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Ray’s Mind-Bending Quiz

The following quiz is based on an anagram of some of the letters in players’ names. Where some players are referred to by shortened first names, their full first name has sometimes been used.

The idea is to find the answer to the clue and the player which hold those letters in their name. The number of letters in the answer to each clue is given after the clue.

For example:

Inhumanly cruel or wicked person (7). Clue Answer: Monster. Those letters are all in the name: Alan Hemsworth. Yes, I know a lot of the newer members have not yet met Alan, but all the names are in the carefully compiled Club Handbook ….

Good luck. Answers later

To substitute with something else (7)
Inveterate (9)
Peculiar trait associated with David Bowie (6)
The page was blurred, so it was …….. (9)
AA (7)
The opposite sibling to sister (7)
Russian dictator (6)
Often associated with box sets (8)
Classic Elton John song (6)

Laws of the Game Quiz

We can't get on the green but we now have more time to check that we know the Laws of the Game. If you have the coronavirus blues have a go at answering the questions below.

Questions (Answers below)

May a player change the hand with which s/he is bowling during the course of a game?
The leader at an end has set a mark but his first bowl has been forfeited for an infringement of the Laws. In what order are the subsequent bowls delivered at this end?
What happens if a player delivers the bowl of another player?
What do the Laws state about changing a damaged jack or bowls?
Having completed an end and scored a point, what must the winning player do?
What should happen if a player runs after his/her bowl and attempts to affect its running?
What happens if a player has a mobile phone in his/her pocket and it rings during the game?
What happens if a player is seen to sneakily move his/her wood closer to the jack with their foot?
What should happen if you find that your opponent is smoking a cigarette on the green during a game?
What happens if you become aware that your opponent has substituted a different jack for the one with which you started the game?
What weight and size shall the jack be?
At what intervals must the jacks be re-tested.
How many times can a jack be (re-tested and) restamped?
What colour shall jacks manufactured after 1st March 2004 be?
What is the definition of a strike in the Laws?
Is it allowable to play a bowl so as to block an opponent’s course?
What should players do before they strike?
What are the penalties if a player does not follow the procedure directed in 17, above?
What are the maximum and minimum scores?
Audrey sent her last bowl with a little extra weight. It struck the jack which went into the ditch. What happened after this?
Bryan was ready to deliver his last bowl when a misdirected bowl from another end came to rest directly on his land. He asked if that bowl could be removed. What happened?
Olwen sent the jack across the green and it clearly travelled less than 19 metres. Immediately after the jack had come to rest her opponent called for tapes (i.e. made a verbal objection). What happened next?
Ray delivered the jack and it came to rest on the very edge of the green. He then sent his bowl and when it was half way across the green the jack fell into the ditch. What happened next?
Ken watched his opponent deliver the jack and then his first bowl. Ken then called for tapes. This surprised the spectators as the jack had clearly travelled more than 19 metres. Yet Ken was subsequently given the jack. What had happened?
In the Laws of the Game, what word is used to describe the round thing you stand on while bowling?
What size does that round thing have to be?
What is the name given to the person who first attempts to set a mark (i.e. has the first go with the jack)?
If you are right-handed, do you have to place your right foot on the round thing when bowling?
What happens if you are standing on the round thing ready to bowl and you accidentally drop the bowl and it rolls forwards about 5 meters?
Measurement of an end is permitted before the end is concluded at the request of either player. Is this true?
When an end is being measured, all players must stand away and not interfere with the actions of either the Referee or Measurer(s). Is this true?
Only the Referee or Measurers are permitted to place either their thumb or finger(s) on either the jack or a bowl when measuring an end. Is this true?
When a bowl is touching the jack such that it lies between the jack and a further bowl to be measured, the Referee shall attempt to make the measurement without moving the touching bowl. Is this true?
Measurements are taken between the nearest points of the jack and a bowl with nothing to lie between. The adjustable end of an approved measure must be taken to the jack. Is this true?
If the jack in its course is impeded in any way it must under all circumstances be returned. Is this true?
A bowl played while the jack or preceding bowl is in motion shall be played again. Is this true?
A player bowling the jack must tell his/her opponent with what bias it is being delivered. Is this true?
If a running jack or bowl appears to be in danger of striking a still bowl or jack belonging to another end, such running jack or bowl should be stopped and returned to be replayed. Is this true?
An end commences when the leader stands on the footer. Is this true?

