第1个回答 2013-05-31
Snooker is a cue sport, there is a pocket in each corner. It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white cue ball, 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colors: yellow (2 points), green , brown , blue , pink and black . A player wins the game of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent, using the cue ball to pot the red and colored balls.Now, it is quite popular in British, Ireland ,Canada ,Australia ,India ,China and many of the British Commonwealth (英联邦) countries.
第2个回答 2011-06-10
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular (full-size) table is 12 × 6 ft (3.7 × 1.8 m). It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white cue ball, 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colours: yellow (2 points), green , brown , blue , pink and black . A player (or team) wins a frame (individual game) of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent(s), using the cue ball to pot the red and coloured balls. A player wins a match when a certain number of frames have been won.
Snooker, generally regarded as having been invented in India by British Army officers, is popular in many of the English-speaking and Commonwealth countries, with top professional players attaining multi-million pound career earnings from the game.The sport is particularly and increasingly popular in China.