In this quiz, you have to answer fifteen questions on cricketers with excellent academic qualifications.
The Australian squad was travelling to England for the 1956 Ashes. “I wonder how far it is to the horizon,” said one of the cricketers. John Rutherford, his teammate, pulled out a travellers’ cheque. Estimating that they were standing about 160 feet above sea level, he drew a triangle on the cheque and calculated that they were 11 miles away.
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“How did you work that out?” asked Keith Miller. “Well, I just used Pythagoras’ Theorem,” responded Rutherford, who held science and mathematics degrees from the University of Western Australia. The nickname Pythagoras would not leave Rutherford, the first to play Test cricket while playing for Western Australia.
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Rutherford is one of several cricketers who excelled in academics. Take our quiz to test your knowledge on these multifaceted geniuses.
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