A Presentation on Cricket World Cup Quiz preliminary round conducted by me at IIIT Hyderabad

1. The First ball...
Player 'X' Continued from where he left in
2011(bowling the last ball of that World Cup) to
bowl the first ball of 2015 World Cup.
Player 'Y' was the batsman who faced it in 2015
World Cup.
Identify 'X' and 'Y'.

2. X – Nuwan Kulasekara
Y – Martin Guptill

3. A Great Opener...
Adam Gilchrist is unarguably one of the best openers in Cricket
History. His knock of 149 the in 2007 world cup finals is
considered as one of the best knocks in finals. What is he
pointing to in the below image?

4. A Squash ball that he had used in the gloves for
cushioning.

5. No. 3
The first World Cup Century for India in an India
vs Pakistan World Cup match was scored by?

7. Mauka Mauka...
In first of the series of the famous 'mauka' ad
released by Star Sports, The location of the guy
also shown along with the ad. Which city it is?

9. How many?
How many man of the match awards has
Sachin Tendulkar got agianst Pakistan in World
Cups?

11. Whose words are these?
“I would say that that day was meant to be my day.
I just couldn't do anything wrong. I think that was
the best day of my cricket life. In fact, the best day
in my life. We went on to win the tournament of
course, but in that match, I pulled my team out of
the dumps and set it on the winning path with that
innings of 175 [not out]. That gave all of us the
confidence that we could win from any situation; no
matter who comes our way, we could win.”

13. Effort in vain
Who scored the highest runs for India in the
2003 world cup final against Australia?

15. Refree?
Who was the match referee who awarded the
1996 World Cup semi Final to Sri Lanka after
the crowd at the Eden Garden rioted?

16. Clive Lloyd

17. Flying... not a bird though...
Identify the superhuman fielder and the
batsman from the following pic?

18. Jonty Rhodes and Inzamam-Ul-Haq

19. Captain ?
Who has captained India in most number of
world cups?

21. Locations?
Ahmedabad -> Mohali -> Mumbai
What does this signify?

22. Venues of India's knock-out
matches in 2011 World Cup

23. Free Hit
Who is the highest run-getter for India in World
Cups?

24. Do you even need the answer for
this???

25. Bouncer
Player 'X' of the United Arab Emirates, broad-shouldered, standing
with a dense mop of black hair tucked under a broad-brimmed floppy
hat,no helmet, taking guard to face 'Y' – on his first ball in his maiden
World Cup.
It was a sight that angered the South Africans, already bothered by
the 40-degree heat in Rawalpindi, who wanted to wrap up the match
as soon as possible.Was it a slight to the fast man’s ego to watch an
Associate player showing no respect by walking out helmetless? The
next ball was a perfect on-the-money bouncer: he could not really
duck, he sort of stood up and just flinched. It really hit flush on his
head. The ball almost came back to 'Y', that’s how hard it hit him. His
hat fell off. At the end he told he was fine.
Identify 'X' and 'Y'.

26. X - Sultan Zarawani
Y – Alan Donald

27. Connect

28. Only teams to have won the world
cup more than once

29. Put Funda and Fill
1996 Sachin Tendulkar ?
1999 ? Geoff Allot and ?
2003 Sachin Tendulkar Chaminda Vass
2007 Mathew Hayden ?
2011 ? Shahid Afridi and ?

30. 1996 Sachin Tendulkar Anil Kumble
1999 Rahul Dravid Geoff Allot and Shane
Warne
2003 Sachin Tendulkar Chaminda Vass
2007 Mathew Hayden Glenn McGrath
2011 Tilakaratne Dilshan Shahid Afridi and Zaheer
Khan