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1. Lord Kitchener penned a Calypso in 1950 to commemorate the first-ever victory by the West Indies over England in England. It went like this:
"Cricket lovely Cricket,
At Lord's where I saw it;
Yardley tried his best
But Goddard won the Test.
They gave the crowd plenty fun;
Second Test and West Indies won."
Who were his two little pals in the chorus?
2. Lord Relator, a West Indian poet, wrote about a batsman who helped India win its first Test series in the West Indies in 1970-71. Who is this batsman?
3. Andrew Flintoff's heroics apart, the English cricket team was supposedly inspired by this famous song that helped them win the Ashes in 2005. Composed by the William Blake, it's first lines go thus:
"And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?"
Which song is this?
4. In February 2009, Australia beat South Africa by 103 runs in the Sydney Test. Shortly afterward, there was an altercation in the dressing room when one of the players grabbed vice-captain Michael Clarke's throat during an argument over singing the team's iconic song, "Under the Southern Cross I Stand". Who was this player?
5. The official song of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in the West Indies was called the "Game Of Love And Unity". It was sung by Barbadian entertainer Rupee, Trinidadian Faye-Ann Lyons, and which Jamaican?
6. Which English wicketkeeper known for his eccentricities such as drinking 20 cups of tea per day, and wearing the same old battered flowerpot sunhat in the field, is also an acknowledged painter?
7. Which enfant terrible of Indian cricket is equally known for his break-dancing and dramatics on the field?
8. Indian actor and producer Aamir Khan is perhaps best known in other cricketing nations for starring in the Oscar-nominated "Lagaan" (2001). That wasn't his first tryst with the game. In the 1990s, he had acted in another cricket movie where the plot revolved around terrorists threatening to blow up Wankhede Stadium where India was playing Australia (fictional series). What was this movie?
9. Which musical movement started in the 18th century is known best to cricket lovers who have viewed matches in Trinidad and Tobago?
10. Cricket has played a prominent part in literature with classics such as "Tom Brown's Schooldays". There is a mention in Dickens' "Pickwick Papers", and PG Wodehouse wrote a series of stories and novels such as "Mike", and "The Prefect's Uncle" which revolve around public school cricket. Which critically acclaimed 2008 novel talks about the game in the U.S. post 9/11 attacks?
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