Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[rambon]

While we're waiting for an answer to this question, I've got another one. I want to know what the following dates have in common - specifically:

25th February
22nd April
12th November
17th November
22nd November

[JPK123]

Peter Lines, Joe Swail, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan

[chasmmi]

Hendry,
Parrott
Mcmanus
White
Davis
Mountjoy
O Sullivan

[PaulTheSoave]

I wonder what google version you are using! Does not make any sense from *rse to bottom!

The extra-observant among you will notice that I had eliminated the inconsistent number of hits because of common names, by including the word 'snooker' in my search. These are the results:

[Alex0paul]

John Higgins x2
Joe Swail
Stephen Hendry x2
Peter Lines
Ronnie O'Sullivan

[The Statman]

Congratulations Robert602, who put 10 of the Crucible champions in the correct order of google hits. Davis_greatest did too, but I'm giiving Robert the point because d_g took it upon himself to also include several non-Crucible champions! Well OK then, ½ point each, but as they are tied I will put Robert at the top.

The extra-observant among you will notice that I had eliminated the inconsistent number of hits because of common names, by including the word 'snooker' in my search. These are the results:

..1 O'Sullivan, 263,000 (plus 9,400 using the curly apostrophe)
..2 Davis, 217,000
..3 Hendry, 171,000
..4 John Higgins, 108,000
..5 Murphy, 105,000
..6 Doherty, 102,000
..7 Ebdon, 99,900
..8 Williams, 88,400
..9 Dott, 73,100
10 Taylor, 63,200
11 Parrott, 47,400
12 Alex Higgins, 43,100
13 Reardon, 26,700
14 Griffiths, 21,200
15 Spencer, 20,800
16 Johnson, 17,700
17 Thorburn, 17,400
So here is the scoreboard after round 140:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 22½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Robert602
..3 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Davis greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..5 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..6 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
10 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . hegeland
15 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
22 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . rambon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
24 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE

Since this is round 141, please name all players who have made a 141 break at the Crucible – whether it won the highest break prize or not. If a player has made more than one, you only need name him once.

First single post with all correct players and no others, will win.

[chasmmi]

1) Steve Davis
2) Ronnie O'Sullivan
3) Stephen Hendry
4) Alex Higgins
5) Dennis Taylor
6) John Parrott
7) Shaun Murphy
8) Ray Reardon
9) Mark Williams
10) Terry Griffiths
11) John Higgins
12) Grame Dott
13) John Spencer
14) Peter Ebdon
15) Ken Doherty
16) Cliff Thorburn
17) Joe Johnson

[Alex0paul]

Mark Williams
Joe Johnson
Steve Davis
John Spencer
Alex Higgins
John Higgins
Cliff Thorburn
Dennis Taylor
Shaun Murphy
Terry Griffiths
John Parrott
Stephen Hendry
Ken Doherty
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ray Reardon
Peter Ebdon
Graeme Dott

[davis_greatest]

Jimmy White
Steve Davis
Stephen Hendry
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Dennis Taylor
John Higgins
John Parrott
Mark Williams
Shaun Murphy
Graeme Dott
Ken Doherty
Peter Ebdon
John Spencer
Alex Higgins
Cliff Thorburn
Ray Reardon
Terry Griffiths
Joe Johnson
Kirk Stevens
Alan McManus
Fred Davis

[Parklife Ricky]

Mark Williams
Steve Davis
Stephen Hendry
Ronnie O'Sullivan
John Parrott
Shaun Murphy
Graeme Dott
Dennis Taylor
John Higgins
Peter Ebdon
Alex Higgins
John Spencer
Cliff Thorburn
Ken Doherty
Ray Reardon
Terry Griffiths
Joe Johnson

[Robert602]

Ronnie O'Sullivan
Steve Davis
Stephen Hendry
Mark Williams
Graeme Dott
John Higgins
Shaun Murphy
John Parrott
Peter Ebdon
Alex Higgins
Ken Doherty
Dennis Taylor
Cliff Thorburn
Ray Reardon
John Spencer
Terry Griffiths
Joe Johnson

[rambon]

Mark Williams
Steve Davis
John Spencer
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Stephen Hendry
Dennis Taylor
Shaun Murphy
John Parrott
Joe Johnson
John Higgins
Alex Higgins
Ken Doherty
Peter Ebdon
Terry Griffiths
Ray Reardon
Cliff Thorburn
Graeme Dott

[PaulTheSoave]

I will go for the common names and numerous titles going top and the old stagers and champs with not so common names going bottom of the list. I suppose we do not use middle names or initials. for instance Mark J Williams!!!

Mark Williams
Steve Davis
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Dennis Taylor
Stephen Hendry
Joe Johnson
John Higgins
John Spencer
Shaun Murphy
Ken Doherty
Peter Ebdon
Alex Higgins
John Parrott
Graeme Dott
Terry Griffiths
Ray Reardon
Cliff Thorburn

[Ginger Freak]

Ill have a go:

Steve Davis
Shaun Murphy
Mark Williams
John Spencer
Dennis Taylor
Stephen Hendry
John Parrot
John Higgins
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Terry Griffiths
Joe Johnson
Graeme Dott
Peter Ebdon
Ken Doherty
Cliff Thorburn
Ray Reardon
Alex Higgins

[The Statman]

Congratulations snookersfun on chasmmi's hidden names round.

So here is the scoreboard after round 139:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 22½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..4 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Davis greatest
..5 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..7 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . chasmmi
..8 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . The Statman
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . Alex0Paul
10 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
12 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . JPK123
14 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . hegeland
15 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
16 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . kellie-text
17 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
18 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
19 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
22 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . rambon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
24 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
25 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
26 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer

ROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY

I know this is an easy one for you to look up yourself, but I am trusting you not to!

I have just googled the names of the 17 Crucible world champions, to see which yield the most results. I did it in the following format:

"John Spencer" snooker

What I want you to do is list them, starting with the one you think got most hits, in descending order ending in the one you think got the fewest.

The point will go to the person whose list contains the most players in the correct order (not necessarily the most in the correct position).

I searched for O'Sullivan using the normal ' apostrophe and also with the curly ’ apostrophe, and it does not make any difference to the positions whether the latter are included or not.

You may have ONE answer, and the deadline is 1:00p.m. GMT tomorrow (Tuesday 13).