User:BennyOnTheLoose

Good and Featured Articles
See footnotes for co-nominators.

World Snooker Champions (men) World Snooker Champions (women) Other Snooker & Billiards Bios
 * 1)  Joe Davis
 * 2)   Walter Donaldson (snooker player)
 * 3)   John Pulman
 * 4)   John Spencer (snooker player)Today's featured article request.png
 * 5)   Ray Reardon
 * 6)   Terry Griffiths
 * 7)   Cliff Thorburn Today's featured article request.png
 * 8)  Joe Johnson (snooker player)
 * 1)  Ng On-yee
 * 2)  Reanne Evans
 * 1)  Charles Chambers (referee)
 * 2)  Clive Everton
 * 3)  Patsy Fagan
 * 4)  Rex Williams
 * 5)  Amee Kamani
 * 6)  Tony Knowles (snooker player)
 * 7)  Tony Meo
 * 8)  Paddy Morgan
 * 9)  Tom Reece
 * 10)  Cliff Wilson

Other Bios Bob Dylan songs Other songs TV episode Snooker governing bodies Snooker Tournaments
 * 1)  Konnie Huq
 * 2)  Sam Quek
 * 3)  Sarah Cooper
 * 4)  Sheila Atim
 * 5)   Tessa Sanderson Today's featured article request.png
 * 6)  Mandeep Dhillon
 * 7)  Francesca Gonshaw
 * 8)  Sally James (presenter)
 * 9)  Alice Milliat
 * 10)  Teresa Billington-Greig
 * 11)  Cornelia Sorabji
 * 12)  Atul Gawande
 * 13)  Margaret Llewelyn Davies
 * 14)  Edith Garrud
 * 15)  Nimco Ali
 * 16)  Jacqueline Pearce
 * 17)   Fatima Whitbread Today's featured article request.png
 * 18)  Helena Springs
 * 19)   Josette Simon
 * 20)  Perla Batalla
 * 21)  Jessica Martin
 * 22)  Pamela Stephenson
 * 23)  Shaparak Khorsandi
 * 24)  Susanna Hoffs
 * 1)  Idiot Wind
 * 2)  Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
 * 3)  Tangled Up in Blue
 * 4)  If You See Her, Say Hello
 * 5)  Most of the Time
 * 6)  Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
 * 7)  All Along the Watchtower
 * 8)  New Pony
 * 9)  I Pity the Poor Immigrant
 * 10)  One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
 * 11)  Angelina (Bob Dylan song)
 * 12)  4th Time Around
 * 13)  Pledging My Time
 * 14)  To Ramona
 * 15)  Absolutely Sweet Marie
 * 16)  Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35
 * 17)  Just Like a Woman
 * 18)  Temporary Like Achilles
 * 19)  Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine
 * 20)   Sad Eyed Lady of the LowlandsToday's featured article request.png
 * 21)  Obviously 5 Believers
 * 22)  One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
 * 23)  The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
 * 24)  Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
 * 25)  I Want You (Bob Dylan song)
 * 26)  Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
 * 27)  I Shall Be Free No. 10
 * 28)  Suze (The Cough Song)
 * 29)  Tombstone Blues
 * 30)  John Brown
 * 1)  This Is What She's Like
 * 2)  You're No Good (Jesse Fuller song)
 * 3)  Jack of All Parades
 * 1)  A Touch of Brimstone
 * 1)  Billiards and Snooker Control Council
 * 2)  World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
 * 3)  Women's Billiards Association
 * 1)   1927 World Snooker Championship
 * 2)  1928 World Snooker Championship
 * 3)  1929 World Snooker Championship
 * 4)  1930 World Snooker Championship
 * 5)  1931 World Snooker Championship
 * 6)  1932 World Snooker Championship
 * 7)  1933 World Snooker Championship
 * 8)  1934 World Snooker Championship
 * 9)  1935 World Snooker Championship
 * 10)  1937 World Snooker Championship
 * 11)  1938 World Snooker Championship
 * 12)  1939 World Snooker Championship
 * 13)  1940 World Snooker Championship
 * 14)  1946 World Snooker Championship
 * 15)  1947 World Snooker Championship
 * 16)  1948 World Snooker Championship
 * 17)  1949 World Snooker Championship
 * 18)  1952 World Professional Match-play Championship
 * 19)  1954 World Professional Match-play Championship
 * 20)  1956 World Professional Match-play Championship
 * 21)  1957 World Professional Match-play Championship
 * 22)  1969 World Snooker Championship
 * 23)  1970 World Snooker Championship
 * 24)  1972 World Snooker Championship
 * 25)  1973 World Snooker Championship
 * 26)  1974 World Snooker Championship
 * 27)  1975 World Snooker Championship
 * 28)  1976 World Snooker Championship
 * 29)  1976 World Professional Match-play Championship
 * 30)  1977 World Snooker Championship
 * 31)  1977 Dry Blackthorn Cup
 * 32)  1978 World Snooker Championship
 * 33)  1979 World Snooker Championship
 * 34)   1980 World Snooker Championship Today's featured article request.png
 * 35)   1981 World Snooker Championship
 * 36)   1982 World Snooker Championship  Today's featured article request.png]]
 * 37)   1983 World Snooker Championship
 * 38)  1984 World Snooker Championship  Today's featured article request.png
 * 39)  1985 World Snooker Championship
 * 40)   1986 World Snooker Championship
 * 41)   1987 World Snooker Championship
 * 42)   1988 World Snooker Championship Today's featured article request.png
 * 43)   1989 World Snooker Championship
 * 44)  1991 World Seniors Championship
 * 45)  2015 World Snooker Championship
 * 46)  2023 World Seniors Championship
 * 47)  World Professional Match-play Championship
 * 48)  World Women's Snooker Championship

