The Twelfth Man's "Boned"

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1. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which team plays against Australia? South Africa New Zealand England India

2. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", why was the commentary team sacked? They were too old They brought in some American commentators The executives decided not have commentary It was a cost-cutting measure

3. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who does Richie Benaud speak to in a dream? Gough Whitlam Donald Bradman Kerry Packer Imran Khan

4. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who does Richie Benaud call when he decides that he wants to record a song? Kylie Minogue Molly Meldrum Richard Wilkins Donnie Sutherland

5. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who types up a petition letter at Richie's request? Michael Gudinski Roy Drage Max Shields Faye Dingaway

6. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who hosts the commentary team on his radio talkback show? Tony Barber John Laws Alan Jones Peter Peters

7. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", what angers Richie Benaud when he calls the Prime Minister? The number is always engaged He can't speak to the Prime Minister The secretary has never heard of him The Prime Minister says he loves The Twelfth Man

8. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who is Ray Warren speaking to on the telephone when Richie enters his office? Wayne Bennett Billy Birmingham Ken Sutcliffe Eddie Macguire

9. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", from where does the commentary team watch the first day of the Brisbane test? A jail cell Richie Benaud's house A pub in Brisbane Billy Birmingham's office

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"? The Channel 9 commentary team The groundsmen at the Gabba The Australian test cricket team The English test cricket team

11. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who is Doug Deep? A weather reporter A channel 9 camera man The curator at the Gabba One of the new English players

12. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which actor makes an appearance as an umpire? Sylvester Stallone Bruce Willis Morgan Freeman Anthony Hopkins

13. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", why does Billy Birmingham want to have a TV in the commentary box with him? So that he can see all the replays So that he can see himself on TV So that he can watch the news reports about the match So that he can watch the golf

14. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", who opens the bowling for Australia in the Brisbane test? Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne Brett Lee and Shane Warne Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee Stuart Clarke and Shane Warne

15. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which is of the following names is NOT mispronounced at some point? Stacey Jones Bill Lawry Michael Gudinski Richie Benaud

16. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which dramatic events take place in the first two overs of the England innings at the Gabba? They lose all 10 wickets Glenn McGrath gets a double hat-trick They put Australia on the back foot with 50 quick runs Three players are carried off on a stretcher

17. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which former number one hit song does the commentary team do a cover version of? With or Without You You can't Touch This Howzat! Marvellous

18. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", what was the commentary team doing in Martin Place in Sydney? Performing their song live Trying to organise a protest march Trying to get people to sign a petition Playing a game of cricket to raise awareness of their situation

19. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", why does Richie Benaud receive a call from France? There's an insect infestation at Richie's vineyard His summer residence fell down He gets offered a job He is going to perform a song there

20. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", what does Richie call the plan to oust The Twelfth Man from role as commentator? Operation Commentary Box Operation Kill Billy Operation Gabba Operation Baggy Green

21. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which Australian bowler is NOT mentioned? Jason Gillespie Mitchell Johnson Nathan Bracken Stuart Clarke

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.? Andrew Flintoff Matthew Hoggard Steve Harmison Tony Grieg

23. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", how many England players made their test debuts in the Perth test match? 4 None of them 11 All of them except Andrew Flintoff

24. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", which English batsman hits consecutive sixes off Glenn McGrath? Kevin Pietersen Mark Nicholas Andrew Flintoff Roy Drage

25. In The Twelfth Man's "Boned", how does the commentary team eventually get reinstated? The Twelfth Man gets poor TV ratings They kidnap The Twelfth Man The Prime Minister demands it Richie pays Billy Birmingham $1.6 million dollars