CHINA astonished the world today with a choreographed opening ceremony that made one’s mind boggle at the hours of preparation that must have gone into achieving perfection with a cast of thousands.

Today’s date is 08/08/08.

And this is our 100th blog entry.

To celebrate, we thought we’d fall back on the perennial favourite - a true-or-false news quiz.

1, A three-in-a-bed sex scandal rocked Pontin’s holiday camp in North Wales at last year’s junior festival as two members of a Hampshire snooker club were found in bed with a young ‘lady’.

2, A well-known EASB referee dropped three pounds into the bucket at the automatic tool booth on the M6 – and missed.

3, The region’s top women player made an appearance on page three of the Echo.

4, A part-time club barman and white-van driver took a quick snap of Mike Finn and before you can say ‘cheese’ he was photographing the women’s world champion for a national magazine.

5, A youngish barmaid was forced to stay in the club all day as police shot dead a bank robber yards from the front door.

6, A left-hander from Otterbourne travelled north on the M6 towards Prestatyn and stopped for dinner at Keele Services north of Birmingham – but on the southbound side.

7, A stalwart from north of the border replied on a forum to the chairman of Scottish Snooker: “A fat joke? Tut tut. The last bastion of the comprehensively defeated. If the roles were reversed, I would not stoop to commenting on any of your personality defects. However, I suppose a diet would be cheaper than therapy!”

8, A local romeo had the girls at Prestatyn falling at his feet with the immortal chat-up line: “My chalet’s 284.”

9, Two local players popped out for a quick curry and ended up 250 miles away watching a ten-year-old win a national title.

10, A nine-year-old lad from Marchwood scored a century break in a tournament in the Midlands.

Yes, of course, they are all true. It’s a funny old game.