After the completion of the Northern Ireland Open on Sunday, we’re feeling a bit snookered with the lack of professional snooker on our screens for the next week or so. It’s a timely opportunity to recharge the batteries a little ahead of the UK Championship in York, the second biggest[Read More…]
Quizzes
QUIZ! Last Winners of Old Snooker Events
There are complaints here and there, as there always will be in every walk of life, but snooker is generally in an extremely healthy position at present. With 20 ranking events and several other invitationals to contest throughout a hectic 2018/19 campaign, the players have never been so busy and[Read More…]
QUIZ! Snooker in the 1990s: Second Edition
The European Masters concluded on Sunday with Jimmy Robertson walking away as a surprise champion with the coveted title and a cheque worth £75,000. Robertson emerged as an unlikely contender after a succession of unbelievable black ball finishes in the early rounds before beating Joe Perry 9-6 in the final[Read More…]
QUIZ! Snooker in the 2000s: Second Edition
There’s a small lull in activity this week in between the two big events in China. Ronnie O’Sullivan earned a hefty £200,000 sum for capturing the Shanghai Masters invitational title at the weekend while next week sees the next ranking event of the campaign courtesy of the China Championship in[Read More…]
QUIZ! Snooker in the 2010s: Second Edition
It’s slightly scandalous that we’ve gone through three full months of the season without a quiz here on SnookerHQ. With the small break in between tournaments this week following the conclusion of the Paul Hunter Classic and the start of the Six Red World Championship next week in Thailand, it’s[Read More…]
QUIZ! 2017/18 Snooker Tournament Winners
It’s the morning after the night before and there are plenty of Crucible hangovers taking place around the world. The 17-day Marathon of the Mind that is the World Snooker Championship has the ability to suck you into its epic storyline in such a manner that one could easily forget[Read More…]
QUIZ! World Snooker Championship Semi-Finals
The World Snooker Championship semi-finals are under way and we are only a few days away from learning who our champion for 2018 will be. The semi-final stage at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield is always a special affair as the divide that separates the arena is lifted and the[Read More…]
QUIZ! Players With One Crucible Appearance
Definitely one purely for the anoraks here. There have been 206 players who have competed at the Crucible Theatre since the World Snooker Championship moved to the Sheffield venue in 1977. Almost one-third of those – 67, in fact – have participated in only one edition, until now at least[Read More…]
QUIZ! Nationalities in the World Snooker Championship
Snooker is becoming ever more global, with World Snooker supremo Barry Hearn and World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Chairman Jason Ferguson always trying to find new markets to explore for the game. In recent years, events have been staged in more than a dozen different countries across Europe, as[Read More…]
QUIZ! World Championship Players at the Crucible
It’s the day before the World Snooker Championship gets under way and there’s just enough time to revisit this testing quiz. Four debutants in the 2018 draw bring the total number of players at the Crucible Theatre to 206. More than a quarter of them, some 58, only graced the[Read More…]