Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[davis_greatest]

I'm finding this counting thing a bit difficult... I'm revising the bid to 32 "definites" (sent by PM)... as not sure about one or two others.

[davis_greatest]

No. 34....

[davis_greatest]

Here's one. There are a number of snooker players names (past and present) hidden in the text below. Prize to the person who spots the most (answer with a bid of how many you can find and send me the list privately).

As a young boy, making my way home from football practice, I was involved in a car accident. A white lotus (like the one driven by James Bond) hit me and sent me flying into the greenery. I spent three months in hospital with a broken femur. Physically it could have been a lot worse, I had a lucky escape. I had lots of visits from family and friends which helped ease the burden, and lots of presents: grapes, an apple every day, a stuffed parrott, a dartboard and a stuffed panda; visits from my favourite football team, pop stars and comedians. I was very lucky. My favourite dotty Aunt came and visited me several times and one day sticks in my mind. She came dressed all in black and wearing a gray sowester as she'd had to walk miles in the rain as the buses were on strike (she lived in Newbury and the hospital was in Hull!) she was a big walker though, always ready to stroll if needed. Anyway, why do I remember that day, well she brought a gift. A wilson tennis racket (for a boy with a broken leg!) What an old, odd woman she was. My Mum reckons it's because she is a Virgo? As she arrived I was wailing in agony while they stuck a needle in me. Oh god I hated that. How can anything so small cause so much pain? When dry, she left and I had another visit from a friend of mine from school. He bought me some comics, Judge Dredd was my favourite - full of action. Francis could always be relied upon to bring me some good comics, which helped me grin and bear the pain. The three months did drag on, but when better I went home with my Uncle Giles in his Morgan car, a real treat.

There. I look forward to seeing who can pick the most out of that.

I think I counted 33...

[PaulTheSoave]

In amongst the balls. A classic often repeated by WT. Pity I was not online.

Congrats Val!

[rambon]

Here's one. There are a number of snooker players names (past and present) hidden in the text below. Prize to the person who spots the most (answer with a bid of how many you can find and send me the list privately).

As a young boy, making my way home from football practice, I was involved in a car accident. A white lotus (like the one driven by James Bond) hit me and sent me flying into the greenery. I spent three months in hospital with a broken femur. Physically it could have been a lot worse, I had a lucky escape. I had lots of visits from family and friends which helped ease the burden, and lots of presents: grapes, an apple every day, a stuffed parrott, a dartboard and a stuffed panda; visits from my favourite football team, pop stars and comedians. I was very lucky. My favourite dotty Aunt came and visited me several times and one day sticks in my mind. She came dressed all in black and wearing a gray sowester as she'd had to walk miles in the rain as the buses were on strike (she lived in Newbury and the hospital was in Hull!) she was a big walker though, always ready to stroll if needed. Anyway, why do I remember that day, well she brought a gift. A wilson tennis racket (for a boy with a broken leg!) What an old, odd woman she was. My Mum reckons it's because she is a Virgo? As she arrived I was wailing in agony while they stuck a needle in me. Oh god I hated that. How can anything so small cause so much pain? When dry, she left and I had another visit from a friend of mine from school. He bought me some comics, Judge Dredd was my favourite - full of action. Francis could always be relied upon to bring me some good comics, which helped me grin and bear the pain. The three months did drag on, but when better I went home with my Uncle Giles in his Morgan car, a real treat.

There. I look forward to seeing who can pick the most out of that.

[Valderie]

Blimey I've had a good day today - should I go out and buy a lottery ticket whilst I'm on a winning streak?

[The Statman]

Congratulations Valderie. It is indeed Willie Thorne on Shaun Murphy – see http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle1329385.ece

So here is the scoreboard after round 137:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 21½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..4 . . . . . . . . . 12½ . . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..6 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 5½ . . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 3½ . . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . hegeland
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 . . . . . . . . rambon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
24 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT

...anyone?

[davis_greatest]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN

"I could see that he just needed to be aggressive in amongst the balls. I suppose you could say it was a kick up the backside."

A quote from whom, talking about whom?

Ryan Day about Shaun Murphy??

[lagermike]

Del Hill about Graeme Dott?

[Valderie]

Willie Thorne talking about Shaun Murphy

[The Statman]

I'll dive in and say Terry Griffiths talking about Stephen Hendry

Wrong answer - shall I pass you a towel?

[rambon]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN

"I could see that he just needed to be aggressive in amongst the balls. I suppose you could say it was a kick up the backside."

A quote from whom, talking about whom?

I'll dive in and say Terry Griffiths talking about Stephen Hendry

[The Statman]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN

"I could see that he just needed to be aggressive in amongst the balls. I suppose you could say it was a kick up the backside."

A quote from whom, talking about whom?

[The Statman]

Congratulations Lindea. It is indeed the list of players who returned to the top 16 that season.

So here is the scoreboard after round 136:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 21½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..4 . . . . . . . . . 12½ . . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..6 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 5½ . . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 3½ . . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . hegeland
15 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
21 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . rambon
22 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
23 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
24 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Valderie

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN

...anyone?

[Lindea]

Making a comeback into the top 16? Jimmy White and Mark King?