The Ashes quiz

So, have you been paying attention over the last seven weeks? If so, here’s a chance to test your Ashes acumen with our very latest quiz. Please enter your answers below – or, to avoid seeing any spoilers, e-mail them to maxie@thefulltoss.com . Good luck!

1 Which two bowlers took, respectively, the first and last wickets to fall during the series? For a bonus half point each, who were the batsmen?

2 Ashley Kerekes, an American woman who achieved notoriety during the series, was given which nickname by her boyfriend?

3 Four Australians – tee hee – were run out during the series, but only one of them wasn’t an opening batsman. Who?

4 Which notable event in the life of Ruby Luxe – sister of Lola Rose – took place on 8th December?

5 Which of these is not  a member of England’s backroom staff: David Saker, Richard Halsall, Jack Richards, Huw Bevan and Kirk Russell?

6 Chris Tremlett was often known by which nickname, until it was banned by Surrey coach Chris Adams?

7 Vic Flowers regularly appeared on screen during coverage of the series. By which name is he better known?

8 The melody to which folk song, thought to have first been recorded in 1927, became a prominent feature of the Ashes series?

9 When Peter Siddle claimed his hat-trick at the Gabba, he was the first to achieve that feat in an Ashes test since which bowler, at which ground, in which year – and the first Australian since whom?

10 David Hasselhoff made a guest appearance at the Sydney test. But which celebrity was present in the England dressing room at Melbourne in 1986, to share the side’s previous triumph down under?

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