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Originally Posted by The Statman
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Zero, since a vomitorium is a passageway between entrance and seats. -
954 at a time.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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We have two answers, 0 and 954. The answer is between the two! (I don't think there WERE 954 players last season!)Originally Posted by MitsukoComment
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32
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 Comment
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64????????????TSF World Champion 2010
TSF Snooker Prediction Contest Overall Champion 2006/07
BBC Snooker Prediction Contest Overall Champion 2005/06Comment
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Going by the strict definiton of the word now!
Well, first we have the top 16. They are always at the final stages.
Then we have the players 16-32. They are always in it at the UK champ and Welsh Open.
Then we have players 32-96. They are always in it at the UK champ and Welsh Open provided they can qualify to the last 48.
So the answer has got to be 32+16 = 48.
But then we see that some players 32-96 played in the UK and some others played in the Welsh. So it's got to be more than 48, somewhere around 55 sounds reasonable to me.
And then we have the wildcards as well, not sure if you mean to include them but they were 8 at the China Open and 2 at the Malta Cup, so then it's 55+10 = 65. Approx.Comment
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Congratulations Mitsuko. 32 is the answer I was looking for. A vomitorium is an frontwards exit from the stage, by which the cast can leave. Relatively few theatres are built with one, and the Crucible is one such theatre. During a performance an actor can exit backstage via the wings, or frontwards if the script warrants it.
During the World Championships the vomitoria are blocked off, and that is where the players' seats are installed.
The Crucible being the only snooker-circuit venue that possesses vomitoria, the answer is 32.
So here is the updated scoreboard after round 95:
..1 . . . . . . . . . 19.5 . . . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..3 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . Mitsuko
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . The Statman
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . chasmmi
10 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
11 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
12 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
13 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Cyril
14 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ellena
15 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
16 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
17 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . April madness
18 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
19 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Hegeland
ROUND NINETY-SIX
Anyone?Comment
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ROUND NINETY-SIX
Who is the only person to reach a World Professional Snooker Championship quarter-final and have a son who went on to do the same?"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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Silvino Francisco?Boris for PM!Comment
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No - sorry!Originally Posted by Snooker Rocks!
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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I'll have one more guess (don't know if he even had a son): Rex Williams?Boris for PM!Comment
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No - sorry again!Originally Posted by Snooker Rocks!"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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Bernard Bennett??Comment
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No, sorry (at least not to my knowledge - apologies if he has achieved this too - am fairly sure he didn't - but it's not the answer I had in mind!)Originally Posted by hegeland"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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Hang on, is it Kirk Stevens?Boris for PM!Comment
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