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= August 5 =

Name of snooker shot
What is the name given to a snooker shot in which the cue ball hits a red ball which subsequently hits a second red ball and the second ball is potted? The Average Wikipedian (talk) 12:28, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Carom. -- Jayron 32 12:33, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Wrong. That linked definition refers to billiards and pool, but not snooker.  Plus, neither definition fits the OP's description.  The correct answer is plant. --Viennese Waltz 12:44, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Yep, carom is something very different. Plant is indeed the correct term. Hi, I'm Fgf10 and I'm a snookerholic. Fgf10 (talk) 14:20, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

It's a plant when intentional. Quite commonly, it's not a plant, but a fluke. Especially when I play. --Dweller (talk) 16:43, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Cannon --TammyMoet (talk) 18:20, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * No, the OP asked about when the second ball was potted, a cannon is when the second ball isn't potted.Fgf10 (talk) 19:01, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * (e/c) Wrong again. Jeez, what is it with you people today? --Viennese Waltz 19:02, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Don't worry about VW, he's like that to everyone. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:27, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Doesn't detract from the fact that both carom and cannon are simply incorrect answers. Fgf10 (talk) 21:36, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * That's not the issue. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:14, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Fine let them be incorrect answers, but at least now we all know the exact niceties of the difference between carom, cannon and plant in a snooker setting. You're welcome. --TammyMoet (talk) 08:22, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Carom and cannon mean the same thing. --Viennese Waltz 08:49, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I just wonder why you posted an incorrect answer when two people had already posted the correct one. Fgf10 (talk) 14:51, 6 August 2015 (UTC)