7th edition of 'Well Of Course' - annual KQA cricket quiz

1. Well Of Course VII
Annual KQA cricket quiz
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2. RULES
 Teams of 4 or less
 30 questions
 First 5 questions are *ed
 In case of ties, sudden death from last
question

3. TAKE GUARD

4. 1
 Old wine in new bottle
 Who was presented this cup by the
city of Belmont for his achievements
in a test match against England?

5. 2
 Funny Cricinfo profile of ?
 Being a West Indian spinner in the 1980s was a bit like being a trained
opera singer in a boy band, so spare a thought for _____ ______, who was
born in a village called Perseverance. He hardly got a game because of the
excellence - mostly in the field - of his fellow off spinner Roger Harper, and
his only chance of a bowl was if the Windies quicks didn't blow the
opposition away.
 In the second of his seven Tests, at Lahore in 1986-87, _____ didn't get on at
all, and in all he took a wicket every 155 balls - or 26 overs. He married on
the rest day of his Test debut, against New Zealand in Guyana in 1984-85.
He was the last of ten children - his parents stopped just short of a full XI.
He became a national selector and headed the selection panel in July 2008.

6. 3
 Which legendary Yorkshireman’s autobiography, quite appropriately, is
titled ‘I don’t bruise easily’?

7. 4
 Rashid Latif wrote about this cricketer in Dawn:
 “He lost his two brothers to heart attacks, one in Germany and one in
Ukraine, and was left stunned when his sister died in Mardan. His father
also died around the same time. Mid last year (2014) he lost his nephew
while he was in Sri Lanka which forced him to quit the tour and make an
early return home.
I doubt if anyone, struck by so many tragic deaths in the family within a
span of six years, can carry on with both life and cricket with such a big
heart”
 Who? He recently joined another cricketer as the only 2 people to share a
record.

8. 5
 Identify this fielder taking a sensational catch. His other sensational catch in
SCG is more remembered than this. (Thanks to classic catches, we have seen
that catch more often)

9. 6
 A Bengal v Bihar game in the early 00’s was notable for an on-field spat. X’s first over
with the second new ball went for 16 runs including 3 fours by Y.
 X, a ‘veteran’ of 3 ODIs, responded with a beamer and a mouthful of abuse. Y
complained to the umpires after the over but things only got worse. He was sent off
from the field by his captain and didn’t take the field the next day. He didn’t play any
international games after this incident either.
 Y shepherded the tail in this game to score an unbeaten 114 including a 10th wicket
stand of 55.
 X and Y ?

10. 7
 The Mohammad Nissar Trophy was an annual first class cricket competition
that took place thrice between 2006-08. Who competed for this trophy?
 The 2008 edition was a drab rain-hit draw that was notable as X recorded his
then highest FC score, against opposition Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
(who won the game on first innings lead). X surpassed this score in mid 2016.
Who?

11. 8
 He caricatured many games that
he was involved in and even kept
handwritten scorecards of games.
 This is from a game that he took
12 wickets with his spin bowling.
 Who?

12. 9 Identify the stadium

13. 10
 The closest an Englishman has come to a
50 over world cup. Identify the budding
cricketer on the right of the trophy

14. 11
 Allan Border played County cricket for Essex. Once in 1988, during a game he
was struck in a ear by a bouncer from Tony Merrick and had to have 20 stitches
inserted in the wound. He promptly eased a helmet over the blood soaked
bandages and resumed his innings.
 What was the nickname given to him after the incident by the Essex team?

15. 12
 The inaugural ICC trophy took place before the 1979 World Cup to determine
the non-test playing nations taking part. Canada and Sri Lanka booked their
spots by winning their semi-finals on June 6th.
 But the final was played only on 21st June. Why?

16. 13
 X sent Y a congratulatory fax welcoming him to a Club.
 Among other things it laid out rules of the club. “Membership is open only to
players of restricted height and strokes – you have to be under five feet ten
inches and you can’t play the reverse sweep. You must have taken at least one
test wicket.”
 Identify X, Y and the club. Now that club has many members, who don’t really
satisfy all the criteria set by X.

