And Ronnie O'Sullivan showed his considerable talents to win the world championship for the third time at The Crucible.
Now, readers are given the chance to see how good their motor racing and snooker knowledge is with the second of our
two-part sporting giveaway.
The Motor Racing Quiz Book and The Snooker Quiz Book have both been compiled by John DT White.
You'll be tested to the limit with the Motor Racing Quiz Book and will soon be chugging into the pits to have your brain recharged when you reach the latter section designed specifically for the experts!
From the early days of Juan Manuel Fangio and Jackie Stewart through to Michael Schumacher, every decade is covered in this book, with questions on every grand prix, as well as teams, circuits, nationalities and world champions.
Do you know the difference between a Hurricane and a Whirlwind? Well that might be an easy one for ardent snooker fans, but The Snooker Quiz Book's 1,500 questions are guaranteed to have you snookered many times over!
The book covers the whole gamut of UK and international tournaments, current players and past masters, nationalities, rankings, venues, top earners, maximum breaks and nicknames.
We have teamed up with Apex Publishing Ltd to give three lucky readers the opportunity to win a copy of each book.
All you need to do is answer the following two questions- one taken from each of the books!
1. In frames, what was the final score in the classic 1985 Embassy World Professional Snooker final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor? (Q.1388)
2. What is the nationality of legendary driver Ayrton Senna? (Q.942)
Send your answer on a postcard or the back of a sealed envelope to Quiz Books Competition, Denbighshire Free Press, 23 Kinmel Street, Rhyl LL18 1AH
Entries to arrive no later than 12 noon on Wednesday, August 20.
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