CRIC-BALL FINALS

Quizmaster: Darshil Shastri

RULES
Each round has a different scoring
pattern, which shall be mentioned
Pounce will be infinite till you make a
mistake on the pounce.
On the pounce, part answer shall not be
accepted.
Part points to be given at QMs
discretion.

ROUND 1.
You have 2 minutes.
Write as many names you can, from
the final shortlist of nominees for
Ballon D Or 2015.
For every correct name, you get 3
points.
For every 5 correct names, a bonus of
10 points is added.

ROUND 2- AMUL
POSTERS

Infinite Pounce till you make a

mistake
+10 on the pounce, +10 on the
pounce for correct answer
-10 on the pounce for the wrong
answer
Pounce open till the team with the
direct answers.

Q1.

A1.
Greg Chappell resigns as the coach
of Indian Cricket Team.

Q2.

A2.
#whoismariasharapova, when
Russian did not recognize Sachin
after her loss at Wimbledon in 2014

Q3.

A3.
After Indias exit from 2015 World
Cup, to make fans forget about the
loss

Q4.

A4.
The Aussies lost Ashes 2015, trope of the
debacle.

Q5.

A5.
Germany defeats Brazil 7-1

Q6.

A6
For Robin van Persie, as he scored
the flying header against Spain.

Q7.

A7.
Drogba helping Chelsea beat Bayern
Munich in 2012 UEFA Champions
league final

Q8.

A8
Pepe headbutts Thomas Muller in
Germany vs Portugal in 2014 World
Cup

ROUND 3:
LADBROKES
In this round there will be total of 8 questions
At the end of this round, 4 teams will be eliminated
The first 4 questions are from football and the last
4 from cricket
You are to divide your entire points so far, among
the 8 questions as you wish and submit it to the
scorer.
No bounce or pounce, teams have to attempt all
questions
For every correct answer, the score is added, and
for wrong answer, you lose the points you bet on
that question only. If you havent bet points on a
question, it wont make a difference to your score.

BRIEF OF QUESTIONS
Q1. Football (rivalries)
Q2. Football (coaches)
Q3.Football (legends)
Q4. Football (ISL)
Q5. Cricket (IPL)
Q6. Cricket (Sachin)
Q7. Cricket (Umpires)
Q8.Cricket (Nicknames)
Divide all of your points now question wise, in any
way you deem fit. You can put 0 against few if you
want, all points on one question. Its your call.

Q1. WRITE THE FUNDA

Q2.

During his 9 year tenure managing X, Y

won the honours at a rate of 2.2 per
season, which is only surpassed by Pep
Guardiola.
He is one of the 4 managers to have won
the English top flight both as a manager
and player.
Apart from Carlo Ancelloti, he remains
the only manager to have won the
European Cup 3 times.

Q3.
Nicknamed Blond Arrow, he is one of the
greatest players of all time to have never played
in the World Cup, despite playing for Argentina,
Spain and Colombia.
As a manager, he guided Boca Juniors and River
plate in Argentina to titles, and later winning
La Liga, Copa Del Ray and European Winners
Cup with Valencia.
Legend has it he was very close to joining a
rival club, before he switched and went on to
become one of the greatest players for the club
he chose to play.

Q4.

Having missed the inaugural season of

ISL, this player currently is one of the
leading goal-scorers in the tournament
Apart from Ian Hume and Stevie
Mendoza, he is the only player to have
scored a hattrick this season.

Q5. IDENTIFY

Q6. THE POPULAR

NICKNAME FOR THIS
CENTURY BY SACHIN

Q7. IDENTIFY X.
A pitch invasion followed the West Indies' 17-run win
in the inaugural Cricket World Cup. A number of
players and umpires had items of their playing outfits
"souvenired" by the crowd. A year later, X was a
passenger on a bus in South London, when he noticed
the conductor was wearing a white hat very similar to
the one he favoured, and asked the conductor where
he obtained it from.
"Man, haven't you heard of Mr X," he replied. "This is
one of his hats. I took it off his head at the World Cup
final... we all ran onto the field and I won the race."

Q8.

This bowler, was nicknamed the Bombay

Duck, after a remarkable trot of 7 ducks
against Australia.
Apart from this, his only century as a Test
batsman came surprisingly at Lords, when
he made 109 not out in a test match.
He also held the record for the fastest fifty,
when he made 67 in 25 bowls at Rajkot.
Currently, he sits 3 rd on ODI wicket taking
list for India, with 288 wickets.

ANSWERS
A1. Usain Bolt forced to wear Arsenal jersey,
after Arsenal beat united 3-0at Emirates this
year
A2. Bob Paisley
A3. Alfred Di Stefano
A4. Sunil Chhetri
A5. Richard Madley
A6. Sandstorm century/Desert Storm
A7. Dickie Bird
A8. Ajit Agarkar.

ROUND 4:

12 Questions in all
Infinite Pounce till you make a mistake
in the pounce.
On any 2 questions, you can use
Powerplay and for that answer you
get 20 points
+10 for direct, no negative
+10 on the pounce, -10 for incorrect
answer.

Q1.

There have been 4 finals so far played in

the city of Munich so far, one in Allianz
Arena and previous 3 in Olympiastadion.
Chelsea won the finals in 2012, while the
previous 3 winners were Nottingam
Forest in 1979, Dortmund in 1997 and
Olympique Marseille in 1993.
What connects all these victories of
Munich?

A1.
Each final of UEFA played in Munich has
resulted in a first time winner.

Q2. FUNDA

A2. ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI

TOUCH MAP: 5 GOALS, 9
TOUCHES

Q3.

