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Bass Reeves

Bass Reeves wrote: »

15 reds and 15 yellows are 45 colurs make up 27 so 72 in total.

The only way you could have a lower break is if you potted multiple reds on the break. In that case its 15+2+27 if all reds were potted on the break. However technically you could foul your final shot on the black and it would not count so 44 or 37

That's it We'll leave fouls out of it

y0ssar1an22

not sure of the rules, but i suspect bass reeves or quantum erasure have it. depends if 15 reds off the break give you 1 or 15 points

y0ssar1an22

y0ssar1an22 wrote: »

not sure of the rules, but i suspect bass reeves or quantum erasure have it. depends if 15 reds off the break give you 1 or 15 points

15 reds potted in the one shot is fifteen points; whether from break, or after...

I may be wrong - actually I'm unsure - but if the white drops/falls off the table after potting the black, I'm unsure if that counts as a "total clearance"

Will leave that one out if I'm ever coming up with questions for a quiz

But, am on 'terracotta' with the 22 points one (not counting losing through a technicality)

SimonTemplar

Who was the first actor to play Bond? (hint: it isn't Connery)

SimonTemplar

SimonTemplar wrote: »

Who was the first actor to play Bond? (hint: it isn't Connery)

Niven or Lazenby?

I'll guess Lazenby in "On her majesty's secret service" , or maybe it was "Casino Royale"

begbysback

[Deleted User] wrote: »

15 reds potted in the one shot is fifteen points; whether from break, or after...

I may be wrong - actually I'm unsure - but if the white drops/falls off the table after potting the black, I'm unsure if that counts as a "total clearance"

Will leave that one out if I'm ever coming up with questions for a quiz

But, am on 'terracotta' with the 22 points one (not counting losing through a technicality)

You can go in off the black at the end and that’s a total total clearance given that the frame is over and neither black or white come back onto the table.

Bass Reeves

Deleted User wrote: »

Niven or Lazenby?

I'll guess Lazenby in "On her majesty's secret service" , or maybe it was "Casino Royale"

Niven, I think Lazenby was after Sean C

begbysback

SimonTemplar wrote: »

Who was the first actor to play Bond? (hint: it isn't Connery)

Nigel

Are we still on the snooker?

begbysback

begbysback wrote: »

You can go in off the black at the end and that’s a total total clearance given that the frame is over and neither black or white come back onto the table.

That's what I meant by "the white drops"... Am unsure now would that count as a total clearance.. Maybe it's 37 after all

I still reckon 44 though

SimonTemplar

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Niven, I think Lazenby was after Sean C

No, Niven was a few months before Connery's last film. Lazenby was after Connery

dobman88

[Deleted User] wrote: »

That's what I meant by "the white drops"... Am unsure now would that count as a total clearance.. Maybe it's 37 after all

I still reckon 44 though

The answer to your own question is 72 :pac:

Tippman24

ShatterAlan wrote: »

The 1982 World Cup final was between Italy and West Germany.


Name one other quarter finalist.

Other semi finalists were France and Poland. There were not quarter finals as such but 4 groups of three. West Germany were with Spain and England. Italy were in with Brazil and Argentina. France were in with Northern Ireland and I think Czechoslavakia. Poland were in with USSR and I cant remember. In the play off match between Poland and USSRr there was a huge Solidarity Trade union flag visible and Spanish Police were instructed to remove it.

A non trick, no stewards enquiry required scoring related in a game/sport question:

In darts, what is the lowest score where a player begins his turn, but is unable to "checkout".... If the player is on this score the ref "will not" say "you require" , as the player can't possibly finish on that score... (regulation darts, none of this American doubles, trebles, and quads)

dobman88

dobman88 wrote: »

The answer to your own question is 72 :pac:

:D Don't think so

A player could "technically" pot all 15 reds in one shot, follow up with a yellow, and then pot the 6 colours.. 15 + 2 + 27 = 44

Louis Friend

Presume the lowest score to win a frame is 22?

Your opponent pots 15 reds but no colours, plus the Yellow and the Green to end up with 20 points.

Then you pot the four remaining colours to end up with 22 points and nick the frame.

dobman88

[Deleted User] wrote: »

:D Don't think so

A player could "technically" pot all 15 reds in one shot, follow up with a yellow, and then pot the 6 colours.. 15 + 2 + 27 = 44

That would be some Merlin level of sorcery that I would love to see lol.

But, get away outta that

y0ssar1an22

Deleted User wrote: »

A non trick, no stewards enquiry required scoring related in a game/sport question:

In darts, what is the lowest score where a player begins his turn, but is unable to "checkout".... If the player is on this score the ref "will not" say "you require" , as the player can't possibly finish on that score... (regulation darts, none of this American doubles, trebles, and quads)

60+60+40 = 160. 161?

but if you cant actually make (say) 159 or 147 that would be the answer i think but its too late to be trying to work that out. :pac:

Louis Friend

Louis Friend wrote: »

Presume the lowest score to win a frame is 22?

