Spot the Wrong 'Un! Trivia Quiz

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If you get this one wrong, you'll have Grounds for coming after me! But make sure you come to the right Country - not the wrong 'un! Which one is the odd one out?

Answer: Sydney Cricket Ground

A nice easy one to get you off the mark - hope you've got the hang of the clues now. Sydney Cricket Ground is in Sydney, Australia - whilst the other three are all cricket grounds in England - so Sydney, Australia, is the "Wrong 'un" here!

2. If you're doing this at Night, then you'll Sir-ley have no problem with choosing the odd one out amongst these four cricketers!

Answer: WG Grace

WG Grace never rose beyond the salutation of "Doctor" - and it took him over a dozen years to earn that qualification! The other three have all been knighted for their services to cricket - Australian Sir Don Bradman, New Zealander Sir Richard Hadlee, and the West Indian Sir Gary Sobers.

3. Are you Keeping up with the quiz? If so, you shouldn't get Stumped when working out the odd man out here!

Answer: Shane Warne

Gilchrist, Dujon and Knott were three of the most successful wicketkeepers in cricket history - Shane Warne was famous mainly as a spin bowler. He never kept wicket in any form of first class cricket.

Knott was a star of the England team of the 1970's - a very neat, efficient little wicketkeeper who weighed in with a fair share of middle order runs. Dujon kept for the great West Indies teams of the 1980's, mainly to the might of their succession of super fast bowlers, whilst also playing the odd useful innings in the middle order. Gilchrist retired from International cricket in 2008. As well as being one of the most successful wicketkeepers of all time, he was also a wonderfully entertaining and successful batsman. Usually opening the innings in ODI's for Australia, and bludgeoning his way to almost 10,000 international runs, including 16 scintillating centuries. A joy to watch!

4. I hope you're Equipped well enough to get this one right. If you are, you should be able to Bat this question away quite easily by working out the "Wrong 'un" from this four.

Answer: Rubber duck

A "Duck" is something a batsman would most definitely NOT want to take with him back to the pavilion, as it's the term used in cricket when a batsman has scored nought!

The other three items though are all crucial to help protect the batsman whilst he's facing a small, round object hurled at him at speeds of up to 100mph from less than 20 yards away!

5. Don't let this one Catch you out. Which of these is not a recognised mode of dismissal in cricket?

Answer: Hooking

Hooking is a foul for which you'll get penalised in Ice Hockey - it's also a description of an attacking stroke by the batsman in cricket. It isn't a mode of dismissal in cricket though.

The other three are all legitimate ways of being dismissed at cricket.

6. Listen, good you. One of these county sides from the UK is based in Wales. Can you make sweet music here by finding the right Instrument to score? Which of these county cricket teams is based in Wales?

Answer: Glamorgan

I thought I was going to throw you with the "Durham" option, because after all, that is the theme music to the "Pink Panther" cartoon - you know you want to hum it now. "Durham, Durham, Durham Durham Durham".

It is, of course, Glamorgan. Their home is at the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff, but they represent the whole of Wales in the UK County Cricket set up. They play games in Swansea, north and west Wales as well as at their capitol city home.

7. Which of these coloured balls has not been used in a First Class cricket match? You wouldn't want it to clash with the Playing Area after all!

Answer: Green

Red has been the traditional colour for cricket balls since time immemorial. White balls were introduced, predominantly for one day cricket, in the late 80's/ early 90's. Experimentation was done in a couple of countries with a pink ball, both in daylight and floodlit cricket, in 2008.

A green ball has never been used - and is highly unlikely ever to be tried, unless the colour of grass changes, of course!

8. Give this question your Full attention - one of these countries has never played a Test Match - indeed, it's a member of the ICC (International Cricket Council) - so which is the odd one out?

Answer: Russia

Sri Lanka has been a full member of the ICC since 1981. Zimbabwe became a Test playing nation in 1992, and Bangladesh played its first Test match in June 2000.
Russia became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2012.

9. This question shouldn't get you into too much of a Spin. Which one of these cricketers is known primarily as being one of the leading exponents of the spinners' art?

Answer: Shane Warne

Sir Don Bradman reputedly bowled leg break spin - but as he only took two wickets in Test cricket, he can hardly be classed as a leading spin bowler - his feats were achieved more with the bat. MS Dhoni is known best as a wicket keeper and a dashing batsman, whilst Shoaib Akhtar is one of the quickest fast bowlers the world has ever seen, with his deliveries topping the 100mph mark regularly over the years.

Shane Warne played his last Test match in 2007, and took over 700 Test wickets with his mixture of leg spin, googlies, flippers, top spinners and half a dozen other spinning balls that were so unique to Warne that they don't even have a recognized name!

10. Only one of these England Test cricket captains was actually born in England - do you know which one of them this is?

Answer: Mike Brearley

Mike Brearley, who captained England in the 1980's, was born in Harrow, near London.

Sir Colin Cowdrey was born in India, Mike Denness in Scotland, and Kevin Pietersen was born in Natal, in South Africa.

I hope you enjoyed the quiz, scored a few points and maybe learnt an interesting fact or two about cricket.

Source: Author huw27

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The "Wrong 'Un" is a cricketing term for a ball that turns the "wrong" way - but here, you've only got to pick the odd one out! Easiest 10 in the world for the cricketing buff - but with the Capitalized Clues, there should be something for everyone here!

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