Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[PaulTheSoave]

Well, I paid Statman a tenner for it, so have to use it (was the first time) once in a while. Its the only book I have (Crucible Almanac) so all the other questions are answered by memory. .

At least, I am being honest!!!!

You mean you look these things up!!! I thought it was all done from a fantastic photographic memory. I never knew you were allowed to cheat and look at the answers. I thought it was just like a test at school when you spend all the 5 minutes before the lesson desperately trying to learn everything in one go.

Oh well, just a pity I haven't got many snooker books to CHEAT and look for the answers. I much prefer multiple choice questions as the first one is always C.

[Shaggy365]

What an insult! . It was from the almanac, but looked at the wrong column in the Williams year. (as my reading glasses slipped off!)

You mean you look these things up!!! I thought it was all done from a fantastic photographic memory. I never knew you were allowed to cheat and look at the answers. I thought it was just like a test at school when you spend all the 5 minutes before the lesson desperately trying to learn everything in one go.

Oh well, just a pity I haven't got many snooker books to CHEAT and look for the answers. I much prefer multiple choice questions as the first one is always C.

[PaulTheSoave]

What an insult! . It was from the almanac, but looked at the wrong column in the Williams year. (as my reading glasses slipped off!)

One of the correct answers is mentioned in one of these guesses; the other is not mentioned at all.

[Marc]

Ray Reardon 1978
Steve Davis 1983

[attilahun]

Ray Reardon 1978
Steve Davis 1987

[The Statman]

Ray Reardon 1978
Mark Williams 2003

ken doherty 1997

cliff thorburn 1980

One of the correct answers is mentioned in one of these guesses; the other is not mentioned at all.

[Marc]

ken doherty 1997

cliff thorburn 1980

[PaulTheSoave]

Ray Reardon 1978
Mark Williams 2003

[The Statman]

Congratulations attilahun. Yes, Peter Ebdon's 127 break when he opened his defence of the title in 2003 is the only century made at the Crucible in the opening frame of the tournament. The next highest is Dott's 98 clearance in 2006, against John Parrott.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 251:

pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..8 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Cyril
..9 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
10 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Monique
11 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
12 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . attilahun
14 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
15 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Mal
16 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . abextra
18 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
20 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
21 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
22 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
30 . . . . . . . . . ..1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . .Shaggy365
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Odrl
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
37 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
38 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
39 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
40 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
41 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO

As noted above, Graeme Dott won the title in 2006 having played on the opening morning. And it was not because he was the defending champion, who by custom opens the tournament.

My question is this, then:

Who was the first player to become Crucible champion, who had played in the first session of the championship, and who was the last before Graeme Dott in 2006?

This excludes the occasions when Davis and Hendry were defending champion and won the title again the following year.

A correct answer will give the name and year of the two occurrences.

[attilahun]

Peter Ebdon in 2003
127 break against Gerard Greene

[The Statman]

Congratulations Dan. Yes, every letter of the alphabet is used in the collective names of the players in Beijing this week.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 250, with the tweaks included for Round 249:

pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 35½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20½. . . . . . . davis_greatest
..3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..4 . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..5 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..8 . . . . . . . . . 12½. . . . . . . Cyril
..9 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
10 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . Monique
11 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
12 . . . . . . . . . . 7½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
13 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
14 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . Mal
15 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . attilahun
16 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
17 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . abextra
18 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . kellie-text
19 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
20 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . hegeland
21 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
22 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
23 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1½. . . . . . . frameandfortunereturns
30 . . . . . . . . . ..1½. . . . . . . janverhaas
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . .Shaggy365
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Odrl
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
34 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
35 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
36 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
37 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
38 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . aphex
39 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
40 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
41 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE

What is the highest break ever made in the first frame of the World Championship at the Crucible.

To clarify, this means the first frame of the first session of each year's championship. Either table can count, even if technically one frame finished first. So there are 62 frames to consider: the opening frame on each table, each year.

A fully correct answer will contain the break, the player who made it and the year.

[dantuck_7]

Here we go - Every letter A-Z is in the name of one player.

[The Statman]

half each then?

Yes ½ each seems fairest. I'll update the scoreboard after the next question.

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY

This year's China Open, which is in progress now, is unusual in what respect concerning the names of the players?

[PaulTheSoave]

half each then?

Not sure if it got forgotten or if it is still intact.

Incidentally, it only says you must wait for someone else to post, not necessarily to answer.

[The Statman]

ps. Is rule 2 still intact? as it says one can only answer again after someone else has given an answer. (see message 1).

Not sure if it got forgotten or if it is still intact.

Incidentally, it only says you must wait for someone else to post, not necessarily to answer.