The document details a cricket quiz comprising 25 questions that test knowledge on significant events, players, and historical facts related to cricket and its influence over time. It includes questions about specific cricketers, matches, and milestones, as well as connections to broader societal events, such as the abolition of privy purses in India. Additionally, the quiz references blood donation events and cricket club histories while highlighting interactions between cricket and social changes.

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5. Connect this exhaustive list.

7. Which significant non-cricketing “event” happened
between Test #669 and #708 AND what change did
it bring about in relation to a certain input in
scorecards? [no part points]

8. The Foundation Day of the Cricket Association of
Bengal (“CAB”) is celebrated on 3rd February every
year. In 1981, the CAB had decided to celebrate its
Foundation Day as “Sir Frank Worrell Day”. A blood
donation camp is organized in the CAB premises
where nearly 2,000 persons donate blood. The blood
donors are awarded certificates duly signed by
eminent cricketers.
Name the gentleman donating blood in the first
edition of Sir Frank Worrell Day in 1981. [pic in next
slide]

10. In a Tripura versus Orissa Ranji Trophy match
at Cuttack on December 20, 1997, ‘he’ was
sitting on the boundary edge chatting with
‘his’ team manager while the umpires called
‘drinks’. The match resumed soonafter, after
the very short drinks break.
Who is he AND what happened next? [0.5 x
2]

11. 10 left-handed batsmen have scored at least 1
ODI century for India. 4 names of 10 have
been deleted. Identify A, B, C & D. [0.25 x 4]
Note: Order of your answer is important.
[contd.]

12. A
B
C
D

13. In the 5th test South Africa v England (Durban, 16-22
Feb 1923), he not only became the first English
batsman to score two 100s in a single test, but also
the only batsman to score 2 100s in his last Test, with
his innings of 140 and 111. The performance was all
the more remarkable because he had to battle against
illness; when he started his second innings he ought to
have been in bed rather than on the cricket field. He
ended his short test career with a batting average of
56.87 with five 100s.
Name this English batsman who might lead you to
some erroneous results on Google search.

14. X is a First Class team founded in 1888. The
name X refers to the fact that membership in
this team/club was open to everyone, unlike
all other teams/clubs based in its city. There
were some others FC teams with the same
name X – the last, probably, in New Zealand
established in 1962 and producing players like
Ewen Chatfield, John Reid and Bob Blair.
Identify X.

15. James Ngoche (debut: 2010), Shem Ngoche
(debut: 2010), Nehemiah Odhiambo (debut:
2006) and Lameck Onyango (debut: 1996) of
Kenya are four brothers from the same family
who have played ODIs. However, they are only
the second family to have as many as 4 brothers
playing ODIs. The first instance was of a family
which had the 4 brothers making their ODI
debut in 1982, 1989, 1993 and 1994.
Id the surname. [Note: same surname for each
of the 4 brothers]

16. Simon Guy is a former English
wicketkeeper who played FC for
Yorkshire from 2000 to 2011.
Much like several other
wicketkeepers of his time, he
too improvised on the helmet
worn to keep it as light as
possible to enhance mobility
behind the stumps. What
nickname did he earn for a brief
period due to this unique
helmet?

17. Bodyline is an Australian 1984
television miniseries which
dramatised the events of the
1932–1933 English Ashes tour
of Australia.
Which character from Sydney
did the Australian actor Paul
Chubb play in this miniseries?

18. A prolific scorer in FC cricket, he has 17,211
runs with 29 100s in 312 matches. He waited
for several years to be picked for his national
squad and finally got his ODI cap at the age of
27, top scoring in 2 of the 3 ODIs he played in
his maiden series. This performance was
good enough to own him a test cap.
[pic in next slide]

19. (i) Name this batsman,
who most of us would
relate to a famous
photograph; OR
(ii) Describe the event
depicted in the said
photograph.

20. When jersey numbers were
introduced in ODI cricket, Shane
Warne chose the no. 23, after
wearing it at Under-19s level for St.
Kilda in the AFL. Later, he handed
over the number to Michael Clarke
before the Chappel-Hadlee series of
2004-05. Warne originally chose 23
because someone else wore the
number, and like Warne and Clarke,
was also sponsored by Nike. Who
originally wore the no. 23 which we
are talking of?

