+cincol Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Come on GR - waiting 5 days for the answer now!!! That's just not cricket! Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 I am also burning to find out what the answer is, but have stopped at the temptation of googeling for it. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Come on GR - waiting 5 days for the answer now!!! That's just not cricket! Alrighty then Every pub quiz has an off the wall question, so here it is (well I think so at least) Proved right it seems However I thought it was fascinating enough to share and you never know which trivia boffs are out there, or just happened to be watching some TV. The answer is Trobriand Cricket, and any number of players can compete. It is played on the Trobriand Islands (today officially known as the Kiriwina Islands). The game was also featured on BBC's Last Man Standing Series 1. Trobriand cricket refers to a unique version of the ball-and-bat sport cricket played by the Trobriand Islanders. They were first exposed to the game by Christian missionaries, who thought the game would discourage war among the natives. However, the game was quickly adapted to Trobriand culture by expanding the number of players, adding dances and chanting, and modifying the bats and balls. Since war between groups on the island was banned, cricket began to incorporate many of the traditional practices associated with war for the Trobriand people. The game also reflects the objects of powers introduced to the islands by its British colonizers and American troops during World War II. In the Trobriand Islands, kayasa is a form of obligatory, competitive activity done traditionally in the form of ritual warfare. Warfare with spears was replaced by cricket, as a peaceful way of continuing kayasa. Trobriand cricket has been altered such that the home team is always the winner. There are no restrictions as to how many players on a team; thus, a team can have as many as 40 or 50 players. Before the match, the ball and bats are given to a local spiritual leader who blesses the equipment for good luck. Also, this leader works on ensuring good weather. Before the match, each team practices chants and dances to be performed at various times throughout the game. Each out is followed by a celebratory dance, choreographed by the opposing team. These dances often have special meaning, commenting on the prowess of the team, their superior skills, or mocking the other team. These dances may also have sexual innuendos and erotic themes. Bowling is done underarm (as in softball), rather than overarm as in international cricket. This change came about because underhanded-bowled balls are less painful if they contact with a player. There are ritual entrance and exit dances. One team had a mascot dressed as a tourist (dressed in bright colors, stopping in front of the performances to get a “close-up” view with his pretend binoculars). At the end of the match, there is an exchange of food, with the home team putting on the feast. Other Trobriand changes to cricket include the following: The visiting teams bats first The bat and ball are not regular Teams bowl alternately from each end of the pitch Scoring varies considerably — for example, six runs are scored by a lost ball or by hitting the ball over a tree (compare to the standard boundary rules) The umpire is from the batting side, and when sides change the umpire does as well Rather than with the awarding of trophies, games conclude with a feast put on by the home team. Today, cricket holds special meaning for the local population of the Trobriands. It has evolved to take on warlike aspects. For example, bowling is similar to spear throwing. Also, players’ bodies are decorated in bright colors and designs, similar to those displayed by warriors. The field entry and exit dances take on a warlike formation. Was pretty interesting to watch. When a player is caught, they perform the Octopus dance which looks like a Haka type dance and the words "The octopus is very sticky! The ball sticks in my hand! In my hand!" are chanted. Kirri-kikkit (?) As many as you like (an entire village?) Kilikiti aka Samoan cricket has some similarities to Trobriand Cricket. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Ok one last flyer - otherwise we'll accept defeat and you can take a bow and send us another question: How about "Howzat" Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 So where do we stand now? Are we going to get a new question GR? Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 So where do we stand now? Are we going to get a new question GR? Are you ready for the quickfire round.... Fingers on those buzzers now Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Which team has made the most number of appearances in the ICC Champions Trophy final, including when it was known as the ICC Knockout tournament in 1998? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 West Indies? BTW: What's the previous answer? Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 West Indies? BTW: What's the previous answer? Correct Answer is a few posts above this Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Who was "Happy Harry Singh"? Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Who was "Happy Harry Singh"? Heh heh, that's going back some years Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Who was "Happy Harry Singh"? Heh heh, that's going back some years Got to keep those granedelchs fresh in this pruit and begetable store! Quote Link to comment
