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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by Neil Graham » Mon Jun 28, 2021 8:13 pm

ThomasEvans wrote:
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In a pub quiz I once had the question "Vladimir Kramnik was a world champion in chess, and in which other game?" - the answer was given as Tiddlywinks. I never did find any citation to that claim.
I can remember the late Benny Hill reporting that he had been disqualified from the World Tiddlywink championship because he tiddled when he should have winked.

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by Richard Thursby » Tue Jun 29, 2021 10:23 pm

Taking my cue from the question about Vladimir Kramnik, I wonder whether the following has been set as pub quiz question in some form.

Prior to 2010 (or 2017 if you think that Twenty20 is biffing and not cricket, or 2019 if you also insist on a male), who was England's only World Cup winning first class cricketer?

Nothing to do with chess, sorry. I am also half expecting that someone will point out that my expected answer is in fact worthy of -10 points from Sandi Toksvig.

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by Roger de Coverly » Tue Jun 29, 2021 10:47 pm

Richard Thursby wrote:
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who was England's only World Cup winning first class cricketer?
If you are the right age, that's a fairly easy one.

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by Richard Thursby » Tue Jun 29, 2021 11:40 pm

My inability at answering pub quizzes is only exceeded by my inability to set challenging pub quiz questions.

It was only afterwards that I realised there is a second meaning to "World Cup winning" relating to the person concerned (although some may argue that it was "won" by an official born in the same city as a World Chess Champion).

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by MJMcCready » Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:08 am

Would 'Which former world chess champion had a bottle smashed over his head in a restaurant in Havana Cuba in 66?' qualify as a good pub quiz question? Anyone care to answer?

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:10 am

It was the one and only Misha, of course. Womaniser, alcoholic, and transcendent chess genius.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by MJMcCready » Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:22 am

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
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It was the one and only Misha, of course. Womaniser, alcoholic, and transcendent chess genius.
Indeed. His baldy bonce took a bashing there.

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Wed Jun 30, 2021 3:20 pm

Not sure if he was bald at 30, might have started thinning on top then.
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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by Gerard Killoran » Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:06 pm

Roger de Coverly wrote:
Tue Jun 29, 2021 10:47 pm
Richard Thursby wrote:
Tue Jun 29, 2021 10:23 pm
who was England's only World Cup winning first class cricketer?
If you are the right age, that's a fairly easy one.
He got a hat trick for England, but scored no runs and took no wickets in his only county cricket appearance for Essex.

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:03 pm

Geoff Hurst

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:06 pm

This is the sort of question that leads into the linguistic question of whether an adjective phrase like "World Cup-winning" can be separated from the noun phrase that follows it.

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by MJMcCready » Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:10 pm

Can you name which Russian GM is a huge fan of cricket?

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:12 pm

Peter Svidler. This once played a part in the opening ceremony at Gibraltar.

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by MJMcCready » Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:21 pm

Yeah, can't quite remember who first invited him to county cricket matches, suspect it was Short but not sure.

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Re: Pub Quiz Question

Post by David Sedgwick » Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:39 pm

MJMcCready wrote:
Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:21 pm
Yeah, can't quite remember who first invited him to county cricket matches, suspect it was Short but not sure.
Peter Svidler himself confirmed to me that it was Nigel Short who sparked his interest in cricket.

I am not sure about the invitations to county matches though. Short has lived abroad for nearly thirty years.

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