21. The first X is thought to have been
constructed on the site in 920 AD. A
second X which was started in 1156
had more than 20 stone arches and
a chapel dedicated to St. James at
one end. It was maintained by a
religious organisation. On 21
February 1551 the responsibility for
repair of X passed to Nottingham
Corporation, through a Royal
Charter. X still exists and is well
maintained.
What am I talking about?

22. What did George Webb and Archibald White
do in 1912 at Old Trafford, Manchester, a
‘feat’ which is often attributed to two other
people in 1986?

23. This following photograph shows Mike Hussey
receiving his cap on his Test debut before the start of
the Australia v West Indies Test, 1st Test, Brisbane, 1st
day, November 3, 2005 from the (then) oldest living
Australian Test cricketer X, who passed away on
March 16, 2008 at the age of 95.
In the 3rd day of the on-going Ranji Trophy 13-14
Railways v Bengal match on 8th December, Group B,
Delhi, Bengal’s batsman Sandipan Das was involved in
an incident, say Y, which brought back memories of X,
who was famously associated with the Y incident.
[contd.]

24. Identify X AND Y. [0.5 x 2]

25. Donald Bradman passed away
at the age of 92 on 25
February 2001. Some of his
fans got together on 4 August
2008 for a celebration
dedicated to Don.
What exactly were they
celebrating on 4 August 2008?

26. In 1954, a team comprising of Pakistan Combined
Services & Bahawalpur toured India and played (one
of the) a FC match at the Brabourne against Bombay.
PCSB XI comprising of players like Imtiaz Ahmed, AH
Kardar, Raees Mohammad and Khan Mohammad
were bowled out for 152 in the 1st innings, while
Bombay replied with 422. PCSB XI were then bowled
out for 145 and lost by an innings and 125 runs. In the
3rd innings where PCSB lasted for almost 40 overs,
Shubhash Gupte was not given a single over. What
particular reason, that happened in the 1st innings, led
to this?

27. He may have delighted County audiences of his era
with many lusty blows and inspired fast bowling, but
secured his foremost claim to fame, ironically enough,
during a match against Gloucestershire at
Cheltenham in 1913, taking 0-43 in 17 overs, and then
1-12 in 7 overs. He bowled without much luck, but he
still managed to imprint his name and action upon
one particular gentleman in the crowd.
Name the cricketer AND that ‘one particular
gentleman’ who recalled the match he was watching
some 3 years later. [0.5 x2]

28. His claim to eternal fame was the catch that dismissed X. The
Guardian noted that he was "wearing a blue headband and a
double chin", and added that he had dropped so many deliveries
and conceded so many byes that his own fielders had resorted to
laughter rather than fury. However, he got the one that
mattered right. X, in a curiously frenzied assault, launched into a
back-foot smear and he somehow clung onto a thick edge "The
ball sank somewhere into his nether regions," reported the Daily
Telegraph, "and the gloves clutched desperately, trying to locate
it. Then, glory be, it reappeared in his hands and was raised aloft
in triumph and relief”.
(i) Name this cricketer [1]; OR (ii) Identify X AND the match [0.5 x
2]

29. When Mike Ramprakash scored his hundredth FC 100,
CI published a detailed article on the 24 batsmen who
had reached the landmark before Ramprakash – from
Grace to Hick. In the chart published with the article
which contained the names of each of the 24 batsmen
who have achieved this unique feat, 3 batsmen had ‘+’
against the number of 100s scored by them. The ‘+’
against the names of 2 of the 3 viz Jack Hobbs and
Herbert Sutcliffe referred to the fact that they had
scored 2 100s each for Maharaj Kumar Vijaynagaram’s
XI at Ceylon in 1930-31. These matches were
retrospectively given FC status and as such, the 2 100s
each were added later on in time. [contd.]

30. The 3rd name was of Graham Gooch w.r.t. one
100 he had scored.
What was the issue with that particular 100 in
light of the ‘+’ suffixed with the number of
100s scored?

31. Various rules governing the game of cricket were laid
down in the early 18th century in England. This led to a
more organised structure of cricket matches. One of
the first regular venues was the Artillery Ground,
where the earliest cricket match took place on 31
August 1730 between London and Surrey.
Which cricketing term, mostly used by commentators,
owes its origin to a practice depicted in the following
painting about a cricket match played at the Artillery
Ground? [contd.]

