Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[hegeland]

This one was a bit tricky. To the best of my memory (which isnt very great) I can't recall any father and son who have played snooker to such a high standard. Some nephews, like Silvino Francisco-Peter Francisco and Horace Lindrum-Walter Lindrum, but no fathers-sons.

[Snooker Rocks!]

Maybe....

[davis_greatest]

Hang on, is it Kirk Stevens?

Are you thinking that Matthew Stevens is the son of Kirk? Afraid not.

[Snooker Rocks!]

Hang on, is it Kirk Stevens?

[davis_greatest]

Bernard Bennett??

No, sorry (at least not to my knowledge - apologies if he has achieved this too - am fairly sure he didn't - but it's not the answer I had in mind!)

[hegeland]

Bernard Bennett??

[davis_greatest]

I'll have one more guess (don't know if he even had a son): Rex Williams?

No - sorry again!

[Snooker Rocks!]

I'll have one more guess (don't know if he even had a son): Rex Williams?

[davis_greatest]

Silvino Francisco?

No - sorry!

[Snooker Rocks!]

Silvino Francisco?

[davis_greatest]

ROUND NINETY-SIX

Who is the only person to reach a World Professional Snooker Championship quarter-final and have a son who went on to do the same?

[The Statman]

Congratulations Mitsuko. 32 is the answer I was looking for. A vomitorium is an frontwards exit from the stage, by which the cast can leave. Relatively few theatres are built with one, and the Crucible is one such theatre. During a performance an actor can exit backstage via the wings, or frontwards if the script warrants it.

During the World Championships the vomitoria are blocked off, and that is where the players' seats are installed.

The Crucible being the only snooker-circuit venue that possesses vomitoria, the answer is 32.

So here is the updated scoreboard after round 95:

..1 . . . . . . . . . 19.5 . . . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..3 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . Mitsuko
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . The Statman
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . chasmmi
10 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
11 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
12 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
13 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Cyril
14 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ellena
15 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
16 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
17 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . April madness
18 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
19 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Hegeland

ROUND NINETY-SIX

Anyone?

[hegeland]

Going by the strict definiton of the word now!

Well, first we have the top 16. They are always at the final stages.

Then we have the players 16-32. They are always in it at the UK champ and Welsh Open.

Then we have players 32-96. They are always in it at the UK champ and Welsh Open provided they can qualify to the last 48.

So the answer has got to be 32+16 = 48.

But then we see that some players 32-96 played in the UK and some others played in the Welsh. So it's got to be more than 48, somewhere around 55 sounds reasonable to me.

And then we have the wildcards as well, not sure if you mean to include them but they were 8 at the China Open and 2 at the Malta Cup, so then it's 55+10 = 65. Approx.

[Alex0paul]

64????????????

[Mitsuko]

32