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2,500 funny, quirky and downright fiendish questions Could you set up a table blindfolded? Do you know your spider from your swan neck? The Official World Snooker Tour Quiz Book is the ultimate test of snooker knowledge. Compiled by the game’s greatest statistician, journalist David Hendon, and playable from red to black in search of the perfect 147 break, this definitive run-down will cover the leading players, tournaments and periods in the game’s history across 2,500 funny, quirky and downright fiendish questions. •Which snooker player was known as ‘The Sheriff of Pottingham’? •When was snooker first shown on colour TV? •Who is the youngest player to play at The Crucible? •Whose line in the hit single ‘snooker loopy’ referred to their ‘goggles’? •What is Ronnie O’Sullivan’s middle name?

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World Snooker Limited is the commercial entity responsible for the promotion of professional snooker events and is the custodian of the sport's commercial rights. In recent years, the World Snooker Tour has grown rapidly to total prize money of GBP19 million, with over 20 events across the planet, and a worldwide audience of over 500 million fans. Mark Watson is the acclaimed author of six books, most recently The Place that Didn't Exist, Hotel Alpha, and The Knot, which have been published in twelve languages. He is also a stand-up comedian and has won numerous awards in Britain and Australia. He regularly appears on TV, has had his own cult Radio 4 series and been named the Edinburgh Festival's highest achiever of the decade by The Times. He lives in North London.

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