafa Rangawala came out with a creative
brief wanting to capture the anguish of a rival fan. The original plan was to have it
only for the opening game. But the success prompted more and consequently
quality of subsequent efforts were lower when compared to the original.
Nonetheless it captured a nation’s and to an extent its rival’s imagination.
• What?

38. Mauka Mauka
• The Star Sports campaign for
the 2015 world cup

39. 2.
• Story of a series of ODI tournaments in the 90’s. What’s the story?
• Bangladesh – won by India
• India – won by Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka – won by India

40. Independence Cup
• In 1997 India hosted Pepsi Independence Cup, which was won by Sri Lanka
• In 1998 Bangladesh hosted Silver Jubilee Independence Cup, which was won by
India (God bless Hrishikesh Kanitkar)
• In 1998 Sri Lanka hosted the Akai Nidahas Cup, which was won by India

41. 3.
• Ignore the 1978 and the elderly
man. Identify the tigerish fast
bowler.

42. ‘Tiger’ Pataudi

43. 4.
• With regards to Indian cricket, the first instance was 1943-44, possibly due to
Independence struggle. The next time it happened was in 1996-97, a game which
saw an innovation that hasn’t been repeated in Indian cricket.
• Now this is a regular feature. What?

44. Neutral Venues for Ranji Trophy finals

45. 5.
• Parodying whom?

46. Jose “I have nothing to say” Mourinho

47. 6.
• This cricketer is usually reluctant to give the origin of his nickname. When pressed
he often replies to the effect – “Maybe people feel I am a calm person. Maybe I
shaved my head once…”
• Some articles attribute to a brand of alcohol, though the cricketer has never
admitted to this reason.
• Who? And what nickname?

48. Murali Vijay, Monk

49. 7.
• This happened a
week before a
test match was
to start. Which
group claimed
responsibility?
Who famously
benefited from
this?

50. Shiv Sena, Anil Kumble

51. 8.
• Identify the man
in focus. He is
providing the
commentary for a
game happening
at which ground?

52. Jonathan Agnew, Galle

53. 9.
• The story goes that the supporters of team X were waiting at the railway station
for the first set of newspapers to see how their team had progressed. To their
horror, the supporters saw members of team X walk out of the train. They were
surprised to know that the very first game of the tournament, X had lost in a
single day. Team X has had better days in that tournament. Identify team X and
the tournament they were playing.

54. Karnataka/Mysore, Ranji Trophy

55. 10.
• Lala Amarnath was independent India's first test captain. He captained India
during the disasterous tour of Australia and the first tour by the West Indies. He
was replaced by Vijay Hazare. Vijay Hazare captained India to its first ever test
win. But he was relieved of his duties before Pakistan's first tour of India and Lala
was reinstated as the captain.
• Who rather ironically was the chairman of selectors who reinstated Lala as
captain?

56. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Vijay Ananda Gajapathi Raju
• AKA Maharaja of Vizianagaram

57. 11.
• If he hadn’t played international
cricket, his greatest claim to fame
would have been playing the role
of Alan Donald in the 2008 movie
“Hansie”. The producers wanted
some authenticity, hence used
actual cricketers. He has
subsequently played international
cricket and in his last test match,
arrived at the venue hour after the
game started. Luckily for him, his
team batted first.
• Who?

59. Dane Vilas

60. 12.
• Scorecard from a Baroda Under-16 vs Mumbai Under-16 match from 2009. Fill in
the 2 blanks.

61. Hardik Pandya, 228

62. 13.
• Footage from the early 70’s.
Identify the bowler and the
team he was playing for.

63. Eddie Barlow, Rest of the World

64. 14.
• X scored a memorable 173 not out leading England to a huge 208 run victory. This
should have made headlines if not for Y’s effort that happened later in the day
which completely overshadowed this feat.
• Pendants will always point to Y, rather than events in Gwalior as being the first to
achieve this feat.
• What did Y do? Who is X?

65. X - Charlotte Edwards, Y – 229 by Belinda Clarke

66. 15.
• On the morning of the final day of the January 1971 Sydney Test against England,
a newspaper headline read "BLEAK FORECAST – NO RAIN, MORE _____" as
Australia were tottering at 64-4 chasing 416. What is blanked out?
Ps: The forecast did actually end up being correct.