33. Who was the title sponsor of the 2000/01
Women’s Cricket World Cup held in New
Zealand?

34. Venkatamahipathi Naidu was born into a rich
family of dubashes (interpreters who doubled as
middlemen in business dealings between British
companies and Indians) in 1868. He inherited
much of his grandfather's fortune at an early age
and set about organising the sporting scene in
his home city. In those days cricket in the city
was dominated by the Whites-only and he went
on to organise the game for everyone else.
Which tournament in India is named after him?

35. This is the CI profile of a
FC cricketer, who was the
first bowler to take 4
wickets in 4 consecutive
deliveries in FC, Kent v
Sussex, Brighton, 1862.
Who was his famous son
who often wrote articles
on cricket, though he
never played professional
cricket himself? [contd.]

37. Identify
the
batsman
AND
which
world
record has he just
broken? [0.5 x 2]

38. Connect this exhaustive list.

39. Kindly hand over your answer
sheets to the volunteers.
answers will be given out as soon as
we have all the answer sheets.

40. ...the answer is

41. Which significant non-cricketing “event” happened
between Test #669 and #708 AND what change did
it bring about in relation to a certain input in
scorecards? [no part points]

42. The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1971 was passed on
28th December, 1971, with the Bill presented on 31st July, 1971 stating:
“STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The concept of rulership, with privy purses and special privileges
unrelated to any current functions and social purposes, is
incompatible with an egalitarian social order. Government have,
therefore, decided to terminate the privy purses and privileges of the
Rulers of former Indian States. It is necessary for this purpose, apart
from amending the relevant provisions of the Constitution, to insert a
new article therein so as to terminate expressly the recognition
already granted to such Rulers and to abolish privy purses and
extinguish all rights, liabilities and obligations in respect of privy
purses. Hence this Bill”.

43. Nawab of Pataudi Jr. to Mansur Ali
Khan
Test
669
Test
708

44. The Foundation Day of the Cricket Association of
Bengal is celebrated on 3rd February every year.
In 1981, the CAB had decided to celebrate its
Foundation Day as “Sir Frank Worrell Day”. A
blood donation camp is organized in the CAB
premises where nearly 2,000 persons donate
blood. The blood donors are awarded
certificates duly signed by eminent cricketers.
Name the gentleman donating blood in the first
edition of Sir Frank Worrell Day in 1981. [pic in
next slide]

46. Nari Contractor, after being struck by
Charlie Griffith, Barbados v Indians, March 17,
1962

47. In a Tripura versus Orissa Ranji Trophy match
at Cuttack on December 20, 1997, ‘he’ was
sitting on the boundary edge chatting with
‘his’ team manager while the umpires called
‘drinks’. The match resumed soonafter, after
the very short drinks break.
Who is he AND what happened next?[0.5 x 2]

48. Hemulal Yadav of Tripura was ‘Timed
Out’, making it one of the 4 instances in FC
cricket.

49. 10 left-handed batsmen have scored at least 1
ODI century for India. 4 names of 10 have
been deleted. Identify A, B, C & D. [0.25 x 4]
Note: Order of your answer is important.
[contd.]

50. A
B
C
D

51. A
B
C
D

52. In the 5th test South Africa v England (Durban, 16-22
Feb 1923), he not only became the first English
batsman to score two 100s in a single test, but also
the only batsman to score 2 100s in his last Test, with
his innings of 140 and 111. The performance was all
the more remarkable because he had to battle against
illness; when he started his second innings he ought to
have been in bed rather than on the cricket field. He
ended his short test career with a batting average of
56.87 with five 100s.
Name this English batsman who might lead you to
some erroneous results on Google search.

53. Charles
albert
Russell or “jack”
russell
Of course, not to be
confused
with
the
English wicket keeper!

54. X is a First Class team founded in 1888. The
name X refers to the fact that membership in
this team/club was open to everyone, unlike
all other teams/clubs based in its city. There
were some others FC teams with the same
name X – the last, probably, in New Zealand
established in 1962 and producing players like
Ewen Chatfield, John Reid and Bob Blair.
Identify X.

