Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[crucible77]

(sorry attilahun)
ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR
How many frames has Terry Griffiths played at the crucible???

[The Statman]

Congratulations Mal. Yes, Shaun Murphy was not in fact no.1 at the start of this season, but was after the NI Trophy. Thank you for saving me the hassle of dealing with ¼s!

So here is the scoreboard after Round 283:

pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 22½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . attilahun
..6 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..9 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cyril
10 . . . . . . . . . 11½. . . . . . . The Statman
11 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . Mal
12 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
13 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Monique
14 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . JPK123
15 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
16 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Marc
18 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . abextra
19 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
20 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
21 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
22 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . crucible77
23 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
24 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
25 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
30 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
31 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Shaggy365
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Odrl
36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
37 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
38 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
39 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
40 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
41 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
42 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
43 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR

... Anyone?

[Mal]

For an extra 1/4 of a point!

Been provisional no.1 at any time, but not world no.1...

[The Statman]

The only players who have picked up more points than any other player over a season, but never been the official world number 1 - i.e. provisionally world no.1 at end of season, but never held official 1 ranking.

That is so close to the correct answer that you can have ¾ point for it!

The other ¼ can go to anyone (including yourself!) who can make the minor correction needed to make it an absolutely correct answer.

[Mal]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE

What do the following players have in common? No other player has this in common in the last 15 years.

Ken Doherty
Stephen Lee
Shaun Murphy

The only players who have picked up more points than any other player over a season, but never been the official world number 1 - i.e. provisionally world no.1 at end of season, but never held official 1 ranking.

[The Statman]

Congratulations Mal.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 282:

pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 22½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . attilahun
..6 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..9. . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cyril
10. . . . . . . . . 11½. . . . . . . The Statman
11 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
12 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . Mal
13 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Monique
14 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . JPK123
15 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
16 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Marc
18 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . abextra
19 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
20 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
21 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
22 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . crucible77
23 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
24 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
25 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
30 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
31 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Shaggy365
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Odrl
36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
37 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
38 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
39 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
40 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
41 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
42 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
43 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE

What do the following players have in common? No other player has this in common in the last 15 years.

Ken Doherty
Stephen Lee
Shaun Murphy

[Cyril]

Good break that was but as Mal said, he went too far on the blue (screwing back from the brown) and ended up jawing the pink. Joe was 2-0 down at the time and ended losing, I think, 9-4. Jimmy then went on to lose in the final to Davis 16-14, when Steve made 4 or 5 centuries in the match and Jimmy a 139.

[frameandfortunereturns]

I think it was Joe Johnson who left himself wrong side of the blue and elected to drop it in and leave a longish pink - in the UK champs if memory serves me correctly, but not 100% sure on who he was playing

This is indeed the correct answer Mal! It was in the semi final of the 87 UK against Jimmy White.

Scoreboard operator please give Mal his point!

[Mal]

Who almost made what would have then been the 4th televised maximum break in 1987 but failed on the final pink in a match screened on BBC?

I think it was Joe Johnson who left himself wrong side of the blue and elected to drop it in and leave a longish pink - in the UK champs if memory serves me correctly, but not 100% sure on who he was playing

[frameandfortunereturns]

Who almost made what would have then been the 4th televised maximum break in 1987 but failed on the final pink in a match screened on BBC?

[davis_greatest]

Did Ray make a maximum break?

Yes, he did! Using the yellow as the cue ball!

Congratulations JPK123 and Cyril - half a point each.


So here is the scoreboard after Round 281:

pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 22½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . attilahun
..6 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..9. . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cyril
10. . . . . . . . . 11½. . . . . . . The Statman
11 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
12 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Mal
13 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Monique
14 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . JPK123
15 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
16 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Marc
18 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . abextra
19 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
20 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
21 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
22 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . crucible77
23 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
24 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
25 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
30 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
31 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Shaggy365
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Odrl
36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
37 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
38 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
39 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
40 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
41 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
42 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
43 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO

...anyone?

[Cyril]

Did Ray make a maximum break?

[chasmmi]

Was he playing with the wrong hand?

[crucible77]

And for the other half, what was special about the frame?[/QUOTE]


Was it Ray Reardons last pro match???

[davis_greatest]

Was it something to do with Ray making a chip in the white or somehow losing the white ball, meaning they had to use the closest in colour to the white or lowest in value (yellow) as a cue ball?


[Long shot!]

Correct! A couple of hairline fractures had emerged on the white, so the white and yellow ball were swapped and play continued (i.e. the white was placed on the yellow spot and the yellow was used as a cue ball).

Congratulations JPK123 - that is half a point. And for the other half, what was special about the frame?