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The Twelfth Man's "Boned" Trivia Quiz

Aussie satirist Billy Birmingham has produced some side-splitting scenarios over the years. Here is a quiz on the Twelfth Man's smash-hit 2006 release, "Boned". Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by hews. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
hews

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
246,195

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
13 / 25

Plays
528

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Question 1 of 25

1. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which team plays against Australia? Hint

New Zealand

South Africa

India

England

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Question 2 of 25

2. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", why was the commentary team sacked? Hint

It was a cost-cutting measure

The executives decided not have commentary

They were too old

They brought in some American commentators

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Question 3 of 25

3. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who does Richie Benaud speak to in a dream? Hint

Gough Whitlam

Donald Bradman

Kerry Packer

Imran Khan

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Question 4 of 25

4. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who does Richie Benaud call when he decides that he wants to record a song? Hint

Kylie Minogue

Molly Meldrum

Richard Wilkins

Donnie Sutherland

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Question 5 of 25

5. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who types up a petition letter at Richie's request? Hint

Roy Drage

Michael Gudinski

Faye Dingaway

Max Shields

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Question 6 of 25

6. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who hosts the commentary team on his radio talkback show? Hint

Tony Barber

John Laws

Alan Jones

Peter Peters

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Question 7 of 25

7. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", what angers Richie Benaud when he calls the Prime Minister? Hint

He can't speak to the Prime Minister

The number is always engaged

The Prime Minister says he loves The Twelfth Man

The secretary has never heard of him

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Question 8 of 25

8. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who is Ray Warren speaking to on the telephone when Richie enters his office? Hint

Billy Birmingham

Wayne Bennett

Eddie Macguire

Ken Sutcliffe

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Question 9 of 25

9. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", from where does the commentary team watch the first day of the Brisbane test? Hint

Billy Birmingham's office

A pub in Brisbane

A jail cell

Richie Benaud's house

10. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", what does The Twelfth Man describe as "a pretty second-rate outfit, cobbled together with a few old stagers, a few young hopefuls and quite a few hovering under a fitness cloud"? Hint

The English test cricket team

The Australian test cricket team

The Channel 9 commentary team

The groundsmen at the Gabba

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Question 11 of 25

11. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who is Doug Deep? Hint

A weather reporter

A channel 9 camera man

The curator at the Gabba

One of the new English players

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Question 12 of 25

12. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which actor makes an appearance as an umpire? Hint

Morgan Freeman

Anthony Hopkins

Bruce Willis

Sylvester Stallone

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Question 13 of 25

13. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", why does Billy Birmingham want to have a TV in the commentary box with him? Hint

So that he can see himself on TV

So that he can see all the replays

So that he can watch the golf

So that he can watch the news reports about the match

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Question 14 of 25

14. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who opens the bowling for Australia in the Brisbane test? Hint

Stuart Clarke and Shane Warne

Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee

Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne

Brett Lee and Shane Warne

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Question 15 of 25

15. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which is of the following names is NOT mispronounced at some point? Hint

Richie Benaud

Stacey Jones

Bill Lawry

Michael Gudinski

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Question 16 of 25

16. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which dramatic events take place in the first two overs of the England innings at the Gabba? Hint

Glenn McGrath gets a double hat-trick

They lose all 10 wickets

Three players are carried off on a stretcher

They put Australia on the back foot with 50 quick runs

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Question 17 of 25

17. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which former number one hit song does the commentary team do a cover version of? Hint

You can't Touch This

With or Without You

Marvellous

Howzat!

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Question 18 of 25

18. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", what was the commentary team doing in Martin Place in Sydney? Hint

Trying to get people to sign a petition

Playing a game of cricket to raise awareness of their situation

Trying to organise a protest march

Performing their song live

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Question 19 of 25

19. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", why does Richie Benaud receive a call from France? Hint

He gets offered a job

There's an insect infestation at Richie's vineyard

His summer residence fell down

He is going to perform a song there

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Question 20 of 25

20. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", what does Richie call the plan to oust The Twelfth Man from role as commentator? Hint

Operation Commentary Box

Operation Kill Billy

Operation Gabba

Operation Baggy Green

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Question 21 of 25

21. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which Australian bowler is NOT mentioned? Hint

Jason Gillespie

Mitchell Johnson

Nathan Bracken

Stuart Clarke

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Question 22 of 25

22. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who is the only England player to take a wicket during Australia's first innings at the W.A.C.A.? Hint

Andrew Flintoff

Tony Grieg

Steve Harmison

Matthew Hoggard

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Question 23 of 25

23. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", how many England players made their test debuts in the Perth test match? Hint

None of them

All of them except Andrew Flintoff

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Question 24 of 25

24. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which English batsman hits consecutive sixes off Glenn McGrath? Hint

Mark Nicholas

Kevin Pietersen

Roy Drage

Andrew Flintoff

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Question 25 of 25

25. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", how does the commentary team eventually get reinstated? Hint

They kidnap The Twelfth Man

The Twelfth Man gets poor TV ratings

Richie pays Billy Birmingham $1.6 million dollars

The Prime Minister demands it

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which team plays against Australia?

Answer: England

"Boned" is based on events surrounding the 2006/07 Ashes series between Australia and England.

2. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", why was the commentary team sacked?

