Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[t.lavery55]

Fred breaks off at the start and knocks the yellow into a safe position.
Billy knocks in a long red, takes pink followed by 7 reds and blacks to led 55-0.
He then misses the 8th red and Fred comes to the table and pots 7 reds with blacks
to lead 56-55 with only one red remaining.

He finishes on that red but can only get position on a baulk colour
and the yellow being ackward from the break-off is tough to get on.


So Fred decides its not worth the effort and plays a safety off the black.
Somehow he flukes it and finishes perfect on the yellow,which he pots
as well as green and brown only to miss the blue.

Billy returns to the table 18 points behind with just that value remaining,
pots blue and pink but realising he can only tie the frame
decides he`s had enough.

[chasmmi]

The 8th red is the only one which was missed at any point in the frame.

Every time a black was attempted it was succesfully pot.

The score after 14 reds and colours is 55-56.


(super mega clue - think mistakes a referee could make)

[t.lavery55]

Does he forget to respot a colour?

[Monique]

Or does Fred pot yellow after the last red, then continue with green, brown and blue, without the ref noticing than one colour has been skipped. He then is at 71 for 55 to Billy with 13 on the table. So 71-68.

[chasmmi]

Well done you too.

Technically the exact answer I was looking for was that Fred takes a yellow with the final red. Score 59-55

The referee in his infinite wisdom doesnt think to respot it and Fred naturally moves onto green, brown then blue making it 71-55 before missing the pink.


Billy then realises that the yellow should have been respotted so it comes back, he pots the yellow and then accidently pots the pink making it 71-63 with just the black remaining, game over.


(Technically Moniques score couldn't happen as Billy would not get the opportunity to pot the black in that situation. But I'm no DGE when it comes to details)

So in my wisdom I give 0.5 points to t.lavery55 for mentioning the colour respot and 0.5 points to Monique for explaining what haqppened and almost giving the score I was looking for.

Let me go find the table now...

[chasmmi]

Congratulations, t.lavery55 and Monique
So here is the scoreboard after round 176:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 30. . ... . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 15½ .. . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 15½ .. . . . . . Robert602
..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 . . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
15 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
16 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . t.lavery55
31 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . Marc
32 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . sunny3909
33 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . abextra

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN

... anyone?

[davis_greatest]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN

I have made a list of some snooker players - however, three names have accidentally been deleted from my list. Copy the list and insert the three missing names, in the correct places.

Higgins, A.
Thorburn
Taylor
Johnson
Higgins, J.
Parrott
Spencer
Doherty
Williams
Reardon
O'Sullivan
Murphy
Hendry
Griffiths

[chasmmi]

Higgins, A.
Thorburn
Taylor
Johnson
Higgins, J.
Parrott
Dott
Spencer
Doherty
Ebdon
Williams
Reardon
Davis
O'Sullivan
Murphy
Hendry
Griffiths

[davis_greatest]

Higgins, A.
Thorburn
Taylor
Johnson
Higgins, J.
Parrott
Dott
Spencer
Doherty
Ebdon
Williams
Reardon
Davis
O'Sullivan
Murphy
Hendry
Griffiths

Afraid not, chasmmi

[chasmmi]

Higgins, A.
Thorburn
Taylor
Dott
Johnson
Higgins, J.
Parrott
Spencer
Doherty
Williams
Ebdon
Reardon
O'Sullivan
Murphy
Hendry
Davis
Griffiths

[davis_greatest]

Higgins, A.
Thorburn
Taylor
Dott
Johnson
Higgins, J.
Parrott
Spencer
Doherty
Williams
Ebdon
Reardon
O'Sullivan
Murphy
Hendry
Davis
Griffiths

Congratulations, chasmmi! It is, of course, a list of all Crucible champions, in alphabetical order (forename and then surname), from Alex Higgins to Terry Griffiths. (What was the reasoning behind your earlier answer, by the way?)

So here is the scoreboard after round 177:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 30. . ... . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 15½ .. . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 15½ .. . . . . . Robert602
..4 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Alex0paul
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
15 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
16 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . t.lavery55
31 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . Marc
32 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . sunny3909
33 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . abextra

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT

... anyone?

[Marc]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT


1. who beat Steve davis in the 1983 PPT? (The tournament the following year was known as the rothmans grand prix)
2. In the 1984 mercantile credit classic who did davis beat 9-8 in the final?
3. who was the champion and runner up in the 1983 ppt?
4. In the 1979 world championship who did dennis taylor beat in the quarterfinal?

First fully correct post will win the point:

[davis_greatest]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT

1. who beat Steve davis in the 1983 rothmans grand prix?

Didn't Rothmans only sponsor the Grand Prix between 1984 and 1992?

[Marc]

Didn't Rothmans only sponsor the Grand Prix between 1984 and 1992?

yepp sorry, my mistake the grand prix was called the ppt in 1983.

i will edit it thanks

[Monique]

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT


1. who beat Steve davis in the 1983 PPT? (The tournament the following year was known as the rothmans grand prix)
2. In the 1984 mercantile credit classic who did davis beat 9-8 in the final?Tony Meo
3. who was the champion and runner up in the 1983 ppt?Tony Knowles beat Joe Johnson
4. In the 1979 world championship who did dennis taylor beat in the quarterfinal?Ray Raerdon

First fully correct post will win the point:

for 3/4 of a point?