17. 14
 His debut in 1969 was seen as a way to appease student protesters in Lahore,
but in reality he was actually the best opening batsman at the time averaging
more than 40 during that season.
 He is currently working on an autobiography called No Apologies.
 He came back into prominence in his role as a lawyer few years ago. Who?

18. 15
 A thread on Pakpassion.net was created titled “________ __________”. The idea
was taken from a Shashi Tharoor article, in which he referenced a book that
had this concept.
 Shashi Tharoor came up with “Saqlain Mushtaq Mohammad Wasim Akram
Raza Hasan Iqbal Qasim Umar Akmal”
 One of the entries on Pakpassion was “Saqlain Mushtaq Mohammed Amir
Hanif Mohammed Asif Iqbal Qasim Umar Gul Mohammed Zahid Fazal
Mehmood Hussain”
 Just fill in the blanks

19. 16
 Identify and connect
these 2 specific
instances

20. 17
 Identify this path breaking cricketer in his new avatar.

21. 18
 In January 1687, the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb led his forces to besiege the
Qutub Shahi dynasty at ________ Fort. The siege lasted 8 months and at times
it had pushed the massive Mughal Army to its limits. Finally, the Mughals won
and the soldiers camped on a vast open ground. This ground was named _____
_______ which meant Victory Square.
 The first test match at this ground was in 1955 and it was known as _____
______ stadium. The ground was renamed in the late 60’s after a recently
deceased politician. It has hosted 2 more tests after that and is currently not
used for international cricket.
 Identify both names

22. 19
 ‘Awwal Number’ was a film directed by Dev Anand in which he plays a retired
DGP of Police as well as the chief of BCCI. The antagonist of the movie is
Ronnie, who is considered as ‘Desh ka Darling’ and considers himself un-
droppable from the team. Dev Anand decides to drop Ronnie for the final ODI
match against Australia and replace him with Sunny (Aamir Khan). Ronnie
decides to mix with terrorists who want to blow up the stadium and <spoiler
alert> Ronnie is thwarted by Dev Anand in the end. Sunny hits a six of the last
ball to help India beat Australia.
 Ronnie was played by Aditya Pancholi, but Dev Anand’s first choice was
someone else. Who was Dev Anand’s first choice, someone who during his
playing days was known for his movie star looks and had many female
admirers and like Ronnie was ‘Desh ka Darling’?

23. 20
 Image from an India Bangladesh test match. This was the highest test score by
Sachin Tendulkar. Here is being dropped by a fielder. Who is the fielder, what
was Sachin’s score when he was dropped?

25. 21
 Identify this cricketer who is an
off spinner and also a genuine
javelin thrower. She has been
good enough to represent her
country at the CARIFTA games
and win gold in 2015 edition.
 She hasn’t ruled out continuing
her javelin career and joked that
she would win gold in both
events in 2024 Olympics, if the
events do not coincide.

26. 22
 Scorecard from the 1979 U-19 test between India and Pakistan at Feroz Shah
Kotla. Who made a hundred on his U-19 debut in this test? He gained fame or
notoriety some 6 years later, in a savage attack

28. 23
 Identify the batsman who is a pretty famous father to set of famous sons.

29. 24
 He scouted for the opposition's leading bowler in South Africa and watched him
play. He concluded that there would be no danger - "I didn't see him turn a
single ball. I don't believe we will have much trouble handling him.“
 Whose words about whom, that came to haunt him as the team subsided to a
whitewash, which was nearly repeated again last year?

30. 25
 The 1986 tour of Australia was captained by Mike Gatting. The TCCB decided
to put a ban on player interviews and restrict media access to players. All
communication would be from Peter Lush, manager, Micky Stewart, assistant
manager and captain Mike Gatting.
 What did the media call non-sensational, well-coached and relentlessly
innocuous statements from Gatting as?
 Use some history knowledge and punning skills to get this.

