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The Game Of Snooker [2] Trivia Quiz

Because the first quiz seems to be popular, another snooker quiz for the fans of the game. In this quiz, there is a little bit more focus on the rules of the game. Maybe you'll get interested in the game?

A multiple-choice quiz by wimm. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
wimm

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
47,759

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2704

This quiz has 2 formats: you can play it as a or as shown below.
Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.

1. Is it necessary to hit the red balls in a direct line in a breakoff-shot? Hint

Yes

No, you can make the white ball jump over a colour

No, because you have to play away from the red balls in the breakoff

No ,as long you hit a red ball first anything goes

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2. What colour does the cloth of a snooker table normally have, especially in big tournaments?

Answer: (One Word)

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3. Which player is also known as 'The Whirlwind'? Hint

Ronnie O'Sullivan

Jimmy White

Mathew Stevens

Paul Hunter

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4. Who was the 2001 World Champion at snooker? Hint

John Higgins

Ronnie O'Sullivan

Stephen Hendry

Matthew Stevens

5. To become World Champion, O'Sullivan had to defeat in the semi-finals, a player from Northern Ireland known by the nickname 'The Outlaw'. It was his second successive semi-final in the World Championship. Who is 'The Outlaw'? Hint

Alain Robidoux

Paul Hunter

Peter Ebdon

Joe Swail

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6. Suppose I start training very hard and manage to win this year my first World Championship. What will almost certain happen next year? Which myth surrounds the World Championship? Hint

I will appear on the 'Big Break' show

I won't be able to prolongate my title

I will be number one on the ranking

nothing special

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7. Your opponent has made a foul-shot, and you're now snookered. What usually happens next? Hint

You select a free ball, play it and put your opponent in a snookered position behind another ball ot

He has to play again from the current position

He has to play again from the original position

You select a free ball and pot it

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8. Each year, there is also an unofficial World Trickshots championship. You won't believe your eyes when you see the players perfom their tricks. Aside the tricks, you must know how to entertain the public (Steve Davis is hilarious, he chats more with the crowd than he is playing some shots). Which player is famous for his 'basket' shot, in which he puts a black ball in a basket, jumps the white ball in it from a distance, the basket starts turning and the ball will roll out?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname ... fairly old dude, and very very slow player)

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9. Is it permissable to pot two balls in the same shot? Hint

yes, red and a colour (1 + colour points)

yes, but you get only 1 point

no it isn't

yes, two red balls (2 points)

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10. Which nationality is the player Alain Robidoux? Hint

Singapore

French

Canadian

Belgian

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Is it necessary to hit the red balls in a direct line in a breakoff-shot?

Answer: No ,as long you hit a red ball first anything goes

Anything goes, but you should take care because a 'miss' will be called when you miss the red balls. It is forbidden to avoid a snooker by jumping over a coloured ball.

2. What colour does the cloth of a snooker table normally have, especially in big tournaments?

Answer: green

I'm not sure it is obligatory, but you'll hardly find another coloured cloth.

3. Which player is also known as 'The Whirlwind'?

Answer: Jimmy White

4. Who was the 2001 World Champion at snooker?

Answer: Ronnie O'Sullivan

Ronnie beat John Higgins 18-14.

Answer: Joe Swail

After making some awesome recoveries in the previous rounds (against Patrick Wallace and Mark Williams for instance), the ever laughing Joe bit the dust against a superb Ronnie.

6. Suppose I start training very hard and manage to win this year my first World Championship. What will almost certain happen next year? Which myth surrounds the World Championship?

Answer: I won't be able to prolongate my title

All the rest may be true, but the answer I was searching for is the fact that since 1969 nobody managed to win the year after he won his first worldtitle. Several players won different titles, but never the two first in a row.

7. Your opponent has made a foul-shot, and you're now snookered. What usually happens next?

Answer: He has to play again from the original position

The referee has to call a 'miss' for, then the ball will be placed back and all other balls will be placed on their previous positions. Take care, it is forbidden to snooker the opponent after the same ball you've selected as the 'free ball'.

Answer: Terry Griffiths

9. Is it permissable to pot two balls in the same shot?

Answer: yes, two red balls (2 points)

Only two red balls are allowed. When it is a red and a colour, you won't get any point, your opponent receives the points from the coloured balls and has the option to play.

10. Which nationality is the player Alain Robidoux?

Answer: Canadian

Source: Author wimm

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