The Ashes quiz
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Which bowler took 195 wickets in Ashes Tests?
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What mock newspaper item gave the Ashes their name?
Answer: An obituary
Why: The Sporting Times joked that English cricket had died and that its cremated ashes would be taken to Australia.
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Which country besides England hosted Ashes Tests in 2009 and 2015?
Answer: Wales
Why: Both Tests were played at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, the home ground of Glamorgan.
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Which object holds the ashes in the Women's Ashes trophy?
Answer: A wooden ball
Why: The ball was carved from a 300-year-old yew tree that blew down in the great storm of 1987.
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At which ground did the Ashes story begin in 1882?
Answer: The Oval
Why: That 1882 Test at the Oval was over inside two days, on 28 and 29 August.
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Roughly how tall is the original urn?
Answer: About 10 cm
Why: MCC's records put the urn at 10.5 cm tall and just 124.8 grams.
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What record score did Len Hutton make in 1938?
Answer: 364
Why: Hutton was 22 and batted for 13 hours and 20 minutes to make it.
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