How many balls are there in the game of snooker?
Snooker is a cue sport which originated among British Army officers stationed in India in the later 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 and 22 coloured balls, players must strike the white ball (or "cue ball") to pot 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.
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Fred Keogh
Ian Swindale, It brought out that famous commentary, 'for those of you watching in Black & White, the cue ball is behind the Pink'
earlepg
It seems that those British soldiers stationed in India in the later half of the 19th century were quite busy concocting games.
Player
Adrian Fisher, "If a player is awarded a free ball with all 15 red balls still in play, they can potentially make a break exceeding 147, with the highest possible being a 155 break, achieved by nominating the free ball as an extra red, then potting the black as the additional colour after potting the free-ball red, followed by the 15 reds with blacks, and finally the colours."
Val Wilkinson
The cue is the cue Laurie Phylier Bissell,
The stick is what you throw for the dog
deborahpmercer
Good point about the cue ball! Oh, and here's a factoid - the maximum break actually isn't 147, it's 155!
Elsy O. Stromberg
markdclark, 50% what?
Laurie Phylier Bissell
A cue is the stick
Sally Onyett
Simon Taylor, I remember it too but it may have been a repeat...! 😜
Ray Anderson
Elsie Pike, White is considered a colour so is one of the 22 balls. The cue referred to in this statement is the device which strikes the ball, not the cue ball.
Cheryl Perkins
Definitely 22 balls. My other half and I both play Snooker.
Ian Swindale
It was the game that catapulted colour TV into UK homes as the game in black and white was extraordinarily difficult to know which colour was which (the black and white excepted)
Rob Farr
A good trivia question ...