Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[Cyril]

I think DG has it right, one of the Embassy cars.

[Valderie]

I think this is too obvious to be right but I'll guess a Ferrari as I know he had one.

[chasmmi]

A Reliant Robin?

[Ginger Freak]

No, he drove. Which car?

(I do not need the make/model, but some pertinent information about it.)

Did Terry Griffiths lend him his car?

[davis_greatest]

Revised guess - he had made a maximum, so either a car bought with the money he was going to win or a car he won for having made the max?

Edit - sorry, that was the following year!

[davis_greatest]

No, he drove. Which car?

(I do not need the make/model, but some pertinent information about it.)

I don't recall him having won a car (which would be my 2nd guess).... so I'll guess one of the Embassy World Snooker official cars?

[The Statman]

He took a plane from Robin Hood Airport to Cardiff, then walked to Swansea, got a hovercraft to Harlech, before cycling on a tadem bike with his manager to his house?

No, he drove. Which car?

(I do not need the make/model, but some pertinent information about it.)

[davis_greatest]

A tricycle?

No - scrap that please - a motorbike?

[Ginger Freak]

He took a plane from Robin Hood Airport to Cardiff, then walked to Swansea, got a hovercraft to Harlech, before cycling on a tadem bike with his manager to his house?

[The Statman]

Congratulations hegeland. It was indeed Jimmy White who won, by 0.02 seconds if I remember rightly! John McCririck was the MC.

So here is the scoreboard after round 144:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 22½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..4 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..5 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..6 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . chasmmi
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
14 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . JPK123
15 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
22 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
23 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . rambon
24 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
27 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR

You will recall that, the day before the 2004 World Championship, Mark Williams (defending champion) became a father. After he won his first-round match on that Saturday, he returned to his fiancée and newborn.

My question is: What vehicle did he use to get from Sheffield back home?

[hegeland]

MC John McCririck, winner Jimmy White.

[Cyril]

MC was John McCririck, Tony Drago won, I think.

[rambon]

you never know, slow players can surprise you sometimes. I remember when Dennis Taylor held most of the records in Big Break, he used to fly round the table and he wasn't a fat player at all in real snooker.

That's why I said only half joking... I do recall that the winner of it (or one of these similar tournaments) was a player who you wouldn't expect to win it. In fact my second guess would be Steve Davis...

[chasmmi]

John Virgo MC
Terry Griffiths won it

(only half joking)

you never know, slow players can surprise you sometimes. I remember when Dennis Taylor held most of the records in Big Break, he used to fly round the table and he wasn't a fat player at all in real snooker.

[davis_greatest]

I'll guess MC Virgo and winner White