Quiz time

By Ged
February 7 2005

Ged presents a winter warmer in the form of an MTWD quiz. Beware of the Middx angle (or not in many cases) – it might be there to deceive or to help you. Ged is offering a small prize of the readable kind for the person who submits the best set of answers. So don’t be shy, read the quiz and apply.

This MTWD quiz comprises 15 multiple choice questions and a tie breaker. Answers should be submitted to david.slater@middx.tk no later than 16th February 2005. The prize will be a suitably chosen book courtesy of Ged. The answers and winner will be published on or around 17th February 2005.

1) Name the only cricketer to have died while actually playing cricket at Lord’s

a) George Summers

b) Andy Ducat

c) John Platts

d) Phil Tufnell

2) "So dull is he, tapes of [his] delivery should be sold in Mothercare as a sleeping aid for fractious toddlers" About whom was this quote made?

a) Mark Ramprakash

b) Mike Gatting

c) Charles Coleville

d) Bob Willis

3) About whom is the following quote: “I dare meet Surrey in a wilderness, and spit upon him, whilst I say he lies, and lies, and lies”

a) Mark Ramprakash

b) Ben Scott

c) Duke of Surrey

d) Charles Coleville

4) Name the Australian cricketer who bears a tattoo reading 356, supposedly to denote that he was the 356^th player for Australia, despite the fact that he was actually Oz’s player No 357?

a) Justin Langer

b) Glenn McGrath

c) Shane Warne

d) Michael Slater

5) Who is currently the only player whose name appears on honours boards in both the home and visitors dressing room at Lord’s?

a) Desmond Haynes

b) Gordon Greenidge

c) Viv Richards

d) Alvin Kallicharran

6) Name the former Middlesex and England player who was crowned “King of the Jungle” in a popular television programme (take care with this question)

a) Phil Tuffnell

b) Mike Gatting

c) John Embury

d) All of the above

7) Who sports the middle names “Alexei McNamara”

a) Wayne Daniel

b) Ashley Noffke

c) Nixon McLean

d) Fanie de Villiers

8) Which England captain reputedly hummed tunes from Beethoven string quartets and the like while at the wicket?

a) Mike Brearley

b) Michael Atherton