Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[davis_greatest]

Congratulations, snookersfun!
So here is the scoreboard after round 174:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 30. . ... . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 15½ .. . . . . . Robert602
..3 . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 11½. . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
14 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
15 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . JPK123
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Monique
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
27 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
28 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
30 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . sunny3909
31 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . abextra

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE

... anyone?

[davis_greatest]

Congratulations, snookersfun! That's enough for the point!

The score was 56-55.

The 57-54 score is not allowable. Since Charlie had potted 9 colours, if he had potted 9 reds that would have meant that he had not potted any of the final colours. This would have meant that I would have potted the final black, which I would not have done if already 57-47 behind after the pink, as the frame would have already been lost.

So Charlie only potted 8 reds with colours. His 9th colour was the final black, which took him from 49-55 to 56-55 and a win by one point!

Scoreboard to follow...

[snookersfun]

Quote:
Originally Posted by snookersfun
He won by 57-54 (or 56-55?)

Charlie potted 8 or 9 reds and 1 each of the colours + 3 extra blacks,
while you potted (6 or 7 reds) 1 each of the colours + extra yellow, extra green and 4 extra browns.


Pretty good...OK, very good... but you can't go for 2 answers! Only one is possible. So the point will go to the first person to give the correct one and to explain why the other one cannot happen...


OK, I'll choose the second option. Makes more sense, that Charlie potted one of the final colours. As you shouldn't have tried to get them all in, knowing you'd need snookers at that point.
Also a much nicer score 56-55 (oh so close...)

[davis_greatest]

He won by 57-54 (or 56-55?)

Charlie potted 8 or 9 reds and 1 each of the colours + 3 extra blacks,
while you potted (6 or 7 reds) 1 each of the colours + extra yellow, extra green and 4 extra browns.

Pretty good...OK, very good... but you can't go for 2 answers! Only one of those 2 answers is possible. So the point will go to the first person to give the correct one and to explain why the other one cannot happen...

[davis_greatest]

Only if "more" does not necessarily mean "strictly more"

Charlie potted 6 reds + colours (1 yellow, 2 green, 1 brown, 1 blue, 1 pink) and 6 reds "naked" for 35 pts
You potted 1 red "naked", 1 red + yellow, 1 red + green then cleared all colours : 35 pts
Charlie then won on the respotted black. 42-35

Oh... more does mean "strictly more".... so 1 is not more than 1...

[Monique]

Only if "more" does not necessarily mean "strictly more"

Charlie potted 6 reds + colours (1 yellow, 2 green, 1 brown, 1 blue, 1 pink) and 6 reds "naked" for 35 pts
You potted 1 red "naked", 1 red + yellow, 1 red + green then cleared all colours : 35 pts
Charlie then won on the respotted black. 42-35

[snookersfun]

He won by 57-54 (or 56-55?)

Charlie potted 8 or 9 reds and 1 each of the colours + 3 extra blacks,
while you potted (6 or 7 reds) 1 each of the colours + extra yellow, extra green and 4 extra browns.

[davis_greatest]

Oh, go on then, just one more (at least for now)…

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE

I’ve just finished the most hilarious frame of snooker against my pet chimpanzee Charlie. The only shot he played in the entire frame was the break off – hahaha! I pocketed all 15 reds (but never the black)! In fact, the black didn’t move during the whole frame (actually, I never nominated black or even touched it)! Nor did I foul at any point on any of the other colours - yellow, green, brown, blue or pink – all of which I potted at the end of the frame (after having potted the 15th red, of course, followed by a pink). Oh, and I never fouled when red was the ball on either. Yet the cheeky chimp still beat me!

How did Charlie manage that?

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR

I’m just back from having played another frame of snooker against my pet chimpanzee Charlie. It wasn't nearly as ridiculous as the previous frame - in fact, it seemed perfectly normal - no free balls, no balls forced off the table, no potting more than one ball in one shot, no pocketing the wrong ball... actually, there were no fouls or anything remotely unusual at all.

Interestingly, we each potted every colour at least once during the frame. However, I had the upper hand: I potted more yellows than Charlie, more greens than Charlie - come to think of it, more browns, blues, pinks and blacks than Charlie! I just could not seem to miss a ball!

So how did the cheeky chimp beat me again? And by how much did he win?

[davis_greatest]

For some strange reason you forgot to pot colours with the reds, and Charlie picking up on that put you back in happily
so each pair of reds would yield one point for you and a 7 point foul for your opponent (you were not really on a red at that time).
After 14 reds +7 you vs. 49 Charlie.
red pink yellow...pink (27 points) bring you to 34 points only, so Charlie is still ahead and with only the black left no way to catch up.

Perfect, snookersfun! Well done. I "pocketed" all 15 reds, but only reds 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 were legal pots. I pocketed reds 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 when I should have nominated a colour, but hadn't.

So here is the scoreboard after round 173:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 29. . ... . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 15½ .. . . . . . Robert602
..3 . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..6 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 11½. . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
14 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
15 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . JPK123
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Monique
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
27 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
28 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
30 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . sunny3909
31 . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . . abextra

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR

... anyone?

[davis_greatest]

...
At that point in time the referee recovered enough of the fit of giggles that prevented him to intervene (and announce any foul ...) in any understandable way, and he putted an end to the frame

LOL... Hahaha

[davis_greatest]

the black was not on the the table throughout the frame.

Well - nice idea - but it has to be on the table at the start, otherwise it's just not snooker

[davis_greatest]

Well you potted the first red, then nominated pink. You missed it...

No - remember "...Nor did I foul at any point on any of the other colours - yellow, green, brown, blue or pink".

[davis_greatest]

you kept going in-off, or fouling when potting a red and Cheeky Chimp kept putting you back in ???

No - remember "...I never fouled when red was the ball on either".

[snookersfun]

For some strange reason you forgot to pot colours with the reds, and Charlie picking up on that put you back in happily
so each pair of reds would yield one point for you and a 7 point foul for your opponent (you were not really on a red at that time).
After 14 reds +7 you vs. 49 Charlie.
red pink yellow...pink (27 points) bring you to 34 points only, so Charlie is still ahead and with only the black left no way to catch up.

[sunny3909]

the black was not on the the table throughout the frame.