Lists
 * 1)  Snooker world rankings 1976/1977 Today's featured article request.png
 * 2)  Snooker world rankings 1977/1978
 * 3)  Snooker world rankings 1978/1979
 * 4)  Snooker world rankings 1979/1980
 * 5)  Snooker world rankings 1980/1981
 * 6)  Snooker world rankings 1981/1982
 * 7)  Snooker world rankings 1982/1983
 * 8)  Snooker world rankings 1983/1984
 * 9)  Snooker world rankings 1984/1985
 * 10)  Snooker world rankings 1985/1986
 * 11)  Women's Professional Billiards Championship
 * 12)  Women's Professional Snooker Championship
 * 13)  List of UK Open Billiards Championship winners Today's featured article request.png

Good topics (with various collaborators)
 * World Professional Match-play Championship
 * Blonde on Blonde

I didn't nominate, but contributed (over 40% authorship) to:

Articles Created
Below is a list of articles I have created. For a full list, see details at: xTools list.


 * Actresses /Authors / Comedians / Screenwriters / Artists (women) Bisha K. Ali · Malala Andrialavidrazana 🇲🇬 · Sheila Atim · Taj Atwal · Jazzy De Lisser · Lucy-Anne Holmes · Banita Sandhu · Priya Prakash Varrier 🇮🇳


 * Bob Dylan songs "Dear Landlord" · "Down the Highway" · "Highway 51 Blues" · "I Pity the Poor Immigrant" · "I Shall Be Free" · "I Shall Be Free No. 10" · "New Pony" · "Obviously 5 Believers" · "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)" · "Suze (The Cough Song)" · "Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues" · "Temporary Like Achilles" · "Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)" · "You're No Good (Jesse Fuller song)" ..and his bookThe Philosophy of Modern Song


 * Journalists and news presenters (women) Tamara Cohen · Sam Naz · Poppy Noor · Marianna Spring · Sonia Sodha


 * World Women's Snooker Championship (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 unless flagged otherwise) · 1976 ·  · 1980 ·  · 1981 ·  · 1983 ·  · 1984 (Am) ·  · 1985 ·  · 1986 ·  · 1987 ·  · 1988 ·  · 1989 ·  · 1990 ·  · 1991 ·  · 1993 ·  · 1994 🇮🇳 ·  · 1995 🇮🇳 ·  · 1997 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ·  · 1998 ·  · 1999 ·  · 2000 ·  · 2001 ·  · 2002 ·  · 2003 ·  · 2005 ·  · 2006 ·  · 2007 ·  · 2008 ·  · 2009 ·  · 2010 ·  · 2011 ·  · 2012 ·  · 2013 ·  · 2014 ·  · 2015 ·  · 2016 ·  · 2017 🇸🇬 ·  · 2018 🇲🇹 ·  · 2019 🇹🇭 ·  · 2022 ·  · 2023 🇹🇭 ·  · 2024 🇨🇳


