Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[davis_greatest]

I seem to remember that Ray Reardon had been unimpressed with one of John Smyth's decisions earlier in the match, or previous match or whatever, and suggested during an interval, in all seriousness, that John Smyth get his eyes tested.

And thus, John took the magnifying glass into the arena and, when the opportunity arose with the white fairly close to a ball, but blatantly not touching it, he took out the magnifying glass and carefully inspected the balls before declaring "NOT TOUCHING".

Something like that.

Exactly so, kellie-text! That's the second half-point. For the first half-point, what had Spencer said, to the merriment of the crowd, to prompt Smythe to extract the magnifying glass?

[PaulTheSoave]

Well whispered into Kellies ear, Statters!!

I seem to remember that Ray Reardon had been unimpressed with one of John Smyth's decisions earlier in the match, or previous match or whatever, and suggested during an interval, in all seriousness, that John Smyth get his eyes tested.

And thus, John took the magnifying glass into the arena and, when the opportunity arose with the white fairly close to a ball, but blatantly not touching it, he took out the magnifying glass and carefully inspected the balls before declaring "NOT TOUCHING".

Something like that.

[kellie-text]

I seem to remember that Ray Reardon had been unimpressed with one of John Smyth's decisions earlier in the match, or previous match or whatever, and suggested during an interval, in all seriousness, that John Smyth get his eyes tested.

And thus, John took the magnifying glass into the arena and, when the opportunity arose with the white fairly close to a ball, but blatantly not touching it, he took out the magnifying glass and carefully inspected the balls before declaring "NOT TOUCHING".

Something like that.

[davis_greatest]

So far Cyril is closest, and bongo is (very roughly) along the right lines, in that it is (in a roundabout, jocular way) what Spencer implied.

A biggish clue - Smythe's call was one that The Statman stated this week, someone on the forum, does not exist.

[PaulTheSoave]

Spencer thought there was a flie on one of the balls and asked the ref to clean the cue ball after hitting the red and splattering the flie, leaving blood stains on both balls. As Smyth could not see any flie or stains, he took out the glasses to examine. After not spotting anything, he said Spencer had seen pigs flying.

[bongo]

I'll guess that John Spencer called John Smyth blind as a bat?

A guess

[snookersfun]

That's pretty good, and I would suggest this is the correct answer. I had got the answer of 14 but, looking back, I find it is my mathematics that are wrong. I had worked out that the break-off eliminating all 15 reds gave a better answer than by eliminating only 14.

Well done; I will update the scoreboard shortly.

I agree that 12 can't be beaten..."

wooheeee! ...and yes, initially got to that 14points answer as well, but thought it a bit of a waste of extra points.
Good question and happpy to see this thread revived btw.

[davis_greatest]

The ref declared a touching ball. When Spencer saw that it blatantly wasn't he suggested that Smyth should get some glasses.

Getting warmish, but not close enough for a half-point.

[Cyril]

The ref declared a touching ball. When Spencer saw that it blatantly wasn't he suggested that Smyth should get some glasses.

[davis_greatest]

Of course! P is before C!

How silly of me!

Anyway, here is the corrected scoreboard after round 214
Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 34½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
11 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
12 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Monique
13 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . hegeland
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . abextra
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . kellie-text
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
34 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
35 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
36 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN

During a match between Ray Reardon and John Spencer many years ago at London’s Eccentric Club, what did referee John Smythe famously state after examining through a huge magnifying glass a cue ball and a red ball that were a couple of inches apart, and what had Spencer said that had prompted Smythe to examine the balls so intently?

Half a point for each part.

[PaulTheSoave]

Of course! P is before C!

How silly of me!

[davis_greatest]

What is the relevance of this last post? To confirm that 12 cannot be beaten. Statman already confirmed this was the right answer. If we start confirming each other, it will be an endless confirmation Unless 12 was not the lowest break, the post would have been relevant.

Better update it with some relevance!

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
...

While you're updating it with so much relevance, you might want to do so correctly. You should be above Cyril.

[PaulTheSoave]

What is the relevance of this last post? To confirm that 12 cannot be beaten. Statman already confirmed this was the right answer. If we start confirming each other, it will be an endless confirmation Unless 12 was not the lowest break, the post would have been relevant.

Better update it with some relevance!

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 34½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
12 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Monique
13 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . hegeland
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . abextra
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . kellie-text
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
34 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
35 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
36 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

[davis_greatest]

Just catching up on this thread...

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE

The referee, if asked a certain question by the player, will, according to the rules, answer "YES" or "NO". What is the question the player might ask?

There are two possible answers to this: One was mentioned earlier today in another thread, which is when the player asks if the cue-ball is touching a ball that is not on (in which case the ref would not automatically call it).

What is the other?

By the way, what does the rule mean (Section 5, Rule 1(b)(i)) that

"(b) The referee shall not ...
(i) answer any question not authorised in these Rules"?

Does that mean that if a player asks "Is this the last frame of the session?", "How are you?" or "May I borrow a hanky?" that the referee may not answer?

if we can foul already, I would then let player A pot 14 reds and a colour (black) on his first shot. Now we have a 7 point foul and not much left. So a break of 12 (red,yellow, yellow,green, brown) would now be enough...??

I agree that 12 can't be beaten. It is possible, incidentally, to make player A only able to tie, if player B makes a break of 11, but not to make snookers be required. (Player A breaks, pocketing all 15 reds and the black - a very common occurrence. Foul is 7, and leaves a free ball. Player B pots another colour as a "yellow" free ball, then yellow, green and brown, to go 18 ahead with 18 still on.)

[bongo]

Correct!

Do I need to post the new league table?