billiards

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Noun

billiards (uncountable)

  1. (games) (UK) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
  2. (games) (US) The collective noun for games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.
  3. Plural form of billiard.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Tue Sep 7 21:08:33 2010

Cue sports (sometimes written cuesports), also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber cushions.

Historically, the umbrella term was billiards. While that familiar name is still employed by some as a generic label for all such games, the word's usage has splintered into more exclusive competing meanings in various parts of the world. For example, in British and Australian English, "billiards" usually refers exclusively to the game of English billiards, while in American and Canadian English it is sometimes used to refer to a particular game or class of games, or to all cue games in general, depending upon dialect and context.

There are three major subdivisions of games within cue sports:

More obscurely, there are games that make use of obstacles and targets, and table-top games played with disks instead of balls.

Billiards has a long and rich history stretching from its inception in the 15th century; to the wrapping of the body of Mary, Queen of Scots, in her billiard table cover in 1586; through its many mentions in the works of Shakespeare, including the famous line "let's to billiards" in Antony and Cleopatra (1606–07); and through the many famous enthusiasts of the sport including, Mozart, Louis XIV of France, Marie Antoinette, Immanuel Kant, Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, George Washington, French president Jules Grévy, Charles Dickens, George Armstrong Custer, Theodore Roosevelt, Lewis Carroll, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, and many others.

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How can i level out my Billiards table?
Q. My pool table inclines in the center, and all of the balls roll to the side. The balls are pretty old, except for the cue ball, which doesn't roll to the sides nearly as much, almost never. EDIT: it is warped in the center.
Asked by Sam - Tue Feb 20 22:01:42 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Instructions STEP 1: Place a carpenter's level on the felt. STEP 2: Observe any tilt. STEP 3: Have several friends lift the appropriate end of the table. STEP 4: Insert a wooden shim as necessary. STEP 5: Recheck level. STEP 6: Repeat as necessary. Tips & Warnings If the floor is extremely tilted, consider moving the table to another location. Don't lift the table too high or drop it.
Answered by bribri75 - Sat Feb 24 14:30:39 2007

Do you believe billiards is more fun than ping pong?
Q. The game of billiards is highly overrated. I would say that half the people that shoot pool are fat, lazy, stupid, drunks, whores, because pool is played in bars is why it gets so much attention. Before you even think about buying an expensive pool table you should look in the paper or Internet. There are probably 10 million pool tables sitting in homes right now gathering dust, because the game is boring. Buying a new table is not very smart. But before you buy a pool table, please go and play ping pong and you'll see how fun the game is and you'll see how boring billiards is.
Asked by John F - Sat Sep 8 11:18:58 2007 - - 8 Answers - 1 Comments

A. Even though I know full well that this is the same jackass asking the same question for the fourth time under a different profile, I'll actually dignify this with a response. According to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, approximately 47 million people in the United States played pool and/or billiards at least once in 2006. Of that 47 million, 13.5 million played at least 13 times. It was the fourth most popular sport in the United States. 40 percent of those players earned at least $75K/year. I didn't see table tennis anywhere close on the list. I really don't even see what the point of all your questions are. Do you just assume that because somebody is in a bar, they are fat, lazy, drunk, and promiscuous? Are you… [cont.]
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What color is the the #7 ball in billiards/pool?
Q. My girlfriend and I were playing pool this weekend and we got into an argument over what color the #7-ball in here pool set. I did some research on wikipedia and it says that the ball can be either brown or burgundy. I say it's brown. My girlfriend says maroon. So...what color is the #7 ball in billiards/pool?
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A. Brown
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