Snooker Quiz

[NigelS]

Here is a quiz for you snooker fans - 31 questions, point for each so 31 points available. (Originally 30 but named 2 questions 10 - whoops)

1) Which snooker professional won the 2006 World 8 ball pool championships?
2) Who recorded the highest ever break in a professional match?
3) What was the name of the Colonel in 1875 in Jabalpur who is widely accepted as having invented the game of snooker?
4) When was the first World Championship held?
5) Who won the first World Championship?
6) Which player made the first televised 147?
7) Which pop duo created the song snooker loppy that hit the top of the charts?
8) The fastest ever maximum was recorded by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1997. How long did it take?
9) Who was the first ever offical world ranked number one player?
10) (a) Which country won the first ever snooker World Cup in 1979?
10) (b) Which country won the last ever Snooker World Cup in 1996?
11) Which Australian player has won the World 8 ball pool championship?
12) Steve Davis won the Hofmeister World Doubles 4 times in the 80's. Who was his playing partner?
13) In 1992 who became the first ever World Snooker trickshot World Champ?
14) Which player ended Stephen Hendry's record run of 5 Masters victories by beating him in the final?
15) Ray Reardon only lost one of his World Championship finals, but to who?
16) Who is the only other Canadian other than Cliff Thorburn to win a ranking event?
17) Who defeated defending World Champ Steve Davis 10-1 in Round 1 of the 1982 World Champs, and almost immediately became the housewifes favourite?
18) Famous for his white suits, which player made a televised 147 in the Masters against Jimmy White before ruining his career after becoming addicted to cocaine?
19) What was the last ranking event Jimmy White won?
20) What was the last ranking event Steve Davis won?
21) Which snooker player won the Sports personality of the year award and in what year
Now some pictures - name the players
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23)
24)
25)
26)
27)
28)
29)
30)

[petem]

6 Cliff Thorburn
15 Alex Higgins
17 Tony Knowles
18 Kirk Stevens
22 Bill Werbeniuk
30 Doug Mountjoy

[milhouse]

6, Kirk Stevens
7. Chaz n Dave
8. 3 mins 45 secs
11. Quentin Hann at a quess ?
22. Tony Meo ?
24. Tony Knowles
27. Mike Hallett

4) 1927
5) Joe Davis
10a) Wales ?
10b) Scotland
24) Neil Foulds

[Chris_Sav]

29) Matthew Stevens
6) Steve Davis
21) Steve Davis 1998
12) Tony Meo
4) Jamie Burnett with a 148 after a free ball

13. Terry Griffiths
19. Players Championship 2004
20. Benson and Hedges Masters 1997

[Mark James]

No.3 Neville Chamberlain

No. 16 Bob Chaperon?

[Mark James]

23 Silvino Francisco
28 Dominic Dale
29 Steve James

[NigelS]

Thanks guys for all the answers - ok a summary of how you have all done

Pete M 15,17,18,22,30 correct 6 wrong, 5 points
Milhouse 7,11,27 correct, 6,8,22,24 wrong, 3 points
Tommo faultless as ever, 4,5,10a,10b,24 all correct, 5 points
Sav 2,6,12 correct, 21 check year (typo?) 29 wrong, 3 points
Johnny G, 13,19 correct, 20 wrong (Masters is not a ranking event), 2 points
Mark James 3,16,23,28,29 all correct, well done for getting my tricky one (16) not many people remember Bob Chaperon, 5 points

Still to get 1,8,9,14,20,21,25,26

Leaderboard
1) Pete M 5pts
= Tommo 5pts
= Mark J 5 pts
4) Milhouse 3pts
= Sav 3pts
6) Johnny G 2 pts

[Mark James]

1. Mark Selby
25. Stephen Maguire?

[Mark James]

9 Ray Reardon
14 Alan McManus

[NigelS]

Mark, 1,9,14,25 all correct, 4 points

8,20,21,26 to get

[Chris_Sav]

Nevver cood tipe

21) Steve Davis 1988

Was it that long ago!!!!

8) Rocket Ronnie in 5 mins 20 secs

[NigelS]

Yep Sav 8,21 both correct

Just 20,26 to get

[Chris_Sav]

20) Regal Welsh in 1995 according to his blog, thought that he won one a couple of years ago, but it must have been non ranking.

