Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[davis_greatest]

robert, I don't think that it is worth anyone else trying any different guesses from that! Just awaiting the formalities of Statman's confirmation...

[The Statman]

Congratulations Robert.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 48:

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Name
..1 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..3 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..4 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Mitsuko
..5 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . The Statman
..6 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
10 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . berolina
11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . April madness
12 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Hegeland

ROUND FORTY-NINE

Anyone?

[chasmmi]

Round Forty-Nine

In the first round match johnny cueless is seen to pot the yellow clean of its spot five times in a row without his opponent ever coming to the table and any other balls moving.

How did this happen?

[Alex0paul]

they were actually playing pool?

[chasmmi]

good Idea but no it was snooker.

[Alex0paul]

He was snookered and kept missing the intended ball by potting the yellow 5 times?

[chasmmi]

I admit that's possible but it's not what happened here.

[davis_greatest]

Can I clarify:

a) Do you mean that the cue ball and the yellow ball moved, but in between the 1st pot and the 5th pot on the yellow, no other balls moved?

b) Do you mean "pot" in the usual sense of a legal pot, or are you including the sense where the yellow enters the pocket but where it might be a foul?

[Alex0paul]

The yellow is potted as a free ball followed by another yellow. Then the other player fouls in some way that he creates another free ball. The yellow is used as the free ball followed by another yellow. Then another yellow is potted at the start of a clearance.
???????

[davis_greatest]

The yellow is potted as a free ball followed by another yellow. Then the other player fouls in some way that he creates another free ball. The yellow is used as the free ball followed by another yellow. Then another yellow is potted at the start of a clearance.
???????

I thought of something like that but surely there would be a red to pot first (before the "yellow at the start of the cleaance") if he is potting free ball and then yellow, twice.

And how does the opponent foul without coming to the table? Throws something at the ball marker while the referee is cleaning the cue ball? (Per The Statman's suggestion at a question I asked on the BBC site a couple of days ago!)

[davis_greatest]

He was snookered and kept missing the intended ball by potting the yellow 5 times?

This would not be a "pot". A pot must be "when an object ball ... enters a pocket... without any infringement of [the] Rules". But, chasmmi, would you include this sort of situation to be a "pot" in your question?

[Alex0paul]

He may shout something

[davis_greatest]

chasmmi, I assume the referee has not made any errors?

[Alex0paul]

The ref and the opponent might be blind and the player pots 5 yellows to con the ref and opponent that he has cleared the colours?

[davis_greatest]

Round Forty-Nine

In the first round match johnny cueless is seen to pot the yellow clean of its spot five times in a row without his opponent ever coming to the table and any other balls moving.

How did this happen?

Should "five times in a row" be assumed to mean that these are 5 consecutive shots (i.e. with no intervening shots)?

If - say - he knocks in the yellow and the white also goes in, would you count this as a "pot"?