Your opponent pots 15 reds but no colours, plus the Yellow and the Green to end up with 20 points.

Then you pot the four remaining colours to end up with 22 points and nick the frame.

There are several permutations regarding how many reds (no colours to follow) each player can, or can't; needs, or doesn't need to pot, to get the lowest possible framewinning score; but the answer is 22 alright.

Another example:

Player 1 could pot four reds. The other could pot 11. Score 4 - 11.
Player 2 could then pot the yellow. Score 4 - 13.
Player 1 pots green, brown, blue, and pink = 18 points scored. Score 22 - 13.

Nine points in the frame then. Player 1 wins without potting the last black.

Tippman24

Tippman24 wrote: »

Other semi finalists were France and Poland. There were not quarter finals as such but 4 groups of three. West Germany were with Spain and England. Italy were in with Brazil and Argentina. France were in with Northern Ireland and I think Czechoslavakia. Poland were in with USSR and I cant remember. In the play off match between Poland and USSRr there was a huge Solidarity Trade union flag visible and Spanish Police were instructed to remove it.

Belgium also were in last 12, in group with Russia and Poland. Russia bet them 1-0 and Poland beat them 3-0. Poland parked the team behind the bus to make sure to knock out the Russians. Succeeded but Boniek (striker) picked up a yellow and missed the Semi Final, with Italy beating them 2-0 (goals from Rossi). The other semi Final ended 3-3 with Germany winning on Penalties. One of the greatest soccer matches of all time.

Bass Reeves

Deleted User wrote: »

A non trick, no stewards enquiry required scoring related in a game/sport question:

In darts, what is the lowest score where a player begins his turn, but is unable to "checkout".... If the player is on this score the ref "will not" say "you require" , as the player can't possibly finish on that score... (regulation darts, none of this American doubles, trebles, and quads)

You can check out with two treble 20's and the bull so 171 left is not checkable out. In 301 its 131 scone in 501 it 331

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

A non trick, no stewards enquiry required scoring related in a game/sport question:

In darts, what is the lowest score where a player begins his turn, but is unable to "checkout".... If the player is on this score the ref "will not" say "you require" , as the player can't possibly finish on that score... (regulation darts, none of this American doubles, trebles, and quads)

y0ssar1an22 wrote: »

60+60+40 = 160. 161?

but if you cant actually make (say) 159 or 147 that would be the answer i think but its too late to be trying to work that out. :pac:

159 is the right answer. A player can have left this score, but can't possibly finish it with 3 darts.. 147 is eminently possible - treble 19 (57), Bull, then tops would be one way..

Bass Reeves

Bass Reeves wrote: »

You can check out with two treble 20's and the bull so 171 left is not checkable out. In 301 its 131 scone in 501 it 331

Can only finish on bull, or tops, so that leaves lower scores than 170.. eg, how can a player take out 169?

Anyway, someone got (well, close enough :pac:) it already...

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Can only finish on bull, or tops, so that leaves lower scores than 170.. eg, how can a player take out 169?

Anyway, someone got (well, close enough :pac:) it already...

Can finish on any double, but there are a few scores lower than 170 which can't be taken out: 159, 162, 163, 165, 166, 168, 169.

dobman88

dobman88 wrote: »

That would be some Merlin level of sorcery that I would love to see lol.

But, get away outta that

It is 'possible' though :pac: Question would've been worded like that...

Still a trick/y question though.... The sorta one the likes of 'Dean' might fancy to get right

Depending on location, tis probably one for the earlier rounds.... Would still need to do one's 'due diligence' though; re potting black, and white going in-off, off the table etc... Don't think that would count as a total clearance tho..

Best to leave that one out of any compilers quizbook :pac:

"Highest possible break" in snooker always good for an argument/stewards too,,, Every fan know it be 155... Should ask "What is considered a 'Maximum' break in snooker" if the answer written down by the questionnaire is 147....

What fictional crimefighting duo had the call-signs "3-5" , and "4-7"

murpho999

So the snooker one, pot fifteen reds in one shot (easy, happens all the time) and then a yellow as a colour followed by the six colours for total clearance of 44 points.

murpho999

murpho999 wrote: »

So the snooker one, pot fifteen reds in one shot (easy, happens all the time) and then a yellow as a colour followed by the six colours for total clearance of 44 points.

Exactly like that Be wary of where the white's going after potting black .. That would be 37 points if the white left the table... I'm guessing that wouldn't count as a total clearance though, but not 100%

murpho999

Deleted User wrote: »

Exactly like that Be wary of where the white's going after potting black .. That would be 37 points if the white left the table... I'm guessing that wouldn't count as a total clearance though, but not 100%

No that would not be a full clearance althoight there would for a time by no balls on the table but technically the black should be respotted and white put back on the table, although it would be pointless as the frame is already over.

