🧠 The Ashes Quiz

Question

1easyThe Ashes is a Test cricket rivalry contested between England and which other nation?

Answer 1

💡 Australia

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The Ashes is indeed the Test cricket rivalry between England and Australia, one of the oldest and most celebrated rivalries in sport, dating back to 1882.

Answer 2

💡 A bail

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The Ashes urn is traditionally said to contain the ashes of a bail (though some accounts suggest it may be a ball or even a veil). However, the bail is the overwhelmingly dominant and conventionally accepted answer, and the question's description of 'a small piece of cricket equipment that sits atop the stumps' correctly and unambiguously describes a bail.

Answer 3

💡 5

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A full Ashes series consists of 5 Test matches, a format that has been standard for the series for well over a century, with each match lasting up to 5 days.

Answer 4

💡 Pat Cummins

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Pat Cummins did captain Australia in the 2023 Ashes series in England, which ended 2–2, allowing Australia to retain the Ashes as the holders. It was the first drawn Ashes series since 1972.

Answer 5

💡 Lord's

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The Ashes urn is permanently held at the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Museum at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, and is not presented to the winning team — it stays at Lord's regardless of the series result. This is a well-known and interesting fact about the Ashes. All checks pass.

Answer 6

💡 Michael Vaughan

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Michael Vaughan did captain England to a 2–1 Ashes victory in 2005, a series widely regarded as one of the greatest in cricket history. England had not won the Ashes since 1987, making the victory particularly celebrated.

Answer 7

💡 Don Bradman

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Don Bradman scored 334 at Headingley in 1930, which was a world record Test score at the time. However, the question describes him as an 'Australian batting legend', which is accurate, and all other facts check out.

Answer 8

💡 Jim Laker

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Jim Laker took 19 wickets in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford in 1956, finishing with match figures of 19 for 90 — 9 for 37 in the first innings and 10 for 53 in the second. This remains a world record in all Test cricket. All facts in the question are accurate.

Answer 9

💡 Bill Woodfull

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Woodfull made the remark to Pelham Warner when Warner visited the Australian dressing room after Woodfull himself had been struck over the heart by a Larwood delivery. The comment caused a sensation and became one of the most famous exchanges of the entire Bodyline series.

Answer 10

💡 Botham's Ashes

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The 1981 Ashes series, dubbed 'Botham's Ashes,' saw England recover from 1–0 down to win 3–1, with Botham's iconic innings of 149 not out at Headingley being the centrepiece of the comeback.