Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[Monique]

boxers? you sure?

[dantuck_7]

R208

on second thoughts, can someone post a better 208 question please? ta

R208

Following on from Fergal O'Brien doing reasonably well in Belfast here is a related question.

How many instances have there been of a player qualifying for a ranking event and then reaching the final. And for a bonus point how many players have gone on to win the whole championship.

Place your bids here (for example 4,2) up until 2pm GMT on Thursday. Hopefully there will be a few people with the same bid so if you could then send a PM to me with the year and names of the players I'll award some points.

[attilahun]

There are 29 ranking events in which the winner was outside the top-16 and 37 where the runner-up was outside the top-16 – on six occasions neither finalist was a top-16er. ( as Statman said in another thread).

I have found 5 qualifiers who won a ranking event, as for the finalists.....i know 2 other players apart from those 5, but..........god knows.

[dantuck_7]

29? Thats considerably higher than I thought - I'll have a look tonight.

[The Statman]

There are 29 ranking events in which the winner was outside the top-16 and 37 where the runner-up was outside the top-16 – on six occasions neither finalist was a top-16er. ( as Statman said in another thread).

Bear in mind that a 'player outside the top 16' is not the necessarily the same as a qualifier.

In the World Championships, it is only the top-16 who gain automatic entry whereas the top 32 gain automatic entry to the venue.

(And, indeed, sometimes the top-15/31 plus the champion – so, if Shaun Murphy had retained the world title in 2006 he would indeed have been a winner from outside the top 16, despite being no.1 seed!)

[davis_greatest]

In the World Championships, it is only the top-16 who gain automatic entry whereas the top 32 gain automatic entry to the venue.

Sorry - what is the distinction between automatic entry (for top16) and automatic entry to the venue (for top 32)?

[The Statman]

Sorry - what is the distinction between automatic entry (for top16) and automatic entry to the venue (for top 32)?

Sorry, that should have been:

"In the World Championships, it is only the top-16 who gain automatic entry whereas the top 32 gain automatic entry to the venue in some tournaments."

Anyway, it's been 6 weeks since this thread has seen active service, so I will ask ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND NINE

Of all the players who have appeared at the Crucible, and who are still alive, whose is the first birthday of the year? If there is a tie, then select the oldest.

[snookersfun]

according to Mitsuko:
Ponting, Gary 07/01/1975

[Alex0paul]

Marco Fu?????

[The Statman]

Congratulations snookersfun!

The correct answer is Gary Ponting, who lost 10-2 to Willie Thorne in 1994 and who will be 33 on Tuesday.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 208:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 33½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
12 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
13 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . Monique
16 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . abextra
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . kellie-text
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
34 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
35 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
36 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND NINE

Can you name all players who have appeared at the Crucible before their 20th birthday?

The first complete listing of all correct answers, in any order, in a single post will win the round.

[davis_greatest]

Stephen Hendry
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Chris Small
Jimmy White
David Gray
Gary Ponting
Dean Reynolds
Shaun Murphy
John Higgins
Graeme Dott
John Parrott

?

[The Statman]

A good effort. But not worthy of the point.

[Monique]

Stephen Hendry
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Chris Small
Jimmy White
David Gray
Gary Ponting
Dean Reynolds
Shaun Murphy
John Higgins
Graeme Dott
John Parrott

?

Plus Judd Trump

[The Statman]

hegeland

Another good effort, identical to the previous one and therefore equally unworthy of the point!

(did you see my question on the other thread about unlikely scenarios?)

[The Statman]

Congratulations Monique. That elevensome you described is exactly what I was looking for!

So here is the scoreboard after Round 209:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 33½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Monique
12 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
13 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . abextra
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . kellie-text
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
34 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
35 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
36 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND TEN

I'll put this question up from another thread:

What is the highest break that can be made, which does not include a free ball?

This is snooker, not billiards, by the way and it is possible, however unlikely, to occur in a standard frame.