Previously, this record was held by

Chaminda Vaas, which he achieved
after playing 96 test matches.
During the course of this innings, India
achieved the landmark of having first 8
partnerships cross 50 runs, whiles
James Anderson conceded 180 runs.
This remained the only century by an
Indian batsman in that series of 2007.

A3. ANIL KUMBLES

CENTURY

Q4.
Following this series result, then popular
comedian, Rory Bremmer, sang a song
about the debacle in the song, N-nnineteen Not Out, in reference to the
average score of David Gower, the English
team captain, and average of most
English batsman by the end of the series.
Till this date, this remains the only
touring team to have achieved this feat.
Which team, and which tour?

A4. WEST INDIES TOUR OF

ENGLAND IN 1984

Q5. GIVE THE CONNECT.

PLAYER NAME.

2007
2010

2011: Logo of
Fleetwood FC
2015?

A5. JAMIE VARDY

Q6. IDENTIFY THE PLAYER

He made his Test debut, batting at the

7th position, against England.
He made vital partnerships with Sourav
Ganguly and Javagal Srinath, and was
on 95, when he nicked a delivery of
Chris Lewis.
5 runs from a debut century at Lords,
he walked before the umpire even gave
his decision.

A6.

Q7.
Till today, 5 English Sides have won the
UEFA Champions League.
4 of them are Manchester United,
Chelsea, Liverpool and Nottingham
Forest.
Name the 5th English side to have won the
UCL.

A7. ASTON VILLA

Q8.

Nicknamed the Black Spider, till this

date, he remains the only goalkeeper to
be awarded with the Ballon DOr.
With over 151 penalties saved in his
career and 270 clean sheets, he is
considered by many as the greatest
goalkeeper ever.
Spent his entire career playing at
Dynamo Moscow, who is this legendary
goalkeeper?

A8. LEV YASHIN

Q9. CONNECT

Mohammed Azaruddin
Greg Chappel
Bill Ponsford
RA Duff
Andy Ganteaume
Rodney Redmond

A9.
Only players to score a century on debut
and in their last innings.

Q10. WHATS BEEN

BLANKED OUT?

A10.

Q11.

A11.
Took two wickets of the last delivery in
this match, and went to World War II, and
never played First Class Cricket again,
thus remaining on hattrick for 72 years,
till his death in 2011.

Q12 . INEXHAUSTIVE
BUT VERY SMALL LIST.
CONNECT THE TWO.

William Henry
Ashdown (27
December 1898 15
September 1979)
was an English
cricketer, who first
played in 1914 and
later returned to
play again in 1947,
aged 48.

Dinkar Balwant
Deodhar (14
January 1892 24
August 1993) was
an Indian cricketer,
called Grand Old
Man of Indian
Cricket, and played
matches from 191148.

AA12.
The only two known cricketers to have
played cricket before World War I and
after World War 2.

FINALS

Both the team score is set to zero.

The first round is a list, based on the
points collected, the team with higher
points gets an advantage.
The 2nd round is a penalty shootout.

ROUND 5

Make a list of the current ICC top 10

ODI batsman, and top 10 ICC Test
bowlers.
Ranking can be in any order, but the
name should be in top 10.
For every correct name 5 points, and
for every 5 correct names, 10 points
bonus.

ANSWERS
1

D.W.
Steyn

SA

905

A.B. de
Villiers

SA

900

Yasir
Shah

PAK

827

V. Kohli

IND

804

J.M.
ENG
Anderson

824

788

S.C.J.
Broad

817

K.S.
NZ
Williamso
n

SL

781

T.A. Boult NZ

T.M.
Dilshan

M.G.
Johnson

H.M. Amla SA

776

IND

741

SA
V.D.
Philander

M.S.
Dhoni

S Dhawan IND

730

R.
Ashwin

760

R.L.
Taylor

NZ

728

H.M.R.K. SL
B. Herath

751

G.J.
Maxwell

AUS

717

10

T.G.
Southee

713

10

Q. de Kock SA

ENG

AUS

IND

NZ

814
773
770

715

PENALTY SHOOTOUT

10 auestions
10 seconds per question
The team with more points gets to pick if they want
to shoot or save.
The team that shoots get the question. After the
question is read, if the other team taps first and
answers correctly, its a save. If they answer
incorrectly, the other team gets a chance again.
The team on the direct, if they answer, its a score,
else its a missed penalty.
After 6 questions, if both teams are on level score,
rules of sudden death apply.

Q1.
Which football player has been
nicknamed Der Bomber?

A1.
Gerd Muller

Q2.
Which cricketer has been aptly
nicknamed Whispering Death?

A2.
Michael Holding

Q3.

Bob Crisp, a South African cricketer,

holds a unique distinction in first class
cricket, and he shares this honour in
the international arena with Lasith
Malinga.
What unique record?

A3.
4 wickets in 4 balls

Q4.
Name the most notable non-footballing
personality to have won the FIFA Order of
Merit, for bringing football back to a
nation suffering from ________.

A4.
Nelson Mandela

Q5.
If El Classico is played between Real
Madrid and Barcelona, which two teams
play the Superclasicao?

A5.
River Plate and Boca Juniors

Q6.
If India and Australia play the Border
Gavaskar trophy, which trophy does West
Indies and Australia play for?

A6.
Frank Worrell Trophy

Q7. IDENTIFY

A7.
Sudhir Mishra

Q8. IDENTIFY

A8.
Brazil Superfan: Clovio Fernandez.

Q9.
The Manzanares stadium, as it was
originally known, is situated in the heart
of Madrid. It was renamed after the
famous club president, to _________?

A9.
Vincente Caulderon (stadium of Atletico
Madrid)

Q10.
One of the most iconic cricket stadiums
of India, and even the world, it derives its
name from the sisters of Lord Auckland,
and a famous park in the city.

A10.
Eden Gardens.

THANK YOU!