Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[dantuck_7]

Lindeas answer so far seems the best. I was thinking of something else (quite obscure) with regard to the rankings.

[JPK123]

Is it Mark King and Jamie Cope because the rest all hold places in the top 20 of the rankings?

[Lindea]

Hawkins and Swail have never been in a ranking final?

[Robert602]

Day and Cope have never held a top 16 place?

[dantuck_7]

R163

This is probably not in keeping with the rest of this thread, but out of....

Barry Hawkins
Matthew Stevens
Mark King
Joe Swail
Joe Perry
Ryan Day &
Jamie Cope

Who are the odd two out? What reason?

[The Statman]

Congratulations Cyril.

The answer was:
Speaker: Len Ganley
Subject: Stephen Hendry
Occasion (a): Made Crucible 147
Occasion (b): It was Ganley's birthday.

So here is the scoreboard after round 162:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 24½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..4 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . 11½. . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . abextra

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE

...anyone?

[Cyril]

Just a stab in the dark, of course...

Len Ganley, talking about Stephen Hendry, who made a 147 (the first he had refereed) and, it was on his birthday.

[chasmmi]

Dennis Taylor, about Steve Davis.

Steve had just missed the black and Dennis was about to become world champion. (he kissed the trophy instead of Steve)

[davis_greatest]

Was it davis_greatest, about Steve Davis, referring to the occasion where davis_greatest was sitting in the front row at the Crucible when Davis beat Gerard Greene 10-9 in the first round of the 2005 World Snooker Championships and (after the referee and Greene) was perhaps the first to shake Davis's hand?

[The Statman]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO

"I didn't kiss him. But I could have."

Who said it, about whom was he talking, and what was the occasion?

I need all four elements for a fully correct answer: the speaker, the person being talked about, and two elements to the occasion.

[The Statman]

Congratulations DGE.

So here is the scoreboard after round 161:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 24½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..4 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . 11½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . chassmi
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
11 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Cyril
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 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . abextra

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO

...anyone?

[davis_greatest]

Paul Wykes against a spaceman?

[The Statman]

Congratulations Ginger Freak, a perfect answer. DGE, your answer is a feasible one, but I'm afraid "not the one written on the card".

So here is the scoreboard after round 160:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 24½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..3 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..4 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..5 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..7 . . . . . . . . . 11½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..6 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . chassmi
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
11 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Cyril
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 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . abextra

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE

Who lost a World Championship frame (in the qualifying rounds) by the score of 12–0 by committing three Foul and a Misses before a ball was potted, and who was his opponent?

[Alex0paul]

He has trhe ball in hand therefore he can't have a free ball. He misses the intended ball but because he had made such a sterling effort the ref didn't call a miss.

Or it could be in pre-miss times thus the ref didn't call it.

[April madness]

Referee was hit with a ball on his head a bit earlier and suffered from memory loss, so forgot to call a miss?