55. Nondescripts Cricket Club, colombo

56. James Ngoche (debut: 2010), Shem Ngoche
(debut: 2010), Nehemiah Odhiambo (debut:
2006) and Lameck Onyango (debut: 1996) of
Kenya are four brothers from the same family
who have played ODIs. However, they are only
the second family to have as many as 4 brothers
playing ODIs. The first instance was of a family
which had the 4 brothers making their ODI
debut in 1982, 1989, 1993 and 1994.
Id the surname. [Note: same surname for each
of the 4 brothers]

57. Sanjeeva (9 Tests, 14 ODIs),
Nishantha (2 ODIs),
Damika (2 Tests, 4 ODIs), and
Arjuna (93 tests, 269 ODIs)
RanatungA

58. Simon Guy is a former English
wicketkeeper who played FC for
Yorkshire from 2000 to 2011.
Much like several other
wicketkeepers of his time, he
too improvised on the helmet
worn to keep it as light as
possible to enhance mobility
behind the stumps. What
nickname did he earn for a brief
period due to this unique
helmet?

59. hannibal

60. Bodyline is an Australian 1984
television miniseries which
dramatised the events of the
1932–1933 English Ashes tour
of Australia.
Which character from Sydney
did the Australian actor Paul
Chubb play in this miniseries?

61. Stephen Harold Gascoigne
or Yabba

62. A prolific scorer in FC cricket, he has 17,211
runs with 29 100s in 312 matches. He waited
for several years to be picked for his national
squad and finally got his ODI cap at the age of
27, top scoring in 2 of the 3 ODIs he played in
his maiden series. This performance was
good enough to own him a test cap.
[pic in next slide]

63. (i) Name this batsman,
who most of us would
relate to a famous
photograph; OR
(ii) Describe the event
depicted in the said
photograph.

64. Andy Lloyd’s infamous
photograph of getting
knocked out by a
Malcolm
Marshall
delivery, England v West
Indies at Birmingham,
1984

65. When jersey numbers were
introduced in ODI cricket, Shane
Warne chose the no. 23, after
wearing it at Under-19s level for St.
Kilda in the AFL. Later, he handed
over the number to Michael Clarke
before the Chappel-Hadlee series of
2004-05. Warne originally chose 23
because someone else wore the
number, and like Warne and Clarke,
he was also sponsored by Nike. Who
originally wore the no. 23 which we
are talking of?

66. Michael Jordan

67. The first X is thought to have been
constructed on the site in 920 AD. A
second X which was started in 1156
had more than 20 stone arches and a
chapel dedicated to St. James at one
end. It was maintained by a religious
organisation. On 21 February 1551
the responsibility for repair of X
passed to Nottingham Corporation,
through a Royal Charter. X still exists
and is well maintained.
What am I talking about?

68. Trent bridge

69. What did George Webb and Archibald White
do in 1912 at Old Trafford, Manchester, a
‘feat’ which is often attributed to two other
people in 1986?

70. fIRST ‘neUTRal’ UmpIReS

72. This following photograph shows Mike Hussey
receiving his cap on his Test debut before the start of
the Australia v West Indies Test, 1st Test, Brisbane, 1st
day, November 3, 2005 from the (then) oldest living
Australian Test cricketer X, who passed away on
March 16, 2008 at the age of 95.
In the 3rd day of the on-going Ranji Trophy 13-14
Railways v Bengal match on 8th December, Group B,
Delhi, Bengal’s batsman Sandipan Das was involved in
an incident, say Y, which brought back memories of X,
who was famously associated with the Y incident.
[contd.]

73. Identify X AND Y. [0.5 x 2]

75. Donald Bradman passed away
at the age of 92 on 25
February 2001. Some of his
fans got together on 4 August
2008 for a celebration
dedicated to Don.
What exactly were they
celebrating on 4 August 2008?

76. 99.94th birthday of
donald bradman
Bradman was born on 27 August 1908, which
means that 27 August 2008 was his birth
centenary and 4 August 2008 was his birth
anniversary for his 99th year and 94th part of a
year.