 * World Amateur Snooker Championship 1963 🇮🇳 · · 1966 🇵🇰 ·  · 1968 🇦🇺 · 1970 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ·  · 1972 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ·  · 1974 🇮🇪 ·  · 1976 🇿🇦 · 1978 🇲🇹 ·  · 1980 🇦🇺 ·  · 1982 🇨🇦 ·  · 1984 🇮🇪


 * Women's cue sports events 1961 Women's Amateur Snooker Championship · 1962 Women's Amateur Snooker Championship · 1984 Women's Grand Prix (snooker) · 2009 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's · 2019 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's


 * Professional/Pro-Am snooker events 1908 American Tournament · 1946 Albany Club Professional Snooker Tournament · 1960 World Open Snooker Championship · 1962–63 Television Tournament (snooker) · 1964 Conayes Professional Tournament · 1965 Commonwealth Snooker Championship · 1967 World Open Snooker Championship · 1968 World Open Match Play Snooker Championship · 1968 Willie Smith Trophy · 1969 Chester Professional Tournament · 1970 Chester Professional Tournament · 1970 Canadian Professional Snooker Association tournament · 1971 Park Drive 600 · 1972 Ford Series Tournament · 1972 Men of the Midlands · 1973 Men of the Midlands · 1974 World Masters · 1975 Ladbroke International (snooker) · 1982 Australian Masters · 1986 Clacton Professional · 1986 Hong Kong Masters · 1987 Hong Kong Masters · 1987 Australian Masters · 1987 Kent Cup · 1988 Hong Kong Masters · 1990 Kent Cup · 1990 Belgian Masters · 1990 World Series Challenge · 1991 Indian Challenge · 1991 Thailand Masters · 1991 Hong Kong Challenge · 1991 Kent Cup · 1991 Belgian Masters · 1991 Belgian Challenge · 1992 King's Cup · 1992 Belgian Masters · 1992 Kent Classic · 1993 King's Cup · 1994 King's Cup · 1999 Nations Cup (snooker) · 2022 World Mixed Doubles (snooker) · · 2023 World Seniors Championship


 * Cue sports organisation(s) and awards Billiards and Snooker Control Council · · Billiards world rankings · English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards · Women's Billiards Association · World Women's Snooker · World Snooker Tour awards


 * Series of cue sports events British Junior English Billiards Championship · UK Open Billiards Championship · Women's Professional Billiards Championship · Women's Professional Snooker Championship · World Women's Billiards Championship


 * Lists of cue sports events 1870 in cue sports · 1963–64 snooker season · 1964–65 snooker season · 1965–66 snooker season · 1966–67 snooker season · 1967–68 snooker season


 * Sporting Delegations Federated States of Micronesia at the 2020 Summer Olympics · 🇰🇮 Kiribati at the 2020 Summer Olympics · Laos at the 2020 Summer Olympics · 🇲🇬 Madagascar at the 2020 Summer Olympics · 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics · 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates at the 2020 Summer Olympics


 * Miscellaneous Mamitu Gashe (surgeon) 🇪🇹 · Helena Springs (singer-songwriter) 🇺🇸 · It Happened in Leicester Square (film) · Le pompier des Folies Bergères (Josephine Baker film) 🇫🇷 · Snooker Scene (magazine) · "This Is What She's Like" (Dexys Midnight Runners song) · Tessa Sanderson on screen and stage · List of performances by Josette Simon · The Feminine Divine (Dexys album) · "Jack of All Parades" (Elvis Costello song) · Shaparak Khorsandi on television and radio

