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Quiz about The Colours of Cricket
Quiz about The Colours of Cricket

The Colours of Cricket Trivia Quiz


Cricket, in the bright sunshine, can be a feast for the eyes in more ways than one. Here's a pretty simple quiz looking at some of the colours that you can enjoy whilst watching it !

A multiple-choice quiz by huw27. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
huw27
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
289,678
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
1101
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 122 (8/10), Guest 203 (4/10), ankitankurddit (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Traditionally, before the advent of coloured clothing in one day cricket, both teams would wear kit of predominantly which colour? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What is the traditional colour of the ball in most forms of cricket? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What colour are the distinctively branded bats used in all Stanford Twenty20 matches? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This cricketing all rounder was born in Yorkshire, received all his education in Australia, then returned to his home county to play the majority of his cricketing career for them. He played 30 Test matches, and 51 ODI's for England before retiring from international cricket in 2003. Who is he? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What colour has India's one day kit been since the introduction of coloured clothing to one day cricket? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In Test Match cricket, what colour have the "sightscreens" (the large screens behind the bowler, designed to aid the batsman's view of the ball) always been? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Lancaster Park in Christchurch, New Zealand has hosted Test cricket matches since early in the 20th Century. For a decade, from 1998 to 2007, it was known as what though? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Every Australian Test cricketer treasures his Test cap, known by it's unique shape as well as it's colour. By what name is this cap known wordwide? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "Magenta, mauve and black striped blazers" are the club colours of one of the world's most esoteric cricket clubs, who have featured amongst their playing members David Niven, Boris Karloff, Sir Laurence Olivier and P.G. Wodehouse - which cricket club is this? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The "Egg and Tomato" Tie is the iconic symbol of one of the world's most well known cricket clubs. Where would you see gentlemen members of the MCC walking around the Long Room in orange and gold ties? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Traditionally, before the advent of coloured clothing in one day cricket, both teams would wear kit of predominantly which colour?

Answer: White

Lots of good practical reasons for this - it's the easiest background to see a dark ball against, it's a sensible colour to wear in the sun (which is supposed to shine in the summer, when cricket is played!), and most shirts only came in white anyway in the early days of cricket.
2. What is the traditional colour of the ball in most forms of cricket?

Answer: Red

Until recent times, with the introduction of coloured clothing and a white ball in some forms of one day cricket, all cricket balls were red. It's still the case when white clothing is used. I've never heard of a black cricket ball, a green one would be completely impractical against a background of green grass, and though pink sounds like a highly unlikely option, just watch this space - some experimentation has been done with a light pink ball, and it could be introduced to one day cricket at some stage in the future.
3. What colour are the distinctively branded bats used in all Stanford Twenty20 matches?

Answer: Solid Black

Sir Allen Stanford is a Texan billionaire who moved to the West Indies in the 1990's. He fell in love with cricket, and has ploughed huge amounts of his personal fortune into the development of the game in the Carribean over the past few years. One of the distinctive brand marks of Stanford cricket are the black bats used by all batsmen.
4. This cricketing all rounder was born in Yorkshire, received all his education in Australia, then returned to his home county to play the majority of his cricketing career for them. He played 30 Test matches, and 51 ODI's for England before retiring from international cricket in 2003. Who is he?

Answer: Craig White

Craig White has been a stalwart of Yorkshire cricket since returning to the UK in 1990, as well as making frequent valuable contributions with both bat and ball during his distinguished international career with England in both the long and short forms of the game.
5. What colour has India's one day kit been since the introduction of coloured clothing to one day cricket?

Answer: Blue

Mainly light blue, though they have sometimes played in dark blue. Often, the orange, white and green of the Indian flag feature somewhere on the kit as well.
6. In Test Match cricket, what colour have the "sightscreens" (the large screens behind the bowler, designed to aid the batsman's view of the ball) always been?

Answer: White

In Test cricket, the ball is red, the kit's are white - therefore a white sightscreen gives the batsman the best view of the ball. Any dark colour behind the bowler makes the ball harder to see - as anyone who has batted at cricket without sightscreens, against a dark background, will know only too well!
7. Lancaster Park in Christchurch, New Zealand has hosted Test cricket matches since early in the 20th Century. For a decade, from 1998 to 2007, it was known as what though?

Answer: The Jade Stadium

Lancaster Park was established in 1880, when the Canterbury Cricket and Athletic Sports company purchased a substantial area of land from the Lancaster Estate in Christchurch. It has been the home to many famous rugby union and cricket occasions over the years, as well as hosting soccer, rugby league, athletics, trotting and pop concerts.
8. Every Australian Test cricketer treasures his Test cap, known by it's unique shape as well as it's colour. By what name is this cap known wordwide?

Answer: Baggy Green

Australian cricket authorities first started awarding the distinctively shaped and coloured "baggy green" cap at the turn of the Twentieth Century. It is regarded with great reverence by all Aussie test cricketers, and they will treasure their original cap throughout their test careers - which means that for some of the longer serving players, their caps can become quite battered and faded towards the end of their careers.
9. "Magenta, mauve and black striped blazers" are the club colours of one of the world's most esoteric cricket clubs, who have featured amongst their playing members David Niven, Boris Karloff, Sir Laurence Olivier and P.G. Wodehouse - which cricket club is this?

Answer: Hollywood CC

C. Aubrey Smith captained the England Cricket team in the 1890's, having enjoyed a lenghty county career with Sussex. He moved to Hollywood in 1929 to teach cricket at UCLA, alongside a young aspiring actor called Boris Karloff. In 1932, Smith formed the Hollywood Cricket Club and over the years they have featured many famous names - when Olivier turned up to make a film, he found a note from Smith in his hotel room requesting his presence at practice nets the following morning, 2 hours before his first call at the movie set.

These days, the club fields three sides, who play in the competitive Southern California Cricket Association competitions.
10. The "Egg and Tomato" Tie is the iconic symbol of one of the world's most well known cricket clubs. Where would you see gentlemen members of the MCC walking around the Long Room in orange and gold ties?

Answer: Lords, London

Prior to 1787, the aristocrats and noblemen of Southern England would gather to play cricket at the White Conduit Fields in Islington, London (a mile or so from the MCC's current home in St John's Wood). In 1787, they formed themselves into the Marylebone Cricket Club.

After some wandering around the suburbs of North London, they finally settled at some ground around a duck pond slightly to the north of Baker Street - where Lord's Cricket Ground (named after the initial sponsor, Thomas Lord) is still to be found today. If you know nothing about cricket, but are a little intrigued, and find yourself in London with a few hours to spare - go and visit Lord's, and the very friendly custodians there will give you a compelling tour around the old ground - and you'll learn more than enough to score high points on most of the FT cricket quizzes!
Source: Author huw27

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