67. Snow
• John Snow took 3 of the 4 wickets to fall
and finished the innings with 7-40 as
England won by 299 runs

68. 16.
• His father was in the Indian Foreign Services explaining his slightly unusual
birthplace. In a decision by the Indian government to recall his father back to
India, allowed him to take up a cricket. He played 2 tests for India and refused to
be a 12th man for a test as he had to take up Rhodes scholarship interview. He
along with Freddie Brown share an unusual connection.
• Who?

69. Ashok Gandotra
• Freddie Brown born in Peru
• He was born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

70. 17.
• There is a story that goes like this. During his time as a Kings High School student
in Dunedin, Brendon McCullum was selected in the rugby team and was looking
around for rugby boots to wear during the game. Richard Hadlee, who knew how
talented Brendon was, ensured that Brendon never got those boots. Brendon had
to miss the game, but instead chose cricket after that.
• Who according to this possibly apocryphal story, was the beneficiary of Brendon
missing out?

71. Dan Carter

72. 18.
• Identify this forgotten Indian batsmen
on his “test” debut.

73. Connor Williams
• This test was deemed unofficial after the Mike Denness was removed as match
referee.

74. 19.
• An unbelievable catch. Just
identify the catcher.

75. Derek Randall

76. 20.
• Who, quite appropriately, once checked if an umpires glasses were proper after a
series of appeals that were turned down?

77. Geoff Lawson
• He is a qualified optometrist

78. 21.
• What has
happened here?

79. The one handed catch contest in New Zealand

80. 22.
• English cricketers generally draw cartoons that get auctioned and money goes to
charity. What incident from 2005 Ashes has Jimmy Anderson drawn here?

81. Warne bowling Strauss

82. 23.
• What are these West Indian cricketers trying to do?

83. Springer Dance

84. 24.
• MK Gandhi never showed any interest in cricket, but his son Devdas Gandhi was
an ardent fan and even sponsored the scoreboard at the Ferozshah Kotla during
his time as the Managing Editor of Hindustan Times.
• He had a dream of watching the Don play. He managed to be in England during
the Don’s last series and using connections managed to get passes for the first
test at Nottingham. Hundreds had come to the city to watch the game, and
Devdas was unable to get a room in the city.
• Where, appropriately for his lineage, did he spend the night in order to see the
game?

85. Jail!
• MK Gandhi referred to British Jails as His Majesty’s hotel.
• His son had breakfast with convicts, saw the Don score a hundred and then left to
London.

86. 25.
• Who made his first class debut in this game? He made his debut while being the
president of the state board. He is said to have later used his status as a first class
player to induct himself into the national junior selection committee.

87. Anurag Thakur

88. 26.
• What were these
games called?

89. Victory Tests

90. 27.
• He follows Brian Clough, Olympic and world champion ice skaters Jayne Torvill &
Christopher Dean and boxer Carl Froch in this honor.
• Nottingham’s city council had invited nominations and he received the highest
number of votes.
• "No matter where I travel in the world, it will be nice to know that a ____ carrying
my name will be travelling over the River Trent, the place which has become my
home and where we secured the Ashes”.
• Jane Urquhart of Nottingham City Council added: "It seems only fitting that a
world class cricket player is honoured with his name on a world class _________
system, and I am really pleased we can pay tribute to him in his home town
where he secured the Ashes victory earlier this year."
• Who, what honor?

91. Stuart Broad, tram named after them

92. 28.
• South Australia played Victoria at the Adelaide Oval on Oct 24, 1967. To avoid
potentially future confusions, scoreboard operators did something. That has stuck
to this day. What change did the scoreboard operators at the Adelaide Oval do?

93. Ian Chappell got the nickname Chappelli

94. 29.
• Lords cricket ground has undergone many changes. But what is the only feature
that has survived since the ground opened in 1814?

95. The slope!

96. 30.
• Who is the speaker? Who is he talking about?

97. Martin Crowe, Willie Watson
• The 11 ended up being his highest score in test cricket

98. •See you in the finals