Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[crucible77]

Congratulations Davis_Greatest

So here is the scoreboard after round 264:

pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 22½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..8 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Cyril
..9 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
10 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . attilahun
11 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . The Statman
12 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Mal
13 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Monique
14 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
15 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
15 . . . . . . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . JPK123
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . abextra
18 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
20 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
21 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
22 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
30 . . . . . . . . . ..1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . crucible77
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. . . . . . . Marc
44 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE

...Anyone?

[davis_greatest]

Bill Werbeniuk? (I assume you mean ended it ready for the 1983/84 season. Otherwise would be David Taylor)

[crucible77]

Round 264
In the 1982-83 season who ended it ranked world number 8?

[davis_greatest]

Congratulations The Statman! The man in question was indeed Geoff Foulds, father of Neal Foulds.

So here is the scoreboard after round 263:

pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 21½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..8 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Cyril
..9 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
10 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . attilahun
11 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . The Statman
12 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Mal
13 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Monique
14 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
15 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
15 . . . . . . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . JPK123
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . abextra
18 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
20 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
21 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
22 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
30 . . . . . . . . . ..1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . crucible77
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. . . . . . . Marc
44 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR

...Anyone?

[crucible77]

David Taylor???

[The Statman]

Just worked it out the bleeding obvious and I think Mal has got it right. Aarrghh!

If Mal hadn't got it, that would have been a great point for my 4000th post!

Round 263

Neal Foulds?

[davis_greatest]

Congratulations Attilahun! There are currently 147 players who have appeared in a ranking quarter-final.

Very good. Is that the maximum possible?

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE

Whose father was technical advisor to the BBC television series Give Us A Break and played most of the shots seen on the screen?

[The Statman]

Congratulations Attilahun! There are currently 147 players who have appeared in a ranking quarter-final.

So here is the scoreboard after round 262:

pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 21½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..8 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Cyril
..9 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
10 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . attilahun
11 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Mal
12 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Monique
13 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
14 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
15 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
15 . . . . . . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . JPK123
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . abextra
18 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
20 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
21 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
22 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
30 . . . . . . . . . ..1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . crucible77
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. . . . . . . Marc
44 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE

...Anyone?

[davis_greatest]

145 then!

[attilahun]

144 players

[davis_greatest]

146 players

[attilahun]

147 players

[davis_greatest]

next guess then is 61

[dantuck_7]

I'll take a swing at 95.

[davis_greatest]

which is solanum tuberosum reversed (perhaps a Latin word for potato) ...

Yes, Latin for potato. The first clue, though, came in post 3039, although it was a less obvious one!

I bet all eyes were on them!

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO

How many players have reached at least one ranking quarter-final, as at today's date, i.e. after the 2008 China Open?

I'll let it lie for a bit and give a higher than/lower than to the closest answers either side.

45?