Results of Sursuri Cricket Quiz —1

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 employee	42	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 manager	29	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.
Other Options:: Jim Laker, Bill Voce, Wally Hammond.

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