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Interesting Cricket Trivia Quiz

Here's a chance to test how much do you indeed know about cricket.

A multiple-choice quiz by cupidcobra1. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
cupidcobra1

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
328,718

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
193

Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the first Indian (in fact the first Asian also) Test cricketer to have been knighted? Hint

Sunil Gavaskar

Kapil Dev

Sachin Tendulkar

Lieutenant Vijayananda Gajapati Raju

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first player to have hit identical centuries in both innings of a Test? Hint

Duleep Mendis

David Gower

Clive Lloyd

Bill Ponsford

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these players made his Test debut at the age of 49 years 119 days, setting a record for the oldest ever Test debutant? Hint

Fred Spofforth

James Southerton

Wilfred Rhodes

Frank Woolley

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the first Test cricketer to die? Hint

Dave Gregory

James Lillywhite

James Southerton

Charles Bannerman

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the first Indian captain to have won all the 5 tosses in a five-match Test series? Hint

Sunil Gavaskar

Polly Umrigar

C.K. Nayadu

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

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Question 6 of 10

6. Apart from M.L. Jaisimha, who was the next Indian to have batted on all 5 days of a Test match? Hint

Ravi Shastri

Sanjay Manjrekar

Sunil Gavaskar

Vinoo Mankad

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these had the unique distinction of hitting at least one six on each day of a five-day Test match? Hint

Kim Hughes

Adrian Griffith

Allen Lamb

Geoffrey Boycott

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the first player to have scored a ton in both innings of a Test match? Hint

Warren Bardsley

Victor Trumper

Sir Donald Bradman

Jack Hobbs

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which player represented New Zealand in Test cricket, international football, and Australia in international football? Hint

Bert Sutcliffe

Lance Cairns

Dion Nash

Ken Hough

10. This player has the dubious distinction of scoring more than 10,000 first class runs without scoring a century. In fact, he never even reached 90. His highest first-class score was 89. Who is this? Hint

Johnny Briggs

Robert Cunis

Khan Mohammad

Graham Lock

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first Indian (in fact the first Asian also) Test cricketer to have been knighted?

Answer: Lieutenant Vijayananda Gajapati Raju

He was knighted in 1936.

2. Who was the first player to have hit identical centuries in both innings of a Test?

Answer: Duleep Mendis

He scored 105 in both innings in the Test against India at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in 1982.

3. Which of these players made his Test debut at the age of 49 years 119 days, setting a record for the oldest ever Test debutant?

Answer: James Southerton

He played for England in its (and in fact the world's) first-ever Test match in 1876-77.

4. Who was the first Test cricketer to die?

Answer: James Southerton

The very first Test cricketer to have made his debut as the oldest age was also the one to die first. He died in 1880.

5. Who was the first Indian captain to have won all the 5 tosses in a five-match Test series?

Answer: Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

He achieved this in the 1963-64 Test series against England.

6. Apart from M.L. Jaisimha, who was the next Indian to have batted on all 5 days of a Test match?

Answer: Ravi Shastri

In fact, he did it against England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in 1984-85. Some of the others apart from these two who have managed this feat were Geoffrey Boycott, Andrew Flintoff, Allen Lamb, and Adrian Griffith.

7. Which of these had the unique distinction of hitting at least one six on each day of a five-day Test match?

Answer: Kim Hughes

He achieved this against England at Lords in the 1980 centenary test.

8. Who was the first player to have scored a ton in both innings of a Test match?

Answer: Warren Bardsley

He scored 136 and 130 for Australia in the 1st and 2nd innings, respectively, against England at The Oval in 1909.

9. Which player represented New Zealand in Test cricket, international football, and Australia in international football?

Answer: Ken Hough

Hough represented both the Black Caps and the All Whites in his career.

Answer: Graham Lock

He was an English Test cricketer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He passed 50 on 27 different occasions in his career.

Source: Author cupidcobra1

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