Teasers

[DawRef]

Here are a couple of teasers for all you snooker pundits:

(1) Make a total clearance of 33 and pot 4 yellows. How?

(2) Snooker is played on an English Billiard Table. Apart from the balls, what else is not used on a snooker table, but is used in billiards?

[The Statman]

I know the answer to this, but will desist from saying!

[Robert602]

(1) I can get 3 (free ball awarded with one red on the table, yellow nominated, yellow and red potted in one shot for a point each, followed by yellow again and then clearance of the colours). That's 33 points though, baffled as to how you'd squeeze another yellow in there. I'll keep thinking.

Edit: No it isn't, it's 31! Still can't get it though. Hmmm....

(2) is the baulk line?

[DawRef]

You're nearly right - hint:free ball!!

[archicrooks]

player a pots 14 reds in one shot but fouls and leaves a free ball

player b

takes yellow 1
yellow 3
last red 4
yellow 6
all the colours 27

total break 33

[DawRef]

Correct for question 2.

Question 1 - you are nearly right. I'd give you a clue but it would give the answer away.

[Robert602]

Looks good to me archicrooks. Can't believe I didn't think of taking the FB yellow and red in seperate shots, think I must've still had it in my head that 33-27=4 .

Good couple of questions dawref.

[archicrooks]

think that must be it but it confused me when daw said total clearance though !!

[RaNeN]

Correct for question 2.

Question 1 - you are nearly right. I'd give you a clue but it would give the answer away.

In billiards we dont use the Baulk line? Could you explain?
I think we use the baulk line.
For example in a 'miss' when the player plays safe and play his cueball into the baul using side spin or the top cushion, the other player is not allowed to play behind the baulk line. Isnt this a use?

[chasmmi]

In billiards we dont use the Baulk line? Could you explain?
I think we use the baulk line.
For example in a 'miss' when the player plays safe and play his cueball into the baul using side spin or the top cushion, the other player is not allowed to play behind the baulk line. Isnt this a use?

You are back to front, what he is saying is that the baulk line has a use in billiards but in snooker it serves no purpose at all. It is there purely because the game is played on a billiard table.

[elvaago]

Doesn't total clearance mean potting all the balls? In which case the minimum is 15 reds + 1 yellow + 27 for the colours is 44? If balls have already been potted, it's not a total clearance, is it?

[Cue_147]

You are correct elvaago. A total clearance is when you go to the table and no balls are potted and you leave when none are left.

[The Statman]

I must admit I misread the question 1. A total clearance including potting four yellows is slightly different!

(Correctly for question 2, we ought say the other thing that has no use in snooker is the baulk line outside of the 'D'.)

[davis_greatest]

Here are a couple of teasers for all you snooker pundits:

(1) Make a total clearance of 33 and pot 4 yellows. How?

Do you mean clearance rather than total clearance?

Edit: sorry, I hadn't seen the posts above this, saying the same thing, when I posted.