Quantum Erasure

Achually... you can only score once off the final black, whether it's by potting it or a foul from your opponent.

Came up recently where kyren Wilson needed to clear the remaining balls to tie the frame and take it to a respotted black. He missed the last black, his opponent fouled (went in off) to give him 7 points and level the score, kyren thought he could play on to win the frame outright, but it went to a respotted black.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3FGy4Offmo&t=345s

Tavrin Callas

Can we give the snooker discussion a "break" please, and agree to disagree?


In a real pub quiz there shouldn't be any trick qustions. It's a poor quiz if they're used, I think.

Deleted User wrote: »

What fictional crimefighting duo had the call-signs "3-5" , and "4-7"

No idea, but will guess Batman and Robin.

cee_jay

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What fictional crimefighting duo had the call-signs "3-5" , and "4-7"

37 and 45 are used by Kate Fleming and Steve Arnott in Line of Duty. It's a tribute to The Professionals I think, but don't know their names.

Quantum Erasure

How many presidents of the USA have there been?

golfball37

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

How many presidents of the USA have there been?

45- Grover Cleveland is counted twice

dinneenp

I've never heard it happen but on a table quiz make the very last question of the quiz 'what was the first question in this table quiz?'

I saw very few would get it right.

wawaman

golfball37 wrote: »

The tube stop was called Arsenal when built in the 30s after the soccer club. It’s not an actual place. The Soccer team are from the Royal Munitions Arsenal in Woolwich and only relocated to north of the river a few decades earlier.

Crystal Palace was a massive structure built in 19th century to house some international event. The bbc had a massive aerial there and at some point it stopped being the crystal place and became Crystal Palace.

Sorry to be pedantic but the tube station (Gillespie Road) predates the club in the area. The station was opened in 1906 and the club relocated in 1913. It was renamed Arsenal Tube Station in 1932.

ohnonotgmail

Deleted User wrote: »

What fictional crimefighting duo had the call-signs "3-5" , and "4-7"

cee_jay wrote: »

37 and 45 are used by Kate Fleming and Steve Arnott in Line of Duty. It's a tribute to The Professionals I think, but don't know their names.

Bodie and Doyle *car crashes through window*

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Who is the famous uncle of Hubert, Deuteronomy and Louis?

Donald Duck

EmmetSpiceland

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

What's the closest planet to earth, on average?

This is an awful question. And while I know the, alleged, “answer” I will never accept it. Never.

dulpit

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

This is an awful question. And while I know the, alleged, “answer” I will never accept it. Never.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SumDHcnCRuU

Tavrin Callas

That's pretty cool actually. Would still rage if it came up in a pub quiz though.

The Big Easy

Who is the only player to score a goal in a World Cup final and a European Cup final in the same stadium and end up on the losing side by the same score both times?

murpho999

The Big Easy wrote: »

Who is the only player to score a goal in a World Cup final and a European Cup final in the same stadium and end up on the losing side by the same score both times?

Great question.

Zoltán Czibor

Lost 3-2 whilst playing and scoring one goal for Hungary against Germany in 1954 in the World Cup Final.

Lost 3-2 whilst playing and scoring one goal for Barcelona against Benfica in 1962 in the European Cup Final.

Both games in Switzerland in the Wankdorf Stadiium. (Name is not my fault!)

The Big Easy

I remember wracking my brain over it for months. It was a big competition question in I think World Soccer when I was a lad just before the Internet age!

golfball37

The Big Easy wrote: »

Who is the only player to score a goal in a World Cup final and a European Cup final in the same stadium and end up on the losing side by the same score both times?

That’s a fantastic question. It’s a Hungarian who played for Barcelona is my process of elimination at work? In that Benfica beat Barcelona 3-2 in Berne the same score Hungary lost to Germany in 54.

Fr Tod Umptious

What happed at every FIFA world cup from 1930 to 1986 but has only happened twice since ?

Bass Reeves

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

What happed at every FIFA world cup from 1930 to 1986 but has only happened twice since ?

Sat a quick guess losing semi finalists play off for third and fourth rankings

Fr Tod Umptious

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Sat a quick guess losing semi finalists play off for third and fourth rankings

Nope

KevRossi

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

What happed at every FIFA world cup from 1930 to 1986 but has only happened twice since ?

Both teams scored in the final?

Argentina in 1990 were the first team not to score in a final.

wally79

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

What happed at every FIFA world cup from 1930 to 1986 but has only happened twice since ?

I was investigating a possible answer that wasn’t correct but yields a good question.

What has happened at every World Cup tournament except the 2006 tournament in Germany?