+Team Ginger Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Ek dink dis voor my tyd... Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Ek dink dis voor my tyd... Hierdies was saterdagoggend - so jy was seker saterdagmiddag ??? Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Must have been the grocery store manager in some SA sitcom? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 nope - not really Quote Link to comment
+Bouts777 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Sounds like someone's thoughts during a parliament sitting. Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 First Indian to run the Comrades Marathon? Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) Who was "Happy Harry Singh"? Heh heh, that's going back some years Got to keep those granedelchs fresh in this pruit and begetable store! CLUE = Saturday mornings on Springbok Radio!! Edited March 19, 2009 by cincol Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Springbok Radio? I =tThink I might still have a record of the "Springbok Top 40's" or something like that somewhere. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Nope - no one there yet. Perhaps "Next Stop Makouvlei" or more recently "Broekies and Plaatjies"? Quote Link to comment
+Team Ginger Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Sien, ek sê mos dis voor my tyd.... Springbok Radio... wie's hulle? My ma het ook 'n plaat met 'Springbok Hits' of so iets.. Ek het maar gaan Google... ek sien nou wat aangaan. Oulike vraag, maar julle diskrimineer teen ons 'jonges' met sulke 'Golden Oldies' hehehehehehehe no hard feelings! Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 PIP FREEDMAN.... groan am i that old... Man i remember listening to Springbok radio so much when i was a kid. Quote Link to comment
Geoff Ogden Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 One of the 'Biltong and Potroast' actors - the one that sold vegetables: Mel Miller Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 PIP FREEDMAN.... groan am i that old... Man i remember listening to Springbok radio so much when i was a kid. Well done wazat - Carbon Hunter asked me to congratulate you as he is otherwise indisposed at the moment without 'Net access. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Pip freedman passed away at a ripe old age a few years back - 2003 - apparently he was working to the end, reviewing some new comic material on his death bed, and even making jokes with the paramedics who came to take him to hospital. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Sien, ek sê mos dis voor my tyd.... Springbok Radio... wie's hulle? My ma het ook 'n plaat met 'Springbok Hits' of so iets.. As an aside... nostalgia trip Who can forget those albums, apparently the inspiration behind the naming of the band Springbok Nude Girls. Anyway, those youngsters that recall the Chappies Chipmunk Club and Jet Jungle and the older members like Wazat that recall the aforementioned The Pip Freedman Show and The Men from the Ministry etc... All is not lost. Sprinbok Radio is available live on audio streaming here Back to the quiz Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Yup Pip worked right to the end - he lived in Pinelands near Cape Town with his family and was into doing shows for charity as well - he was at one stage billed as the Prince of Pinelands, this when Hout Bay declared themselves a republic and issued their own passports - oops that could have been the next question. Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I see that he passed away.... shame. Good to see he was joking to the end. OK here goes: It was not much success as a television series by the name of "Big City Heat" but as a radio series it was a huge success. What was the name of the radio series. It starred people such as Clive Scott, Dale Cutts, Patrick Mynhardt and Gordon Mulholland. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Could it be Squad Cars? (was going to mention this in my previous post, it was a classic) Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 How about Squad Cars? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Oops too slw - how about Inspector Carr investigates Quote Link to comment
+anlufu Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Inspector Car investigates? Quote Link to comment
+anlufu Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Okay - you beat me too it! Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Globalrat you're it! Squad cars it is Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Hehe, I see the fingers are on the triggers. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 What started over northern Sudan/southern Egypt and ended over eastern siberia in March 1965? Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Total Solar Eclipse? Negative Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 (edited) first space walk? Edited March 20, 2009 by tomtwogates Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Was thinking of first manned space flight but that was 4 years earlier. Tomtwogates has the other probable answer. Funny i was thinking of this earlier when i saw a clip with Yuri Gagarin on TV. Quote Link to comment
+Gps Storm Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Tomtwogates is right, I'm sure it was the first ever space walk. I think it was the Russians, but that's about all I can remember. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 first space walk? Correct, you are it! Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 What is the oldest remaining British name in the Cape? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Cape of Good Hope Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 The Portugese named it Cabo de Boa Esperança (Cape of Good Hope)- so no cigar Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Llududno (Not sure how you spell it) Quote Link to comment
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