Often tourists would be confronted
and bowled over in a pacy wicket at Perth – in Nov 1981, the Aussies batting
first were bowled out for 180 but struck back strongly dismissing Pakis for 62 –
Dennis Lillee, the menace had figures of 9-3-18-5 while Terry Alderman took
4/36. Australia went on to win that
match by 286 runs.
Every heard of - Ichthyology
– do you know what is that associated with it ? ; There is a blog ‘DadREads’ on what the person
reads to tell his children – and one post goes : other day I was flicking through Richard
Scarry's Busiest Fire Fighters Ever, a Little Golden Book from the early 90s. And
I noticed that these frightened looking pigs seem to be under attack from giant
pieces of bacon. And one of the pigs is named Smokey. .. .. .. ..
‘Naan ready – Neenga Readiya ?” –
was the poser to audience by Sarathkumar…. many years ago ! Do you remember the show “Koteeswaran”
featuring the actor in Sun TV on the lines of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepathi’ ? Koteeswaran is common name – a Hindu name
after Lord Easwar; one denoting unlimited riches. ‘koti’ is crore and the one named so is blessed
to possess crores of values… way back in 1955 there was a Sivaji Ganesan /
Padmini starrer produced by Sri Ganesh Movietone with background score by G
Ramanathan. KBC itself was made after –
who wants to be a Millionaire
Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire? Was aired in Australia too –
the game show offered a maximum cash
prize of $1,000,000 for answering 15 successive multiple-choice questions of
increasing difficulty as a team. The show was based on and followed the same
general format of the original version of the show from the United Kingdom, and
is part of the international Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Today at WACA,
Australia ended the day at 549/4 with Steve Smith 229*, M Marsh 181* going
great guns giving a lead of 146 runs. Brydon Coverdale covering the match
for ESPN writes : It would be hard to
imagine a day of greater Australian dominance than this one. It was a day on
which Steven Smith made his second Test double-century, Mitchell Marsh scored
his maiden Test hundred, England claimed just a single wicket and Australia
piled on 346 runs. A day that began with Australia trailing by 200 finished
with them 146 runs in front, and with a realistic chance of pushing for victory
- and the urn - over the next two days. Remind us why Australia would want to
move Ashes Tests away from the WACA?
pic credit : guardian.co.uk
But a caveat is
necessary, for it was not a day that necessarily ended England's campaign. The
pitch remains good for batting - that is stating the obvious - and there is
rain forecast over the next two days in Perth. It remains very possible that
England will escape from this match with a draw, and as the holders of the Ashes,
that would keep them alive in the series. Alive, but demoralised. They might
have known that Smith could score a mountain of runs, but Mitchell Marsh eyeing
off a Test double-century by stumps? They'd have been more likely to expect the
Spanish Inquisition. This was a day that can best be illustrated by the
numbers, and at the close of play, the numbers were these: Smith was on 229,
Marsh was on 181, and Australia had 4 for 549. Hundreds were also piling up in
England's bowling analysis: Craig Overton, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad and Moeen
Ali had all conceded centuries by the close of play, and if James Anderson -
currently at 0 for 85 - joins them on the fourth day, it will be just the
eighth time in Test history that a team has had five or more bowlers concede
100 in the same innings.
The man at the start,
writer - Brydon Coverdale is an
Australian quiz personality best known for being one of the "Chasers"
on The Chase Australia, where he is nicknamed "The Shark". Prior
to The Chase Australia, Coverdale appeared on several other Australian quiz
programs, including, Million Dollar Minute, where he won $307,000 in 2014. He
became the first grand champion of Pass the Buck where he won $38,788 in 2002.
He also won a total of $32,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and appeared in many other Quiz shows. Coverdale is a reporter and assistant editor
at ESPNcricinfo, a news website exclusively for cricket. Coverdale is married to Zoe in Eltham, and they have a daughter named
Heidi. Coverdale also runs a blog named DadReads, discussing children's books
he has read to his daughter.
The Cricket writer
Brydon Coverdale scored himself $307,000
on the Channel 7 quiz show Million Dollar Minute. In 2014, on that day, with just two seconds left on the clock the
Victorian local fluked the last question to take home the biggest cash payday
in the history of afternoon game shows on Australian TV. “I really did not know
the answer so I went with my gut feeling,” he said. “My wife Zoe is going to be
speechless…I think I owe it to her to take her on a second honeymoon - a luxury
tropical holiday.”
Inquisitive to know
what the 5 Questions were ? : Final 5
questions:
1. Ichthyology is the study of what?
Ichthyology also
known as fish science, is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish.
This includes bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes),
and jawless fish (Agnatha).
2. In what year was
the GST introduced? (in Australia in
2000)
3. Which Olympic
sport has provided Australia with the most gold medals? (Swimming)
4. Mickey Rourke was
critically acclaimed for which 2008 movie? (The Wrestler)
5. On what part of
the body do you wear espadrilles? (Feet)
Interesting !!
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
16th Dec
2017.
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