Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[hegeland]

hegeland

Another good effort, identical to the previous one and therefore equally unworthy of the point!

(did you see my question on the other thread about unlikely scenarios?)

You should update your own stats more often, that way I won't look so stupid!

Round 210:

I vaguely remember something about the ref by mistake respotting a red instead of a colour, then it might be higher than 147 and even infinite in theory?

[The Statman]

Oh yes I should have said – there is no mistake on the part of the referee or either player; the frame progresses totally correctly.

[davis_greatest]

154?

(If a player had a free ball on his previous break, potted a red, then missed a colour (Foul and a Miss) and was put in by his opponent - pots black, 15 red-blacks, and the colours).)

[davis_greatest]

I should clarify - where I said above "potted a red", I meant potted a free ball as the red.

[The Statman]

Congratulations davis greatest. 154 is the correct answer.

With all balls on the table, I foul and leave you a free ball. You take one as an extra red but fail to hit the colour after it, and a Foul and a Miss is called.

I decide to have the balls replaced, and this time (whether you did last time or not) you choose the black and not only hit but pot it. You get 7 points for that and still have the full 147 on the table, giving you a 154 break which did not itself contain a free ball!

So here is the scoreboard after Round 210:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 33½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . Monique
12 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
13 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . abextra
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . kellie-text
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
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 TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN

Anyone?

[bongo]

:d :d :d

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN

Who won the 1980 British Gold Cup and at what venue?

(This may be really easy, sorry if it is!)

[bongo]

I put a wierd title (ddd???!!!) it meant to be , any answers to question then?

[davis_greatest]

Alex Higgins at the Assembly Rooms in Derby?

[bongo]

Correct!!! Well Done!!! Now what happens???!!!

[Marc]

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 33½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . Monique
12 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
13 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . abextra
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . kellie-text
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
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 TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE

Anyone?

[The Statman]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE

The referee, if asked a certain question by the player, will, according to the rules, answer "YES" or "NO". What is the question the player might ask?

There are two possible answers to this: One was mentioned earlier today in another thread, which is when the player asks if the cue-ball is touching a ball that is not on (in which case the ref would not automatically call it).

What is the other?

[hegeland]

Is the cue ball within the 'D'? (when playing from in-hand)

[The Statman]

Congratulations hegeland! Yes, when a player is in hand, when he has placed the cue-ball in his desired position, he may ask the referee if it is correctly placed (i.e. in the D or on the line) and the referee will state "YES" or "NO".

So here is the scoreboard after Round 212:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 33½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . Monique
12 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
13 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . hegeland
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . abextra
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . kellie-text
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
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

I will straighten the right-hand column tomorrow; it's late!

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN

Anyone?

[The Statman]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN

Player A breaks off.

Player B comes to the table and makes a break that leaves player A needing snookers.

What is the theoretical lowest that the break can be?

As ever, unless otherwise stated, you can assume that this is a normal game of snooker, with scores at 0-0 at the start, in which no errors have been made by the referee or players. As indicated above, Player B makes this break on his first visit to the table, immediately after Player A has broken off.

NB the first person to give an answer which matches my lowest will get the point – or the first person to give an answer that beats mine as long as it stands up to rigorous scrutiny!

[Monique]

I'd say 4O