Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[snookersfun]

Quote:
Originally Posted by snookersfun
He won by 57-54 (or 56-55?)

Charlie potted 8 or 9 reds and 1 each of the colours + 3 extra blacks,
while you potted (6 or 7 reds) 1 each of the colours + extra yellow, extra green and 4 extra browns.


Pretty good...OK, very good... but you can't go for 2 answers! Only one is possible. So the point will go to the first person to give the correct one and to explain why the other one cannot happen...


OK, I'll choose the second option. Makes more sense, that Charlie potted one of the final colours. As you shouldn't have tried to get them all in, knowing you'd need snookers at that point.
Also a much nicer score 56-55 (oh so close...)

[davis_greatest]

Congratulations, snookersfun! That's enough for the point!

The score was 56-55.

The 57-54 score is not allowable. Since Charlie had potted 9 colours, if he had potted 9 reds that would have meant that he had not potted any of the final colours. This would have meant that I would have potted the final black, which I would not have done if already 57-47 behind after the pink, as the frame would have already been lost.

So Charlie only potted 8 reds with colours. His 9th colour was the final black, which took him from 49-55 to 56-55 and a win by one point!

Scoreboard to follow...

[davis_greatest]

Congratulations, snookersfun!
So here is the scoreboard after round 174:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 30. . ... . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 15½ .. . . . . . Robert602
..3 . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 11½. . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
14 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
15 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . JPK123
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Monique
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
27 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
28 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
30 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . sunny3909
31 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . abextra

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE

... anyone?

[davis_greatest]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR

I’m just back from having played another frame of snooker against my pet chimpanzee Charlie. It wasn't nearly as ridiculous as the previous frame - in fact, it seemed perfectly normal - no free balls, no balls forced off the table, no potting more than one ball in one shot, no pocketing the wrong ball... actually, there were no fouls or anything remotely unusual at all.

Interestingly, we each potted every colour at least once during the frame. However, I had the upper hand: I potted more yellows than Charlie, more greens than Charlie - come to think of it, more browns, blues, pinks and blacks than Charlie! I just could not seem to miss a ball!

So how did the cheeky chimp beat me again? And by how much did he win?

So, for those who did not spot the sneaky trick here, or understand how snookersfun's answer satisfied the question:

"I potted more yellows than Charlie" - straightforward

"more greens than Charlie" - straightforward

"....come to think of it, more browns, blues, pinks and blacks than Charlie!" - this means that the number of browns+blues+pinks+blacks (combined) that I potted was more than Charlie managed... it does not necessarily mean that I potted more of each colour individually.

So, I potted 8 "browns, blues, pinks and blacks" (combined), to Charlie's 7 - but he potted more blacks than I.

[Marc]

Well thats just ridiculars i was lying in bed awake most the night trying to figure that out and all it was,was a trick question.

[snookersfun]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE

Let's try one of those missing letters/anagram puzzles:

So, following are a series of common English words with missing first letters. These have to be found and rearranging them, you will find a snooker related word:

1) _oon
2) _ong
3) _ce
4) _and
5) _ot
6) _at
7) _at

The first person finding the word that I had in mind will get a full point. Good alternatives may be worth 1/2 point.

[davis_greatest]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE

Let's try one of those missing letters/anagram puzzles:

So, following are a series of common English words with missing first letters. These have to be found and rearranging them, you will find a snooker related word:

1) _oon
2) _ong
3) _ce
4) _and
5) _ot
6) _at
7) _at

The first person finding the word that I had in mind will get a full point. Good alternatives may be worth 1/2 point.

Just like his chances of winning, when I watched him get hammered 5-0 by Steve Davis in Newport in February, I don't think there is much hope here, but I'll try anyway with GILBERT:

BOON
GONG
ICE
LAND
TOT
RAT
EAT

[davis_greatest]

Or for an equally well-known top snooker star, how about MELLISH?

MOON
LONG
ICE
SAND
LOT
HAT
EAT

[Monique]

As a wink
BOON
SONG
ICE
WAND
TOT
OAT
EAT

for bowties ...

[snookersfun]

very nice guesses so far (bowties), but I am afraid, not what I was looking for.
So, here a few little hints:
1) it is a snooker player
2) I don't like 'tot' as a common word
3) the 'i' is good...

[Marc]

P ong
I ce
N ot
C at
H and
E at
S at

pinches

[snookersfun]

lol, wait a sec Marc, these are not all my words. You amazingly got the player though. Would you mind getting there with my words though?

[JPK123]

Soon
Pong
Ice
Hand
Not
Cat
Eat

Pinches

Do I get a point ?

[Marc]

Noon
Pong
Ice
Sand
Hot
Cat
Eat

[snookersfun]

Swell, what do I do now?
I am of a good mind to give everybody 1/2 a point now, hoping there won't be any steward's enquiry.
Don't like the Pong too much in the final solution, I had

Noon
Song
Ice
Hand
Pot ...(think snooker people)
Cat
Eat

scoreboard to follow in a sec...