Two golden ducks in a series, two big partnerships, no wins for India, fathers and sons in World Cups, and an acting assassin

Other than Martin Guptill, how many top order batsmen have made two golden ducks in an ODI series? - Sam Edmond

In a triangular tournament in Sri Lanka in 2010, Martin Guptill became the ninth opener to score two golden ducks in a series or tournament, and no-one else has repeated the feat since then. The full list is:

RS Kaluwitharana, World Cup, 1995-96
AC Hudson, Sharjah Cup, 1995-96
SL Campbell, West Indies vs New Zealand, 1999-00
Shahid Afridi, Carlton & United Series, 1999-00
GW Flower, Standard Bank Triangular Tournament, 1999-00
DD Ebrahim, LG Abans Triangular Series, 2001-02
RD Shah, Kenya vs Zimbabwe, 2003
MJ Clarke, Australia vs India, 2007-08
MJ Guptill, Sri Lanka Triangular Series, 2010

Michael Jones

In the recent ODI series between West Indies and South Africa, Rilee Rossouw and Hashim Amla were involved in two double centuries stands. Was it the first time that the same pair was involved in more than one 200+ partnership in one series? - Zaheer Ahmed

This was the second such occasion: Tillekaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga did so in the 2011 World Cup, with 282 vs Zimbabwe and 231* vs England. - Arnold D'Souza

How many times have India failed to win a match in an ODI tournament of three or more teams, as they did in the recent tournament in Australia? - Anusha Ranaweera

This is the sixth tournament in which they have failed to win a match:

1979 World Cup
1985 Sharjah Cup Tri-Series
1990 Austral-Asia Cup (6 team tournament).
1997 Sharjah Cup Quadrangular Series
2004 Videocon Tri-Series
2015 Carlton Mid Tri-Series

Adee Amjad

How many father and son pairs have played in the World Cup? - Muhammad Azam Chaudhry

Three pairs to date:

Chris Broad (1987) and Stuart Broad (2007-2011)
Lance Cairns (1975-83) and Chris Cairns (1992-2003)
Don Pringle (1975) and Derek Pringle (1987-1992)

Geoff and Mitchell Marsh, Rod and Tom Latham should add themselves to the list in this tournament. - Michael Jones

Is is true that John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, was an actor at the time? - Krish Sapkota

Yes, it is. Booth's father, Junius Brutus Booth - who had threatened to assassinate Lincoln's predecessor Andrew Jackson, but never carried through on his threat - was a noted actor, and Booth and his older brother Edwin both followed their father into the profession. In 1865 Booth was a regular performer at Ford's Theatre, and Lincoln himself had expressed admiration of his performances. On 14th April he learned that Lincoln and his wife would be attending that night's production of Our American Cousin. He used his knowledge of the layout of the theatre to gain access to the Presidential Box, and his familiarity with the plot of the play to pull the trigger at a point when audience laughter was likely to muffle the sound of the shot. - Michael Jones

In case anyone is looking for a sporting connection to this question, Abraham Lincoln was a rather skilled collegiate wrestler.- Arnold D'Souza