31. 26
 6 instances of this happening in test cricket.
 Monty Noble, Hugh Trumble
 Colin Blythe, George Hirst
 Bob Massie, Dennis Lille
 Bert Vogler, Aubrey Faulkner
 Fazal Mehmood, Khan Mohammed
 X, Y
 Identify what these instances are and who are X and Y

32. 27
 What was the nickname
given to this type of pull
shot, played mostly by
Kapil Dev?

33. 28
 What is the source of this book’s title?

34. 29
 In 2005, he was probably the first Slovak to be interviewed by Wisden
Almanack. The man in question was surprised to know that he was so famous
and seemed to be tickled by the idea. He said he’d never intended to change
anyone’s life, but did it for himself.
 Who is this Slovak?

35. 30
 Identify this cricketer who made his
Australia debut against Ireland in
Sept 2016.
 In 2014, he was handed four
suspension points for damaging a
pitch that was being prepared for a
grade cricket final that coming
weekend and for “acting in a way that
was unbecoming of a representative
and brought the game of cricket into
disrepute”.
 Sydney Morning Herald ran the story
with the lead “Ball tampering has
been taken to a whole new level.”.
What did he do?

36. EXCHANGE SHEETS

37. 1
 Old wine in new bottle
 Who was presented this cup by the
city of Belmont for his achievements
in a test match against England?

38. ANSWER
 Andy Ganteaume
 Scored 112 in his only test innings and never played again.

39. 2
 Funny Cricinfo profile of ?
 Being a West Indian spinner in the 1980s was a bit like being a trained opera
singer in a boy band, so spare a thought for _____ ______, who was born in a
village called Perseverance. He hardly got a game because of the excellence -
mostly in the field - of his fellow off spinner Roger Harper, and his only chance
of a bowl was if the Windies quicks didn't blow the opposition away.
 In the second of his seven Tests, at Lahore in 1986-87, _____ didn't get on at all,
and in all he took a wicket every 155 balls - or 26 overs. He married on the rest
day of his Test debut, against New Zealand in Guyana in 1984-85. He was the
last of ten children - his parents stopped just short of a full XI. He became a
national selector and headed the selection panel in July 2008.

40. A
 Clyde Butts

41. 3
 Which legendary Yorkshireman’s autobiography, quite appropriately, is titled ‘I
don’t bruise easily’?

42. A

43. 4
 Rashid Latif wrote about this cricketer in Dawn:
 “He lost his two brothers to heart attacks, one in Germany and one in
Ukraine, and was left stunned when his sister died in Mardan. His father
also died around the same time. Mid last year (2014) he lost his nephew
while he was in Sri Lanka which forced him to quit the tour and make an
early return home.
I doubt if anyone, struck by so many tragic deaths in the family within a
span of six years, can carry on with both life and cricket with such a big
heart”
 Who? He recently joined another cricketer as the only 2 people to share a
record.

44. A
 Younis Khan

45. 5
 Identify this fielder taking a sensational catch. His other sensational catch in
SCG is more remembered than this. (Thanks to classic catches, we have seen
that catch more often)

46. A
 John Dyson

47. 6
 A Bengal v Bihar game in the early 00’s was notable for an on-field spat. X’s first over
with the second new ball went for 16 runs including 3 fours by Y.
 X, a ‘veteran’ of 3 ODIs, responded with a beamer and a mouthful of abuse. Y
complained to the umpires after the over but things only got worse. He was sent off
from the field by his captain and didn’t take the field the next day. He didn’t play any
international games after this incident either.
 Y shepherded the tail in this game to score an unbeaten 114 including a 10th wicket
stand of 55.
 X and Y ?

48. A
 X – Laxmi Ratan Shukla
 Y – MS Dhoni

49. 7
 The Mohammad Nissar Trophy was an annual first class cricket competition
that took place thrice between 2006-08. Who competed for this trophy?
 The 2008 edition was a drab rain-hit draw that was notable as X recorded his
then highest FC score, against opposition Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
(who won the game on first innings lead). X surpassed this score in mid 2016.
Who?

