Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[1blonde]

A stab in the dark here but how about this...

The game of snooker was
invented by Neville
Chamberlain in 1875. Everyone
knows that. Or to be more
precise, this is today’s
commonly accepted theory.
But prior to 1938 there was an
equally accepted theory that
the game been introduced by
a “Colonel Snooker” of the
Royal Artillery. Then came the
momentous day when Sir
Neville Francis Fitzgerald
Chamberlain at last responded to the umpteenth letter
speculating on the game’s origins and staked his own
claim, which was published in The Field on 19th March
1938. This was apparently provoked by another claim
in the same magazine, that the game had been
invented at “The Shop”, a term used to describe the
Royal Military Academy at Woolwich.
Neville Chamberlain waited for an amazingly long time
before revealing himself as the Father of the game.
Despite unremitting speculation on the subject since
the game became popular in England in the late 1880’s,
Chamberlain waited until he was in his 83rd year to
reveal that he created the game of snooker in 1875,
some 63 years previously!

[Capelito]

about the new question: is it about crucible?

Ok. yes it is about crucible

[Capelito]

A stab in the dark here but how about this...

The game of snooker was
invented by Neville
Chamberlain in 1875. Everyone
knows that. Or to be more
precise, this is today’s
commonly accepted theory.
But prior to 1938 there was an
equally accepted theory that
the game been introduced by
a “Colonel Snooker” of the
Royal Artillery. Then came the
momentous day when Sir
Neville Francis Fitzgerald
Chamberlain at last responded to the umpteenth letter
speculating on the game’s origins and staked his own
claim, which was published in The Field on 19th March
1938. This was apparently provoked by another claim
in the same magazine, that the game had been
invented at “The Shop”, a term used to describe the
Royal Military Academy at Woolwich.
Neville Chamberlain waited for an amazingly long time
before revealing himself as the Father of the game.
Despite unremitting speculation on the subject since
the game became popular in England in the late 1880’s,
Chamberlain waited until he was in his 83rd year to
reveal that he created the game of snooker in 1875,
some 63 years previously!

Damn thats sime information, but not really a record is it? anyway I was looking for something mote recent.

[circle]

Slvino prize was 60000 but first over 50000

Are you sure about this?

[Capelito]

Was it really that hard?
another clue then. The maximum possible is 67

[deant1982]

Think I got it.....

63 is the most frames lost by a single player at the crucible in a single year by one player (Ken Doherty 2003)
67 is the maximum possible. It would involve you winning each game in the deciding frame, then losing the final (10-9, 13-12, 13-12, 17-16, and 18-17.
How is that?

[Capelito]

That is absolutely correct

[deant1982]

Finally thought of one. Might be easy, might be tricky.

Complete the list, and give the reason why they are in this specific order.

Joe Johnson, Ken Doherty, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Cliff Thorburn, John Higgins, Alex Higgins......

There are 12 more players to be named.

[missneworleans]

Players who came closest to break the crucible curse

[deant1982]

Complete the list then....

[missneworleans]

....John Parrott,Peter Ebdon,Stephen Hendry,Shaun Murphy
Lazy to find others, got the idea anyway

[deant1982]

....John Parrott,Peter Ebdon,Stephen Hendry,Shaun Murphy
Lazy to find others, got the idea anyway

I suppose I'll have to give you that.
(for the record, the rest in order were - Williams, Griffiths, Reardon, Spencer, Robertson, Dott, Taylor, and finally Steve Davis at the very bottom due to a 10-1 hammering by Tony Knowles in the first round 1982).

[The Statman]

Ok so congratulations to Capelito, winning Round 391 - the names given were those reaching the milestone prize-money records, first £25,000, forst £50,000 prize etc.
And to deant1982 for Round 392 - the figure was the most frames that can be lost in the World Championship.
And to missneworleans for identifying in Round 393 the players coming close to breaking the Crucible curse.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 393:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 44½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . attilahun
..3 . . . . . . . . . 23½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..5 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Monique
..6 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 18½. . . . . . . Robert602
..8 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . Cyril
..9 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . 14½. . . . . . . dantuck_7
11 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓ . . . . . . . chasmmi
12 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
13 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Mal
15 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
16 . . . . . . . . . 10½ . . . . . . .crucible77
17 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
18 . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . . abextra
20 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . Marc
21 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . April Madness
22 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . missneworleans
23 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
24 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
25 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . Odrl
26 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
27 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
28 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . rambon
29 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . circle
30 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
31 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . deant1982
32 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . mushka
33 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
34 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
35 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
36 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
37 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . ore
38 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . jaybee 136
39 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . jaguarf1
40 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
41 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . gilbis
42 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Capelito
43 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . erezpa
44 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . lagermike
45 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . BellySpace
46 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . bongo
47 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Teresa
48 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
49 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Shaggy365
50 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
51 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
52 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
53 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
54 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
55 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . nlm247
56 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Barcicik
57 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
58 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
59 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR

Player A breaks off in a standard frame of snooker, and goes in-off giving 4 points to player B.
He is not left a free ball.
Assuming there are no further fouls in the game, what is the greatest number of breaks of exactly 7 that can be made in the frame?
Assume also that there are no mistakes in the refereeing of the game or anything complicated like that!

[Chu]

euh 17 breaks?

[Odrl]

Good question. My first thought would be 18. One for each red, then green+brown, the final black, and the re-spotted black.