Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[Alex0paul]

Errrrrm

Carpenter and a Librarian?????

[PaulTheSoave]

Nowhere near!

[Alex0paul]

Lorry driver and a Pimp?

[PaulTheSoave]

Google a bit more!

[ronnieisthebest]

- Grocery shop assistant
- Butcher

[PaulTheSoave]

Spot on! Congrats RITB. You know your snooker.

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 22½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..4 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..5 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..6 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
14 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . JPK123
15 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
23 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
24 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . rambon
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
27 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
28 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT.

Anyone?

[ronnieisthebest]

Wow! I am so clever!

[davis_greatest]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT.

Anyone?

148 already? Over there, on the Puzzles with numbers and things thread, we're still only on round 147!

[davis_greatest]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT

I did ask this on the BBC 5 Live Board when it existed, but that was a long time ago! So, here it is again - no cheating!

I am at home with my friend, watching Steve Davis play Michael Holt on TV. It is the deciding frame of the Final of the 2008 888.com World Professional Snooker Championship.

Davis gets in first and is looking good for a maximum! In fact he pots 8 reds with blacks, pots the 9th red, but then misses a tough black and leaves it in the jaws.

Unfortunately, at this point, I need to pop out to cut my toenails and when I return the frame is nearing its conclusion.
"Have there been any fouls in the frame?" I ask my friend, to which she replies "No."

I glance up and see Holt at the table and he pots the green. "5" declares the refeee and Holt walks round for his next shot.

I have not yet seen the scores, but instantly I know that Holt cannot win without getting snookers. How do I know?

[chasmmi]

There are still reds left on the table which means his 5 break is the result of potting two reds in one shot followed by the green meaning his maximum break possible is 64, one short of Davis' mark.

[davis_greatest]

I see that there are no reds left..... but go on....

[abextra]

I see that there are no reds left..... but go on....

Ok, there are no reds, but maybe you can see the yellow ball on the table?

[davis_greatest]

Congratulations, abextra - that is the correct answer! When the rest of chasmmi's explanation is added, that explains why Holt needs snookers.

So, congratulations to you both - half a point each!

When I look up, I see that the yellow is still there. So Holt must have just potted 2 reds with one shot, followed by the green. Without snookers, his maximum possible frame score is 64 (comprising 32 for four of the six reds, 2 for the two reds potted together, 3 for the green, and 27 for the 6 colours). Davis, however, opened with a fine break of 65.

PS Special congratulations to abextra who opens her account on the scoreboard and has now answered my last questions here, on the Puzzles with numbers and things thread and the Puzzles with words and things thread - on a roll!

SO HERE IS THE SCOREBOARD AFTER ROUND 148

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 22½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..4 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..5 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..6 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 9½ . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
14 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . JPK123
15 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
23 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
24 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . rambon
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
27 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
28 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
29 . . . . . . . . . . ½ . . . . . . . abextra

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE

Another one from long ago on BBC 5 Live... The Statman answered it correctly then, so I hope he (or anyone who may remember the answer!) would take no offence if invited to sit out this round.

Amazing... Davis has met Holt again, this time in the 2009 World Final and again it has gone to the deciding frame.

Oh dear... Davis now needs snookers, so I go out to wash my hair and leave my friend to watch the match alone. I come back and arrive just in time to see Davis pot the final black, he smiles and the crowd erupts.

"Brilliant!" I exclaim. "How did Davis turn that around? Did he put Holt in some devilish snookers?"

"No," says my friend. "In fact, Holt hasn't even been back to the table since you left."

How can this be?

[Cyril]

I watched most of that game at the Crucible. I think we only saw the magic Davis second session because the other game had finished early, so they had the whole arena to themselves. Steve played great safety but was also very attacking and scored well.

Hope to see more of it!! Come on Steve!

(though my favourite player has always been Parrott)

[davis_greatest]

Which game do you mean, Cyril? The Davis v Holt second round match in 2005 (not the 2009 World Final?)? I saw the first two sessions but, for reasons I won't go into here, annoyingly missed the 3rd (i.e. final) session. Great match though!