Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[davis_greatest]

wot the hell does fountain pen hav to do with snooker???

In 1938, Alec Brown, playing in the Daily Mail Gold Cup at Thurstons Hall, found the cue ball buried among the reds and could not bridge satisfactorily - he produced a cue described as "the length of a fountain pen" and played his shot.

The referee, Charlie Chambers, ruled that the stroke was not within the spirit of the game, and declared a 7-point penalty, despite there being no explicit rule on the minimum length of a cue. Immediately after the incident, the Billiards Association and Control Council amended the rules to state that the minimum length of a cue must be three feet - and so the rule stands today.

[crucible77]

In 1938, Alec Brown, playing in the Daily Mail Gold Cup at Thurstons Hall, found the cue ball buried among the reds and could not bridge satisfactorily - he produced a cue described as "the length of a fountain pen" and played his shot.

The referee, Charlie Chambers, ruled that the stroke was not within the spirit of the game, and declared a 7-point penalty, despite there being no explicit rule on the minimum length of a cue. Immediately after the incident, the Billiards Association and Control Council amended the rules to state that the minimum length of a cue must be three feet - and so the rule stands today.

:falls asleep:

[JohnPizzapan]

round 248

Which player who is in the Worlds this year, lost to Karan Chand in the 2000 World Qualys? And who did he beat in round b4

pt for each

Darren Hackeson lost to Karan Chand in the 2000 World Championship qualifiers 6-2 after he defeated Andrew Grieve 6-4 in the previous round.

[crucible77]

Darren Hackeson lost to Karan Chand in the 2000 World Championship qualifiers 6-2 after he defeated Andrew Grieve 6-4 in the previous round.

not according to statmans stats

[mushka]

R248:

not according to statmans stats

How kind of you for mentioning this.

The answer is Martin Gould who defeated Robert Armitage in the second qualifying round.


Somewhere along the road a mistake happened.
Well, there could always be more explanations... :runs away from Statman's fury:

[vainparasite]

Gary Lees lost to karan chan

[mushka]

Well, did I got it right?

[crucible77]

well done mushy!


So here is the table after round 348

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 44½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 23½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . attilahun
..4 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..5 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Monique
..6 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 18½. . . . . . . Robert602
..8 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓ . . . . . . . chasmmi
..9 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
10 . . . . . . . . . 13½. . . . . . . The Statman
11 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . JPK123
12 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cyril
13 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Mal
14 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
15 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
17 . . . . . ... . . .9 . . .. . . . .. Crucible77
18 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . Marc
19 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . abextra
20 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . kellie-text
21 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . April Madness
22 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
23 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
24 . . . . . . . . . . 41/2 . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
25 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
26 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
27 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Odrl
28 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . mushka
30 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
31 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
32 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
33 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . jaguarf1
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Bongo
37 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Teresa
38 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
39 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Shaggy365
40 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
41 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
42 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
43 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
44 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
45 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
46 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
47 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

349

[Cyril]

349

Easy one.

First post with all 4 names correct will get the point.

1985 World Final Taylor v Davis. Name the 2 commentators for BBC who covered the deciding frame, the referee and the interviewer after the final in the Crucible.

[crucible77]

David Vine
JOhn Williams
Ted Lowe
JIm Meadowcroft

[Cyril]

Correct me ole beauty! :snooker:

So here is the table after round 349

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 44½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 23½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . attilahun
..4 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..5 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Monique
..6 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 18½. . . . . . . Robert602
..8 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓ . . . . . . . chasmmi
..9 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
10 . . . . . . . . . 13½. . . . . . . The Statman
11 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . JPK123
12 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cyril
13 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Mal
14 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
15 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
17 . . . . . ... . . 10 . . .. . . . .. Crucible77
18 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . Marc
19 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . abextra
20 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . kellie-text
21 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . April Madness
22 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
23 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
24 . . . . . . . . . . 41/2 . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
25 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
26 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
27 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Odrl
28 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . mushka
30 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
31 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
32 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
33 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . jaguarf1
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Bongo
37 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Teresa
38 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
39 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Shaggy365
40 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
41 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
42 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
43 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
44 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
45 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
46 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
47 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

Round 350 anyone?

[bongo]

Round 350 - After Dennis Taylor's famous victory in the World Championship 1985 and after potting the final black and after raising his cue above his head, and shaking Steve Davis' hand, how many times did he bang his cue against the floor?

[attilahun]

Round 350 - After Dennis Taylor's famous victory in the World Championship 1985 and after potting the final black and after raising his cue above his head, and shaking Steve Davis' hand, how many times did he bang his cue against the floor?

I think 2 times....

[bongo]

CORRECT!

Here's the table after Round 350:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 44½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . attilahun
..3 . . . . . . . . . 23½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..5 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Monique
..6 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 18½. . . . . . . Robert602
..8 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓ . . . . . . . chasmmi
..9 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
10 . . . . . . . . . 13½. . . . . . . The Statman
11 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . JPK123
12 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cyril
13 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Mal
14 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
15 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
17 . . . . . ... . . 10 . . .. . . . .. Crucible77
18 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . Marc
19 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . abextra
20 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . kellie-text
21 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . April Madness
22 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
23 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
24 . . . . . . . . . . 41/2 . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
25 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
26 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
27 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Odrl
28 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . mushka
30 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
31 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
32 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
33 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . jaguarf1
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Bongo
37 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Teresa
38 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
39 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Shaggy365
40 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
41 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
42 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
43 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
44 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
45 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
46 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
47 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

Round 351 anyone?

[The Statman]

ROUND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE

What do the first, seventh and last days of the World Championship (i.e. the seventeen Crucible days, excluding qualifiers) have in common?