Sports Quiz

[Ready]

Yousuf Youhana

 

[marella jube]

You're on strike again,Ready.....

 

[Ready]

Three players have registered both a century and a duck on their Test debut. Name them.

 

[jb03]

Gundappa Viswanath, Andrew Hudson, Mohammad Wasim

 

[Ready]

Had to go to Cricinfo after all

:rotfl

Correct you are, J. M. Brearley

 

[jb03]

'Sphairistike' was an old, word of Greek origin that meant/related to what commonly known sport?

 

[Legends of 2017]

tennis

 

[jb03]

Yep

 

[Legends of 2017]

What is the most Test innings played by a batsman without being dismissed for a duck and who was the batsman?

 

[Bill James]

105 Keppler Wessels

 

[Legends of 2017]

No

 

[Bill James]

44 James Burke. Wessels holds the record for ODI :-[

 

[Legends of 2017]

No. I probably should clarify. It doesn't mean no ducks in a career, just most innings without/before/between scoring a duck.

 

[Otis]

david gower 119 between 1982 and 1991

 

[Legends of 2017]

yes

 

[Otis]

name the top 6 formula 1 drivers in order of "fastest lap" race records.

 

[Otis]

name the top 6 formula 1 drivers in order of "fastest lap" race records.

by this i mean the AMOUNT of fastest laps over their careers in the history of F1.

 

[Bill James]

Driver                            Races  F/Laps
Schumacher, Michael        162    44
Prost, Alain                       199     37
Mansell, Nigel                   187    30
Clark, Jim                          72   28
Lauda, Niki                       170     25
Fangio, Juan Manuel          51    23

 

[Otis]

Driver Races F/Laps
Schumacher, Michael 162 44
Prost, Alain 199 37
Mansell, Nigel 187 30
Clark, Jim 72 28
Lauda, Niki 170 25
Fangio, Juan Manuel 51 23

your stats are out of date, schumie has raced a lot since then... and so far you have 5 out of 6 (Fangio is 7th all time)

 

[Bill James]

1 Michael Schumacher
2 Alain Prost
3 Nigel Mansell
4 Jim Clark
5 Mika Häkkinen
6 Niki Lauda