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Cricket World Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by pakwatan. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
pakwatan

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
105,522

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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1180

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which player scored the most centuries during the first seven World Cups? Hint

Glenn Turner

Sachin Tendulkar

Mark Waugh

Sir Vivian RichardsMark

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who won the first World Cup competition?

Answer: (Two Words .. name of country that plays Test Cricket)

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Question 3 of 10

3. When Javed Miandad first started playing Test Cricket, he was regarded as an all-rounder. What did he bowl? Hint

Slow Left-Arm Chinaman

Right-Arm Off-spin

Right-Arm Leg Break

Right-Arm Medium Pace

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Question 4 of 10

4. Ricky Ponting is also known as what? Hint

rockster

Punter

ponts

none of these

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who took the first ODI hat-trick? Hint

Jalaluddin

Dennis Lillee

Wasim Akram

Joel Garner

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Question 6 of 10

6. In what year was the first ODI played at Sharjah?
Hint

1987

1984

1975

1979

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which two countries played the first tied ODI? Hint

Pakistan and New Zealand

Australia and West Indies

Sri Lanka and India

England and Australia

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these great South African players, have captained the team in Test cricket? Hint

Clive Rice

Graeme Pollock

Dudley Nourse

Aubrey Faulkner

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the first company to sponsor a ODI tournament? Hint

Texaco

Gillette

Benson & Hedges

Prudential

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which former Sri Lankan Test captain became an ICC referee? Hint

Arjuna Ranatunga

Bandula Warnapura

Duleep Mendis

Ranjan Madugalle

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which player scored the most centuries during the first seven World Cups?

Answer: Mark Waugh

Mark Waugh has 4 centuries from 3 WC campaigns. The others have 3 apiece.

2. Who won the first World Cup competition?

Answer: West Indies

West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs in the final, at Lord's on June 21, 1975.

3. When Javed Miandad first started playing Test Cricket, he was regarded as an all-rounder. What did he bowl?

Answer: Right-Arm Leg Break

He was a reasonable leg-spinner, but sensibly stuck to batting as his forte.

4. Ricky Ponting is also known as what?

Answer: Punter

This is because of the fact that he likes a bet or two.

5. Who took the first ODI hat-trick?

Answer: Jalaluddin

Jalaluddin dismissed, in successive deliveries: Rod Marsh, Bruce Yardley and Geoff Lawson on 20th September, 1982 at Hyderabad.

6. In what year was the first ODI played at Sharjah?

Answer: 1984

It was played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on April 6, 1984.

7. Which two countries played the first tied ODI?

Answer: Australia and West Indies

This was the second final in the 1983-84 Benson and Hedges Cup. West Indies made 5-222, and Australia replied with 9-222. Curiously, the two countries that played in the first tied Test match, also played the first tied ODI.

8. Which of these great South African players, have captained the team in Test cricket?

Answer: Dudley Nourse

Nourse captained in the 1940s. Pollock only captained 'unofficial tests' against rebel sides. Faulkner was a great all-rounder around the first World War, but didn't captain. In one of the great travesties of the game, a player of the calibre of Clive Rice never got to play official Test cricket because of the 'Apartheid' ban, and, like Pollock, only captained against rebel sides, as well as 3 token ODIs in 1992.

9. Who was the first company to sponsor a ODI tournament?

Answer: Prudential

Prudential Insurance sponsored the very first ODI tournament ever held in England, in 1972, and sponsored every English home series right through to the 1983 Prudential World Cup. Texaco took over in 1984.

10. Which former Sri Lankan Test captain became an ICC referee?

Answer: Ranjan Madugalle

Madugalle captained 2 Tests in 1987-88, between Mendis and Ranatunga.

Source: Author pakwatan

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