Notes

Did You Knows Promoted
Views are article views on that day, not necessarily via the DYK hook.
 * 1) (17 September 2019; 1,050 views) Did you know... that the final of the 2017 World Women's Snooker Championship was the longest ever recorded best-of-11- match, lasting over eight hours of playing time?
 * 2) (26 September 2019; 1,720 views) Did you know... that Ng On-yee won the 2018 Women's World Snooker Championship without losing a single in all six of her tournament matches?Konniehuq.jpg
 * 3) (3 February 2020; 2,149 views) Did you know... that Sarah Ellerby flight to the United States to play professional pool was diverted due to the September 11 attacks?
 * 4) (26 February 2020; 2,094 views) Did you know... that in 2016, Alice Dearing became the first British swimmer to win a gold medal at the World Junior Open Water Championships?
 * 5) (2 March 2020; 2,246 views) Did you know... that British Paralympic swimmer Toni Shaw has set a world record in the S9 200 m butterfly at the age of 15?
 * 6) (8 March 2020; 2,365 views) Did you know... that boxing World Youth champion Caroline Dubois pretended to be a boy named Colin when she started training?
 * 7) (14 March 2020; 760 views) Did you know... that the 1977 Dry Blackthorn Cup was the first snooker event to be held at Wembley Conference Centre?
 * 8) (16 March 2020; 3,237 views) Did you know... that boxer Angélique Duchemin was an undefeated French, European, and world champion?
 * 9) (18 March 2020; 1,508 views) Did you know... that Mayerlin Rivas held World Boxing Association world championship titles in both bantamweight and super bantamweight classes?
 * 10) (20 March 2020; 1,655 views) Did you know... that the 1985 British Open was the first ranking snooker tournament not to feature a British player in the final?
 * 11) (14 April 2020; 1,674 views) Did you know... that International Boxing Federation flyweight world champion Leonela Paola Yúdica won a house in a raffle?
 * 12) (12 May 2020; 362 views) Did you know... that with her victory at the 2001 Women's World Snooker Championship, Lisa Quick became the first person to win world titles in both pool and snooker?
 * 13) (24 May 2020; 785 views) Did you know... that author Clinton Heylin flew from England to California to hear Bob Dylan perform "Idiot Wind" live?
 * 14) (29 May 2020; 1,929 views) Did you know... that prior to the event, bookmakers' odds against Joe Johnson winning the 1986 World Snooker Championship were 150 to 1? (Nominated by Lee Vilenski)
 * 15) (6 June 2020; 2,333 views) Did you know... that Joe Davis, champion from 1927 to 1946, remains the only undefeated player at the World Snooker Championship?
 * 16) (7 June 2020; 2,395 views) Did you know... that Bob Dylan's line "horseplay and disease is killing me by degrees" in "Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)" has been called the sound of a man who has hit the wall?
 * 17) (10 June 2020; 1,593 views) Did you know... that Cliff Wilson won his first professional snooker title at the age of 57?
 * 18) (14 June 2020; 1,011 views) Did you know... that in qualifying for the 1987 World Snooker Championship, Jimmy van Rensberg had a suspected heart attack, but returned to win his match? (Nominated by Lee Vilenski) Eurohockey 2015- England v Germany (20943269131).jpg
 * 19) (1 July 2020; 3,413 views) Did you know... that Ng On-yee defeated Reanne Evans, the champion for the ten previous years, on her way to win the 2015 World Ladies Snooker Championship?
 * 20) (10 July 2020; 8,524 views) Did you know... that after early professional success as a snooker player, Patsy Fagan developed a psychological block when using the and never won another major tournament?
 * 21) (26 July 2020; 2,842 views) Did you know... that snooker player John Pulman obliterated a rival's branding from his own cue?
 * 22) (3 August 2020; 25,895 views) Did you know... that Konnie Huq (pictured) presented a mockumentary called Konnie's Great British Wee?
 * 23) (24 August 2020; 11,853 views) Did you know ... that Mandeep Dhillon was offered a role by Ricky Gervais after telling him that she was scared by his character?
 * 24) (1 November 2020; 2,560 views) Did you know... that The Times said that Sheila Atim "sings Dylan better than Bob"?
 * 25) (16 November 2020; 16,891 views)Did you know that Sam Quek (pictured) played in all of England's games at the 2014 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy despite breaking two ribs in their opening match? (Nominated by Bait30 )
 * 26) (16 May 2021; 4,580 views) Did you know... that Walter Donaldson, a two-time World Snooker Champion, converted his snooker room into a cowshed and used the slate from his billiard table for paving?
