Sir Don Bradman Quiz

1. Which country did Sir Don Bradman represent?

1. Australia
2. England
3. New Zealand
4. South Africa

2. What is Bradman's legendary Test batting average?

1. 100.00
2. 75.20
3. 88.50
4. 99.94

3. Bradman needed just four runs in his final Test innings to average 100, but he made what?

1. A century
2. A duck (0)
3. A fifty
4. Four runs

4. What is Bradman's popular nickname?

1. The Don
2. The Master
3. The Prince
4. The Wall

5. England's 1932-33 tactic designed specifically to stop Bradman was called?

1. Bodyline
2. Bouncerline
3. Fastline
4. Legline

6. In which era did Bradman dominate cricket?

1. The 1900s
2. The 1930s-1940s
3. The 1960s
4. The 1980s

7. Bradman's Test average is roughly how far ahead of the next-best batsmen?

1. About 40 runs higher
2. About 5 runs higher
3. Slightly lower
4. The same

8. Bradman was later knighted, becoming known as?

1. Baron Bradman
2. Lord Bradman
3. Sir Bradley Don
4. Sir Donald Bradman

9. Bradman practised as a boy by hitting a golf ball with a stump against what?

1. A brick wall
2. A fence
3. A tree
4. A water tank

10. Bradman played the majority of his career in which format?

1. One Day
2. T20
3. Test cricket
4. The Hundred

11. Bradman's dominance was against which main rival nation in the Ashes?

1. England
2. India
3. South Africa
4. West Indies

12. Bradman scored his runs at a remarkable rate, often making what in a single day?

1. Double and triple centuries
2. Ducks
3. Half-centuries at most
4. Only singles

13. Bradman's career was interrupted by which global event?

1. A cricket ban
2. A players' strike
3. The Great Depression only
4. The Second World War

14. Bradman is from which country's cricketing pantheon as its greatest?

1. Australia
2. England
3. India
4. Pakistan

15. Bradman later served cricket as an influential what?

1. Administrator and selector
2. Broadcaster only
3. Groundsman
4. Umpire

16. The 'Bodyline' series caused a diplomatic row between Australia and which country?

1. England
2. India
3. New Zealand
4. South Africa

17. Bradman's statistical dominance is often cited as the greatest in the history of any what?

1. Board game
2. Card game
3. Sport
4. Video game

18. Bradman captained Australia during part of his career with great what?

1. Controversy only
2. Failure
3. Indifference
4. Success

19. Bradman passed away in which year, aged 92?

1. 1990
2. 1995
3. 2001
4. 2008

20. Bradman remains the benchmark against which all what are measured?

1. Batsmen
2. Bowlers
3. Captains only
4. Wicketkeepers