Answers to Quiz - 136

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

Pavilion End and Nursery End

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

The Gabba, Brisbane

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

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

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

Old Trafford, Manchester

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

Basin Reserve, Wellington

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

Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

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

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

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

Galle, Sri Lanka

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

Wanderers, Johannesburg

10)  Which cricket ground has the Vauxhall end?

The Oval, London

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?

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 19^th 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

QUIZ - 135

This is a rather easy quiz to celebrate the FIFA World Cup currently underway in Brazil. It tests your knowledge of the nicknames of the football teams of the 32 participating countries

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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