Answer: It was a cost-cutting measure

Eddie McGuire decided to fire (or 'bone') the entire commentary team and employ Billy Birmingham to do all of the voices, therefore only having to pay one salary.

3. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who does Richie Benaud speak to in a dream?

Answer: Kerry Packer

In the dream, Richie calls heaven on the telephone and is put through to Kerry Packer.

4. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who does Richie Benaud call when he decides that he wants to record a song?

Answer: Richard Wilkins

Richard Wilkins puts him in touch with Michael Gudinski. He is initially reluctant to supply Richie with the number, but Richie threatens not to supply him with any more tickets to the cricket.

5. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who types up a petition letter at Richie's request?

Answer: Faye Dingaway

Faye Dingaway was Richie's secretary in "The Final Dig" and returns in "Boned", although this time she is transferred to work for Billy Birmingham.

6. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who hosts the commentary team on his radio talkback show?

Answer: Alan Jones

Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry and Tony Grieg appear on Alan Jones' Breakfast Show to raise awareness about their sacking. Unfortunately, none of the callers are very supportive, except for one fellow named "Ian", who is actually Ian Chappell posing as a regular caller.

7. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", what angers Richie Benaud when he calls the Prime Minister?

Answer: The secretary has never heard of him

Richie is stunned when he has to spell his name for Prime Minister John Howard's secretary and then miffed when she calls him, "Mr. Bono".

8. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who is Ray Warren speaking to on the telephone when Richie enters his office?

Answer: Ken Sutcliffe

Ray Warren describes Ken Sutcliffe as the "male model from Mudgee", an allusion to his contrived sex symbol status in the previous Twelfth Man release, "Wired World of Sports II".

9. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", from where does the commentary team watch the first day of the Brisbane test?

Answer: Billy Birmingham's office

Billy's new secretary warns them not to touch anything.

Answer: The English test cricket team

He goes on to describe the Australian team as "a marvellous line-up from top to bottom".

11. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who is Doug Deep?

Answer: The curator at the Gabba

Even though Richie thinks the pitch will have no influence on the inevitable result, Tony Grieg lavishes him with praise: "Doug Deep, the curator here and his ground staff, have done a marvellous job again".

12. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which actor makes an appearance as an umpire?

Answer: Morgan Freeman

"Morgan Freeman, or Steve Bucknor as he prefers to be known."

13. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", why does Billy Birmingham want to have a TV in the commentary box with him?

Answer: So that he can watch the golf

He also requests a radio (to listen to the races), a form guide and fridge full of beer.

14. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who opens the bowling for Australia in the Brisbane test?

Answer: Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne

Tony Grieg can't believe that Australia has a spinner opening the bowling, but Bill Lawry argues that "you can do things differently when you've got a genius like Shane Warne in your side".

15. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which is of the following names is NOT mispronounced at some point?

Answer: Bill Lawry

Nobody ever mispronounces Bill Lawry's name. Ray Warren has trouble with Stacey Jones' name and Richie Benaud struggles with Michael Gudinski's name. John Howard's secretary calls Richie Benaud, "Mr. Bono".

16. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which dramatic events take place in the first two overs of the England innings at the Gabba?

Answer: Three players are carried off on a stretcher

Andrew Strauss, Paul Collingwood and Alistair Cook all need assistance from the field after being injured.

17. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which former number one hit song does the commentary team do a cover version of?

Answer: Marvellous

"Marvellous" was a number one song in Australia for the Twelfth Man in 1991.

18. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", what was the commentary team doing in Martin Place in Sydney?

Answer: Trying to get people to sign a petition

The team managed to only get twelve signatures.

19. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", why does Richie Benaud receive a call from France?

Answer: There's an insect infestation at Richie's vineyard

Henry Port phones Richie to report a problem at his vineyard, Verderflore.

20. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", what does Richie call the plan to oust The Twelfth Man from role as commentator?

Answer: Operation Kill Billy

This is a play on words for Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films.

21. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which Australian bowler is NOT mentioned?

Answer: Jason Gillespie

The commentary team tell Andrew G how much he looks like Nathan Bracken and both Stuart Clarke and Mitchell Johnson are mentioned by Richie Benaud as he runs through the Australian squad at the start of the Brisbane test.

22. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who is the only England player to take a wicket during Australia's first innings at the W.A.C.A.?

Answer: Tony Grieg

Australia made 3/792 declared on the first day of the Perth test. Two batsmen were run out and Michael Clarke fell hit wicket to Tony Grieg for a duck. Matthew Hoggard was injured in an earlier match, Steve Harmison was out with homesickness and Andrew Flintoff finished with figures of 0/123 off his 12 overs.

23. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", how many England players made their test debuts in the Perth test match?

Answer: 4

England were decimated by injuries during the test series and had to recall Graham Gooch and Tony Grieg. Both of these players had played test cricket for England before, however Channel 9 commentator Mark Nicholas and three members of the Barmy Army were playing for England for the first time.

24. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which English batsman hits consecutive sixes off Glenn McGrath?

Answer: Roy Drage

Roy Drage, drafted from the Barmy Army to play for England, starts confidently but is sent off by umpire Morgan Freeman after punching Glenn Mcgrath.

25. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", how does the commentary team eventually get reinstated?

Answer: Richie pays Billy Birmingham $1.6 million dollars

Little does Richie know that Billy Birmingham has already resigned and Eddie McGuire planned to reinstate the team anyway.

Source: Author hews

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