Never Ending Quiz

Were they playing Pool? may have been the World pool championship perhaps.

they were play subbuteo with snooker cues.

Juddernaut88 wrote:Were they playing Pool? may have been the World pool championship perhaps.

Good answer (as it is the correct one)

It was the first knockout round of the World 9-ball championships, both having safely negotiated the convoluted Group Stages

HappyCamper wrote:they were play subbuteo with snooker cues.

They weren’t; that would have been carnage, particularly if Jimmy had been on the pipe

Who won the first British Open title when it officially became a ranking event?

Juddernaut88 wrote:Who won the first British Open title when it officially became a ranking event?

I think the infamous final between Silvino Francisco and Kirk Stevens may have been the first year it was a ranker.

So Silvino Francisco?

SnookerEd25 wrote:

Juddernaut88 wrote:Who won the first British Open title when it officially became a ranking event?

I think the infamous final between Silvino Francisco and Kirk Stevens may have been the first year it was a ranker.

So Silvino Francisco?

That is correct. Well done :)

Thank you.

Who is the only player to have qualified through Q-school and gone on to win a ranking event?

chengdufan wrote:Georgiou?

Michael Georgiou is the correct answer!

Has qualified through Q-school twice, in fact - 2014 & 2016; in 2018 he won the prestigious and much admired snooker shoot-out in Watford which, contrary to many people's belief, is actually a Ranking Event.

Well done ChengduFan!

rekoons wrote:bingtao?

Not Yan, he won the World Amateur title to qualify for his tour card.

Keep an eye on him, though, this season - he could be one to watch...

chengdufan wrote:Can anyone name the other former pro who represented Cyprus?
He's famous for making a 147 in a qualifying match.

Mehmet Husnu I think

Better get a question out before the never-ending quiz comes to an end...

Who was the surprise runner-up (to Neil Robertson) in the 2007 Welsh Open, having hit his only professional maximum along the way?

Dan-cat wrote:Andrew Higginson

Yes indeed; never did anything before, hasn't done much since - but he had the week of his life in February 2007. Even came from 2-6 down to lead Robbo 8-6 in the final, before losing the decider.

Errrrrm *tries to think of pool players from the Mosconi cup and struggling to remember* There was a Scottish player called Shaw so that is my ambitious guess.