The Line & Length Monday XI
It's a Bank Holiday in England and Wales today, so apologies for putting the weekly quiz up late but I've been pursuing the national sport of sitting in traffic on a motorway (you can keep your cycling gold medals, congestion is where we really excel).
Anyway, here are the usual XI testers. This week no multiple choice, but can you identify the well-known cricketers from their unusual middle names? As a clue I've put their nationality and the initial of their first name. Answers on Wednesday...
Question 1 M Ravin... (England)
Question 2 S Rodger... (Australia)
Question 3 S Manohar... (India)
Question 4 H Herman... (South Africa)
Question 5 C Hubert... (West Indies)
Question 6 RG Dylan... (England)
Question 7 F Sewards... (England)
Question 8 D Ivon... (England)
Question 9 SC Glyndwr... (Australia)
Question 10 G St Aubrun... (West Indies)
Question 11 H Hilton... (Zimbabwe)
Well done mark and nimrod, that is the correct XI
Posted by: Patrick Kidd | 27 Aug 2008 17:32:47
11. is Streak....have just cheated by checking on Wikipedia.
Great quiz!
Posted by: Nimrod | 27 Aug 2008 14:58:41
1. Ramprakash
2. Waugh
3. Gavaskar
4. Gibbs
5. Lloyd
6. Willis
7. Trueman
8. Gower
9. MacGill
10. Sobers
11. Streak
nice quiz!
Posted by: Mark | 27 Aug 2008 10:15:15
Steve J, you've got five right. Nimrod and the other Steve, you've got ten right but not the same ten...
Posted by: Patrick Kidd | 27 Aug 2008 10:11:39
SCGlyndwr had got me stumped (sorry) Pretty sute I've got the rest
Posted by: James East | 27 Aug 2008 10:11:11
1) Ramps
2) Waugh
3) Tendulkar
4) Gibbs
5) Lloyd
6) Willis
7) Trueman
8) Gower
9) MacGill
10) Sobers
11) Streak
Posted by: Steve | 27 Aug 2008 09:53:05
My guesses are:
1. Ramprakash
2. Waugh
3. Gavaskar
4. Gibbs
5. Lloyd
6. Willis
7. Trueman
8. Gower
9. MacGill
10. Sobers
11. Olongo
Posted by: Nimrod | 27 Aug 2008 09:34:30
Guesses:
1. Ramprakash
2. Waugh
3. Tendulkar
4. Gibbs
5. Gayle
6. ?
7. ?
8. Gower
9 ?
10. Sobers
11. ?
Posted by: Steve Jacks | 27 Aug 2008 04:05:42
Good ones Baz. I think the first two are clear, but you've missed a couple of initials on the third one. I think it should be WPUJCV, with the first four initials (the ones he doesn't use) being Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph... Get your tongue round that!
Posted by: Patrick Kidd | 26 Aug 2008 11:15:57
Just a thought: what about first names that aren't used? Here are two to start you off, with the rest of their initials:
Isaac (West Indies - IVAR)
Michael (England - MCC)
and if you can find anyone who knows what UJ stands for you're a better man than I (UJCV - Sri Lanka)
Posted by: baz | 26 Aug 2008 11:01:52