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Are your football stars coming home? 
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Does it have to do with Wimbledon? Andy Murray's advance into the last 16. 1 BST would fit, but only for the day later.....
Do they knight him the day before?
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Cash in the attic is on.
You play a long slow deadweight red to a corner pocket. As it approaches the pocket, a kamikaze woodlouse crawls out from under the cushion and makes its way across the table, conflicting with the path of the red precisely at the point the red gets there. The red, needless to say, veers off course, and the future of the woodlouse is uncertain. - The Statman
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Beckham throwing in the towel!
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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?Comment
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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
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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 playersComment
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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.Comment
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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
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Round 10
Who was the last player to beat Jimmy White in a qualifying round?TSF World Champion 2010
TSF Snooker Prediction Contest Overall Champion 2006/07
BBC Snooker Prediction Contest Overall Champion 2005/06Comment
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Billy Snaddon?Comment
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Not Billy SnaddonTSF World Champion 2010
TSF Snooker Prediction Contest Overall Champion 2006/07
BBC Snooker Prediction Contest Overall Champion 2005/06Comment
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Chris SmallYou play a long slow deadweight red to a corner pocket. As it approaches the pocket, a kamikaze woodlouse crawls out from under the cushion and makes its way across the table, conflicting with the path of the red precisely at the point the red gets there. The red, needless to say, veers off course, and the future of the woodlouse is uncertain. - The Statman Comment
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