Ashes Pub Quiz

[Furball]

10 minutes for your sheep entries.

 

[Furball]

Sheep entries are now closed.

Team Challenge is open until the end of the day's play.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Apologies, busy sleeping so that I could watch the day's play...

 

[Furball]

1. Name a ground that was used as a Test venue in the 2005 Ashes series?

Trent Bridge (4)
Howe
GIMH
uvelocity
morgieb

Lord’s (4)
Dan
Pothas
four_or_six
Riggins

Edgbaston (3)
Boy Brumby
Schearzie
Cabinet96

Old Trafford (3)
fredfertang
Adders
andyc

The Oval (2)
Burgey
flibbertyjibber

 

[Furball]

2. Name a player to have scored 250 or more in a single innings in an Ashes Test?

Len Hutton (3)
Howe
Adders
flibbertyjibber

Don Bradman (3)
GIMH
uvelocity
Riggins

Bob Cowper (2)
Boy Brumby
morgieb

Tip Foster (2)
Burgey
Pothas

Bob Simpson (2)
andyc
Dan

Wally Hammond (2)
Schearzie
Cabinet96

Ken Barrington (1)
fredfertang

Justin Langer (1)
four_or_six

 

[Furball]

3. Name a player to have taken 15 or more wickets in an Ashes Test?

Incorrect (7)
uvelocity – Terry Alderman (best match figures of 10/151 in the Ashes)
Riggins – Terry Alderman

Jim Laker (6)
Howe
fredfertang
GIMH
Schearzie
Cabinet96
four_or_six

Bob Massie (6)
Burgey
andyc
Dan
Pothas
flibbertyjibber
morgieb

Hedley Verity (1)
Boy Brumby

Wilfred Rhodes (1)
Adders

 

[Furball]

4. Name a player who has captained his side to an Ashes series win in my lifetime?

Allan Border (5)
Boy Brumby
andyc
Schearzie
uvelocity
Dan

Mike Gatting(3)
Howe
fredfertang
Pothas

Mark Taylor (2)
Burgey
morgieb

Alastair Cook (2)
Cabinet96
four_or_six

Michael Vaughan (1)
Adders

David Gower (1)
GIMH

Andrew Strauss (1)
flibbertyjibber

Steve Waugh (1)
Riggins

Forgotten man: Ricky Ponting

 

[Furball]

5. Name a player who has scored 700 or more runs in a single Ashes series?

Wally Hammond (6)
fredfertang
Schearzie
Dan
Pothas
Cabinet96
Riggins

Mark Taylor (4)
Burgey
andyc
uvelocity
morgieb

Herbert Sutcliffe (2)
Howe
Adders

David Gower (2)
Boy Brumby
four_or_six

Alastair Cook (2)
GIMH
flibbertyjibber

 

[Furball]

Leaderboard

Adders            10
Boy Brumby        13
flibbertyjibber   14
four_or_six       15
GIMH              16
Burgey            16
Howe              18
morgieb           18
fredfertang       19
andyc             19
Cabinet96         19
Schearzie         21
Pothas            21
Riggins           21
uvelocity         22
Dan               22

 

[Riggins]

big surprise the bloke who cheated is winning.

 

[Furball]

Remainder of the answers coming at lunch.

 

[Furball]

6. Name a player who has taken 50 or more Ashes wickets in the 21st century?

Brett Lee (4)
fredfertang
Adders
andyc
four_or_six

Glenn McGrath (4)
Schearzie
uvelocity
Pothas
morgieb

Peter Siddle (3)
Boy Brumby
Cabinet96
Riggins

Shane Warne (3)
Burgey
Dan
flibbertyjibber

James Anderson (2)
Howe
GIMH

Also correct: Graeme Swann

 

[Furball]

7. Name a ground on which Donald Bradman scored an Ashes Test Century?

Headingley (7)
Howe
fredfertang
GIMH
andyc
Dan
Pothas
Cabinet96

The Oval (4)
Adders
Burgey
uvelocity
four_or_six

Trent Bridge (1)
Boy Brumby

The Gabba (1)
Schearzie

Lord’s (1)
flibbertyjibber

Adelaide Oval (1)
Riggings

Melbourne Cricket Ground (1)
morgieb

 

[Furball]

8. Name a player who has kept wicket in an Ashes Test in the 21st century?

Graham Manou (5)
Howe
Boy Brumby
Dan
Pothas
Cabinet96

Adam Gilchrist (3)
fredfertang
Burgey
uvelocity

Chris Read (3)
GIMH
four_or_six
Riggins

James Foster (2)
andyc
morgieb

Geraint Jones (1)
Adders

Alec Stewart (1)
Schearzie

Matt Prior (1)
flibbertyjibber

 

[Furball]

9. Name any non-wicketkeeping player to have taken 40 or more catches in Ashes Tests?

Incorrect (5)
Howe – Shane Warne (only 30 catches)
GIMH – Shane Warne

Mark Waugh (4)
Pothas
flibbertyjibber
four_or_six
morgieb

Allan Border (3)
andyc
Schearzie
uvelocity

Colin Cowdrey (2)
fredfertang
Adders

Ricky Ponting (2)
Cabinet96
Riggins

Hugh Trumble (1)
Boy Brumby

Greg Chappell (1)
Burgey

Mark Taylor (1)
Dan

Interestingly, no-one opted for Ian Botham, the most prolific slip catcher in Ashes history.

 

[Furball]

10. Name a player to have taken part in 30 or more Ashes Tests in my lifetime?

Incorrect (5)
Howe – Nasser Hussain (only played 23 Ashes Tests)
four_or_six – Andrew Strauss (only played 20)

Shane Warne (4)
fredfertang
GIMH
Burgey
flibbertyjibber

Steve Waugh (4)
Dan
Cabinet96
Riggins
morgieb

Ian Healy (2)
Boy Brumby
Schearzie

David Boon (1)
Adders

Michael Atherton (1)
andyc

Ricky Ponting (1)
uvelocity

Alec Stewart (1)
Pothas

 

[Riggins]

great effort GF

 

[Furball]

Leaderboard

Adders            22
Boy Brumby        25
flibbertyjibber   27
Burgey            31
Schearzie         32
morgieb           33
Riggins           34
four_or_six       35
andyc             36
GIMH              37
uvelocity         37
fredfertang       39
Cabinet96         40
Howe              42
Pothas            42
Dan               42

So a clean sweep in the medal positions, giving England an early 6-0 lead in the series.

Don't forget, the Team Challenge for Day 1 remains open until the close of play today.

 

[Burgey]

You can't call what Geraint Jones did wicket keeping.

 

[Dan]

First crack at Black Sheep and I come dead last. Dire.