Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[chasmmi]

Round Forty-Nine

In the first round match johnny cueless is seen to pot the yellow clean of its spot five times in a row without his opponent ever coming to the table and any other balls moving.

How did this happen?

[The Statman]

Congratulations Robert.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 48:

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Name
..1 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..3 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..4 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Mitsuko
..5 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . The Statman
..6 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
10 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . berolina
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . April madness
12 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Hegeland

ROUND FORTY-NINE

Anyone?

[davis_greatest]

robert, I don't think that it is worth anyone else trying any different guesses from that! Just awaiting the formalities of Statman's confirmation...

[Robert602]

Numerical value of the first letters of the first name and surname added together, ie:

Joe Perry = J + P = 10 + 16 = 26
Andy Hicks = A + H = 1 + 8 = 9

?

[The Statman]

Congratulations The Statman.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 47:

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Name
..1 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..3 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Mitsuko
..4 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . The Statman
..6 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
10 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . berolina
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . April madness
12 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Hegeland

ROUND FORTY-EIGHT

Joe Perry would beat Andy Hicks 26-9
Steve Davis would beat Peter Ebdon 23-21
Mark Williams would beat Graeme Dott 36-11
John Higgins would beat Ken Doherty 18-15

I have based the above results on the players' names. What exactly is the link between the names and the scores?

[Semih_Sayginer]

the point goes to the statman. well done sir

can someone more up to speed with this, please post the updated table (and the next question if they have one)?

ta

[The Statman]

My answer is:

A, 13
Davis, Steve
Dott, Graeme
Higgins, Alex
Mans, Perrie
Murphy, Shaun
O’Sullivan, Ronnie
Parrott, John
Reardon, Ray
Stevens, Matthew
Taylor, Dennis
Williams, Mark J.

E, 27
Bond, Nigel
Davis, Steve
Doherty, Ken
Dott, Graeme
Ebdon, Peter
Griffiths, Terry
Hendry, Stephen
Higgins, Alex
Johnson, Joe
Mans, Perrie
O’Sullivan, Ronnie
Reardon, Ray
Spencer, John
Stevens, Matthew
Taylor, Dennis
White, Jimmy

I, 17
Bond, Nigel
Davis, Steve
Griffiths, Terry
Higgins, Alex
Higgins, John
Mans, Perrie
O’Sullivan, Ronnie
Taylor, Dennis
Thorburn, Cliff
White, Jimmy
Williams, Mark J.

O, 19
Bond, Nigel
Doherty, Ken
Dott, Graeme
Ebdon, Peter
Higgins, John
Johnson, Joe
Mountjoy, Doug
O’Sullivan, Ronnie
Parrott, John
Reardon, Ray
Spencer, John
Taylor, Dennis
Thorburn, Cliff

U, 6
Mountjoy, Doug
Murphy, Shaun
O’Sullivan, Ronnie
Thorburn, Cliff

The question made no mention of counting someone more than once if they'd been in more than one final.

[Cessy143]

just realised its finalists and not just winners !!
my new answer is therefore

A 32
E 79
I 49
O 34
U 9

[Cessy143]

A - 10
E - 25
I - 10
O - 16
U - 5


damn typo !

[Mitsuko]

A - 10
E - 25
I - 10
O - 16
U - 6

[Semih_Sayginer]

thorbUrn
shaUn mUrphy
o'sUllivan

thats 4 for a start, and the U's may not be finished

if the statman is on before me, then i would suggest going by his calculations if im not online to give points to whoever is correct first. (thats if he doesnt mind....just trying not to get stuck on something.....)

[Mitsuko]

A - 10
E - 25
I - 10
O - 16
U - 2

[Cessy143]

a 19
e 45
I 22
o 15
u 5

[Semih_Sayginer]

how many vowels are there in total using all the first and last names of the crucible finalists since the WC moved there?

list them separately, giving a total for each vowel

[The Statman]

Congratulations Robert602. 56 is the answer I was looking for – in exactly the way you described.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 46:

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Name
..1 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..3 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Mitsuko
..4 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..6 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . The Statman
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
10 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . berolina
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . April madness
12 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Hegeland

ROUND FORTY-SEVEN

...anyone?