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QUIZ OF 2010

Postby PLtheRef

As the year ends, we have a great 2010 in snooker to look back on with some fantastic matches. Here is my quiz for you. The only clue I have for you is that all of the questions relate to this year.

1. PLAYERS: Which player's diary of his competing at the 6 Red World Snooker Championship was published online in the first week of 2010?

2. MASTERS: Who won it?

3. MASTERS: How many former champions did he beat en route.

4. MASTERS: This year was a repeat final of the 2009 match up. Which year was the last repeat Matchup?

5. WELSH OPEN: Who refereed the final of the 2010 Welsh Open?

6. WELSH OPEN: Who was formally responsible for ending home interest in the tournament?

7. WELSH OPEN: Who dropped one frame en route to the last eight?

8. CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE: Who was the defending champion going into the 2010 tournament?

9. CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE: How did he fare in the defence?

10. SEQUENCE: Ronnie O'Sullivan, Graeme Dott, Ronnie O'Sullivan - who is the next player?

11. REFEREES: What nationality is Theo Selbertinger, invited to work with World Snooker at the end of the year to work on a 2011 Ranking event?

12. SEQUENCE: Back to question 11, what is the link between the players?

13. WHO SAID: I better make a quick break for it - after denying the home fans what they wanted in early April?

14. OTHER TOURNAMENTS: Who won the Wuxi classic?

15. NATIONAL EVENTS: Who won the Irish Classic? - as a clue, he is Irish

16. SHANGHAI MASTERS: Who lost 7 frames in five matches at the tournament?

17. SHANGHAI MASTERS: What was Ronnie O'Sullivan's highest break?

18. BBC: Which event did the BBC announce to much criticism they were dropping from their schedule?

19. WORLD OPEN: Officially according to the rules what Break did Ronnie O'Sullivan make against Mark King?

20. WORLD OPEN: How many players took part in the TV stages?

21. WORLD OPEN: How many countries did they represent?

22. WORLD OPEN: Who achieved a ranking event best of a quarter-final at the World Open?

23. WORLD OPEN: What was the length for the final?

24. WORLD OPEN: True or false its the shortest format for a ranking final?

25. UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP: How many World champions did John Higgins defeat en route to the title?

26. UK CHAMPIONSHIP: Which player 'allegedly' complained that all of the Venue stages of a tournament should be on the TV after a first round exit in Telford?

27. UK CHAMPIONSHIP: The 2010 Semi-Finals were described as a 'true' UK Championship - in what way?

28. OTHER TOURNAMENT: How many players competed at the World Seniors Championship?

29. OTHER TOURNAMENT: How many were actually World Champions.

30. FAMOUS NAMES: Which legend of the game died on July 24th aged 61?

31. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Steve Davis was a quarter-finalist this year, which year did he last go as far as the last eight

32. UNRELATED: - What was such a coincidence about both of those World Championships?

33. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: How many seeds crashed out in round one?

34. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: John Higgins second round exit continued a poor run of defences for the champions when was the last year a defending champion reached the one table situation?

35. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: How many countries were represented at the Crucible?

36. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Which two referees made the same mistake on the same day of the championship?

37. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Who other than Robertson was declared World Champion at the Crucible?

38. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: How many debutantes were at the Crucible 2010

39. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Who made the Most Crucible centuries?

40. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Who won three successive frames to take a match to a final session?


Deadline for answers is New Years Eve
Last edited by PLtheRef on 24 Dec 2010, edited 1 time in total.

Re: QUIZ OF 2010

Postby Bourne

PLtheRef wrote:As the year ends, we have a great 2010 in snooker to look back on with some fantastic matches. Here is my quiz for you. The only clue I have for you is that all of the questions relate to this year.

1. PLAYERS: Which player's diary of his competing at the 6 Red World Snooker Championship was published online in the first week of 2010? Johnny McBride

2. MASTERS: Who won it? Mark Selby

3. MASTERS: How many former champions did he beat en route. 2

4. MASTERS: This year was a repeat final of the 2009 match up. Which year was the last repeat Matchup? 2000

5. WELSH OPEN: Who refereed the final of the 2010 Welsh Open? Brendan Moore

6. WELSH OPEN: Who was formally responsible for ending home interest in the tournament? Allister Carter

7. WELSH OPEN: Who dropped one frame en route to the last eight? Ronnie O'Sullivan

8. CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE: Who was the defending champion going into the 2010 tournament? Judd Trump :afro:

9. CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE: How did he fare in the defence? Badly :redneck: Lost in Finals Group Stage ?

