The Final round of the CRICPL Quiz of the Prometheans Club organised on 20/04/2019, for its members.

2. PLAYOFFS
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NIKHIL DWIVEDI,
DIVYANSHU RAI,
SAURABH SINGH

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5. FIRST LEG
(ANTI-CLOCKWISE)

6. RULES
 This round will move in anti-clock fashion.
 +20 for direct answer, +10 for pass answer.
 No negative for direct answer.
 Infinite pounce.
 +20/-10 on pounce.

7. Chandrakant Pandit is currently the coach of reigning Ranji
Trophy champion Vidarbha .
After winning the trophy as coach he said, “I dedicate this
trophy to X. I still remember when I started off my coaching
innings as a Mumbai U-19 coach in 2000. [X] blessed me with
the words, ‘Do coaching just like me’.”
Id X.
AUDIENCE QUESTION

8. Safety Slide

9. Ramakant Achrekar

10. 1. X, formerly called Alexendra Park, is a cricket stadium in
South Africa. This is 1 out of 3 cricket grounds to have a
tree within its boundary ropes. Uniquely, ball touching
any part of the tree is counted as four. Any cricketer
scoring a century or taking a five-wicket haul in a match
gets to plant a tree at this ground. The city in which this
stadium is located also has its connection with India’s
freedom struggle .
Name this unique stadium.

11. Safety Slide

12. Pietermaritzburg/City Oval Stadium

13. 2. X is a website created by Pankaj Chhaparwal, Piyush
Agarwal (an alumunus of IIT-BHU) and Pravin Hedge in the
year 2004. In 2014, Times Internet, a subsidiary of Times of
India acquired majority stake in it. It was ranked #259 globally
by Alexa internet & #16 in India.
What is X?

14. Safety Slide

16. 3. Vice Admiral Horatio X was a British Naval officer who was
famous for his inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy &
unconventional tactics which resulted in a number of decisive
naval victories. During combat he was wounded several
times, losing sight in one eye, lost one arm & allegedly even
one leg. Due to this, a certain event in cricket is considered
to be a sign of bad luck due to its resemblance to the incident
& this event is called X after his name.
Give me the event and name of the event X.

17. Safety Slide

18. Event-The score 111
Event Name (X)-Nelson

19. 4. X is an island off the Northwest coast of France. It is a
crown dependency of the British Monarchy. Famous for its
knitting trade in medieval times, the name of X is still applied
to many forms of knitted fabric either round or flat. It is also
a term used in sports related to clothing.
Name X.

20. Safety Slide

21. X- Jersey

22. 5. X, famously known as the Bible of cricket is a cricket
reference book in the U.K. It was founded in 1864 by the
English cricketer John X. Its annual publication has continued
uninterrupted to the present day making it the largest
running sports annual in the history. From 1998 its
Australian edition & from 2012, an Indian edition is also
being published.
Name X .

23. Safety Slide

24. X- Wisden

25. 6. In 2016, a very famous Indian cricketer launched his own
sports management company named SRT Sports
Management Pvt. Ltd. Former Tata group senior executive
Mrinmoy Mukherjee, who had earlier held senior positions
in brands such as Raymond, Aditya Birla Group, Marico
Industries is the CEO of this company.
Name the cricketer who owns SRT Sports.

26. Safety Slide

27. SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR

28. SECOND LEG
(CLOCKWISE)

29. X is an Indian sports journalist, academician &
author. He completed his B.A. & M.A. from University of
Calcutta and he was awarded D.Phil. in History from
University of Oxford.
He is also the co-author of Playing It My Way with Sachin
Tendulkar.
Id him.
AUDIENCE QUESTION

30. Safety Slide

31. Boria Majumdar

32. 1. Alan Ross was a British poet, writer and editor born in
Calcutta. Enchanted by Richie Benaud’s craft, he
romanticized- “X’s pose problem much like love, requiring
commitment, the taking of a chance. Halfway deludes; the
bold advance”. Hot commodity in today’s cricket scenario,
what/who is this a reference to?

33. Safety Slide

34. LEG SPINNERS

35. 2. Connect

36. Safety Slide

37. Kerry Packer

38. 3. The X pitches were first developed by WACA curator John
Maley for use in the World Series Cricket matches. These
pitches became necessary for the World Series as they had to
play in dual purpose venues operating outside of cricket
establishment. From that time these pitches became very
famous especially in Australia because of relatively fewer well
equipped cricket stadiums & also because its football, rugby &
cricketing season doesn’t clash & cricketing venues could be
used for other sporting events also.
Give X .

39. Safety Slide

40. Drop-in Pitches

41. 4. Identify this famous sports equipment manufacturer.

42. Safety Slide

44. 5. Connect

45. Safety Slide

47. 6. 75% of the earth is covered by water, and the rest by
_______ - Ian Chappell

48. Safety Slide

49. JONTY RHODES

50. SUPEROVER
(WRITTEN ROUND)

51. RULES
• 6 questions.
• Answers are to be written on the paper.
• +10 for each correct answer.
• +10/-10,+5/-5 on stake.

52. 1. In the Indian Premier League, two players have been
awarded Man Of the Tournament twice, so far. If Sunil
Narine is one, who is the other?

53. Safety Slide

54. Shane Watson

55. 2. Who is the only male player in history to have
played in both Football and Cricket World Cup?

56. Safety Slide

57. Sir Viv Richards

58. 3. Connect this flower to a cricket team

59. Safety Slide

60. Proteas (South Africa)

61. 4. X, an IPL team defeated the Middlesex Crusaders on
the Lord’s cricket ground on 6th July 2009 in a one-off
T20 match and won the British Asian Cup, which was
never organised again. Identify this team currently
owned by Manoj Badale?

62. Safety Slide

63. Rajasthan Royals

64. 5. Founded by Shaji ul Mulk, the owner of Mulk
holdings, Kerala Kings and Northern Warriors are the
first and the second champions of this tournament.
Identify this cricket tournament which began in 2017
was granted official sanction by the ICC in August 2018.

66. 6. Id him.

67. Safety Slide

68. Sir Ranjitsinhji, after whom Ranji trophy is named.

69. Thank you!