Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[Ellena]

Hmm, I think chasmmi's thinking of Alain Robidoux in that second attempt, but according to snooker.org he won three matches in 98/99, two in the Welsh and one in Thailand. He didn't win a match in 97/98 though, a typo maybe?

I actually can't find anyone who lost all of their openers in 98/99, although I haven't dug deep into the qualifying rounds yet.

And yeah, congrats on 500 Obli.

True, Alain Robidoux did win a couple of matches in 98/99 season. I took a look at the results of the tournaments in 98/99 season. I think there is no player who fulfils all the conditions in the quiz. According to my lil "research" only Ian McCulloch lost all his first round matches in the competitions he took part ( he wasn't in all of them) , but he wasn't in the draws for the Worlds in 95/96 season , neither in those for China Cup 98/99 .

Of course i reserve the right to be completely wrong !

[chasmmi]

Well at the risk of losing my own provisional point there was a guy called shawn budd who had a record of 0-9 in qualifiers that season but finding any other details about him is not exactly easy and he didnt seem to enter the 1996 worlds at all.

[snookersfun]

I excluded everyone as well, only Jimmy White didn't appear in any later stages of all tournaments it seemed. So, I went for him.

[Robert602]

Hmm, I think chasmmi's thinking of Alain Robidoux in that second attempt, but according to snooker.org he won three matches in 98/99, two in the Welsh and one in Thailand. He didn't win a match in 97/98 though, a typo maybe?

I actually can't find anyone who lost all of their openers in 98/99, although I haven't dug deep into the qualifying rounds yet.

And yeah, congrats on 500 Obli.

[The Statman]

Post 1131 is just plain wrongness personified though.

It's not really personified though, is it?

[snookersfun]

Chasmmi -- I THINK your second answer is right, but I don't have my laptop with me at the moment, which has the answer (I forgot who the player even was)

Can we hold play for 24 hours, OR, if the board want, grant chasmmi a provisional point, which I will verify in 24 hours?

Obli that is so you-lol
you are building yourself a reputation here
congrats on turning blue

[Obligation]

Oooh

That was my 500th post

[Obligation]

Chasmmi -- I THINK your second answer is right, but I don't have my laptop with me at the moment, which has the answer (I forgot who the player even was)

Can we hold play for 24 hours, OR, if the board want, grant chasmmi a provisional point, which I will verify in 24 hours?

[JPK123]

1968 / 12 x 142 / 11 x 5 = 10585.454545 recurring ?

[snookersfun]

How about 1962/2x147/5x2=57682.8
or 1962/2x147/10x2=57682.8=28841.4

[chasmmi]

actually I think maybe the real figures are 1960 / 9 x 147 / 15 x 5 = 10671.1111111

I promise not to guess again until this one has been checked. Post 1131 is just plain wrongness personified though.

[chasmmi]

1968 / 9 x 141 / 15 x 5 = 10277.333333?

[Obligation]

Ok - pretty easy question from me then:

I'm thinking of a player. He lost ALL his opening matches in the 1998/1999 season.

Once you think you know the name of the player...

Divide the date of birth (e.g. 1974) by the highest ever ranking (e.g. 21) and then times the outcome by this person's highest ever professional break (e.g. 145).
Then divide the answer by the amount of letters in the name of the person who knocked him out of the 1995/1996 Worlds.
Finally, times this number by the difference in frame score when he was knocked out of the 1998/1999 China Cup.


I hope your answer matches mine

[Obligation]

SCOREBOARD AFTER ROUND SEVENTY-FIVE:

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

Round SEVENTY-SIX, anyone?

[chasmmi]

The combined ranking of every crucible champion at the time they became champion?

Well done that man.

See how simple it was. The anomaly I spoke of was exactly how to factor in Terry's ranking. I decided just to make it zero as well, he didnt have one.

ANyone who finds joy in updating scoreoards can do so. I will wait for the next question.