Sursuri presents our Roland Garros quiz.
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This is a four-minute quiz; make sure you don't get timed out.
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The second Sursuri Cricket Quiz is now over.
Here's the final list of quizzers, along with their scores.
1) The list, by Name, Score, Location, Age, Profession.
2) The complete grid of all valid responses.
Let's come to our Sursuri question which was:“I think mine is the sort of record that won’t be bettered.” — Some good natured humor by a former cricketer, obviously indicating towards a peculiar – and somewhat unwanted – achievement.
And here are some of the common responses by our quizzers:
Who is he and what is this achievement?
The answer, of course, was Graham Gooch who played in three World Cup finals for England, losing each time.
Not many got that one right — so kudos to everyone who did.
The second quiz is now closed. But our next quiz, a French Open special, is on it's way soon.
Other quiz statistics:
Sursuri also acknowledges the help received from India Uncut and Churumuri. Like our blog? Would you like to read our posts in your email?
Prepare to play the hugely improved Sursuri Cricket Quiz with great new tweaks.
New Features
- Time limit of 4 minutes to complete the quiz.
- See the correct answers after the quiz.
- See the leaderboard and top scorer's names.
Rules
- There were 11 questions.
- Questions 1-10 are normal questions.
- +4 for correct answers, -2 for wrong/no answers.
- Question 11 is the Sursuri.
- +10 if you get it right, -5 for wrong/no answer.
- You can score a maximum of 50 points.
- You need a minimum score of 30 to win.
Are you ready?
Let's play Sursuri Cricket Quiz — 2!
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The first Sursuri Cricket Quiz — 1 is now available on Facebook.
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Gentlemen and ladies — yes, all three of you — we announce the winners of the first Sursuri quiz. Name City Profession Age Team Rating Score Venkat Ananth Mumbai Journalist 21 SL 7 60 Mahek Vyas San Diego Student 24 India 6 50 praveen koushik bangalore student 18 India 7 50 Avi Mum Journalism 25 India 7 40 Devadyuti Das New Delhi Journalist 24 India 7 40 ashoke sanyal Kolkata Government
employee42 India 2 40 Avik Mukherjee Mumbai Student 20 India 6 40 shivani mumbai journo 26 NZ 8 30 Pratik TC Hyderabad Student 17 India 8 30 Sumant Banerji New Delhi Journalist 25 India 6 30 B Shrikant Mumbai Journalist 35 India 8 30 Vivek Chennai Sales
manager29 India 10 30 indro delhi traveller 33 India 1 30 Apoorva Shah Bang Entreprenuer 25 India 7 30 nirmal john mumbai Journo 24 India 5 30
Congrats, Venkat. Here's what he told Sursuri after his win:Well I think I batted well, bowled well and fielded well.
As our winner, Venkat gets a free lifetime subscription to Sursuri!
For the rest of you, here's some statistics from the first quiz.
Total quizzers: 74
Total disqualified: 27 (anonymous, repeats, etc).
Total qualified entries: 47 — here's how they fared.
Minimum winning score needed: 30/60 (Or 7 correct answers out of 10)
Average score: 7.91/60
Average difficulty rating: 6.91
Total winners: 15
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Some of you might want to know the answers to the questions. Here goes:
(1) Which batsman hit the most sixes in the last World Cup?
Correct Answer: Matthew Hayden.
Other Options:: Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds.
(2) Born in Ootacamund, where his father was a tea planter, this cricketer was so named to give him the same initials as cricket’s most famous club.
Correct Answer: Colin Cowdrey.
Other Options:: Carlos Clarke, Christopher Cowdrey, Cyril Christiani.
(3) If Allan Donald was called White Lightening, which South African was also known as Black Thunder?
Correct Answer: Mfuneko Ngam.
Other Options:: Nicky Boje, Omar Henry, Makhaya Ntini.
(4) Which stadium is known as “The Bullring” for its electric and sometimes intimidating atmosphere?
Correct Answer: Wanderers.
Other Options:: Beausejour Stadium, Kensington Oval, Carisbrook.
(5) Who is the only New Zealand captain to have positive win-loss records in both Tests and ODIs?
Correct Answer: Geoff Howarth.
Other Options:: Graham Dowling, Martin Crowe, Stephen Fleming.
(6) Robin Uthappa’s 86 against England in the Indore one-dayer in the 2006 home series is the highest score by an Indian on debut. Who held the record previously?
Correct Answer: Brijesh Patel.
Other Options:: Kirti Azad, Raman Lamba, Mohammad Azharuddin.
(7) This cricket ground was originally a lake which, it was intended, should be made into an inner harbour. However, an earthquake turned the lake into a swamp and the local cricketers, who had lost their own ground because of the quake, asked if they could make one out of the swamp – the permission for which was granted. Identify the ground.
Correct Answer: Basin Reserve.
Other Options:: Headingley, Green Park, Queen’s Park Oval.
(8) Which England cricketer is affectionately known as Banger for his love of sausages?
Correct Answer: Marcus Trescothick.
Other Options:: Nick Knight, Tim Robbins, Graham Thorpe.
(9) Vernon Royle, The Mackinnon of Mackinnon and Tom Emmett were dismissed in succession by The Demon Bowler during the Sydney Test of the 1879 England tour of Australia. It was the first Test hat-trick. The question is simple. Name the bowler.
Correct Answer: Fred Spofforth.
Other Options:: Tom Horan, Percy McDonnell, Tom Lowry.
(10) During the Second World War, this former England cricketer was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served with distinction in both France and India.
Correct Answer: Douglas Jardine.
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Get your stance right, adjust the box, hold the bat tight and prepare to take on that vicious Sursuri. Here comes our first cricket quiz. Are you ready for it?
Before you proceed, read the rules and the Dummy's Guide.
Results and names of top scorers would be announced shortly before the next quiz, in two weeks.
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