10. SEQUENCE: Ronnie O'Sullivan, Graeme Dott, Ronnie O'Sullivan - who is the next player? Neil Robertson

11. REFEREES: What nationality is Theo Selbertinger, invited to work with World Snooker at the end of the year to work on a 2011 Ranking event? Austrian

12. SEQUENCE: Back to question 10, what is the link between the players? World Number ones

13. WHO SAID: I better make a quick break for it - after denying the home fans what they wanted in early April? Mark Williams

14. OTHER TOURNAMENTS: Who won the Wuxi classic? Shaun Murphy

15. NATIONAL EVENTS: Who won the Irish Classic? - as a clue, he is Irish Ken Doherty

16. SHANGHAI MASTERS: Who lost 7 frames in five matches at the tournament? Mark C Davis

17. SHANGHAI MASTERS: What was Ronnie O'Sullivan's highest break? 80

18. BBC: Which event did the BBC announce to much criticism they were dropping from their schedule? World Open

19. WORLD OPEN: Officially according to the rules what Break did Ronnie O'Sullivan make against Mark King? 140

20. WORLD OPEN: How many players took part in the TV stages? 48

21. WORLD OPEN: How many countries did they represent? 11

22. WORLD OPEN: Who achieved a ranking event best of a quarter-final at the World Open? Martin Gould

23. WORLD OPEN: What was the length for the final? BO9

24. WORLD OPEN: True or false its the shortest format for a ranking final? True

25. UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP: How many World champions did John Higgins defeat en route to the title? 2

26. UK CHAMPIONSHIP: Which player 'allegedly' complained that all of the Venue stages of a tournament should be on the TV after a first round exit in Telford? Jimmy White

27. UK CHAMPIONSHIP: The 2010 Semi-Finals were described as a 'true' UK Championship - in what way? Represented by each UK country

28. OTHER TOURNAMENT: How many players competed at the World Seniors Championship? 8

29. OTHER TOURNAMENT: How many were actually World Champions. 5

30. FAMOUS NAMES: Which legend of the game died on July 24th aged 61? Alex Higgins

31. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Steve Davis was a quarter-finalist this year, which yea Errrr :?

32. UNRELATED: - What was such a coincidence about both of those World Championships? They er ... :hmm:

33. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: How many seeds crashed out in round one? 4

34. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: John Higgins second round exit continued a poor run of defences for the champions when was the last year a defending champion reached the one table situation? 2000

35. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: How many countries were represented at the Crucible? 8

36. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Which two referees made the same mistake on the same day of the championship? Tabb and Marteel

37. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Who other than Robertson was declared World Champion at the Crucible? Marcus Campbell (the coveted Wooden spoon <cool>

38. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: How many debutantes were at the Crucible 2010 5

39. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Who made the Most Crucible centuries? Neil Robertson

40. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Who won three successive frames to take a match to a final session? Steve Davis


Deadline for answers is New Years Eve

Re: QUIZ OF 2010

Postby Alex0paul

1. John McBride

2. Mark Selby

3. 1

4. 2006

5. Brendan Moore

6. Maguire

7. O'Sullivan

8. Judd Trump

9. Lost in the the Winners Group

10. No idea

11. German

12. No idea

13. Mark J Williams

14. Shaun Murphy

15. Fergal O'Brien

16. Burnett

17. 0

18. World Open

19. 147

20. 42

21. 9

22. Martin Gould

23. Best of 9

24. True

25. 2

26. Cope

27. Players from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

28. 9

29. 7

30. Alex Higgins

31. 2005

32. A qualifier reached the final both times

33. 4

34. 2002

35. 8

36. Marteel and Tabb

37. No idea

38. 2

39. Graeme Dott

40. Stephen Maguire


Deadline for answers is New Years Eve[/quote]

Re: QUIZ OF 2010

Postby PLtheRef

just so you know, the answer to 32 is nothing to do with Snooker but it happened in 2005 and 2010

Re: QUIZ OF 2010

Postby Bourne

Half the question was cut off when I tried it :sad: i feeled handicapped

Re: QUIZ OF 2010

Postby Witz78

PLtheRef wrote:just so you know, the answer to 32 is nothing to do with Snooker but it happened in 2005 and 2010


General Election?

Wild spelt a word correctly?

Re: QUIZ OF 2010

Postby PLtheRef

Witz78 wrote:
PLtheRef wrote:just so you know, the answer to 32 is nothing to do with Snooker but it happened in 2005 and 2010


General Election?

Wild spelt a word correctly?


