balls, ballots, bollywood - balls section
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BallsScheme
1st 4 – 5 pts – written(name, place, animal,
thing)
Next 12 – 10 - passingLast 2 – 10 – team
nominee
Answers at the end!
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Note 1. This is a quiz on Indian Politics, Hindi Films, and
Indian Cricket.2. This quiz was conducted on Oct 12, 2008 under the
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Identify
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Identify place and connection to Indian cricket
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Harpodoron Nehereus
Which cricketer is nicknamed after this?
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Discovered & marketed byRobert Chesebrough
Gets its name from German for “water” + Greek for “oil”
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M.J.Gopalan was a Test cricketer who also played Hockey for India at the highest level.
M. K. Gopalan Trophy was introduced as a trophy between which two teams?
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Which Indian won an Oxford Blue in 1987?Hint: he is well known in another field these days
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1. 00 – Aus – Brisbane – 28 Nov 19472. 14 – Eng – Lord’s – 22 Jun 19463. 35 – Pak – Calcutta – 12 Dec 19524. 00 – Eng – Manchester – 20 Jul 19465. 06 – Pak – Karachi – 26 Feb 19556. 29 – WI – Calcutta – 31 Dec 19487. 17 – WI – Port of Spain – 19 Feb 19538. 05 – Eng – Manchester – 20 Jul 19469. 41 - Eng – Bombay – 14 Dec 1951 10. 00 –Eng – Bombay – 14 Dec 195111. 00* - WI – Bridgetown – 7 Feb 1953Note: the dates indicate beginning of the Test
Who is common to this list and why?
Q07
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In the Ranji Trophy, what is common only to the following teams w.r.t something they did at the
beginning of the associated season?
UP (52-53)Rajputana (52-53)
MP (52-53)Holkar (52-53)
Railways (75-76)
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He made his domestic 1st class debut in 75-76 against the Rest of India at Nagpur. He scored 110, which included several sixes off the likes of Bishen Bedi.
Who and how was this debutant personally affected as a result?
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Their only Test stumpings are:
X: Frank King, Clyde WalcottY: Carl Hooper
Who?
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What achievement is common to these teams in the following years? (not an
exhaustive list)
East Zone – 1949, 1979West Zone – 1956
Combined East & West – 1967Karnataka – 1979, 2000
Mumbai – 1998
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South Africa’s 1st tour to India was hastily arranged after their reinstatement. Why was there a gap in
the Indian international playing calendar, such that South Africa could step in?
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Connect
“It’s Now or Never”
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In the Sahara Cup 1998, this player was asked to replace Jatin Paranjpe who was injured after the first
three matches. However, the replacement could not be contacted since he was away on holiday. As a result he
missed the 4th game. Eventually, the player was reached and rushed to Toronto, where he featured in
the last game.
The question: who was the player and why was he not picked to be part of the initial squad for the Sahara
Cup?
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Last Wicket
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Chandu Borde, Polly Umrigar, K.N.Prabhu are among those who “contributed” in a certain way.This has led to something being commemorated on3 February annually, particularly at Eden Gardens
What?
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In 1974, a home Test vs WI was to be played at Delhi
Captain Pataudi and VC Gavaskar were both unfit
On the eve of the Test, Board Vice President Ram Prakash Mehra made an announcement about the next captain.
This was a potential ‘first’But the next day, Venkat made captain!
Who was earlier announced as captain and what first would it have been?
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Answers1. Eknath Solkar, famous 1971 Test victory over England2. Cooch-Behar (a domestic trophy for junior cricket)3. Ajit Agarkar (the Bombay Duck)4. Vaseline, which became controversial during an English Test
tour of India when Bishen Bedi accused John Snow of using it to tamper with the ball
5. Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka (then Ceylon)6. Rajdeep Sardesai7. Vinoo Mankad; played in all 11 positions in a Test8. Changed their zones (The first four moved to the newly created
Central Zone from their respective zones; Railways joined later)9. Dilip Vengsarkar, who was nicknamed “Colonel” after
C.K.Nayudu because Nagpur was Nayudu’s hometown and the knock reminded people of him
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10. Vijay and Sanjay Manjrekar11. Defeated touring Test teams in first-class matches12. The Pakistan ODI tour was called off after Shiv Sainiks dug up
the Wankhede pitch13. “Now or Never” and “Never take a backward step” were coined
by psychologist Sandy Gordon as Indian team mottos for the 2003 World Cup and the Test Tour of Australia; the Aus. Emblem features the emu and kangaroo who are said to be unable to move backwards
14. Sachin Tendulkar; The Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur were held at the same time and two cricket teams had to be sent; India did miserably at both
15. Gave blood to Nari Contractor after he was felled by Charlie Griffith; the most famous donor being Sir Frank Worrell, whose birthday is commemorated as Blood Donation Day
16. Farokh Engineer, who would have become the first keeper to captain India (a distinction now held by M. S. Dhoni)