Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[PaulTheSoave]

I think wrong answer on round 206

somebody stop him..... now!

[The Statman]

OK!

ROUND 206

I turn on the TV and see Ronnie O'Sullivan at the table again. This time it looks like he could be on for a maximum - on a break of 120, six colours left. He hits the yellow hard, it rattles in the jaws, then rolls along the cushion into the opposite corner pocket and drops in.

"122," announces the referee, and I realise that Ronnie's not going to make the maximum after all. How do I know?

(Note: while there may be more than one plausible answer, the point will be awarded only for the one I have in mind.)

Because the green was in a position alongside another ball that was on the edge of a pocket?

[davis_greatest]

Oops, Just find out I did a mistype updating it. Had to type M somewhere instead of 2! Corrected now! And apologies!

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 32½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
12 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
13 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . Monique
16 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . kellie-text
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
28 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . abextra
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
34 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
35 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
36 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

This is from post 2639. Sorry, I couldn't see what you had changed, or why, or which scoreboard you had updated.

So, for now, I will use the scoreboard in post 2630 for the next scoreboard update...

[davis_greatest]

ROUND 206

I turn on the TV and see Ronnie O'Sullivan at the table again. This time it looks like he could be on for a maximum - on a break of 120, six colours left. He hits the yellow hard, it rattles in the jaws, then rolls along the cushion into the opposite corner pocket and drops in.

"122," announces the referee, and I realise that Ronnie's not going to make the maximum after all. How do I know?

(Note: while there may be more than one plausible answer, the point will be awarded only for the one I have in mind.)

The yellow is put back on it's spot?
He has once again had a free ball with all 15 reds on the table and have hit 120 potting the last red and the yellow then being the colour to pot after the red.

Congratulations, Lindea!

When I turned on the TV and saw all 6 colours there, with the break on 120, I could not have known that Ronnie was not on for a maximum. However, when I saw the referee re-spot the yellow after it had been potted, it then became obvious that the yellow must have been potted following a "16th red", as a result of a free ball at the start of the break.

(Cyril's earlier half-mention of a free ball is correct, but unfortunately is not sufficient for the point, as it did not explain how or why I would have known there had been a free ball.)

So here is the scoreboard after round 206:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 32½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
12 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
13 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . Monique
16 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . kellie-text
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
28 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . abextra
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
34 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
35 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
36 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND 207...

... anyone?

[davis_greatest]

This is from post 2639. Sorry, I couldn't see what you had changed, or why, or which scoreboard you had updated.

So, for now, I will use the scoreboard in post 2630 for the next scoreboard update...

Now I've realised what happened... PaulTheSoave removed 10 points from snookersfun... scoreboard above edited with points restored.

[davis_greatest]

ROUND 207

Lucy, 35 points in front in front of Claire, fouls and leaves one of the two remaining reds hanging over a top corner pocket, with the other red a couple of inches from the pink. There is no hint of obstruction between the white and either red and, apart from the green (which is on the baulk cushion), all the colours are on their spots.

So why does Claire (who does not have the option of having the balls replaced) not even attempt to pot a red on her next shot?

(Note: while there may be more than one plausible answer, the point will be awarded only for the one I have in mind.)

[ADR147]

easy snooker? can't make the points required by the avaliable balls from the reds where they are positioned? chinese snooker meaning that the in off in very likely? there are a lot of possibilities!

[davis_greatest]

can't make the points required by the avaliable balls...

Plenty of points on the table...

there are a lot of possibilities!

Yes, but only one will win the point

[Alex0paul]

They are keeping an aggregate score from two frames and she needs snookers?

[davis_greatest]

They are keeping an aggregate score from two frames and she needs snookers?

Nice ideas, but no. Ordinary match, ordinary rules, ordinary frames - the player who reaches the target number of frames first wins.

[The Statman]

The other red is a couple of inches from the pink ... and that pink is hanging over another pocket?

[davis_greatest]

The other red is a couple of inches from the pink ... and that pink is hanging over another pocket?

No - remember that "apart from the green (which is on the baulk cushion), all the colours are on their spots."

I'll see if anyone gets nearer and then think whether any clue is appropriate.

[abextra]

Maybe Lucy conceded this frame and Claire's next shot was the break-off in the next frame?

[davis_greatest]

Maybe Lucy conceded this frame and Claire's next shot was the break-off in the next frame?

Half of this is right...

[ADR147]

i was going to say maybe clare put lucy back in but now i see this is not going to be right!