Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[Cyril]

The minimum lenght of a snooker cue is 36 inches, why?

Because Alec Brown produced the fountain pen cue against Tom Newman at Thurston's. Ref, Charlie Chamber's deemed it it not to be within the spirit of the game, "foul, 7 away". The BA&CC thereafter stipulated that a cue MUST be 3 ft in length.

[jb134]

Because Alec Brown produced the fountain pen cue against Tom Newman at Thurston's. Ref, Charlie Chamber's deemed it it not to be within the spirit of the game, "foul, 7 away". The BA&CC thereafter stipulated that a cue MUST be 3 ft in length.

Bang on mate.

[The Statman]

Errr, I say old chap, any chance of the point?

Sorry squire!

While I'm at it, you can have the point for the subsequent round as well.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 235:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 9½. . . . . . . Cyril
10 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
11 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
12 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Mal
13 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
14 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Monique
15 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
16 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
18 . . . . . . . . . . 5.. . . . . . . .hegeland
19 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . abextra
20 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
21 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
22 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . .....attilahun
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
29 . . . . . . . . . . .1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
36 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
37 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
38 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
39 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX

Anyone?

[davis_greatest]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX

What did Sid Lane do in the 1983 Pontins Open that was notable because he hadn't done it for 44 years?

[Monique]

A century break ... 101 actually ... when he was in his mid sixties ...

[dantuck_7]

http://www.pdbsl.co.uk/Stories%5CStories.htm Just been reading about it myself....sounded a damn good break.

[davis_greatest]

A century break ... 101 actually ... when he was in his mid sixties ...

I believe he was 70, but I won't let that deprive you of the point! Congratulations! His previous century break had been 44 years earlier.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 236:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 9½. . . . . . . Cyril
10 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
11 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
12 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Monique
13 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Mal
14 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
15 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
16 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
18 . . . . . . . . . . 5.. . . . . . . .hegeland
19 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . abextra
20 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
21 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
22 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . .....attilahun
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
29 . . . . . . . . . . .1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
36 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
37 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
38 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
39 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN

Anyone?

[davis_greatest]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN

Who, after competing in the World Snooker Championship three times and failing to win a single frame, then went on to play a part in one the greatest moments in Crucible history, and what was it?

[Cyril]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN

Who, after competing in the World Snooker Championship three times and failing to win a single frame, then went on to play a part in one the greatest moments in Crucible history, and what was it?

Jack Karnehm. His famous quote from the commentary box as Cliff Thorburn got down to shoot the final black of his historic 147 at the Crucible in '83. "Well... good luck mate!"

[davis_greatest]

Congratulations, Cyril. Perfect answer!

So here is the scoreboard after Round 237:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Cyril
..9 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
10 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
11 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
12 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Monique
13 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Mal
14 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
15 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
16 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
18 . . . . . . . . . . 5.. . . . . . . .hegeland
19 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . abextra
20 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
21 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
22 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . .....attilahun
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
29 . . . . . . . . . . .1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
36 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
37 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
38 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
39 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT

Anyone?

[The Statman]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT

Shaun Murphy famously beat Matthew Stevens at the Crucible in 2007, from five frames behind with six to play.

My question is: who has achieved the same since, and who did he beat?

[davis_greatest]

Very wild guess: Adrian Gunnell, Ian Preece?

[Odrl]

Barry Hawkins against Ali Carter? UK Championship 2007.

[The Statman]

Congratulations Odrl and welcome to the elite scoreboard! Yes, Ali Carter was 8-3 ahead in the match you referred to, on 9-10 December, but Barry Hawkins beat him 9-8.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 238:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Cyril
..9 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
10 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
11 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
12 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Monique
13 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Mal
14 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
15 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
16 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
18 . . . . . . . . . . 5.. . . . . . . .hegeland
19 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . abextra
20 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
21 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
22 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . .....attilahun
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
29 . . . . . . . . . . .1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Odrl
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
37 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
38 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
39 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
40 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE

I expect we've probably had this one before, but anyway...

Complete the following sentence by inserting the SAME seven letters, in the SAME order, into each blank, so that the sentence makes complete sense in grammar and meaning:

A _____ snooker player was ____ to practise because he had ____.

[Stella147]

A RETIRED snooker player was RETIRED to practise because he had RETIRED???