Snooker's Biggest Quiz

[attilahun]

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).

I have found 5 qualifiers who won a ranking event, as for the finalists.....i know 2 other players apart from those 5, but..........god knows.

[dantuck_7]

R208

on second thoughts, can someone post a better 208 question please? ta

R208

Following on from Fergal O'Brien doing reasonably well in Belfast here is a related question.

How many instances have there been of a player qualifying for a ranking event and then reaching the final. And for a bonus point how many players have gone on to win the whole championship.

Place your bids here (for example 4,2) up until 2pm GMT on Thursday. Hopefully there will be a few people with the same bid so if you could then send a PM to me with the year and names of the players I'll award some points.

[Monique]

boxers? you sure?

[abextra]

208

Ronnie O'Sullivan walks out into the arena and the spectators, including me, can see that he hasnt tucked his shirt in properly. His boxers are clearly visible.

what colour were his boxers that day? (theres quite a few possible answers, but you have to guess the one i have in mind)

Lol, Semih, don't know much about Ronnie and your mind, but if the question was about Jan Verhaas's boxers, then I would know the answer for sure!

[Semih_Sayginer]

208

Ronnie O'Sullivan walks out into the arena and the spectators, including me, can see that he hasnt tucked his shirt in properly. His boxers are clearly visible.

what colour were his boxers that day? (theres quite a few possible answers, but you have to guess the one i have in mind)











on second thoughts, can someone post a better 208 question please? ta

[abextra]

Hehehe... I like these questions! Thank you, d_g!
(And thanks for the point! )

[attilahun]

Hmmmm. Maybe the next will be more than a question in wich we will have to guess what's on someone's mind.
Sorry D_G !

[davis_greatest]

Congratulations abextra! So here is the scoreboard after round 207:

Pos. . . . . . . . Score . . . . . . Player
..1 . . . . . . . . . 32½. . . . . . . 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 208...

... anyone?

[davis_greatest]

Oh, did she miss three times in a row? When she could see full ball?

Congratulations, abextra! That is what happened, and is why Lucy forfeit the frame, and why Claire's next shot was the break-off in the next frame.

There are many reasons why it may have happened - for example, when Lucy played her shot, the white may have been touching the green by the baulk cushion, with the blue snookering her on the red over the pocket, and the green "Chinese snookering" her on the red near the pink. After twice attempting very thin safeties on the open red, despite her being able to hit it full ball, and missing it completely, she then miscued on the 3rd attempt as a result of being hampered by the green. The frame was duly awarded to Claire.

Scoreboard to follow...

[abextra]

Oh, did she miss three times in a row? When she could see full ball?

[davis_greatest]

I guess she did something stupid before, for example struck the side cushion with her fist and was warned by the referee, and then she did it again... how should I know??? Please tell us!

When is a player most likely to forfeit a frame from a foul?

[abextra]

I guess she did something stupid before, for example struck the side cushion with her fist and was warned by the referee, and then she did it again... how should I know??? Please tell us!

[davis_greatest]

Well, maybe Lucy's foul was so serious that the referee awarded the frame to Claire?

I think that, with the second half of your first answer, will be enough for the point anyway... but why did the ref award the frame?

[abextra]

Well, maybe Lucy's foul was so serious that the referee awarded the frame to Claire?

[davis_greatest]

I'm not sure now... do you mean Claire put Lucy back in?

No, but the fact that Lucy had fouled is significant...