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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:07

Supplementary set of questions (if anyone is still game):

S1) By virtually universal consensus of the cricket journalists of the day (among them Clem Hill & Charlie Turner), this was the unluckiest bowler of the series.

Can you name him?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:09

S2) The home team's leading wicket taker in the series played in the 2nd Test.

But did not bowl a single delivery.

Why not?

(There's one answer that by now may be obvious! But there's also a deeper reason.)
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:12

S3) Still outstanding at the time of the series, and to this day regarded as one of his country's best ever, this batsman (the picture is from a few years earlier) played only in the 1st and 5th Tests of the series.

Why? (He wasn't injured - or considered too old.)

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:14

S4) Who are these apparently proud owners of a private motorised vehicle?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:15

S5)

a) Who's this cat batting (until he was caught) in a cool hat? (4th Test)
b) Who's taking the blinding catch? (btw: Not the giant celebrating that acrobatic feat on his back!)
c) And the bowler?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:18

S6) So reader, how well have you been taking note?

a) Who, for once, is shelling this (admittedly not easy) chance at slip?
b) Who's the imposing veteran with the bat, getting off lightly?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:18

S7) Who was appointed captain of the defeated team for the return series?
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:19

S8)

a) Who's this cheeky chap relaxing on the ship en route to the return series?

Oh, and:

b) What's the name of the ship?

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:21

S9) The victorious team in this series would award two new Test caps in the return series (played very soon after it - this team pic is from that series).

Can you locate those two debutants in the picture, and name them?

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Post by skully Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:23

PeterCS wrote: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, 01:24

S10) Again: by this stage (if you didn't know them already ...), you should be familiar with some of the names and faces.

a) How many of these hopeful but already jaded-looking travellers can you name?
b) Between which cities is the train (seen in the background) stopping off for a break ... & a photo?

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Post by skully Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:25

skully wrote:
PeterCS wrote: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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A correct answer here will help with the other Qs.
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:29

"Thanks for playing!"


A typical gesture from an extraordinary individual. (This one's not a question, just for amusement.)

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:31

Times change. ...

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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:32

SOURCES USED (selection)::
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 01:41

skully wrote:
PeterCS wrote:
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?

(image of Q1) ]

Spoiler:

Can only manage this reply tonight - way past me bedtime, uploading & corrections/adjustments took ages  - but I agree it will help to kick the other questions off, also with personnel questions etc.

Feddback on Skully answers to Q1):
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Post by skully Wed 22 Apr 2020, 02:16

OK. That opens up a lot of the other Qs.

I will attack them slowly over coming days - or get beaten to them by others. Cool
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Post by skully Wed 22 Apr 2020, 02:21

PeterCS wrote: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, 02:23

skully wrote:OK. That opens up a lot of the other Qs.

I will attack them slowly over coming days - or get beaten to them by others. Cool

No "beaten to it" when there are spoilers ...


... and no prizes.
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Post by PeterCS Wed 22 Apr 2020, 02:25

skully wrote:
PeterCS wrote: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!)
Spoiler:

Response to Skully's A2):
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Post by skully Wed 22 Apr 2020, 02:49

PeterCS wrote: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 skully Wed 22 Apr 2020, 03:15

PeterCS wrote: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 skully Wed 22 Apr 2020, 03:37

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

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Post by skully Wed 22 Apr 2020, 03:43

PeterCS wrote: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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