Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[snookersfun]

my answer has to be right, digged it up deep from some archives.
Now we just have to wait for Statman to resurface from his stats section. Btw I was also right in predicting, that Statman will turn black within a week. He is dark blue already.

[The Statman]

Congratulations snookersfun. He indeed forgot to shake hands at the end of the session and went immediately to rectify the situation!

So here is the scoreboard after Round 37:

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Name
..1 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Mitsuko
..3 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..4 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . berolina
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . April madness
10 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Hegeland
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . The Statman

(A reminder that there are no tied scores – when your score increases you go to the top of your new total.)

ROUND THIRTY-EIGHT

Here's one that, if you don't know the answer, you can look up in my new Crucible Stats section that will be unveiled shortly!

Which player played five matches at the Crucible, and his opponents, in the order he played them, were in alphabetical order?

From the blue-but-nearly-pink Statman

[snookersfun]

John Pulman

great Stats!!!

[The Statman]

Congratulations snookersfun. John Pulman it was. You can see the list for yourself here: http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1353.html

So here is the scoreboard after Round 38:

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Name
..1 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Mitsuko
..3 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..4 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . berolina
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . April madness
10 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Hegeland
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . The Statman

(A reminder that there are no tied scores – when your score increases you go to the top of your new total.)

ROUND THIRTY-NINE

[The Statman]

ROUND THIRTY-NINE

I am typing a list of the 163 players who have played at the Crucible. Already in place is the first letter of their first and surnames, so the list looks like this:

RA
JB
MB
SB
etc. down to
RW
JW
JW

I am now going to insert the full names, but unfortunately my keyboard is broken. The SHIFT key does not work.

How many names will I not be able to complete correctly, because they require another capital letter?

[Mitsuko]

6

Mj
Jo
Fo
So
Do
Ro



But it won't let me do cps anyway

[davis_greatest]

Something wrong with your Caps Lock and Alt keys too, Statman?

[The Statman]

Something wrong with your Caps Lock and Alt keys too, Statman?

Don't be sarky and answer the question!

[Robert602]

MacLeod, Murdo ?
McCulloch, Ian
McLellon, David
McManus, Alan
O'Boyle Joe
O'Brien, Fergal
O'Connor, Stephen
O'Kane, Dene
O'Sullivan, Ronnie

So, nine?

(Thanks for the list Mitsuko )

[Mitsuko]

Johnston-Allen, Mark
MacLeod, Murdo
McCulloch, Ian
McLellon, David
McManus, Alan
O'Boyle Joe
O'Brien, Fergal
O'Connor, Stephen
O'Kane, Dene
O'Sullivan, Ronnie

10

[Robert602]

I thought about MJA as soon as I posted, just couldn't correct myself until someone replied, bah.

In the hope that Statman's in a pedantic mood, I'll say 11 and add Mark J Williams to the list .

[The Statman]

Congratulations robert602. Since I only asked for the number, and did not ask for you to qualify your answer, I have to give you the point for saying 9.


Although you missed Mark Johnston-Allen, you included Murdo Macleod, whose name is, surprisingly, spelt with a small "l".

So here is the scoreboard after Round 39:

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Name
..1 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Mitsuko
..3 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..4 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..6 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . berolina
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . April madness
10 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Hegeland
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . The Statman

(A reminder that there are no tied scores – when your score increases you go to the top of your new total.)

ROUND FORTY

...anyone?

[The Statman]

ROUND FORTY

What is the longest thread of names possible, where one player's surname begins with the last letter of the previous name, for example:

Macleod, Davis, Swail, Lee, etc.

You may not use the same end/start letter more than once (but the very first first letter and the very last last letter do not count – only letters used to link).

Or, what about if the name is written in full? e.g.

John Parrott, Terry Griffiths, Stuart Bingham, Murdo Macleod, etc.

The person with the most, in either method, by 5:03 this evening will win the point. If a tie, the earlier/earliest posted valid answer will win.

YOU MUST INCLUDE THE NAMES IN YOUR ANSWER.

[Semih_Sayginer]

Bingham, Macleod, Davis, Swail, Lee,

[Mitsuko]

Bingham, Macleod, Davis, Swail, Lee, Ebdon, Newbury