Tuesday 30 November 2010

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 198

An easy one for the day.

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Identify these two gentlemen whose names commemorate whenever rain threatens to wash away the game.

I made it super easy, didn’t i?

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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SEVENTEEN answers! You guys just gave me a HUUUGE boost! And yes, folks! These are indeed Messrs Duckworth and Lewis, whose system we use to determine how many runs the team batting second has to score in a certain number of overs, and some such calculations, in order to win!

17 comments:

  1. duckworth and lewis

    Girish

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  2. You made it easy, but nice question though.
    Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis. (Incidentally this Lewis is not the one who led MCC, although both are namesakes).

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  3. Duckward and Lewis,
    for the Duckward lewis method to decide the game when rain interrupts play for long...........

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  4. Duckworth and lewis........!!!the mathematicians....

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  5. duckworth and louis (dont know the first names!)

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  6. messrs Duckworth and Lewis..that was easy..

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  7. duckworth-lewis



    --------------------v.chandrashekar

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  8. ur hint gave it away...duckworth n lewis

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  9. duckworth-lewis..!! :-)

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  10. Duckworth and Lewis. The reason why results of matches affected by rain are now even more complex and difficult to understand than they might have been earlier. Or logically.

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