Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[Alex0paul]

His tip came off?

[daveinaustria]

His wife was having a baby?

[davis_greatest]

He needed to go to the loo very badly?

That sounds like the most plausible answer yet (together with changing trousers), as he probably had a good idea whom he would be facing in the Final after beating Stevens.

But I'll guess: went to watch a video of Stevens's 147 against him in the Masters, for inspiration?

[berolina]

He needed to go to the loo very badly?

[The Statman]

An eclectic selection of answers, non correct so far!

[berolina]

He damaged his trousers and had to change?

[pat39]

His wife went into labour.

He forgot his extension backstage?

[April madness]

An important phone call?

[The Statman]

Sorry Cyril, I don't know!

Anyhow...

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE

The date: Friday 4 May 1984. The location: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. The occasion: World semi-finals.

Jimmy White finds himself 5-4 behind to Kirk Stevens, and is on a break in the mid-60s. He leaves the arena in a hurry, and then returns to the arena to complete his break (which ends at about 85).

My question is: what was his reason for leaving the arena?

[Cyril]

I'm certain a player did borrow the sponors car one year to get home though.

TS, here's one for you you:

Who was the first man to compile 3 centuries in 4 frames in the Championship? (and, using the old crystalite balls)

I know you know the answer but, I just wanted to emphasise what a great player he was.

Cyril

[The Statman]

Congratulations Semih Sayginer. He borrowed Stephen Hendry's car for the trip home.

So here is the scoreboard after round 144:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 22½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..4 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..5 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..6 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . chasmmi
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
14 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . JPK123
15 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
23 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
24 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . rambon
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
27 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE

...will follow later.

[Semih_Sayginer]

he borrowed Stephen Hendrys car!

[Ginger Freak]

Another player competing at the Crucible that year lent him a car!

[The Statman]

No correct answers so far.

I do not need to know the make and model (in fact, I don't know them!), the closest answer so far is "Terry Griffiths lent him his car" because that only needs two words changing to be correct...