General Knowledge Quiz

[OhNoAPacer]

"tghe" looks like an application of auto-incorrect.

My speciality

 

[DaleCooper]

Bonzo dog doo dah band.

Song called we are normal has line saying they dig bert weedon

Edited twice to put right tghe usually missed application of autocorrect

Tghe Gonzo Dog Zoo Day Band is autocorrect, your turn...

 

[OhNoAPacer]

In Sheffield Shield cricket the highest individual score us 452 not out by Don Bradman.
Who, with a score of 437, is the only other batsman to have a score over 400?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Bill Woodfull?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Bill Woodfull?

Not Bill Woodville.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

In scoring that 437 run score, did Bill Ponsford just surpass another over 400 score that he previously made.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

In scoring that 437 run score, did Bill Ponsford just surpass another over 400 score that he previously made.

Bill Pensford is the correct answer.

I was under the impression that the 452* and 437 were the only 400+ scores.

Whatever your turn to take your mark and prepare to bat the next question.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Keeping on with cricket, which wicket-keeper holds the record for the most number of stumpings in Test Match cricket and what is that number?

 

[Donny Dave]

MS Dhoni? No idea on the number though

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

MS Dhoni? No idea on the number though

The person concerned was in an earlier generation of cricketers.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

A complete guess Farokh Engineer 43

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Rod Marsh (Australia) with maybe 28 test stumpings?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A complete guess Farokh Engineer 43

Wrong continent and the person I seek stumped more than that/

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rod Marsh (Australia) with maybe 28 test stumpings?

Right area, but the person I need stumped almost twice that number.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Wally Grout 55

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wally Grout 55

That statement seemed wrong to me and on checking, he played in 51 Test Matches, but in those he only claimed a total of 24 stumpings.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

HINT....Whilst batting in a Test Match, the person who needs to be named got a top edge to a very fast delivery, resulting in a minor skull fracture and was carried off unconscious. Fortunately, no major after-effects were felt after a recovery period and he carried on playing at the top level.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Having run out of aussie wicketkeepers I withdrew from further attempts and looked this up. I must confess I had never heard of this player.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Having run out of aussie wicketkeepers I withdrew from further attempts and looked this up. I must confess I had never heard of this player.

I had first heard of him many years ago when reading of the skull fracture incident in a Test Match. He did play for his country over a time period span of 18 years.

If I had made note of a certain Test Match series that is part of cricketing history in the "hint" I mentioned, that would have given the game away.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Is this Bert Oldfield and the Bodyline series in (?) 1932/33 then?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Is this Bert Oldfield and the Bodyline series in (?) 1932/33 then?

You have the correct name but there is also the number of stumpings to be named, as stated in the set conundrum.

 

[SuspectUsual]

You have the correct name but there is also the number of stumpings to be named, as stated in the set conundrum.

Ah right, of course. About 90?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ah right, of course. About 90?

Far less than that. He almost averaged one stumping per Test Match in which he played.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

55

Just a few stumpings too many. The person concerned played in 54 test matches over a period of 18 years.

 

[SuspectUsual]

I ended up looking up the number of stumpings so that disqualifies me, but out of interest Bert Oldfield gets a mention in this song about Don Bradman, by Aussie music legend Paul Kelly

(Link to Bradman by Paul Kelly on youtube)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

This one has now gone on long enough. The wicket-keeper in question has been correctly named, so the answer to the second part is that Bert Oldfield had 52 stumpings in the 54 Test Matches in which he played from 1920 to 1937.

Open floor mow declared.

 

[CarltonA]

This one has now gone on long enough.

Open floor mow declared.

Which football club has held the FA Cup for the most consecutive years?

 

[Gloster]

Was it Portsmouth who won it in 1939 and it wasn’t competed for during the war?

 

[CarltonA]

Was it Portsmouth who won it in 1939 and it wasn’t competed for during the war?

Yes it was, I suspected that one wouldn't last too long. Your turn to take to the field.

 

[Gloster]

Yes it was, I suspected that one wouldn't last too long. Your turn to take to the field.

That was local, rather than football, knowledge. However…

With what record did a British national football team on its own achieve the highest chart position for a British team’s single?