smallest amount of points at end of game

[Krypton]

not for the "solution", but for making clear wha a pot really is...

most of these quiz things don't really follow that rule ...

[RocketRoy1983]

Well everyone should know what a pot is but statman does have a way with words we'll give him that

[Forman]

The problem with the 15-reds-and-in-off in one shot is that the question states "when all balls have been potted"

Since the definition of a 'pot' is a ball entering a pocket in a legal shot, then none of the reds have been potted, they were fouled.

The total number of points on the scoreboard, when all balls are potted, must be 15+27 =42. You can share the 42 points between the two players whichever way you like – 22-20 or 23-19 or whatever, but if all balls are potted then all balls are scored.

very nice statman, with such a fine print interpretation of the question are you by any chance a lawyer

[The Statman]

very nice statman, with such a fine print interpretation of the question are you by any chance a lawyer

No but I am a referee!

This definition of 'pot' is quite logical, if you think about it in this sense: you always score for a ball that is potted. Therefore, if a foul, of course you don't score for it and by definition it isn't potted!

(There is one exception to that – the only time you can pot a ball and not score for it – but that's for another thread!)