Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[davis_greatest]

I'll give you a clue: it's not one of the names up there!

[Monique]

Steve James, born 1961

[snookersfun]

I can throw some names around and try to eliminate from there:
In Statman's stats I found the following to 1 wins against:
85: Barry West (can't find anything about him though)
88: Dennis Taylor (was too young)
84: Alex Higgins (too young)
85: Reardon (too old)
85: O'Kane (too young)
91: Bond (too young)
92: Robidoux (too young)
88: Steve James???

just leave the question, somebody will get there, no worry

[davis_greatest]

Still not even one guess... so I'll see if I can organise a poll. Please vote your replies:

(A) "Get rid of the question. It's rubbish!"
(B) "Wait... I'm still thinking. I just think very sloooooowly."
(C) "davis_greatest, you can guess the answer yourself!"

[davis_greatest]

OK (again!)....

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY

Who, on his 44th birthday, won only one frame while being defeated by Steve Davis in a major professional snooker championship, and what was his (the mystery player's, not Davis's) son doing at the time?

As still no responses after 5½ hours - a hint: the bit about the son should make this question easier, not harder!

[davis_greatest]

By the way, in just two rounds, Monique has gone from being off the table to right at the top of the bottom half!

[davis_greatest]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
... anyone?

OK (again!)....

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY

Who, on his 44th birthday, won only one frame while being defeated by Steve Davis in a major professional snooker championship, and what was his (the mystery player's, not Davis's) son doing at the time?

[davis_greatest]

(oops, just noticed that that was pretty easy to google for )

[davis_greatest]

What took you so long, Monique?! Congratulations!

So here is the scoreboard after round 169:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 28. . ... . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 14½ .. . . . . . Robert602
..3 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . chassmi
..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. . . . . . . abextra

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
... anyone?

[Monique]

Jackie Rea

[davis_greatest]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE

Which snooker player used to begin his routine with the following line? "Don't call us Irish stupid. We invented a comfortable toilet seat until, 200 years later, some stupid Englishman went and put a hole in it!"

[davis_greatest]

Well they saw the end of one frame and the beginning of the next one?
f.i. 5reds+blue (30 points) + 5 colours (20 points) then Ding didn't pot the black and that was not enough points to catch up
then after the break-off Ding potted 10 reds+blue (60 points), missed the next pot and Davis cleared (40 reds+black +27 colours)

Congratulations Monique! And welcome to the scoreboard!

When my apes entered the arena, halfway during frame 9, Davis already led 8 frames to nil, and was 80-0 up in points, having potted the first 10 reds with blacks. The black was safe, but Ding played on for some desperately-needed potting practice.

So, Ding potted 5 reds with blues, and yellow to pink; to lose frame 9 by the score of 50-80.

Frame 10: Davis broke off, and then Ding potted 10 reds with blues, to lead 60-0.

My apes then left the arena, mid-frame, and never saw Davis come back to the table and make a 67 clearance to complete the whitewash.


So here is the scoreboard after round 168:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 28. . ... . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 14½ .. . . . . . Robert602
..3 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . chassmi
..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 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
24 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
27 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
28 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Monique
30 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . abextra

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE

... anyone?

[Monique]

Well they saw the end of one frame and the beginning of the next one?
f.i. 5reds+blue (30 points) + 5 colours (20 points) then Ding didn't pot the black and that was not enough points to catch up
then after the break-off Ding potted 10 reds+blue (60 points), missed the next pot and Davis cleared (40 reds+black +27 colours)

[davis_greatest]

But maybe all those shots were not taken in the same frame? They were spread over the match?

Ahhhhh!!!!! Well, the 36 shots mentioned were continuous (my apes did not leave and re-enter the arena) - but go on!

[Monique]

“Well,” piped up Charlie. “Ding wasn’t too bad. We saw him pot 15 reds, all with blues, and the first five colours (yellow to pink)!”

But maybe all those shots were not taken in the same frame? They were spread over the match?