Which of these snooker balls has the lowest points value?

Snooker is a cue sport that originated among British Army officers stationed in India in the second half of the 19th century. It is played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth (or "baize"), with pockets at each of the four corners and in the middle of each long side. Using a cue stick and 21 coloured balls, players must strike the white ball (or "cue ball") to pot or pocket the remaining balls in the correct sequence, accumulating points for each pot. An individual game (or frame), is won by the player scoring the most points. A match is won when a player wins a predetermined number of frames.

In total there are 22 balls (15 red, 6 colour balls and a white cue ball), 52.5 mm or 21⁄16 inches in diameter. The points value of the balls is as follows:

Red 1 point

Yellow 2 points

Green 3 points

Brown 4 points

Blue 5 points

Pink 6 points

Black 7 points

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Glenn Harshman

Yunus Ghaznavi, if you read the question, and the list of possible answers you will see that RED is not an available answer so yellow has to be correct.

Cari G.

Ahhh, my misspent youth. Local Jr champ very briefly.

Mike Hibner

Yunus Ghaznavi, read the question, look at the answers...

Gerald Bouchard

I had to remember when I use to play it took a couple minutes

Cheryl Perkins

The snooker player beside gave me the answer. He comes in handy sometimes. 😃😃😃

William Laughlin

Yunus Ghaznavi, The question is, "Which of THESE snooker balls has the lowest points value? Since red is not among those listed, you must select the color of the least value among those listed. If I asked which of THESE numbers is the lowest and listed 10, 20, 30, and 40, your answer must be 10 even though there are numbers lower than ten in existence.

William Laughlin

Ilias Tsiabardas, The question is, "Which of THESE snooker balls has the lowest points value? Since red is not among those listed, you must select the color of the least value among those listed. If I asked which of THESE numbers is the lowest and listed 10, 20, 30, and 40, your answer must be 10 even though there are numbers lower than ten in existence.