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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:06

It's still a bit too early for this quiz - a cryptic remark that you'll crack sooner or later, if you have a go - but hey ho. Timing, always difficult ...

> I've deliberately constructed the quiz such that* you can either:

a) take the time & bother to websearch & track down answers; or else:

b) use your knowledge/experience, skill & judgment, and/or "guesstimate" answers on the basis of the copious evidence - mainly pictorial - given.
(You'll see what that means in practice when we come to the questions.)

> Some of the questions are fairly simple (e.g. famous players, common images); others are tougher, more abstruse.

> Please answer as much or little as you wish* - if you find any question too hard/easy, time-consuming, frustrating, just pass on, see what you can do with the others!

Even though an image in one question may offer visual clues to solving another question: every question, easy or hard, stands on its own. Hit as many coconuts as you can - or as few.

HINT: If a question seems hard - let's take e.g. identifying a player - look for visual clues in the image, and/or from other images in the quiz:
Check facial build, height & physique, whether right/left-handed, etc. ~ Remember also that the four or five team pictures in the course of the quiz offer a ready stock of mugshots for individual player ID questions.


> The quiz comprises 22 questions - yes, 22! - & after that,there's an "S" set of 10 further questions, for anyone foolhar... errr, I mean, anyone still with enough appetite for afters.


> Apologies that the (reproduction) quality of some of the images is poor. You'll soon understand why. ...


> Errors are all my own. Apologies in advance for any made. I've checked facts & figures as closely as I (reasonably) can - given this is just an amateur voluntary effort, & on a sparsely populated forum. ~ It's not funded by government (or any other) money, only by my own time. It took a lot of time: but then, these things are potentially endless.


> *LAST BUT BY NO MEANS LEAST* :
> PLEASE PUT ANY ANSWERS YOU GIVE UNDER A SPOILER COWL.
You never know - it's possible someone else will want to have a crack at the questions before seeing your answers.

> ANSWERS: I may open a separate thread for these, and stick them all under SPOILER cowls. It might be tidier that way. We'll see.


Good luck, anyone still reading this, I hope you enjoy at least some of it.

I found it an education. Not a trial. I hope you find the same.

No prizes, sadly.


(PS: I'll include a list of sources at the end, for anyone who wishes to follow up any particular line of interest to them. Or just: for further reading.)

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* - that is, obviously, if you want to tackle any part of it ... Wink"Series C" - a Big Quiz. (with a long intro/explanation: bear with me ...) 01_q010


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Post by skully Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:09

Nice work, Peter. Interested to see the questions.
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:12

1) Two team photos, taken before the same match.

Team photo A (above) shows a squad of 16 players;
Team photo B (below) only 12 players.

a) How would you account for that difference in numbers?
b) Before which match?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:15

For Q2 & subsequent questions, I'd suggest this quick-reference system to locate individuals in the team photos:

(If there are TWO team photos:) "A" = above photo; OR: "B" = photo below
+
"back", "middle" or "front" (... row, as we see them)
+
[a number: 1, 2, 3, ...] (numbering conventionally from left to right).

e.g.:
"B back3":
=> *lower photograph*, the person *back row*, *3rd from left*.

"front6":
= > (single team photo), the person *front row*, *6th from left*

... Of course, use a different, "longhand" system if you want!
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:19

2) An eccentric early twist to this quiz ...
(if you prefer the more conventional questions, just move on to Q3) etc.!)

a) Locate in the photos above, & name:

One colonel, & two cricket-unrelated captains!

b) Can you name "A back4"? (= the gent not decked out in cricket togs!)

(Bonus point?Smile

c) Can you name who 3 months later became b)'s exact counterpart in the opposing team? (He's not pictured!)
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:20

3) Can you:

a) locate & name the two oldest players in Squad A?
b) (ditto), in Team B?

(You can obviously websearch for exact answers, or guesstimate on the basis of knowledge and/or appearance.)
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:20

4)

a) How many in Squad A were less than 30 years old at the beginning of the series?
b) (ditto), of Team B?
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:21

5) What did these two chaps have to do with the series in question?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:24

6) The whole undertaking began ominously for Squad A.

a) Name this ship?

b) Can you point out at least one thing that went wrong for Squad A in connection with a)?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:28

7) Oh, NO - not again?!?! ...

a) What the hell's happening here?
b) Location?

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c) What are the guys in the last of the pics below doing with their precious time?

(Bonus points for any successful player IDs ... remember: you check back to Q1 if it helps!)

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:31

8.) Who the hell is practising for the series here - with that strange right-leg kick?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:34

9)

a) Who are these two guys?
b) What's the occasion?
c) Location?

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CLUE ...:
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:36

10)

a) Who's this dashing young Test debutant?
b) How old was he at the time of his 1st Test?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:44

11) Three significant moments here, in three successive Tests.

a) What's the (two-part) common factor? (one part of the common factor is very visible, the other not)
b) Can you name the three unhappy batsmen? (NB: apologies for picture quality - use visual clues!)

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:47

12)

a) What's going on here?
b) Who are the two players in the centre of the action?
c) What relation was the cartoonist to the bowler?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:49

13) In the 2nd Test of the series:

a) Who's the batsman living up to his nickname here?
b) Which normally safe pair of hands is in this instance the "oaf" at 3rd slip?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:50

14)

a) Name these two coming out to bat, after lunch on Day 2 of the same Test.
b) Why do they look so pleased? (Be as exact as you can!)

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:53

15) Third Test. "And ... GOT 'IM! - NO!! ANOTHER SITTER GOES DOWN at 3rd slip!"

a) What Oval favourite is muffing this snick, off a leading all-rounder?
b) How did that spill prove particularly significant?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 00:58

16) Two Tests after Q1, and if you look, "Team B" (Q1) has changed two of its players.

a) Locate (use same team photo ref. system? - e.g. "Back5", "Front2") and name those two new men?
b) Can you name the two men (from Q1) they replaced?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:00

17) Only ONE member of "Team B"'s total 16 selections in this series - either to play or be 12th man - took no part in the return series immediately following it.

a) Can you name the unlucky man?
b) What was his (main) profession?

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18) Here is the XII chosen from "Squad A" of Q1 to play a regional match at the very end of the tour.

a) Location (city) where the photo was taken?
b) What dubious Test distinction do the team members located at "back1" & "front2" share?
c) How did the player at "back2" just pip them both, in that same respect?

Bonus:
d) What did all three of the above have in common with "front1"?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:04

19)

a) Who's the dynamic slip catcher adroitly snapping up these two in the 5th Test?

b) Three bonus points for identifying the two batsmen (note: compare their respective statures!), and the keeper.

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:05

20) How many (Test) debutants did the home side field in the 1st Test of this series?
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:06

21) Who took the most wickets in the series:

a) for the home side?
b) for the visitors?

Bonus point each for the total number of wickets each of these bowlers took.
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:06

22) What was unprecedented about the outcome of the series?
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