Right, I’ve put it off for as long as possible, but now it’s time to try and explain the rules 
The first 16 people who signed up for this game were entered in to the Sheep Cup, and after a random draw, the knockout table looks like this:
![[Image: SRvDLPs.png]](https://i.imgur.com/SRvDLPs.png)
(For clarity, I used the same seeding as the 2022 Snooker Masters, and slotted people into each numbered position in the order they signed up. For example, Nothing signed up first and was assigned slot #1, Shane signed up second and was assigned slot #2, and so on)
Each match will be decided over three Sheep questions. The person with the highest points over those three questions will advance to the next round. The questions are divided as such:
ROUND 1A (The first half of Round 1)
Something you might have a collection of
A book that has been adapted into a TV show
A foreign currency
ROUND 1B
An Irish Eurovision winner
A country in Scandinavia
A structure that is over 1000 years old
QUARTER FINALS
An Irish college/university
A poem by William Wordsworth
A national flag with more than three colours
SEMI FINALS
A famous double-act
An island nation in the Pacific Ocean
A sports venue in Ireland
FINAL
A wife of King Henry VIII
A common office item
A sports movie
Whoever wins the final will be declared the inaugural SHEEP CUP CHAMPION!
All 16 Sheep Cup competitors, along with the four additional players who submitted answers, will also be competing against each other for the second-most valuable prize in the competition… the coveted GOLDEN HOOF, which will be awarded to the overall highest-scoring player (i.e. the person who would have won if this were played out as a normal game of Sheep)
Hopefully that will all make a bit more sense as the game unfolds
The first 16 people who signed up for this game were entered in to the Sheep Cup, and after a random draw, the knockout table looks like this:
(For clarity, I used the same seeding as the 2022 Snooker Masters, and slotted people into each numbered position in the order they signed up. For example, Nothing signed up first and was assigned slot #1, Shane signed up second and was assigned slot #2, and so on)
Each match will be decided over three Sheep questions. The person with the highest points over those three questions will advance to the next round. The questions are divided as such:
ROUND 1A (The first half of Round 1)
Something you might have a collection of
A book that has been adapted into a TV show
A foreign currency
ROUND 1B
An Irish Eurovision winner
A country in Scandinavia
A structure that is over 1000 years old
QUARTER FINALS
An Irish college/university
A poem by William Wordsworth
A national flag with more than three colours
SEMI FINALS
A famous double-act
An island nation in the Pacific Ocean
A sports venue in Ireland
FINAL
A wife of King Henry VIII
A common office item
A sports movie
Whoever wins the final will be declared the inaugural SHEEP CUP CHAMPION!
All 16 Sheep Cup competitors, along with the four additional players who submitted answers, will also be competing against each other for the second-most valuable prize in the competition… the coveted GOLDEN HOOF, which will be awarded to the overall highest-scoring player (i.e. the person who would have won if this were played out as a normal game of Sheep)
Hopefully that will all make a bit more sense as the game unfolds
