Nope, afraid not, the trophy was not shared that year

1982: Gloucester RFC and Moseley (shared) 12-12

Correctamundo!

Bump

Time's up...

Continuing my theme on contests and other things that have ended up with no winner after a time, this next question is about the UK parliament.

When was the last time there was a hung parliament?

In the first of the two elections in 1974 there was no outright majority.

Labour won 301 seats
compared with the
Conservative Party's 297.

Harold Wilson formed a
minority government, but it did not last for long, with another election in October 1974 giving Harold Wilson a slim majority of only three seats.

1974 is correct, your go!

Staying with politics, what is the shortest term served by a UK Prime Minister?

Hmmm, depends...

- The Earl of Bath was PM for "48 hours, three quarters, seven minutes, and eleven seconds" (!) in 1746 but could not find more than 1 person with whom he could form a cabinet.
- The 2nd Earl Waldegrave lasted four days in the job before he gave up without successfully forming a cabinet.
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was caretaker Prime Minister for 25 days in 1834. However, this might not count, and anyway he was only keeping the seat warm for Robert Peel in his absence. (And he was Prime Minister before that too.)
- The 2nd Marquess of Rockingham was PM in 1782 but died after 14 weeks (and he had served before for about a year).
- George Canning's term lasted 119 days until his death, and he was never PM at any other time previously.

So depending on definition and on the validity of the premiership of all the above, take your pick.

Wow that's more info than I got!

Earl of Bath is right, your go

Ok, name the year that the Masters (snooker) final went to a deciding frame, and the two players finished on a tied score in that frame, forcing a respotted black and high drama.

Mark Williams won a remarkable Benson and Hedges Masters final at Wembley Conference Centre last night when he sank a respotted black to complete a 10-9 victory over Stephen Hendry.

When the Welshman trailed 56-34 in the decider, his comeback from 9-6 down looked to have been in vain, but he potted brown, blue, pink and black to tie the scores at 56-56. Eight shots later, he potted black again.

The 1975 Benson & Hedges
Masters was decided on a
respotted black

John Spencer potted the all
important black to defeat
Ray Reardon.

OR

The 1998 Benson & Hedges
Masters saw Stephen Hendry
relinquished a 9-6 lead to
let Mark Williams back into
the match.

With the scores in
the decider tied, Hendry
missed a chance to sink the
extra black and Welshman
Mark Williams gratefully
potted it, to become the
first Welsh winner since
Terry Griffiths way back in
1980.

Edited at 00:50 Sun 25/04/10 (BST)

Hmmm, 1975 as well, I wasn't aware... 1998 though I was, although I have been unable to find any video of the final frame in its entirety, or even from the respot (except for Hendry's miss).

Your go!

Why was the final of the Benson & Hedges Masters between Steve Davis and Ronnie O'Sullivan stopped?

A female streaker made an appearance, leaving the referee, the late John Street, speechless. When asked by a TV reporter if he'd recognise the streaker again, he replied that he probably wouldn't, but he might do if she walked in naked.

http://www.supremesnooker.com/news/393/

Correct. Your go

In the 1971-1972 season, there took place the longest tie (i.e. pairing of two teams, or game or series of games between them) in the history of the FA Cup. Six games were needed to produce a winner. Name the two teams.

1971 sees the longest tie in Cup
history. Oxford City and
Alvechurch play 6 games for a
total of 660 minutes. Alvechurch
win the final game 1-0 to
progress to the first round
proper.

Oxford City and Alvechurch, correct, your go