 * 27) (9 June 2021; 4,134 views) Did you know... that "Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues", a humorous account of a real-life event in which more than 20 people were injured on a boat trip, was one of Bob Dylan's first popular songs?
 * 28) (16 June 2021; 2,995 views) Did you know... that boxer Nadine Apetz is undertaking a doctorate studying deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease in old age?
 * 29) (16 April 2022; 2,374 views) Did you know... that Paddy Morgan conceded the final of the 1976 Australian Professional Championship rather than play with Eddie Charlton's balls?''
 * 30) (2 May 2022; 6,391 views) Did you know... that John Spencer "exploded two myths" by winning the 1977 World Snooker Championship with a two-piece cue that he had only been using for a couple of months?
 * 31) (18 May 2022; 4,827 views) Did you know... that Helena Springs is credited as co-writer with Bob Dylan on 19 songs, more than any of his other collaborators?
 * 32) (9 June 2022, 1,981 views) Did you know... that the final of the 2009 IBSF women's snooker championship was interrupted so that drug tests could be conducted on the players?
 * 33) (14 June 2022, 2,831 views) Did you know... that Bob Dylan's backing singers on "New Pony" included both his then-girlfriend and his future wife?''
 * 34) (25 July 2022, 3,520 views) Did you know... that Bob Dylan poked Emmylou Harris when he wanted her to start singing during the recording of "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)"?
 * 35) (5 August 2022, 5,090 views) Did you know... ... that Bob Dylan's song "I Pity the Poor Immigrant" uses phrases from the Book of Leviticus?''
 * 36) (10 August 2022, 3,843 views) Did you know... that "Highway 51", the closing track on Bob Dylan's debut album, incorporated elements from earlier songs by Curtis Jones, Tommy McClennan, and the Everly Brothers?''
 * 37) (13 August 2022, 3,226 views) Did you know... that Jesse Fuller's first release of his song "You're No Good" was more than a year after Bob Dylan had included it on his debut album?'' Hoffs-2006.jpg
 * 38) (30 August 2022, 2,125 views) Did you know...that Bob Dylan's song "Angelina" was released exactly ten years after it was recorded?
 * 39) (5 September 2022, 3,393 views) Did you know... that Bob Dylan's "4th Time Around" has been interpreted as a parody of the Beatles' song "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"?''
 * 40) (26 September 2022, 5,467 views) Did you know ... that Bob Dylan's "Absolutely Sweet Marie" was misspelled on several international releases of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2?''
 * 41) (2 October 2022, 4,241 views) Did you know... that Bob Dylan recorded "To Ramona" in a single take, for an album recorded in a single three-hour session?''
 * 42) (8 October 2022, 5,082 views) Did you know... that heavy metal band Judas Priest took their name from Bob Dylan's song "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"?''
 * 43) (14 February 2023, 2,646 views) Did you know... that in 2007, the 1966 track "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" was the first of Bob Dylan's songs to be officially remixed?
 * 44) (11 April 2023, 6,502 views) Did you know... that when recording what became "Suze (The Cough Song)", Bob Dylan started coughing, then said that the song ended before his coughing started, and asked the producer to fade it out?
 * 45) (31 May 2023, 2,2,33 views) Did you know... that at the 1978 World Snooker Championship, Fred Davis reached the semi-finals at the age of 64?
 * 46) (1 July 2023, 3,326 views) Did you know... that "Obviously 5 Believers" (1966), which featured one of the Hawks, later known as the Band, inspired the name of a band, later known as the Hawks, that was featured on Obviously 5 Believers (2021)?''
 * 47) (4 May 2024, 31,421 views - excludes 2,202 "background views") Did you know... that Susanna Hoffs (pictured) sang on the studio recording of "Eternal Flame" naked after producer Davitt Sigerson pranked her by saying that Olivia Newton-John had done the same thing?
 * 48) (4 July 2024, 7,356 views) Did you know... that before reading the script for the play Golden Girls, at least nine of the cast members were under the impression that they would be taking the lead role?


 * Most views: Susanna Hoffs,  Konnie Huq,  Mandeep Dhillon. (The Sam Quek DYK, which I didn't nominate myself, got more views than the Mandeep Dhillon one)
 * Least views: 1. 2001 Women's World Snooker Championship, 2. 1977 Dry Blackthorn Cup, 3. Idiot Wind