Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[The Statman]

Congratulations Monique, that was the answer I was looking for!

So here is the scoreboard after Round 240:

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

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE

Since 1980, the first year that there were 16 players seeded to the Crucible, only two players have made their début appearance as a seed, without having previously appearing as a qualifier.

Who are they?

[snookersfun]

Oh dear it seems it makes me a cheat and liar... and yet I can't remember I've seen this before...
very embarrassing...

no, not at all it was a while ago and TS didn't even remember asking...

[abextra]

lol, only he third time http://www.thesnookerforum.com/board...&postcount=881, before must have been on the BBC board.
Still a very good one schedule it for 2009 again!

Oh dear it seems it makes me a cheat and liar... and yet I can't remember I've seen this before...
very embarrassing...

[snookersfun]

I repeat the clue:

It is NOT the same word in each gap, although it is the same letters in the same order.That is 8 letters, not 7.

I am fast coming to the conclusion that this has not actually appeared previously!

lol, only he third time http://www.thesnookerforum.com/board...&postcount=881, before must have been on the BBC board.
Still a very good one schedule it for 2009 again!

[Monique]

doh!

Perry vs Bingham in round 3 then?

[The Statman]

Must be Selby vs Higgins in the last Welsh quarters?

Unfortunately, both contain the letter S!

[Monique]

Must be Selby vs Higgins in the last Welsh quarters?

[The Statman]

Congratulations abextra, that was the answer I was looking for!

So here is the scoreboard after Round 239:

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

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY

What was the most recent match, in a ranking tournament but excluding the qualifying rounds, which was contested between two players whose last names have no letter in common?

For the avoidance of doubt with Eastern names, we will always use the LAST name, so Marco Fu is FU, Ding Junhui is JUNHUI, etc.

For 'most recent', we will go backwards in rounds (so, Welsh final, Welsh semis, Welsh quarters etc.). If a round contained more than one match that fits the criteria, then ANY of those matches will get the point.

[abextra]

Thank you, guys!

Awesome - that deserves 2 points! - unless you've seen it before?

No no, I hadn't seen this before, I swear! Don't know how I got it so quickly, didn't even try much...

I'm afraid the words NOT ABLE are too often in my mind... But this time I was really lucky!
(If the answer is correct, of course.)

[dantuck_7]

A NOTABLE snooker player was NOT ABLE to practice because he had NO TABLE.

Awesome - that deserves 2 points! - unless you've seen it before?

[hegeland]

Oh, deary me! Could have pondered about that one for ages, and still not figuring it out! Well done!

[Monique]

Brilliant Abextra!

[abextra]

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE

Complete the following sentence by inserting the SAME seven letters, in the SAME order, into each blank, so that the sentence makes complete sense in grammar and meaning:

A _____ snooker player was ____ to practise because he had ____.

A NOTABLE snooker player was NOT ABLE to practice because he had NO TABLE.

[hegeland]

I repeat the clue:
It is NOT the same word in each gap, although it is the same letters in the same order.

Then I'm not really sure what you mean by this (perhaps that's part of the question, interpreting what you mean. In any case I'll blame any potential shortcomings on poor knowledge of the English language!).

[The Statman]

I repeat the clue:

It is NOT the same word in each gap, although it is the same letters in the same order.

A resigned snooker player was resigned to practice becuase he had re-signed.

That is 8 letters, not 7.

I am fast coming to the conclusion that this has not actually appeared previously!