Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[snoopy2608]

ROUND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN

Who, where and when was the last player to defeat John Higgins in Higgins first match in a world ranking event.

[bongo]

as far as I know he's always been called Neil Robertson (from the day he was born in 1982, when he was a toddler in 1985, and still today in 2010)

CORRECT! Why did that not catch anybody out? Well done for reading the question correctly, that is the first thing you must do when taking part in a quiz!

[snoopy2608]

as far as I know he's always been called Neil Robertson (from the day he was born in 1982, when he was a toddler in 1985, and still today in 2010)

[bongo]

ROUND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX

What was the World Professional Snooker Champion's name in 1985?

[The Statman]

Well done Cyril, it was indeed Bob Chaperon in the 1990 British Open. In the last 16, he was 4-4 with Robidoux 48 ahead with one red left in the decider. He gained two snookers, the second with a free ball. After taking a black with the free ball he snookered himself on the last red but managed to pot it from the snooker and completed the 40 clearance to win him the match.

So here's the scoreboard after Round 375:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 44½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . attilahun
..3 . . . . . . . . . 23½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..5 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Monique
..6 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 18½. . . . . . . Robert602
..8 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . Cyril
..9 . . . . . . . . . 14½. . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓ . . . . . . . chasmmi
11 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
12 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . JPK123
13 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Mal
14 . . . . . . . . . 11½. . . . . . . dantuck_7
15 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
16 . . . . . . . . . 10½ . . . . . . .crucible77
17 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
18 . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 8½. . . . . . . abextra
20 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . Marc
21 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . April Madness
22 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
23 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
24 . . . . . . . . . . 4½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
25 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
26 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . rambon
27 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . Odrl
28 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
29 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . circle
30 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . mushka
31 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
32 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
33 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
34 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
35 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . ore
36 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . jaybee 136
37 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . jaguarf1
38 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
39 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . gilbis
40 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . BellySpace
41 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . bongo
42 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Teresa
43 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
44 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Shaggy365
45 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
46 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
47 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
48 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
49 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
50 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . nlm247
51 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Barcicik
52 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
53 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
54 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

(A quick reminder that there are no tied positions in the scoreboard, you go right to the top of your new total.)

ROUND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX

Anyone?

[snoopy2608]

definitely Bob Chaperon

[Cyril]

Bob Chaperon.

He needed 3 or 4 against Robidoux.

[dantuck_7]

Good question - Bit of a flyer this one - I'll try David Gray, not in the 2004 UK Championship,, but his only other ranking win?!

[Mr P]

I'm sure Ebdon has won more than 1 or 2 ranking titles Mr P.

I'm sure of that aswell, I missed the clue he posted.

[Odrl]

A short clue: the player I am looking for has won either one or two ranking tournaments in total.

I've just had a look at the stats section to see if it could be someone recent, but I don't think it is. I did spot a possible mistake though. Ali Carter is listed as having won two ranking events, but I'm sure his only title to date is the 2009 Welsh Open...

[jaybee136]

Peter Ebdon?

I'm sure Ebdon has won more than 1 or 2 ranking titles Mr P.

[Mr P]

Peter Ebdon?

[jaybee136]

Cliff Thorburn ?

[The Statman]

Yes I remember now, he was the third player in the World Cup, the events of which led to the famous "I'll have you shot" malarkey between Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor.

Anyway here is...

ROUND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE

Nigel Bond famously won the 1996 British Open from needing snookers in the deciding frame of the final.

My question is: Which other player won a ranking event having, at some stage in the tournament, needed snookers in the only frame his opponent required to knock him out.

A short clue: the player I am looking for has won either one or two ranking tournaments in total.

[jaybee136]

Tommy Murphy?

Tommy Murphy is correct Statman.