Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[abextra]

Doug Mountjoy and Cliff Thorburn in 1980 World Championship, it took 21 minutes to pot the brown ball?

[bongo]

Eddie Charlton 90mins safety exchange on red?

Not sure of other player

[dantuck_7]

I'm going to guess last red in the final frame of the 85 final? Might even be 2nd last red?

[hegeland]

Sorry, no.

[The Statman]

It may have been the yellow between Davis and Meo in the world champs of (from memory) 1989, but not sure.

There was a 'long' yellow at the Crucible in 2007 or 2006 as well, which was pretty close.

But I'll be cheeky and say the pink which Mark Selby was about to take on when the Crucible fire alarm went off in 2006. He was on a break of 26 and, about 40 minutes later, returned to the table and got the pink. Mark Williams was his opponent.

[hegeland]

Sorry, a bit closer but no cigar. There might be a "longer" ball in history, but this is the longest in modern Main Tour history (as far as I know, and I'm fairly sure).

[dantuck_7]

I'll open this even though there hasn't been a correct answer to 219.

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY

The Masters at Wembley this year had 7 deciding frames out of 17 matches (41.2%). What was the last tournament to have a higher percentage than this?

[Alex0paul]

2007 Pot Black Cup?

[dantuck_7]

Thats the correct answer! Thought it might have thrown a few people.

Add on 1 point next time the table is updated.

[abextra]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETEEN

An old classic, don't think we've had it on this thread though. This question is worth 3 points in total.

Which two players were involved in the longest play on a single ball ever?

One bonus point will be awarded if you know during which tournament it happened and one bonus point if you know which ball it was they so thoroughly declined to pot.

Hegeland, this round has been open for a while now... could we have a clue, please? Or would you prefer to answer some yes/no questions?

[dantuck_7]

I remember reading the answer to this question before - it must have been so dull we've all forgotten.

Anything to do with the longest non-televised frame between

Cliff Thorburn v Stephen O'Connor 1994 Regal Welsh (QRd9)

92 MINS 59 SECS

[The Statman]

Here is the scoreboard after round 219, but with round 217 still open:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..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 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
20 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
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

Meanwhile, let's have...

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY

What do Chris Brooks, who entered the World Championship in 1992, and Joe Davis, ever present from 1927 to 1946, uniquely have in common with regard to the World Championship?

A clue will be given after ten distinct incorrect guesses (if necessary)!

[davis_greatest]

A wild guess, however unlikely - 100% success record in World Championship matches they played?

[The Statman]

Wow, Davis Greatest, a correct answer straight away.

He won two matches to progress to the second stage of qualifying (best of 19s) in 1992. However, fate befell him and he was killed in a car crash in January 1992 and never had the opportunity to go any further. It is a cruel irony that, had he been at Preston Guild Hall for the qualifiers, he would have received a walkover from Bill Werbeniuk, who withdrew from the tournament.

So here is the scoreboard after round 220, but with round 217 still open:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..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 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
20 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
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 TWENTY-ONE

Anyone?

[davis_greatest]

I don't imagine this one will take too long...

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE

In the professional snooker tournament final with two players of the greatest ever age difference between them, Steve Davis was one - who was his opponent?

Edit: And in which year?

Half a point for player, half a point for the year