Friday, July 25, 2014

QUIZ - 136




This unusual cricket quiz is on the two ends of the pitch from where the bowlers take turns to bowl their overs.


1)      What are the names of the two ends at the famous Lord’s ground?

2)      In which famous Australian cricket ground would you hear commentators mentioning Stanley Street End and Vulture Street End?

3)      In which cricket ground are the two ends named after famous fast bowlers Malcolm Marshall and Joel Garner?

4)      Which famous cricket ground has a bowling end named after fast bowler Brian Statham?

5)      Which cricket ground has a bowling end named after RA Vance, long-term chairman of New Zealand cricket?

6)      In which cricket ground would you see bowlers bowling from Headley Stand End, named after George Headley, popularly known as “The Black Bradman”?

7)      Which renowned Indian cricket ground, now rarely used, has Pavilion End and Churchgate End?

8)      Which cricket ground located very close to a historic fort has Fort End as one of its two bowling ends?

9)      In which cricket ground would bowlers use Corlett Drive End and Golf Course End?

10)  Which cricket ground has the Vauxhall end?

Thursday, July 03, 2014

Answers to Quiz - 135



1)      Let us begin with an easy one. Which national team is called Three Lions after the country’s coat of arms?
England

2)      Which country’s team is called Los Catrachos, after 19th C General Florencio Xatruch?
Honduras

3)      What is the nick name of the national team of Nigeria?
Super Eagles

4)      Which country’s team is called Les Fennecs (The Desert Foxes)?
Algeria

5)      Which national team is called Los Ticos after the Spanish slang for the country’s inhabitants?
Costa Rica

6)      This should be quite easy. Name the country whose national team is named after elephants?
Ivory Coast

7)      The Pirate Ship is a very unusual and recent nickname for this country’s team. What country?
Greece

8)      Another easy one. Which national team is called Los Cafeteros (The Coffee Growers)?
Colombia

9)      What national team is called Zmajevi (Dragons)?
Bosnia Herzegovina

10)  What is the nickname for the Croatian national team?
Vatreni