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KQA Cricket Quiz 2020 - Finals

The document outlines the structure and content of an annual cricket quiz, including various rounds with written questions and image identifications related to cricket records and players. It features specific questions about historical cricket performances, monuments dedicated to cricketers, and notable incidents in cricket history. The document illustrates the quiz format, scoring system, and gives examples of questions that cover a range of cricket knowledge and trivia.

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WELL OF COURSE ANNUAL KQA CRICKET QUIZ – EDITION X (FINAL) Sreeram, Sohan, Manish
WHAT’S ON OFFER  List It  Written Round 1  Clockwise (18 questions)  Written Round 2  Anti-clockwise (18 questions)
LIST IT
LIST IT  Who has the highest score by an overseas batsman in each country.  5 points per correct answer – 11 in all.  5 points bonus for getting all 11 correct.
Country Batsman India Pakistan (includes UAE) Sri Lanka Bangladesh Australia South Africa England West Indies New Zealand Zimbabwe Ireland To help with your guesses, there are 3 Sri Lankan entries, 2 Pakistani entries, 2 New Zealand entries, 2 Aussie, 1 English, 1 West Indian entry
EXCHANGE PAPERS
Country Batsman India Mahela Jayawardene 275 Pakistan (includes UAE) Mark Taylor 334* Sri Lanka Gayle 333 Bangladesh Kumar Sangakkara 319 Australia Ross Taylor 290 South Africa Stephen Fleming 262 England Don Bradman 334 West Indies Hanif Mohammad 337 New Zealand Wally Hammond 336* Zimbabwe Kumar Sangakkara 270 Ireland Faheem Ashraf 83
WRITTEN ROUND 1
WRITTEN ROUND 1  8 images on monuments/statues of cricketers  +7 for getting each question  +4 bonus for getting all 8 correct
AUDIENCE  Who is this a monument to?
A Rahul Dravid
1  Whose memorial in Hope Street, Liverpool?
2  Gates at a venue named after whom?
3  Statue of whom outside a cricket stadium?
4  Statue of?
5  2 statues at 2 ends of a Bridge in a town called Woking. Identify them. It is supposed to be how they played cricket as kids.
6  This is the gravestone of a cricketer called George Summers. His gravestone was paid for by MCC. Why?
7  Statue of?
8  Statue seen outside Bellerive Oval. Identify.
EXCHANGE SHEETS
1  Whose memorial in Hope Street, Liverpool?
A  Reverend David Sheppard
2  Gates at a venue named after whom?
A  Len Hutton
3  Statue of whom outside a cricket stadium?
A  Prof DB Deodhar
4  Statue of?
A  Vinoo Mankad
5  2 statues at 2 ends of a Bridge in a town called Woking. Identify them. It is supposed to be how they played cricket as kids.
A  Bedser twins  Alec and Eric Bedser
6  This is the gravestone of a cricketer called George Summers. His gravestone was paid for by MCC. Why?
A  The Lords pitch was dodgy, and he died from a ball that him.
7  Statue of?
A  Graham Gooch
8  Statue seen outside Bellerive Oval. Identify.
A  David Boon
CLOCKWISE
CLOCKWISE ROUND  18 questions  10 points on the bounce  DRS Pounce system – 2 wrong pounces throughout the quiz after which -10 for every wrong pounce
1  Tony Pope was a Derbyshire 2nd XI cricketer and member of a family that produced several cricketers. He was an engineer, worked in Rolls Royce and fancied himself as an inventor.  A certain idea came to him while watching India play West Indies at Barbados in 1989. On his return home, he made some sketches and added a revolving component to an object in the ground that had always been intended to be static. He pitched this idea to MCC as a source for easy additional revenue. Three of the test venues in England used it in 1993, it is now adopted by almost all venues in important matches. What exactly did Pope invent ?
ANSWER
A  Revolving sightscreen to show ads when not in use
2  George Dobell was tasked by Cricinfo to write the match report of the 2019 world cup final.  Like many reporters he wrote a draft and was waiting for the conclusion to finish the details. As it looked likely that new Zealand would win - his article headline was going to be a pun on a line generally used when England does well but with a significant performer that day. What was the article headline going to be?
ANSWER
A  Its coming De Grandhomme
3  Glenn McGrath on a podcast said the best technical coach on fast bowling is the head coach at MRF pace academy. Someone who worked with Dennis Lillee for 23 years. This guy was the first to have a distinction that only 12 other Indians have had.  Who? What distinction?
ANSWER
A  Senthilnathan who was a batsman during his career is now a fast bowling coach at MRF.  He was India’s first ever captain at an U19 world cup
4  The dressing rooms at the Holkar Stadium in Indore are named after 2 legendary cricketers neither of whom played for MP or in its old avatar Holkar but were born in MP. Identify the 2 legends.
ANSWER
A  Rahul Dravid – born in Indore  MAK Patuadi – born in Bhopal
5  The first 2 are in one day internationals, the other one is in a test match. Connect them.
ANSWER
A  Made their debuts in matches which were abandoned due to dangerous conditions  H Kanitkar – Indore 1997  S Tyagi – Delhi 2009  N McLean – Jamaica 1997
6  The name is a nod to the city's role in shaping the music scene of decades gone by - from The Hacienda nightclub, New Order and the Stone Roses to Oasis.  The designers also created an alphabet with prominent landmarks and symbols which will be used in posters and advertising around the team.  What name?
