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  • I'm sure it's a potato now as one clue was chip on shoulder and another one was musorebut munalos which is solanum tuberosum reversed (perhaps a Latin word for potato) and also the name of poisoning you get from eating some raw potatoes.

    Tough question, but fun!

    Comment


    • Sorry, I had to go for a while.

      Congratulations Mal! They used a potato as the cue ball - although, why, I do not know!

      So here is the scoreboard after round 261
      pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
      ..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
      ..2 . . . . . . . . . 21½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
      ..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
      ..4 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
      ..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
      ..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
      ..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
      ..8 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Cyril
      ..9 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
      10 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Mal
      11 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . attilahun
      12 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Monique
      13 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
      14 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
      15 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
      15 . . . . . . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . JPK123
      17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . abextra
      18 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
      19 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
      20 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
      21 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
      22 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
      23 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
      24 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
      25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
      26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
      27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
      28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
      29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
      30 . . . . . . . . . ..1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
      32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . crucible77
      33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
      34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . .Shaggy365
      35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Odrl
      36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
      37 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
      38 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
      39 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
      40 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
      41 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
      42 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
      43 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
      44 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

      Round 262
      Anyone...
      "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
      David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

      Comment


      • I bet all eyes were on them!

        ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO

        How many players have reached at least one ranking quarter-final, as at today's date, i.e. after the 2008 China Open?

        I'll let it lie for a bit and give a higher than/lower than to the closest answers either side.

        Comment


        • Originally Posted by Mal View Post
          which is solanum tuberosum reversed (perhaps a Latin word for potato) ...
          Yes, Latin for potato. The first clue, though, came in post 3039, although it was a less obvious one!

          Originally Posted by The Statman View Post
          I bet all eyes were on them!

          ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO

          How many players have reached at least one ranking quarter-final, as at today's date, i.e. after the 2008 China Open?

          I'll let it lie for a bit and give a higher than/lower than to the closest answers either side.
          45?
          "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
          David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

          Comment


          • I'll take a swing at 95.

            Comment


            • next guess then is 61
              "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
              David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

              Comment


              • 147 players
                "There has only ever been Alex Higgins, myself and now Ronnie O'sullivan who play the game the way it should be played with such excitement - I know the fans love it this way" - Jimmy White

                Comment


                • 146 players
                  "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                  David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

                  Comment


                  • 144 players
                    "There has only ever been Alex Higgins, myself and now Ronnie O'sullivan who play the game the way it should be played with such excitement - I know the fans love it this way" - Jimmy White

                    Comment


                    • 145 then!
                      "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                      David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

                      Comment


                      • Congratulations Attilahun! There are currently 147 players who have appeared in a ranking quarter-final.

                        So here is the scoreboard after round 262:

                        pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
                        ..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
                        ..2 . . . . . . . . . 21½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
                        ..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
                        ..4 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
                        ..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
                        ..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
                        ..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
                        ..8 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Cyril
                        ..9 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
                        10 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . attilahun
                        11 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Mal
                        12 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Monique
                        13 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
                        14 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
                        15 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
                        15 . . . . . . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . JPK123
                        17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . abextra
                        18 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
                        19 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
                        20 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
                        21 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
                        22 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
                        23 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
                        24 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
                        25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
                        26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
                        27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
                        28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
                        29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
                        30 . . . . . . . . . ..1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
                        32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . crucible77
                        33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
                        34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . .Shaggy365
                        35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Odrl
                        36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
                        37 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
                        38 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
                        39 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
                        40 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
                        41 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
                        42 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
                        43 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
                        44 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

                        ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE

                        ...Anyone?

                        Comment


                        • Originally Posted by The Statman View Post
                          Congratulations Attilahun! There are currently 147 players who have appeared in a ranking quarter-final.
                          Very good. Is that the maximum possible?

                          ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE

                          Whose father was technical advisor to the BBC television series Give Us A Break and played most of the shots seen on the screen?
                          "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                          David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

                          Comment


                          • Originally Posted by The Statman View Post
                            Just worked it out the bleeding obvious and I think Mal has got it right. Aarrghh!
                            If Mal hadn't got it, that would have been a great point for my 4000th post!
                            Round 263
                            Neal Foulds?

                            Comment


                            • David Taylor???
                              2009 Shanghai Masters Predict the Qualifiers Champion

                              2008 Grand Prix Final Prediction Champion


                              http://ryan147.com

                              Comment


                              • Congratulations The Statman! The man in question was indeed Geoff Foulds, father of Neal Foulds.

                                So here is the scoreboard after round 263:

                                pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
                                ..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
                                ..2 . . . . . . . . . 21½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
                                ..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
                                ..4 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
                                ..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
                                ..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
                                ..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
                                ..8 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Cyril
                                ..9 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
                                10 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . attilahun
                                11 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . The Statman
                                12 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Mal
                                13 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Monique
                                14 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
                                15 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
                                15 . . . . . . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . JPK123
                                17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . abextra
                                18 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
                                19 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
                                20 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
                                21 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
                                22 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
                                23 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
                                24 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
                                25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
                                26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
                                27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
                                28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
                                29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
                                30 . . . . . . . . . ..1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
                                32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . crucible77
                                33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
                                34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . .Shaggy365
                                35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Odrl
                                36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
                                37 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
                                38 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
                                39 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
                                40 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
                                41 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
                                42 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
                                43 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
                                44 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

                                ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR

                                ...Anyone?
                                "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                                David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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