World Snooker Championship quiz questions and answers

We've compiled the ultimate list of World Snooker Championship trivia questions so you can challenge your friends, family or colleagues.

Whether you're looking to test yourself during this year's Crucible showpiece or looking to impress your fellow snooker fanatics with some World Championship trivia, our list of quiz questions should have you covered.

World Snooker Championship quiz questions

1. Zhao Xintong returns to Sheffield as the defending world champion, but who did he beat in last year's final?
2. How many players will be making their Crucible debuts at the 2026 World Snooker Championship?
3. Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry hold the record for the most World Snooker Championship titles in the modern era, but how many times have they been crowned champion between them?
4. How much money will the winner of this year's tournament receive?
5. Which snooker great reached seven World Championship finals but famously never went on to lift the coveted title?
6. In what year did the Crucible first play host to the World Snooker Championship?
7. Steve Davis was a dominant force in the 1980s, winning six world titles, but who was his opponent when he was crowned Crucible champion for the first time?
8. Ronnie O'Sullivan made yet more snooker history at the 1997 World Snooker Championship by recording the quickest 147 in history - how long did it take him to compile?
9. Each of the past three World Snooker Championship winners have heralded from three different countries, can you name them?
10. In 2010, who became the first World Snooker Championship winner to have been born outside of the United Kingdom or Ireland?
11. Who is set to become the first British teenager to participate at the World Snooker Championship since Judd Trump in 2007?
12. How many different nationalities will be represented at the 2026 World Snooker Championship?
13. Who is the highest ranked player missing out on an appearance this year's event after being beaten by Matthew Stevens in the final round of qualifying?
14. In which year was Ronnie O'Sullivan last crowned world champion?
15. Which referee will take charge of the World Snooker Championship final for the first time?

World Snooker Championship quiz answers

1. Mark Williams
2. Four (Stan Moody, He Guoqiang, Antoni Kowalski & Liam Pullen)
3. 14 (7 times each)
4. £500,000
5. Jimmy White
6. 1977
7. Doug Mountjoy
8. Five minutes and 20 seconds
9. Luca Brecel / Belgium (2023), Kyren Wilson / England (2024) & Zhao Xintong / China (2025)
10. Neil Robertson (Australia)
11. Stan Moody
12. Eight (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland China, Australia, Poland, Iran)
13. Stuart Bingham (No.17)
14. 2022 (beat Judd Trump)
15. Rob Spencer