ANSWER
A  Manchester Originals
7  X and Y were close mates at their state team, and both eventually played for the national team. X primarily a leg spinner struggled and was dropped after a few tests. Y became a legend and was a shoe in for an all time XI, till somebody else replaced him and did even better.  X, became the selector and one of his first calls was to remove Y despite a request for a farewell test at his home ground and get him replaced. X and Y's relationship has not recovered since then.  Id X and Y.
ANSWER
A  X – Trevor Hohns  Y – Ian Healy
8  In the lower Blue Mountains, just west of Sydney, a four-year-old arrived home after a day of preschool, full of excitement. He had a bag of sweets for each of his four brothers and sisters and he couldn't wait to show them.  His younger sister, Laura, was in the bathroom. In his eagerness, he opened the door and waved the lollies at her. Unhappy with the intrusion, Laura slammed the door on him.  What happened because of this incident? Who is the cricketer in question?
ANSWER
A  Pat Cummins - middle finger got chipped off.
9  This ground has hosted 4 miscellaneous matches as per cricket archive. The first one in this list - the only instance of something happening. Identify either the venue or what is unique about the first game.
ANSWER
A  Exhibition Ground, Vincennes  Only cricket match at the Olympics
10  Which team last played a FC game against Somerset in Taunton in 2011? Their first official game was in 1911.  Though they have played after that their games have not been deemed FC because of lax participation rules and the fact that the games are not scheduled as often as before due to shorter tours.
ANSWER
A  Indians  Whenever India play a side game on tour, they are called Indians. Post 2011 these games don't get FC status as they play the whole squad and any 11 can bat and any 11 can field.
11  Tej ___ played a few FC games for J&K in the 70's before joining the National Institute of Sports. He worked as a coach, trainer, physiotherapist on and off with the Indian women's team since 1981. In the mid 80's Tej did a course on training and fitness in Germany and introduced these techniques to Indian women in the camp. It all helped India during their first tour of England in 1986, where they drew the test series 0-0.  Two of Tej's children played FC cricket with one of them even representing the national team. What is his surname?
ANSWER
A  Tej Kaul  Father of Siddharth Kaul and Uday Kaul
12  At Lord’s in 1966, West Indies was in trouble in the second innings before Garry Sobers and David Holford scored hundreds. When each of them reached the century, a few West Indies supporters rushed to the ground and celebrated with the batsman in a certain fashion.  On the last day, England themselves scored a century of their own. England supporters now invaded the ground and a couple of them tried to celebrate in the same fashion with the batsman. It is recorded that their attempts failed in a hilarious fashion.  Who scored a hundred for England ? Why did their celebration with the English player fail?
ANSWER
A  Colin Milburn scored the century for England.  The West Indians celebrated by lifting Sobers and Holford. The England supporters could not do the same with Colin Milburn who weighed around 115 k
13  Since 1995 Wisden produces a limited edition of numbered leather almanacs - 150 of them these days. The first five numbers are given to the Cricketers of the Year. These are obviously rare and valuable. Only two copies with numbers 1-5 have come up for sale and both fetched over 3000 pounds.  X was a bits and pieces player who played 3 Tests and the 1992 and 1996 World Cups. He went bankrupt and auctioned his 1996 Cricketer of the Year Wisden, which he won mainly for his captaincy, in 2017. The other numbered copy is more recent and went for auction in 2016.  Who is X ? Which was the other numbered Wisden that was auctioned?
ANSWER
A  X – Dermot Reeve  In 2011 Mohammed Amir was the 5th Cricketer of the Year, but was not awarded due to Spot fixing, hence nobody was given the 5th book.
14  He had an impressive start to his Ranji career, taking 38 wickets from his first 4 matches. He played only 2 test matches taking just the 1 wicket, but his lasting contribution came in his debut match where he ended a famous streak.  Who and what streak did he end?
ANSWER
A  Nirode ‘Putu’ Chowdhury  He ran out Everton Weekes on 90, when he had a 5 innings century streak at that point
15  If it is named after them in women's cricket - what is the men's equivalent called?
ANSWER
A  Compton Miller medal for the best performer in the Ashes series  Peden-Archdale were the first test captains for Australian and English women
16  In India's epic 1971 victory against England, Dilip Sardesai had a limited role after his stellar performance against WI earlier in the year.  Ajit Wadekar though asked Sardesai to do something that helped India get the crucial wicket of Basil D'Oliveira though Sardesai was not on the ground.  What did Wadekar ask Sardesai to do?
ANSWER
A  Wadekar asked Sardesai to limp so that a much more agile fielder - Kenia Jayantilal can be brought onto the field. Kenia took a fantastic catch to dismiss D'Oliveira
17  Before the 1987 World Cup India played a series of warm up games against local sides such as South Zone A, South Zone B, Tamil Nadu etc.. One of the games was against South Zone at Madras.  Even cricketarchive does not have the complete scorecard but shows that one person helped South Zone win a high scoring thriller by scoring 55 in 34 balls. His current role has nothing to do with batting. Who is this player?
ANSWER
A  Bharat Arun  Indian’s bowling coach
18  This is George Duckworth. He was a wicketkeeper during his playing days, but he was a manager of a touring team to India.  Which Indian wicketkeeper got his name as a nickname as he participated in that tour? We know of this cricketer due to his relative who went on to achieve much higher things.
ANSWER
A  Madhav ‘George’ Mantri  Sunil Gavaskar’s uncle
ABBA KE ZAMANE MEIN
ABBA KE ZAMANE MEIN  10 questions  +7 for every correct answer  +5 bonus for getting everything right
1  Identify the player talking about a record that he has.
2  Identify this very successful coach
3  The 2 men on the right, played test cricket for England. Identify them.
4  What is happening here?
5  A test match in progress at Lords. What are these TV cameraman doing?