FUNDAMENTALS
Not all cricketers have the luxury of becoming coaches and commentators after their retirement. Take this quiz on after lives of famous international cricketers. The quiz has been compiled by U.N. Murthy of Secunderabad. Write in with your suggestions, questions (with answers) to senjam@gmail.com
LIFE AFTER CRICKET
1. This right arm fast bowler played first class cricket for Maharashtra and 21 ODIs for India and one Test match for India. He gave up cricket due to a bone tumour in his left shin bone. He later became an actor. His latest being Karmaphal data Shani in which he played the role of Surya Dev the Sun God and father of Shani. Identify. 2. Which DSP in Haryana Police had his moment of glory when he helped India win the T20 World Cup by bowling the last over in the finals against Pakistan? 3. Vance Vivian is one of New Zealand’s most famous menswear store. Started in 1924, the family that runs the store has produced two cricketers. Bob Vance played 41 first-class matches for Wellington and was also chairman of New Zealand Cricket. His son Bert Vance played four Tests and eight ODIs for New Zealand. However, he is better known for an infamous distinction. What? 4. This Kiwi fast bowler was hit on the head by a bouncer in a Test match against England. He almost died on the field. He later recovered, enough to resume his Test career. After retirement, he tried lawn mowing, worked at a dairy farm, courier company and as a salesman in a chip shop. Now he is a driver for Corporate Cabs in Wellington. Identify. 5. With his family business Entrack International, which cricketer introduced the luxury Mont Blanc pens to India in the 1990s as their exclusive distributor? 6. The most famous medical representative of an Australian orthopaedic devices company named Orthotec is a New Zealand cricketer. Name this former all-rounder. 7. Which cricketer who had to leave his country after receiving death threats tried his hands at various things including singing? His first album was called Aurelia. 8. This New Zealand allrounder retired in 2006 due to chronic knee problem. However, match fixing charges caught up with him and he became bankrupt after a series of legal battles. He later ended up washing bus shelters and doubling up as a truck driver. Name this former Wisden Cricketer of the year.
ANYTHING GOES
1. Which company is the official pen supplier to the White House? (Cdr G.R. Balakrishnan (Retd), Chennai) 2. In International Cricket, which batsman was declared LBW for the first time by the third umpire? (BK Harinath, Mysuru) 3. Nomophobia is the fear of being without which popular contraption? (Partha Sarkar, Kolkata) 4. Bathukamma is a colourful and vibrant festival and celebrated by women with flowers that grow exclusively in each region. This festival is a symbol of this state’s cultural identity. Bathukamma comes during the latter half of monsoon, before the onset of winter. The monsoon rains usually brings plenty of water into the fresh water ponds and it is also the time when wild flowers bloom in various vibrant colours all across the uncultivated and barren plains of the region. Name the State. (Philip Joshua, Secunderabad) 5. The first socialist to be the mayor of Bombay is credited with having come up with the catchphrase ‘Simon go back’ in protest against the allBritish Simon Commission. Name him. (Dee Surendranath, Hyderabad) 6. The Jewish festival of lights commemorates the rededication of the Holy temple in Jerusalem at the time of Maccabean revolt from 167 to 160 BC. Name this festival. (U.N. Murthy, Secunderabad) 7. The fear of elderly is called Gerontophobia and the fear of children is called paedophobia. What name is given to fear of teenagers? (Partha Sarkar, Kolkata) 8. Name the UkrainianAmerican artist who is known for his animation of Grumpy in Snow White and Seven Dwarfs,
Pinocchio
Dumbo? (Rajeev G. Pillai, Kochi)