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  • Originally Posted by elvaago
    Amsterdam Netherlands
    Bucharest Romania
    Caracas Venezuela
    Doha Qatar
    E impossible!
    Fongafale Tuvalu
    Grytviken South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
    Harare Zimbabwe
    Islamabad Pakistan
    Jamestown Saint Helena
    Kampala Uganda
    Muscat Oman
    St Helena and South Georgia both begin with S!

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    • Originally Posted by The Statman
      How about this then:

      Nigeria – Abuja
      Oman – Muscat
      Pakistan – Islamabad
      Qatar – Doha
      Romania – Bucharest
      Scotland – Edinburgh
      Tuvalu – Funafuti
      Ukraine – Kiev
      Vietnam – Hanoi
      Wales – Cardiff
      Zambia – Lusaka
      Swap Nigeria for Nederlands and that is exactly what i got, give that man a point.

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      • I always thought the UK was one country. Ah well. :-)
        "I'll be back next year." --Jimmy White

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        • Originally Posted by elvaago
          I always thought the UK was one country. Ah well. :-)
          Yes, I did say earlier that for 'W' to be possible, Wales would have to be included, so no reason to exclude Scotland!

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          • Originally Posted by chasmmi
            Swap Nigeria for Nederlands and that is exactly what i got, give that man a point.
            But Abuja isn't the capital of the Netherlands!
            "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
            David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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            • The Statman shoots to the top

              As have I, for our Australian friends who may be looking at the scoreboard upside down

              Here is the table after Round 17:

              Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Person
              1 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . The Statman
              2 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . elvaago
              3 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . hegeland
              4 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . snookersfun
              5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . Mitsuko
              6 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . rambon
              7 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . Sarmu
              8 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . davis_greatest
              "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
              David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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              • Round 18

                First to complete all these snooker-related words gets the point!


                Across
                1 knock this 2nd ball in your garden
                4 Useful implement has many legs
                7 He likes to change 2 down
                8 Welsh wizard
                10 Arithmetic and mental strength are not his strongest points (2 words)
                11 He's fast, round and light, with a honeycomb centre
                12 Use this side when back off a cushion?


                Down
                1 Who will take this title on Sunday (2 words)?
                2 Good advice to have this on your cue
                3 Having all these 147s sounds rather painful (2 words)
                5 Do this to score
                6 Only hit this kind of ball
                9 Dennis remembers the final one
                10 Has this Tony been to the moon yet?
                Attached Files
                "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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                • I have now indicated where a clue consists of two words, although am not saying how many letters in each.

                  There is another one of the clues, which I have not said is "2 words", that could be debated whether it is 2 words - I shall say no more than that!
                  "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                  David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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                    • That is my answer (above), by the way! Don't know why it didn't come out.

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                      • Another point for The Statman!

                        Well done! And there was no dithering there!

                        Here is the table after Round 18:

                        Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Person
                        1 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . The Statman
                        2 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . elvaago
                        3 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . hegeland
                        4 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . snookersfun
                        5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . Mitsuko
                        6 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . rambon
                        7 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . Sarmu
                        8 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . davis_greatest


                        By the way, did you see the final scoreboard on the BDE thread on BBC, that I posted just before the site went down? You got the last point there, The Statman!
                        "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                        David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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                        • 1 Premier League
                          4 Spider
                          7 Osullivan
                          8 Reardon
                          10 Michael Holt
                          11 Drago
                          12 Reverse

                          1 Plant
                          2 Tip
                          3 Willie Thorne
                          5 Pot
                          6 On
                          9 Black
                          10 Meo

                          Edit: Always refresh your page first to see whether The Statman has been there already.

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                          • Originally Posted by austrian_girl
                            1 Premier League
                            4 Spider
                            7 Osullivan
                            8 Reardon
                            10 Michael Holt
                            11 Drago
                            12 Reverse

                            1 Plant
                            2 Tip
                            3 Willie Thorne
                            5 Pot
                            6 On
                            9 Black
                            10 Meo

                            Edit: Always refresh your page first to see whether The Statman has been there already.
                            I'll leave The Statman to decide whether you should be awarded a point too. I think you should!
                            "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                            David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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                            • Why? Because it was me who got there first, or because it was April who got there second?

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                              • Oh no, no problem, I'll just have to learn to be quicker next time. I like a good challenge!!! Tho taking on The Statman might prove a little hard.

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