Re: Picture Quiz 8: "Whirled Cricket"

by Yorkie Jill Sun 21 Aug 2011, 02:48

the pic looked more retro that that Smile

I'm pleased anyway, thanks Peter!

by WideWally Sun 21 Aug 2011, 02:50

Good quiz, Peter.

by PeterCS Sun 21 Aug 2011, 02:51

Just "swarthy", I suppose! (answering your query on 17 none too helpfully! Very Happy

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by PeterCS Sun 21 Aug 2011, 02:55

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

As I said "at the top", quiz apart, there are some interesting actions there. And "interesting" actions, in three or four cases.

And some of the players repay a bit of reading-up.

Such as Ian Meckiff, for example ..... (*sigh again*)

I'll post up the answers, maybe with a comment or two - e.g. on 15 - in a day or two.

by Yorkie Jill Sun 21 Aug 2011, 03:06

Jolly good. Very enjoyable.

by Basil Sun 21 Aug 2011, 09:34

Spoiler:

by PeterCS Sun 21 Aug 2011, 13:54

Baz: Very well done, esp if you didn't check the spoilers!

The only ones you didn't get are 17 (not Indian - see clues in posts above), and the #9, which I withdrew as I had included it in error. That too is explained in a post further up.

So 33/35 (or rather, 33/34) - a platinum award for you!

Except I have no platinum. Will plutonium do? Looks nice on a badge.

And Dello/Seinfeld's soup. Plenty of it.

by Yorkie Jill Sun 21 Aug 2011, 22:05

I just told my bf about this quiz and how I'd struggled with WI spinners. He said 'Oh, the only ones I can think of are Ramadhin, Valentine, Gibbs and Harper.'

I've sent him the link!

by PeterCS Sun 21 Aug 2011, 22:21

LOL.

If that's what he DOESN'T know very much about, he must be intolerable when he actually knows something Very Happy

by Yorkie Jill Mon 22 Aug 2011, 00:54

Apparently he had a Lance Gibbs coaching video as a kid. Cute. The others are encyclopedic cricketing knowledge. I usually know more than him, but he had me there. When I quizzed him on old-time Aussies, he got them too. O'Reilly, Benaud, Grimmett.

It's a great way to be geeky Cool

by PeterCS Mon 22 Aug 2011, 01:13

You must be a match made in cricket heaven then Laughing

by Yorkie Jill Mon 22 Aug 2011, 02:01

Cricket heaven sounds heavenly. Think of the teas.

I'd go mad if I couldn't talk about cricket with someone. It's possibly how we knew we were 'meant to be' (ick). We bonded over cricket questions in our Uni residence's pub quiz and together we bemoaned the lack of Sky to watch the winter tours.

Our shared fondness for Graham Thorpe's batting was instrumental in the early days.

Romantic or wot.

by PeterCS Mon 22 Aug 2011, 03:39

I am glad you added "..'s batting" in there.

Or you might have found a problem emerging somewhere further down the line ... Wink

No "ick" as far as I am concerned (whatever anyone else on this supertough forum may say Very Happy

). As long as you keep your head on, romance and love are good.

by PeterCS Mon 22 Aug 2011, 22:27

Here is a full set of answers.

I've added quite a few links (mainly youtube, it's true) where I can find them. Many of them are well worth a look, I think, esp 12, 13 (the song and background), 21 (not only ...) and 33 (historical footage, interviews)

But ignore this labour of love if you just need the names. Smile

Spoiler:

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