50. A
 Winners of Ranji Trophy take on winners of Quaid-i-Azam trophy
 Virat Kohli made 197. It was his highest first class score till he hit his first
double ton against WI.

51. 8
 He caricatured many games that
he was involved in and even kept
handwritten scorecards of games.
 This is from a game that he took
12 wickets with his spin bowling.
 Who?

52. A
 Sir Neville Cardus

53. 9 Identify the stadium

54. A
 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
 Hosted test matches for Pakistan when it was still a part of Pakistan

55. 10
 The closest an Englishman has come to a
50 over world cup. Identify the budding
cricketer on the right of the trophy

56. A
 Jos Butler

57. 11
 Allan border played County cricket for Essex. Once in 1988, during a game he
was struck in a ear by a bouncer from Tony Merrick and had to have 20 stitches
inserted in the wound. He promptly eased a helmet over the blood soaked
bandages and resumed his innings. What was the nickname given to him after
the incident by the Essex team?

58. A
 Van Gogh. Because he
apparently looked like this.

59. 12
 The inaugural ICC trophy took place before the 1979 World Cup to determine
the non-test playing nations taking part. Canada and Sri Lanka booked their
spots by winning their semi-finals on June 6th.
 But the final was played only on 21st June. Why?

60. A
 Sri Lanka and Canada actually played the World Cup. The final was held
between the semis and finals of the World Cup.

61. 13
 X sent Y a congratulatory fax welcoming him to a Club.
 Among other things it laid out rules of the club. “Membership is open only to
players of restricted height and strokes – you have to be under five feet ten
inches and you can’t play the reverse sweep. You must have taken at least one
test wicket.”
 Identify X, Y and the club. Now that club has many members, who don’t really
satisfy all the criteria set by X.

62. A
 X – Sunil Gavaskar
 Y – Allan Border
 Club – 10000 test runs

63. 14
 His debut in 1969 was seen as a way to appease student protesters in Lahore,
but in reality he was actually the best opening batsman at the time averaging
more than 40 during that season.
 He is currently working on an autobiography called No Apologies.
 He came back into prominence in his role as a lawyer few years ago. Who?

64. A
 Aftab Gul

65. 15
 A thread on Pakpassion.net was created titled “________ __________”. The idea
was taken from a Shashi Tharoor article, in which he referenced a book that
had this concept.
 Shashi Tharoor came up with “Saqlain Mushtaq Mohammad Wasim Akram
Raza Hasan Iqbal Qasim Umar Akmal”
 One of the entries on Pakpassion was “Saqlain Mushtaq Mohammed Amir
Hanif Mohammed Asif Iqbal Qasim Umar Gul Mohammed Zahid Fazal
Mehmood Hussain”
 Just fill in the blanks

66. A
 Seamless Pakistanis

67. 16
 Identify and connect
these 2 specific
instances

68. A
 Chris Read and
Roy Fredericks
 Six and Out (Six
and hit wicket)

69. 17
 Identify this path breaking cricketer in his new avatar.

70. A
 Henry Olonga

71. 18
 In January 1687, the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb led his forces to besiege the
Qutub Shahi dynasty at ________ Fort. The siege lasted 8 months and at times
it had pushed the massive Mughal Army to its limits. Finally, the Mughals won
and the soldiers camped on a vast open ground. This ground was named _____
_______ which meant Victory Square.
 The first test match at this ground was in 1955 and it was known as _____
______ stadium. The ground was renamed in the late 60’s after a recently
deceased politician. It has hosted 2 more tests after that and is currently not
used for international cricket.
 Identify both names

72. A
 Fateh Maidan
 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad

73. 19
 ‘Awwal Number’ was a film directed by Dev Anand in which he plays a retired
DGP of Police as well as the chief of BCCI. The antagonist of the movie is
Ronnie, who is considered as ‘Desh ka Darling’ and considers himself un-
droppable from the team. Dev Anand decides to drop Ronnie for the final ODI
match against Australia and replace him with Sunny (Aamir Khan). Ronnie
decides to mix with terrorists who want to blow up the stadium and <spoiler
alert> Ronnie is thwarted by Dev Anand in the end. Sunny hits a six of the last
ball to help India beat Australia.
 Ronnie was played by Aditya Pancholi, but Dev Anand’s first choice was
someone else. Who was Dev Anand’s first choice, someone who during his
playing days was known for his movie star looks and had many female
admirers and like Ronnie was ‘Desh ka Darling’?

