Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[attilahun]

Thanks Statman you are very fair-play.
I am glad I get to score in this great quiz and I ll try harder for the next questions.

[The Statman]

By the way, here is the updated scoreboard after round 188.

I have not given myself the ⅓ point, as I noticed that attilahun answered 2 of the 3 sections before I did, and chasmmi the other one before I did. All I did first was to answer all three together, but that scores nothing!

So I've added ⅔ to attilahun and ⅓ to chasmmi.

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 31½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 17½. . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..7 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . Monique
15 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
16 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . abextra
27 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
28 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
32 . . . . . . . . . . . ⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
33 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
34 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
35 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

[The Statman]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE

In the 2007 World Championship, Stephen Maguire became only the fourth player to ........ at the Crucible, following Stephen Hendry in 1992, John Higgins in ... and Ronnie O'Sullivan in ... .

Complete the sentence (the first gap only is required; the other two years have just been suppressed so as not to help you too much.

[attilahun]

Sorry - robbed chasmmi of 1/3 point for Q3.

The Statman = 2/3
Chasmmi = 1/3

I think I answered corectlly to question nr. 1 and 2 before The Stateman. And maybe I deserve some points or half a point. Check it Dan.

[dantuck_7]

Sorry - robbed chasmmi of 1/3 point for Q3.

The Statman = 2/3
Chasmmi = 1/3

[dantuck_7]

Year Defending Champion Progress Result
1978 John Spencer First Round 8-13 vs Perrie Mans
1979 Ray Reardon Quarter-finals 8-13 vs Dennis Taylor

Yep looks like The Statman has a point for this round....It was Joe Johnson getting to the 1987 final for Q1 and then John Pulman in the 60's for Q2 and Q3.

Another question anyone else?

[The Statman]

Did neither Rearden nor Spencer retain first time round?

Can't remember 100% but I don't think either of them did!

[chasmmi]

Correction to no.3: John Pulman also retained it the following year in answer 2, so it's him again.

Did neither Rearden nor Spencer retain first time round?

[The Statman]

From memory,

1: Joe Johnson, losing 18-14 in the 1987 final.
2: John Pulman I think won the last championship of the 1950s (his first title) and then retained it when it was resurrected in 1963 or 4.
3: I think Joe Davis is the only player to have done this.

Correction to no.3: John Pulman also retained it the following year in answer 2, so it's him again.

[The Statman]

From memory,

1: Joe Johnson, losing 18-14 in the 1987 final.
2: John Pulman I think won the last championship of the 1950s (his first title) and then retained it when it was resurrected in 1963 or 4.
3: I think Joe Davis is the only player to have done this.

[attilahun]

1.Joe Johnson
2. Pulman
3.Donaldson

[chasmmi]

1) Doherty / Johnson.... gonna go Doherty.

2) Gonna be Reardon or Spencer.... Gonna say Spencer.

3) As its not Reardon, and Fred and Walt exchanged there first wins, it must be Pulman.

[dantuck_7]

Round 188

ROUND 188

Have 3 quick questions worth 1/3 a point each.

1) Who has come the closest to overcoming the Crucible Curse?
2) Who was the last first time winner to defend his title?
3) Who was the last first time winner to defend his title twice?

Have added Q3?!

[dantuck_7]

No worries chasmni - if you include Reardon from before 1977 that would boost him up a bit also...

[chasmmi]

You see clearly I am an idiot as I missed a final somewhere for poor Jim Jim.

The list should have looked:

HENDRY - 115
WHITE - 108
DAVIS - 98
THORBURN - 59
EBDON - 53
WILLIAMS - 50
DOHERTY - 48
J HIGGINS - 43
TAYLOR - 41
REARDON - 36
STEVENS - 36
GRIFFITHS - 34
A HIGGINS - 33
DOTT - 32
JOHNSON - 30
PARROTT - 29
MANS – 25
SULLIVAN - 22
SPENCER - 21
SELBY - 18
MOUNTJOY - 18
BOND - 18
MURPHY - 16


The numbers being frames lost in a crucible final. Oh well, despite my incompetence it is 2 points to Dantuck and 1/2 to Alex0paul. Well done all.