Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[davis_greatest]

154?

(If a player had a free ball on his previous break, potted a red, then missed a colour (Foul and a Miss) and was put in by his opponent - pots black, 15 red-blacks, and the colours).)

[The Statman]

Oh yes I should have said – there is no mistake on the part of the referee or either player; the frame progresses totally correctly.

[hegeland]

hegeland

Another good effort, identical to the previous one and therefore equally unworthy of the point!

(did you see my question on the other thread about unlikely scenarios?)

You should update your own stats more often, that way I won't look so stupid!

Round 210:

I vaguely remember something about the ref by mistake respotting a red instead of a colour, then it might be higher than 147 and even infinite in theory?

[The Statman]

Congratulations Monique. That elevensome you described is exactly what I was looking for!

So here is the scoreboard after Round 209:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 33½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . Monique
12 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
13 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
16 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . abextra
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . kellie-text
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
34 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
35 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
36 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND TEN

I'll put this question up from another thread:

What is the highest break that can be made, which does not include a free ball?

This is snooker, not billiards, by the way and it is possible, however unlikely, to occur in a standard frame.

[The Statman]

hegeland

Another good effort, identical to the previous one and therefore equally unworthy of the point!

(did you see my question on the other thread about unlikely scenarios?)

[Monique]

Stephen Hendry
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Chris Small
Jimmy White
David Gray
Gary Ponting
Dean Reynolds
Shaun Murphy
John Higgins
Graeme Dott
John Parrott

?

Plus Judd Trump

[The Statman]

A good effort. But not worthy of the point.

[davis_greatest]

Stephen Hendry
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Chris Small
Jimmy White
David Gray
Gary Ponting
Dean Reynolds
Shaun Murphy
John Higgins
Graeme Dott
John Parrott

?

[The Statman]

Congratulations snookersfun!

The correct answer is Gary Ponting, who lost 10-2 to Willie Thorne in 1994 and who will be 33 on Tuesday.

So here is the scoreboard after Round 208:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 33½. . . . . . . snookersfun
..2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . Lindea
..3 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . davis_greatest
..4 . . . . . . . . . 15½. . . . . . . Robert602
..5 . . . . . . . . . 14⅓. . . . . . . chasmmi
..6 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Cessy143
..7 . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . Alex0paul
..8 . . . . . . . . . 10½. . . . . . . Mitsuko
..9 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . The Statman
10 . . . . . . . . . . 6½. . . . . . . Cyril
11 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . JPK123
12 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . Ginger Freak
13 . . . . . . . . . . 5½. . . . . . . PaulTheSoave
14 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . dantuck_7
15 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . Monique
16 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . rambon
17 . . . . . . . . . . 3½. . . . . . . hegeland
18 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . jon
19 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . semih_sayginer
20 . . . . . . . . . . 2⅔. . . . . . . attilahun
21 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . abextra
22 . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . . kellie-text
23 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Valderie
24 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . April Madness
25 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Ellena
26 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Obligation
27 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . berolina
28 . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . Mal
29 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . pat39
30 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . JoanneT63
31 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . In-off
32 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . mcmanusrules
33 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Ronnieisthebest
34 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . t.lavery55
35 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . Marc
36 . . . . . . . . . . . ½. . . . . . . sunny3909

ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND NINE

Can you name all players who have appeared at the Crucible before their 20th birthday?

The first complete listing of all correct answers, in any order, in a single post will win the round.

[Alex0paul]

Marco Fu?????

[snookersfun]

according to Mitsuko:
Ponting, Gary 07/01/1975

[The Statman]

Sorry - what is the distinction between automatic entry (for top16) and automatic entry to the venue (for top 32)?

Sorry, that should have been:

"In the World Championships, it is only the top-16 who gain automatic entry whereas the top 32 gain automatic entry to the venue in some tournaments."

Anyway, it's been 6 weeks since this thread has seen active service, so I will ask ROUND TWO HUNDRED AND NINE

Of all the players who have appeared at the Crucible, and who are still alive, whose is the first birthday of the year? If there is a tie, then select the oldest.

[davis_greatest]

In the World Championships, it is only the top-16 who gain automatic entry whereas the top 32 gain automatic entry to the venue.

Sorry - what is the distinction between automatic entry (for top16) and automatic entry to the venue (for top 32)?

[The Statman]

There are 29 ranking events in which the winner was outside the top-16 and 37 where the runner-up was outside the top-16 – on six occasions neither finalist was a top-16er. ( as Statman said in another thread).

Bear in mind that a 'player outside the top 16' is not the necessarily the same as a qualifier.

In the World Championships, it is only the top-16 who gain automatic entry whereas the top 32 gain automatic entry to the venue.

(And, indeed, sometimes the top-15/31 plus the champion – so, if Shaun Murphy had retained the world title in 2006 he would indeed have been a winner from outside the top 16, despite being no.1 seed!)

[dantuck_7]

29? Thats considerably higher than I thought - I'll have a look tonight.