Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[Monique]

Well you potted the first red, then nominated pink. You missed it and potted a red instead. Charlie asked you to replay ... and you did t again ... until exhaustion of the stock of reds. You then finally succeeded.
You then potted all colours except black! When you tried that one you missed it and went in-off
At that point in time the referee recovered enough of the fit of giggles that prevented him to intervene (and announce any foul ...) in any understandable way, and he putted an end to the frame

[Cyril]

you kept going in-off, or fouling when potting a red and Cheeky Chimp kept putting you back in ???

[davis_greatest]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE

... anyone?

Oh, go on then, just one more (at least for now)…

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE

I’ve just finished the most hilarious frame of snooker against my pet chimpanzee Charlie. The only shot he played in the entire frame was the break off – hahaha! I pocketed all 15 reds (but never the black)! In fact, the black didn’t move during the whole frame (actually, I never nominated black or even touched it)! Nor did I foul at any point on any of the other colours - yellow, green, brown, blue or pink – all of which I potted at the end of the frame (after having potted the 15th red, of course, followed by a pink). Oh, and I never fouled when red was the ball on either. Yet the cheeky chimp still beat me!

How did Charlie manage that?

[snookersfun]

Congratulations d_g and sunny!

So here is the scoreboard after round 172:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 28. . ... . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 15½ .. . . . . . Robert602
..3 . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 11½. . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
14 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
15 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . JPK123
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Monique
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
27 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
28 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
30 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . sunny3909
31 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . abextra

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE

... anyone?

[snookersfun]

New complete guess - wonder if this could be right?

1) foul - 7 points away.
2) 2 points scored - blue respotted; yellow stays down.
3) 16
4) 47
5) Rory Mcleod
6) first ever qualifier to win title.
7) Paul Hunter and Jimmy White both made a 138

wohoo! yes that would be the correct answer. Well done!
1 point to d_g and I think the new entrant sunny deserves 1/2 point for the three good answers and for joining us. Scoreboard to follow in a sec.

[davis_greatest]

New complete guess - wonder if this could be right?

1) foul - 7 points away.
2) 2 points scored - blue respotted; yellow stays down.
3) 16
4) 47
5) Rory Mcleod
6) first ever qualifier to win title.
7) Paul Hunter and Jimmy White both made a 138

[davis_greatest]

Revised guess:

1) foul - 7 points away.
2) 2 points scored - blue respotted; yellow stays down.
3) 16
4) 47
5) Michael Judge
6) first ever qualifier to win title.
7) Paul Hunter and Jimmy White both made a 138

[snookersfun]

well, hint: getting colder...

[davis_greatest]

1) foul - 7 points away.
2) 2 points scored - blue respotted; yellow stays down.
3) 16
4) 47
5) Mike Dunn.
6) first ever winner to cry like a baby
7) Paul Hunter and Jimmy White both made a 138

[snookersfun]

only 1 wrong now, getting hot

[davis_greatest]

I'll just steal sunny's answers and combine with my own and see what that leads to...

1) foul - 7 points away.
2) 2 points scored - blue respotted; yellow stays down.
3) 16
4) 47
5)Mike Dunn.
6) first ever qualifier to win title.
7) Paul Hunter and Jimmy White both made a 136.

[snookersfun]

ans1 - The opponent will be awarded 4 points and the 2nd red will come back on the table.
ans2 - Player B will be penalised 4 points.
Ans3 - 7.
Ans4 - Peter ebdon was ranked 47 in 1992.
Ans5 - mike dunn.
Ans6 - first ever qualifier to win title.
Ans7 - paul hunter and jimmy white,they both made a 136.

3 good ones here

[snookersfun]

Do we have to answer them all? erm, yes eventually, for points And if we only have some answers, should we be silly enough to give them away here?maybe Like this...yeah, I see you went for let's confuse the contestants?


Let me try some questions as well:
1. A player has potted a red, and on the next shot plays for a red, and pots it too. What is the outcome?

Is this a trick? What does "plays for" mean? If he pots red, and on the next shot pots a colour and plays for position on a red, which he then pots, then he has scored for all 3 balls and continues his break. But if he pots two reds in consecutive shots, it is a foul - 7 points away.

2. With only the last 6 colours remaining, player A has fouled and left player B snookered on the yellow. So he nominates the blue as a free ball. After potting the blue, the white rolls into the yellow and knocks it in too. What is the outcome?

2 points scored - blue respotted; yellow stays down.

3. What is the highest number of points that can theoretically be scored in a single shot?

Depends how many reds there are... is this snooker on Astronomicus? If on Earth, I'd guess 15

4. What was Peter Ebdon's ranking after his first season as a professional player?

I don't want to remember Peter Ebdon's first season as a professional player - was that the season when he knocked Davis out of the Crucible in the first round? I think it was, sorry

5. Which player made his second ever television appearance in 14 years as a professional in the Grand Prix 2005?

forgotten his name

6. In the 1972 World Championships, Alex Higgins did something no one had done before. What was it?

Wasn't that when he became the first person ever to win the 1972 World Professional Snooker Championship?

7. Who won the high break prize of the 'B and H Masters 2001'

Michaela Tabb

OK, not giving away too much here: but yes, two expected answers... 5 more to go...

[sunny3909]

ans1 - The opponent will be awarded 4 points and the 2nd red will come back on the table.
ans2 - Player B will be penalised 4 points.
Ans3 - 7.
Ans4 - Peter ebdon was ranked 47 in 1992.
Ans5 - mike dunn. Ans6 - first ever qualifier to win title.
Ans7 - paul hunter and jimmy white,they both made a 136.

[davis_greatest]

Do we have to answer them all? And if we only have some answers, should we be silly enough to give them away here? Like this...


Let me try some questions as well:
1. A player has potted a red, and on the next shot plays for a red, and pots it too. What is the outcome?

Is this a trick? What does "plays for" mean? If he pots red, and on the next shot pots a colour and plays for position on a red, which he then pots, then he has scored for all 3 balls and continues his break. But if he pots two reds in consecutive shots, it is a foul - 7 points away.


2. With only the last 6 colours remaining, player A has fouled and left player B snookered on the yellow. So he nominates the blue as a free ball. After potting the blue, the white rolls into the yellow and knocks it in too. What is the outcome?

2 points scored - blue respotted; yellow stays down.

3. What is the highest number of points that can theoretically be scored in a single shot?

Depends how many reds there are... is this snooker on Astronomicus? If on Earth, I'd guess 15

4. What was Peter Ebdon's ranking after his first season as a professional player?

I don't want to remember Peter Ebdon's first season as a professional player - was that the season when he knocked Davis out of the Crucible in the first round?

5. Which player made his second ever television appearance in 14 years as a professional in the Grand Prix 2005?

forgotten his name

6. In the 1972 World Championships, Alex Higgins did something no one had done before. What was it?

Wasn't that when he became the first person ever to win the 1972 World Professional Snooker Championship?

7. Who won the high break prize of the 'B and H Masters 2001'

Michaela Tabb