74. A
 Imran Khan

75. 20
 Image from an India Bangladesh test match. This was the highest test score by
Sachin Tendulkar. Here is being dropped by a fielder. Who is the fielder, what
was Sachin’s score when he was dropped?

77. A
 Rajin Saleh
 0

78. 21
 Identify this cricketer who is an
off spinner and also a genuine
javelin thrower. She has been
good enough to represent her
country at the CARIFTA games
and win gold in 2015 edition.
 She hasn’t ruled out continuing
her javelin career and joked that
she would win gold in both
events in 2024 Olympics, if the
events do not coincide.

79. A
 Hayley Matthews – player of
the final in the 2016 T20
world cup final

80. 22
 Scorecard from the 1979 U-19 test between India and Pakistan at Feroz Shah
Kotla. Who made a hundred on his U-19 debut in this test? He gained fame or
notoriety some 6 years later, in a savage attack

82. A
 Tilak Raj
 Was mauled by Ravi
Shastri for 36 runs

83. 23
 Identify the batsman who is a pretty famous father to set of famous sons.

84. A
 Walter Hadlee

85. 24
 He scouted for the opposition's leading bowler in South Africa and watched him
play. He concluded that there would be no danger - "I didn't see him turn a
single ball. I don't believe we will have much trouble handling him.“
 Whose words about whom, that came to haunt him as the team subsided to a
whitewash, which was nearly repeated again last year?

86. A
 Keith Fletcher about Anil Kumble just before the 1993 series against India

87. 25
 The 1986 tour of Australia was captained by Mike Gatting. The TCCB decided
to put a ban on player interviews and restrict media access to players. All
communication would be from Peter Lush, manager, Micky Stewart, assistant
manager and captain Mike Gatting.
 What did the media call non-sensational, well-coached and relentlessly
innocuous statements from Gatting as?
 Use some history knowledge and punning skills to get this.

88. A
 Gattysburg Address

89. 26
 6 instances of this happening in test cricket.
 Monty Noble, Hugh Trumble
 Colin Blythe, George Hirst
 Bob Massie, Dennis Lille
 Bert Vogler, Aubrey Faulkner
 Fazal Mehmood, Khan Mohammed
 X, Y
 Identify what these instances are and who are X and Y

90. A
 Pairs of bowlers to take 20 wickets
 X – Jim Laker
 Y – Tony Lock

91. 27
 What was the nickname
given to this type of pull
shot, played mostly by
Kapil Dev?

92. A
 Nataraja Shot

93. 28
 What is the source of this book’s title?

94. A
 Peter Moores apparently
said we need to look at
the data to see where
England lost out in the
2015 world cup

95. 29
 In 2005, he was probably the first Slovak to be interviewed by Wisden
Almanack. The man in question was surprised to know that he was so famous
and seemed to be tickled by the idea. He said he’d never intended to change
anyone’s life, but did it for himself.
 Who is this Slovak?

96. A
 Maros Kolpak
 He fought for getting a work permit to
play handball in Germany

97. 30
 Identify this cricketer who made his
Australia debut against Ireland in
Sept 2016.
 In 2014, he was handed four
suspension points for damaging a
pitch that was being prepared for a
grade cricket final that coming
weekend and for “acting in a way that
was unbecoming of a representative
and brought the game of cricket into
disrepute”.
 Sydney Morning Herald ran the story
with the lead “Ball tampering has
been taken to a whole new level.”.
What did he do?

98. A
 Daniel Worrall
 Worrall scratched an image of a penis
and testicles into a wicket that was
being prepared for a grade cricket final
that coming weekend ¯_(ツ)_/¯

99. Finals
start
shortly