Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[Cessy143]

afternoon all

I'll go for Michael Judge

[Robert602]

Michael Judge?

[The Statman]

Piece of trivia – when I made the 100th post on this thread, it was my 100th post on this site!

Not Patrick Wallace?

[Mitsuko]

Chris Small

[Alex0paul]

Not Billy Snaddon

[The Statman]

Billy Snaddon?

[Alex0paul]

Round 10

Who was the last player to beat Jimmy White in a qualifying round?

[snookersfun]

Congratulations The Statman. (Glad to return the favour)

The other season according to my meager stats is 92/93 (Wattana, Bond, McManus, Thorne and Morgan entering)

So here is the scoreboard after round 9

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Name
1 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . snookersfun
2 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Lindea
3 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mitsuko
4 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . The Statman

(a reminder that there are no tied positions – when your score increases you go directly to the top of that total.)

ROUND TEN

Anyone?

[The Statman]

The lowest is I think 1981-82, when there was no change in the names of the top-16.

The greatest movement is I think 5, this coming season (Hamilton returning, plus Murphy, Hawkins, Robertson and Carter) and one other season which I can't remember off hand.

If you don't include Hamilton because he's returning, then this year's 4 new names is probably the record.

[snookersfun]

can I do one, hope it is not too easy...

which season (from 77/78) showed the highest # of new entrants into the top 16 and which season the lowest. + name the entering players

[The Statman]

Good guess snookersfun! Congratulations.

The answer is indeed the 7 Englishmen in 1995: Bond, Ebdon, Hicks, O'Sullivan, Parrott, White and Wilkinson Even with seven out of eight the Scotsman won it!

So here is the scoreboard after round 8

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Name
1 . . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . . . snookersfun
2 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Lindea
3 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mitsuko

(a reminder that there are no tied positions – when your score increases you go directly to the top of that total.)

ROUND NINE

Anyone?

[snookersfun]

7? just guessing

[The Statman]

No the answer is that at 1:00 BST this afternoon (12:00 GMT) we entered the second half of the year! Halfway through the 183rd day of the year!

Let's try a snooker-related one.

ROUND EIGHT

What is the greatest number of Crucible quarter-final positions (in one year) to be taken up by players of the same nationality?

[PaulTheSoave]

Beckham throwing in the towel!

[Mitsuko]

Cash in the attic is on.