Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[Odrl]

How many players have reached a Crucible final, having watched their opponent make a 147 in a previous round of the tournament?

Hm... none?

[The Statman]

I believe this happened to Paul Wykes in the World Championship qualifiers (final round I believe) against Dominic Dale in fairly recent times, 2002ish?

He lost the frame on the Three Misses rule, without a ball having been potted and therefore the score in the frame was 12-0 to Dale.

I see no definitive response to my answer to Q344 (above, on the previous page).

In the mean time I'll give you a new question:

ROUND THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX

How many players have reached a Crucible final, having watched their opponent make a 147 in a previous round of the tournament?

[crucible77]

You, you little...
Do you know how much time I spent looking for the answer?

Luckily enough for you, not that long.

lol, sorry mushy, i thought you'd all 4gotten about the question anyway

[mushka]

can we scrap my question cos its that long ago that ive forgot the answer myself

You, you little...
Do you know how much time I spent looking for the answer?

Luckily enough for you, not that long.

[crucible77]

Re: R333

Cruci, was the winner in 1988 S. Robertson, at least? Or is my line of searching completely wrong?

can we scrap my question cos its that long ago that ive forgot the answer myself

[mushka]

Re: R333

Cruci, was the winner in 1988 S. Robertson, at least? Or is my line of searching completely wrong?

[hegeland]

So here is the table after round 345 [excluding round 344 and 333, which remain open]:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 44½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 23½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . attilahun
..4 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..5 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Monique
..6 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..7 . . . . . . . . . 18½. . . . . . . Robert602
..8 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓ . . . . . . . chasmmi
..9 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
10 . . . . . . . . . 13½. . . . . . . The Statman
11 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . JPK123
12 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . Cyril
13 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Mal
14 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
15 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
17 . . . . . ... . . .9 . . .. . . . .. Crucible77
18 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . Marc
19 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . abextra
20 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . kellie-text
21 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . April Madness
22 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
23 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
24 . . . . . . . . . . 41/2 . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
25 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
26 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
27 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Odrl
29 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
30 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
31 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
32 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . jaguarf1
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Bongo
36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Teresa
37 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Gingerale
38 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Shaggy365
39 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
40 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
41 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
42 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
43 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
44 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
45 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
46 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909


ROUND THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE:

Who came 3rd in the 1988 Lion Brown New Zealand Masters? (By Crucible77)

ROUND THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR:

Name the player who forfeited a frame without potting a ball in a qualifier for a ranking tournament. If you can name the tournament and the obscure situation, extra point to get. (By PaulTheSoave)

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PLEASE, no new questions before the old ones are answered!

[hegeland]

I may have tried to answer it at the time, but I believe it might have been a 25-minute safety duel on the yellow between Steve Davis and Tony Meo at the Crucible, in nineteen-eighty-something.

To be honest I think it was Steve Davis against somone at the 2005 UK, 28 mins on the yellow. But you said the correct player so point awared and round closed (at last!).

I also give attilahun one point for his correct answer from round 337. The question was "Who won the last staged 'Nation's Cup?" asked by Bongo. Attilahun said Scotland which is correct.

[The Statman]

ROUND 344 ...Name the player who forfeited a frame without potting a ball in a qualifier for a ranking tournament. If you can name the tournament and the obscure situation, extra point to get (by PaulTheSoave)

I believe this happened to Paul Wykes in the World Championship qualifiers (final round I believe) against Dominic Dale in fairly recent times, 2002ish?

He lost the frame on the Three Misses rule, without a ball having been potted and therefore the score in the frame was 12-0 to Dale.

[The Statman]

I may have tried to answer it at the time, but I believe it might have been a 25-minute safety duel on the yellow between Steve Davis and Tony Meo at the Crucible, in nineteen-eighty-something.

[recoil]

Cliff Thorburn & Doug Mountjoy?
1980 Embassy World Championship?
Brown ball?

[hegeland]

What a memory you got Paul! I indeed have a question unsolved, from round 219, over one year ago! You were awared one point from it (out of three), I'm not sure whether you actually ever received it, maybe that's why you remember it?

Here it is again, anyone fancy a go? (I have forgot one of the players though, so now you can have a point if you just name one of them! and also let's scrap the tournament )

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETEEN

An old classic, don't think we've had it on this thread though. This question is worth 3 points in total.

Which two players were involved in the longest play on a single ball ever?

One bonus point will be awarded if you know during which tournament it happened and one bonus point if you know which ball it was they so thoroughly declined to pot.

[hegeland]

I think one of yours is still open, was it not about a yellow?

Is it? I had no idea. Dear oh dear, can't even remember when it was! Must have been ages ago. I'll try and look it up.

[davis_greatest]

ROUND THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY

If you have just one visit to the table during a frame, what is the highest break you can make yet still lose the frame (without conceding, forfeiting, retiring, being disqualified etc)?


80.
Your opponent fouls and leaves you a free ball (4-0), you take an extra red and a black, then 9 reds and 9 more blacks for a break of 80, the score is 84-0. There are 6 reds left.
You then foul by hitting the black and leave your opponent a free ball (84-7). Your opponent then takes an extra red and a black and then clears up the remaining 6 reds with blacks and all the colours for a break of 83, the final score is 84-90!

Yes, yes, and yes. Good do see you back, lagermike. I almost missed all those comments from yesteryear about how Jimmy is going to win the next World Championship (especially when everyone knows Davis will)

[lagermike]

ROUND THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY

If you have just one visit to the table during a frame, what is the highest break you can make yet still lose the frame (without conceding, forfeiting, retiring, being disqualified etc)?


80.
Your opponent fouls and leaves you a free ball (4-0), you take an extra red and a black, then 9 reds and 9 more blacks for a break of 80, the score is 84-0. There are 6 reds left.
You then foul by hitting the black and leave your opponent a free ball (84-7). Your opponent then takes an extra red and a black and then clears up the remaining 6 reds with blacks and all the colours for a break of 83, the final score is 84-90!