Answers

A player must bowl with the same hand throughout the game. Where disability or infirmity prevent a player from delivering jacks or bowls directly from hand then a mechanical aid, of a type approved by the Association, may be used to provide assistance.
If the leader's first bowl has been forfeited, the leader's remaining bowl shall be played, followed by the opponent playing two bowls consecutively.
If a player, in turn, delivers a bowl of another player, it shall be returned to the proper owner to be played, the offender forfeiting a bowl.
No player shall be allowed to change the jack or bowls during the progress of a game except with the consent of the Referee and then only if, in the Referee's opinion, the jack or bowls are so damaged as to be unplayable.
The result of the end shall be clearly indicated, by the winner, to the markers.
A player must not endeavour to affect the running of any bowl, nor follow it up in such a manner as to obstruct the view of the opponent. For a first offence, involving the player's own bowl, that bowl shall be forfeited. In the case of a further offence, the game shall be awarded to the opponent(s). The offender(s) to receive no further score and the opponent(s) to receive the maximum score.
Mobile phones or pagers in active mode are not allowed on the green. Should a player fail to comply, that player shall forfeit the game. The offender(s) to receive no further score and the opponent(s) to receive the maximum score.
In the case of any wilful breach of the Laws of the Game or any unfair play or unsporting conduct, the Referee may caution the offending player(s) or spectator(s), or order them to retire from the game or the surrounding area of the green. In the case of players, no substitutes shall be allowed and the game shall be awarded to the opponent(s). The offender(s) to receive the minimum score and the opponents to receive the maximum score.
Smoking is not allowed whilst participating on the green in the game of Crown Green Bowls. The offending player(s) shall receive no further score and the opponent(s) shall receive the maximum score.
If during the course of play any player is found to have substituted a non-standard jack for a standard jack, or has altered the bias of the jack or bowl(s) by any means, or is playing with a bowl having a device for adjusting the bias, that player shall forfeit the game. The offender(s) to receive the minimum score and the opponent(s) to receive the maximum score
They shall weigh 666grams plus or minus 10grams. The width shall be 90.5mm plus or minus 0.5mm. The height shall be 98mm plus or minus 0.5mm.
All jacks shall be re-tested at not more than seven-yearly intervals.
Jacks are not to be stamped on more than four occasions. The first three, in date order, to be made on the bias side with the fourth and final one being made on the non-bias side. The expiry date on that stamp will indicate the year after which the jack is no longer legal.
They shall be black or yellow in colour.
A STRIKE is a bowl delivered at such a speed as to attempt to negate the bias.
A player may play a bowl so as to block an opponent's course, but a bowl must not be placed, or played a distance less than three metres from the footer, otherwise it shall be a forfeited bowl.
Players are required to give a verbal warning to their opponent and to take every precaution before striking, to eliminate the possibility of causing injury to other players, Referee, Measurers or spectators by being struck with a jack or bowls.
A player shall receive a caution for the first transgression of this Law. For a second offence, the game shall be awarded to the opponent. The offender to receive no further score and the opponent to receive the maximum score.
Before a game commences, the maximum (winning) score will have been agreed: this is usually 21 but may not be. Similarly, the minimum score will have been agreed. This is the score the players start on and is usually 0 but in some circumstances is not. For example, in a competition with handicaps, a player may already have some points on his/her card: also, when there are lots of games to be played in a competition, both players may start on a score other than 0.
If, as a result of a lawfully played bowl, the jack is disturbed and goes off the green, or is prevented from going off by resting against anything at the edge or in the channel, that end shall be dead. A dead end is an end which is deemed to have been completed with no score. Here, the game recommences with the footer placed one metre in from the edge at which the jack left the green and with the original leader having the first attempt to set a mark (i.e. delivering the jack).
Should any player of an end touch or displace a still jack or bowl before the end is complete, all the bowls of the offender(s) shall be forfeited at the end concerned. Because of this, the player who sent the bowl that is in Bryan’s way cannot move it until their end has been completed (i.e. s/he has agreed the score with his/her opponent. Bryan just has to wait).
Verbal objection to a mark set by the leader must be made by the leader's opponent only after the first bowl has come to rest, otherwise the leader may have the jack, and bowl if played, returned to have another attempt at setting a mark.
A bowl played while the jack or preceding bowl is in motion shall be forfeited. Unfortunately for Ray, the jack here is deemed to have been still in motion. Consequently, his opponent gets the opportunity to set a mark (i.e. gets the jack) but Ray can now only deliver one wood at this end.
At no time may the footer be used with the centre less than one metre from the edge of the green and it was this to which Ken successfully objected. (Objection to the placement of the footer must be made by the leader's opponent only after the first bowl has come to rest or, if in the leader's first attempt at setting a mark, the jack goes off the green. If the footer is then found, by measurement, to be incorrectly placed the end shall be re-started, with the footer correctly placed, the opponent attempting to set the mark.)
Although we refer to this as a ‘mat’, the Laws call it a ‘footer’.
The footer must be round and between 5 and 6 inches in diameter.
For that end, this player is referred to as the ‘Leader’.
The Laws state: A player placing the right foot on the footer must play the jack and bowls with the right hand, and a player placing the left foot on the footer must play jack and bowls with the left hand. (Nothing in this Law shall apply to any player who suffers a permanent disability of a limb.)
If a player has taken up position on the footer and a bowl falls from that player's hand, even by accident, and travels more than 3 metres, from the centre of the footer, in a forward direction, it shall be deemed to have been played.
Not true. No measurement of an end is permitted until the end is concluded.
This is TRUE.
Not true. The Referee or Measurers are not permitted to place either their thumb or finger(s) on either the jack or a bowl when measuring an end.
Not true. When a bowl is touching either the jack or another bowl, and has to be removed so that nothing lies between the jack and the bowl to be measured, it must be removed by the Referee and the measurement made after such removal. (If the removal of the bowl causes the jack to fall, the measurement is taken from the new position.)
This is TRUE.
This is TRUE.
Not true. A bowl played while the jack or preceding bowl is in motion shall be forfeited.
Not true. A player bowling the jack must allow the opponent(s) the opportunity of seeing with what bias it is delivered. (However, in league games it is normal practice to say ‘finger’ or ‘thumb’ while showing the jack.)
This is TRUE.
Not true. An end commences when the leader delivers the jack.

Club Quizes: two quizes. first a mind-bender from Ray and then a Laws of the Game Quiz