You shouldnt get that one right - :no:

Re: QUIZ OF 2010

Postby PLtheRef

LeBourne wrote:Half the question was cut off when I tried it :sad: i feeled handicapped


Edit your answer then

Re: QUIZ OF 2010

Postby PLtheRef

Bourne 19.5

Re: QUIZ OF 2010

Postby PLtheRef

alex 30

Re: QUIZ OF 2010

Postby PLtheRef

Come on lads and ladies, we can get more than 30 surely remember everything relates to 2010

Re: QUIZ OF 2010

Postby Monique

PLtheRef wrote:As the year ends, we have a great 2010 in snooker to look back on with some fantastic matches. Here is my quiz for you. The only clue I have for you is that all of the questions relate to this year.

1. PLAYERS: Which player's diary of his competing at the 6 Red World Snooker Championship was published online in the first week of 2010? John McBride

2. MASTERS: Who won it? Mark Selby

3. MASTERS: How many former champions did he beat en route. 2

4. MASTERS: This year was a repeat final of the 2009 match up. Which year was the last repeat Matchup? 2006

5. WELSH OPEN: Who refereed the final of the 2010 Welsh Open? Brendan Moore

6. WELSH OPEN: Who was formally responsible for ending home interest in the tournament? Maguire?

7. WELSH OPEN: Who dropped one frame en route to the last eight? Ronnie O'Sullivan

8. CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE: Who was the defending champion going into the 2010 tournament? Judd Trump

9. CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE: How did he fare in the defence? reached winner's Group

10. SEQUENCE: Ronnie O'Sullivan, Graeme Dott, Ronnie O'Sullivan - who is the next player?

11. REFEREES: What nationality is Theo Selbertinger, invited to work with World Snooker at the end of the year to work on a 2011 Ranking event? Austrian

12. SEQUENCE: Back to question 11, what is the link between the players?

13. WHO SAID: I better make a quick break for it - after denying the home fans what they wanted in early April?

14. OTHER TOURNAMENTS: Who won the Wuxi classic? Shaun Murphy

15. NATIONAL EVENTS: Who won the Irish Classic? - as a clue, he is Irish Fergal O'Brien

16. SHANGHAI MASTERS: Who lost 7 frames in five matches at the tournament? Jamie Burnett

17. SHANGHAI MASTERS: What was Ronnie O'Sullivan's highest break? 0 (withdrew)

18. BBC: Which event did the BBC announce to much criticism they were dropping from their schedule? Grand Prix/World Open

19. WORLD OPEN: Officially according to the rules what Break did Ronnie O'Sullivan make against Mark King? 147

20. WORLD OPEN: How many players took part in the TV stages? 43

21. WORLD OPEN: How many countries did they represent? 9

22. WORLD OPEN: Who achieved a ranking event best of a quarter-final at the World Open? Martin Gould

23. WORLD OPEN: What was the length for the final? best of 9

24. WORLD OPEN: True or false its the shortest format for a ranking final? false

25. UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP: How many World champions did John Higgins defeat en route to the title? 2

26. UK CHAMPIONSHIP: Which player 'allegedly' complained that all of the Venue stages of a tournament should be on the TV after a first round exit in Telford? Ebdon?

27. UK CHAMPIONSHIP: The 2010 Semi-Finals were described as a 'true' UK Championship - in what way? NI, England, Scotland and Wales were all represented

28. OTHER TOURNAMENT: How many players competed at the World Seniors Championship? 9 (or 16 with Qualifiers)

29. OTHER TOURNAMENT: How many were actually World Champions. 7

30. FAMOUS NAMES: Which legend of the game died on July 24th aged 61? Alex Higgins

31. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Steve Davis was a quarter-finalist this year, which year did he last go as far as the last eight 2005

32. UNRELATED: - What was such a coincidence about both of those World Championships? UK general elections were held on the day after the final?

33. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: How many seeds crashed out in round one? 4

34. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: John Higgins second round exit continued a poor run of defences for the champions when was the last year a defending champion reached the one table situation? 2002

35. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: How many countries were represented at the Crucible? 7

36. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Which two referees made the same mistake on the same day of the championship? Olivier Marteel and Michaela Tabb

37. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Who other than Robertson was declared World Champion at the Crucible? Denis Taylor

38. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: How many debutantes were at the Crucible 2010 2

39. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Who made the Most Crucible centuries? Graeme Dott

40. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Who won three successive frames to take a match to a final session? Steve Davis


Deadline for answers is New Years Eve

Re: QUIZ OF 2010

Postby PLtheRef

Monique, 32