Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[kellie-text]

I seem to remember that Ray Reardon had been unimpressed with one of John Smyth's decisions earlier in the match, or previous match or whatever, and suggested during an interval, in all seriousness, that John Smyth get his eyes tested.

And thus, John took the magnifying glass into the arena and, when the opportunity arose with the white fairly close to a ball, but blatantly not touching it, he took out the magnifying glass and carefully inspected the balls before declaring "NOT TOUCHING".

Something like that.

[PaulTheSoave]

Well whispered into Kellies ear, Statters!!

I seem to remember that Ray Reardon had been unimpressed with one of John Smyth's decisions earlier in the match, or previous match or whatever, and suggested during an interval, in all seriousness, that John Smyth get his eyes tested.

And thus, John took the magnifying glass into the arena and, when the opportunity arose with the white fairly close to a ball, but blatantly not touching it, he took out the magnifying glass and carefully inspected the balls before declaring "NOT TOUCHING".

Something like that.

[davis_greatest]

I seem to remember that Ray Reardon had been unimpressed with one of John Smyth's decisions earlier in the match, or previous match or whatever, and suggested during an interval, in all seriousness, that John Smyth get his eyes tested.

And thus, John took the magnifying glass into the arena and, when the opportunity arose with the white fairly close to a ball, but blatantly not touching it, he took out the magnifying glass and carefully inspected the balls before declaring "NOT TOUCHING".

Something like that.

Exactly so, kellie-text! That's the second half-point. For the first half-point, what had Spencer said, to the merriment of the crowd, to prompt Smythe to extract the magnifying glass?

[PaulTheSoave]

What a coincidence Statman is in London today! eh, Kellie?

[kellie-text]

Thinking back a bit, maybe in the initial incident, John Smyth declared "TOUCHING BALL" and Reardon had queried it and Smyth re-examined the balls and said "My eyes tell me they are touching".

And then, when this incident occurred, Spencer said something like "TOUCHING BALL?" and Smyth, having examined with magnifying glass, said "My eyes tell me they are NOT TOUCHING."

Other than that, I can shed no further light on the matter!

(PS Paul: coincidence indeed)

[davis_greatest]

Congratulations, kellie-text! Close enough for the point, anyway!

Reardon had been playing Jimmy White a few days previously, with Smythe refereeing, and Smythe made two controversial decisions. One was awarding a free ball, when White and Reardon both disagreed ("My eyes," said Smythe, "tell me it's a free ball"); and the other was a Touching Ball call when Reardon saw a clear gap ("My eyes," said Smythe, "tell me those balls are touching.")

In the post-match interview, Reardon suggested that if Smythe's eyes told him it had been a free ball, and touching ball, then Smythe should have his eyes examined. This led to much excitement in the press.

At the match in the question, between Reardon and Spencer, the cue ball and red came to rest about two inches apart. Spencer called out "Touching balls!" Smythe pulled out his magnifying glass, and once the laughter had subsided, declared "Not touching!"


PS Assuming it is the same man, I have seen his name spelt in various apparently reputable sources as alternatively Smythe and Smyth - which is correct?

So here is the scoreboard after round 215

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 34½. . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
11 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
12 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Monique
13 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . hegeland
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . kellie-text
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
20 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . abextra
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 SIXTEEN

... ANYONE?

[davis_greatest]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN

Player A breaks off.

Player B comes to the table for one visit. Then Player A returns and makes a break that forces a respotted black.

What is the theoretical highest that Player A's 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, with no refereeing errors.
The first person to give an answer which matches my highest will get the point – or the first person to give an answer that beats mine as long as it stands up to rigorous scrutiny!

(Apologies to The Statman for any wording plagiarism.)

[atthebookies]

Seventy two

ps. Is this thread also going to be a puzzle for numbers?

[davis_greatest]

Seventy two

ps. Is this thread also going to be a puzzle for numbers?

Not 72.

[Cyril]

Thinking back a bit, maybe in the initial incident, John Smyth declared "TOUCHING BALL" and Reardon had queried it and Smyth re-examined the balls and said "My eyes tell me they are touching".

And then, when this incident occurred, Spencer said something like "TOUCHING BALL?" and Smyth, having examined with magnifying glass, said "My eyes tell me they are NOT TOUCHING."

Other than that, I can shed no further light on the matter!

(PS Paul: coincidence indeed)

It is Smyth.

I know Kellie to be a dark horse... no more on the matter please!! lol

p.s. Kel, I like my eggs sunny side up!!

[hegeland]

Indeed, that girl knows her snooker, although she sometimes seemed almost reluctant to tell us in Belfast how much she really knew.

Round 216:

Free ball 8 extra points, make a 72 after that. Opponent free ball 5 points, make a 75 after that. Score then 80-80. Respot. In short, a break of 80 including a free ball.

Probably completely wrong but it's too late for my intoxicated brain.

[snookersfun]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN

Player A breaks off. manages to make a 7 point foul and leaves a free ball

Player B comes to the table for one visit. in which he pots free ball and 9 more reds with black for a total of 87 points to his side. Then fouls on next red (4 point foul sufficient) and leaves a free ball for player A

Then Player A returns and makes a break that forces a respotted black. 4 point foul + free ball and remaining 6 reds with blacks and all the colours to tie at 87 points (break of 83)

What is the theoretical highest that Player A's break can be? 83?

[davis_greatest]

Indeed, that girl knows her snooker, although she sometimes seemed almost reluctant to tell us in Belfast how much she really knew.

Round 216:

Free ball 8 extra points, make a 72 after that. Opponent free ball 5 points, make a 75 after that. Score then 80-80. Respot. In short, a break of 80 including a free ball.

Probably completely wrong but it's too late for my intoxicated brain.

Higher is possible (and the above does not allow in the score for the points for the fouls).

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN

Player A breaks off. manages to make a 7 point foul and leaves a free ball

Player B comes to the table for one visit. in which he pots free ball and 9 more reds with black for a total of 87 points to his side. Then fouls on next red (4 point foul sufficient) and leaves a free ball for player A

Then Player A returns and makes a break that forces a respotted black. 4 point foul + free ball and remaining 6 reds with blacks and all the colours to tie at 87 points (break of 83)

What is the theoretical highest that Player A's break can be? 83?

Perfect answer. Congratulations, snookersfun!

So here is the scoreboard after round 216

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
11 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
12 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Monique
13 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . hegeland
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . kellie-text
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
20 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . abextra
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 SEVENTEEN

... ANYONE?

[PaulTheSoave]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN

Which player missed a maximum on the final black in a tournament this season, using the rest. Pro tournament of course.

Name player and tournament.

[Alex0paul]

Tom Ford at the German Open?