77. In 1954, a team comprising of Pakistan Combined
Services & Bahawalpur toured India and played (one
of the) a FC match at the Brabourne against Bombay.
PCSB XI comprising of players like Imtiaz Ahmed, AH
Kardar, Raees Mohammad and Khan Mohammad
were bowled out for 152 in the 1st innings, while
Bombay replied with 422. PCSB XI were then bowled
out for 145 and lost by an innings and 125 runs. In the
3rd innings where PCSB lasted for almost 40 overs,
Shubhash Gupte was not given a single over. What
particular reason, that happened in the 1st innings, led
to this?

78. Shubhash Gupte picked all 10 wickets.

79. He may have delighted County audiences of his era
with many lusty blows and inspired fast bowling, but
secured his foremost claim to fame, ironically enough,
during a match against Gloucestershire at
Cheltenham in 1913, taking 0-43 in 17 overs, and then
1-12 in 7 overs. He bowled without much luck, but he
still managed to imprint his name and action upon
one particular gentleman in the crowd.
Name the cricketer AND that ‘one particular
gentleman’ who recalled the match he was watching
some 3 years later. [0.5 x2]

80. Percy Jeeves & P G Wodehouse

81. His claim to eternal fame was the catch that dismissed X. The
Guardian noted that he was "wearing a blue headband and a
double chin", and added that he had dropped so many deliveries
and conceded so many byes that his own fielders had resorted to
laughter rather than fury. However, he got the one that
mattered right. X, in a curiously frenzied assault, launched into a
back-foot smear and he somehow clung onto a thick edge "The
ball sank somewhere into his nether regions," reported the Daily
Telegraph, "and the gloves clutched desperately, trying to locate
it. Then, glory be, it reappeared in his hands and was raised aloft
in triumph and relief”.
(i) Name this cricketer [1]; OR (ii) Identify X AND the match [0.5 x
2]

82. Tariq Iqbal’s catch of Brian lara in
the famous Kenya v WI match in the 1996 WC

83. When Mike Ramprakash scored his hundredth FC 100,
CI published a detailed article on the 24 batsmen who
had reached the landmark before Ramprakash – from
Grace to Hick. In the chart published with the article
which contained the names of each of the 24 batsmen
who have achieved this unique feat, 3 batsmen had ‘+’
against the number of 100s scored by them. The ‘+’
against the names of 2 of the 3 viz Jack Hobbs and
Herbert Sutcliffe referred to the fact that they had
scored 2 100s each for Maharaj Kumar Vijaynagaram’s
XI at Ceylon in 1930-31. These matches were
retrospectively given FC status and as such, the 2 100s
each were added later on in time. [contd.]

84. The 3rd name was of Graham Gooch w.r.t. one
100 he had scored.
What was the issue with that particular 100 in
light of the ‘+’ suffixed with the number of
100s scored?

85. Graham Gooch had scored a 100 in the
1981-82 ‘Rebel Tour’ to South Africa.

86. Various rules governing the game of cricket were laid
down in the early 18th century in England. This led to a
more organised structure of cricket matches. One of
the first regular venues was the Artillery Ground,
where the earliest cricket match took place on 31
August 1730 between London and Surrey.
Which cricketing term, mostly used by commentators,
owes its origin to a practice depicted in the following
painting about a cricket match played at the Artillery
Ground? [contd.]

88. Scorers sat on a mound in the field and
"notched" runs (then known as notches) on
tally sticks.
Hence the term, notching (singles).

89. Who was the title sponsor of the 2000/01
Women’s Cricket World Cup held in New
Zealand?

91. Venkatamahipathi Naidu was born into a rich
family of dubashes (interpreters who doubled as
middlemen in business dealings between British
companies and Indians) in 1868. He inherited
much of his grandfather's fortune at an early age
and set about organising the sporting scene in
his home city. In those days cricket in the city
was dominated by the Whites-only and he went
on to organise the game for everyone else.
Which tournament in India is named after him?

92. Buchi babu
….which was
Venkatamahipathi
Naidu’s nickname.

93. This is the CI profile of a
FC cricketer, who was the
first bowler to take 4
wickets in 4 consecutive
deliveries in FC, Kent v
Sussex, Brighton, 1862.
Who was his famous son
who often wrote articles
on cricket, though he
never played professional
cricket?
[contd.]

96. Identify
the
batsman
AND
which
world
record has he just
broken? [0.5 x 2]

97. geoff alloT, ‘longeST’ dUck

98. Connect this exhaustive list.

99. Test hattrick spread across two
innings.

100. finals!