[NigelS]

Yep Sav, Steve Davis' last ranking win was really that long ago in 1995. He won the Masters in 1997 (non ranking). He recently made 2 ranking finals - the Welsh in 2004, losing 9-8 to O'Sullivan, and the 2005 UK Champs losing 10-6 to Chinese star Ding Junhui.

[NigelS]

I will close this quiz as noone seems to be able to get 26.

Leaderboard
1) Mark J 9pts
2) Sav 6pts
3) Pete M 5pts
= Tommo 5pts
4) Milhouse 3pts
6) Johnny G 2 pts

And the missing answer for 26 is....Jamie Cope. Jamie who? He made the final of the recent Grand Prix losing to Neil Robertson.

Quiz Closed

[Mario]

1) Mark Selby
2) Jamie Burnett 148
3) Sir Neville Chamberlain
4) 1927
5) Joe Davis
6) Steve Davis, Lada classic 1982 and he won a Lada car for his troubles.
But Nige can you tell me who made the first 147 break at a televised event?
7) Chaz n Dave
8) 5mins 20 secs v Mick Price 1996
9) Ray Reardon
10) (a) Don’t know
10) (b) Don’t know
11) Quentin Hann, and in the tournament in one frame he cleared up by doubling every shot!
12) Twitch fingered Tony Meo
13) Terry Griffiths?
14) Alan ‘Angles’ McManus and he took the cheque into his bank the next day, the cashier didn’t blink an eye even though it was for over £100k!
15) Alex Higgins
16) Bob Chaperon, he won the 1990 British Open
17) Tony Knowles, what happened to him?
18) Kirk Stevens (and he once had a chance at a 155 break, but only got to about 6 reds/blacks)
19) Benson and Hedges Masters (although he did lose in the final of the European Open at the Portomaso hotel, Malta in 2004 (an old quiz question of mine))
20) In Snooker it was the Regal Welsh Open in 1995, or are you talking about Pool, Chess or Poker?
21) Steve Davis 1988
22) Bill Werbeniuk who died not too long ago
23) Silvino Francisco (once done for a betting scam)
24) Neil Foulds now a commentator, not bad either
25) Stephen Maguire
26) Don’t know this one
27) Looks like Mike Hallett who now commentates for Eurosport
28) The spaceman
29) Steve James
30) Doug Mountjoy who at 46 was/is the oldest man to win a snooker ranking event

[NigelS]

Hey Steve, I will mark your answers for a bit of fun, as the points have already been given away, so here goes

For 6) I think John Spencer made the first 147 at a televised event, but the camera crew had left before he made it, wasn't it also on oversized pockets? anyway when Steve Davis did it, ironically it was against John Spencer.
10) Wales won the first World Cup, Scotland the last.
11) Quentin Hann is correct, and he really is awesome at 8 ball pool, a shame he is a player with a self destruct button.
19) Jimmy White won the Players Championship in 2004, against the late Paul Hunter
23) i thought Peter Fransisco was done for the betting scam, he lost 10-2 against Jimmy White in the WC after being at 2-2, and then 'forgot' how to pot a ball. Or were both the Fransicos involved?
26) This one got everyone - it is Jamie Cope, who reached the final of the recent Grand Prix.

Well done Steve, I make that 27 out of 31.

Mario stages the latest entry to a "competition" since the United States' effort of 1944. :D ;D ;D ;D

[Mark James]

nigels said:

i thought Peter Fransisco was done for the betting scam, he lost 10-2 against Jimmy White in the WC after being at 2-2, and then 'forgot' how to pot a ball. Or were both the Fransicos involved?

Both Franciscos were involved in separate betting episodes.

The one with Silvino occurred prior to the better-known incident involving Peter & Jimmy White. It was in the Irish Masters, a match v Dennis Taylor, when bookmakers got suspicious as they took a vast amount of money on the correct score of 5-1 to Dennis. Betting was suspended on the match, but I don't think any disciplinary action was taken.

There was no suggestion that Dennis Taylor was implicated, indeed he joked afterwards about whether the two centuries he made in the match would count!

[NigelS]

Must admit Mark I never knew about the one involving Silvino, but remember the one involving Peter Fransisco. Wasn't Peter banned stright away and I think Silvino was a better player and was still playing after Peter's ban.

Talking of Dennis Taylor, didn't Alex Higgins threaten to have him killed once if he came to Ireland, I think there was very bad blood between those two.