General Knowledge Quiz

[SuspectUsual]

Darts?

Yes, in relates to darts

So what is the significance of those numbers and what other number completes the set?

 

[Trackman]

170?

 

[SuspectUsual]

170?

Is the right answer to that part of the question.

So, what links those numbers?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Three dart checkout?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Three dart checkout?

Not three darts (as 2 and 3 are on the list) but it is to do with checkouts

 

[Ashley Hill]

They all require double 1 to check out?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

What is this sequence, and what number completes it?

2, 3, 153, 156, 167

2 lowest 1 dart checkout
3 lowest 2 dart checkout
170 highest 3 dart checkout
167 second highest 3 dart checkout
not worked out the other 2 yet

 

[GRALISTAIR]

They all require double 1 to check out?

No 167 can be done with triple 19, triple 20, bull

 

[SuspectUsual]

2 lowest 1 dart checkout
3 lowest 2 dart checkout
170 highest 3 dart checkout
167 second highest 3 dart checkout
not worked out the other 2 yet

All four of those statements are true, but none are the answer I’m looking for

There is something that applies to all of them, regardless of the number of darts needed

 

[DaleCooper]

All four of those statements are true, but none are the answer I’m looking for

There is something that applies to all of them, regardless of the number of darts needed

Is the angular position of the numbers around the dartboard relevant?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Is the angular position of the numbers around the dartboard relevant?

No

 

[MotCO]

2 + 153 + 167 = 322
3 + 156 + 170= 329

Were they scores by two competitors in a significant match?

 

[SuspectUsual]

2 + 153 + 167 = 322
3 + 156 + 170= 329

Were they scores by two competitors in a significant match?

Nope

Each is individual

Another clue - its as much a maths question as it is a darts question

 

[RDP]

20 (double 10) to complete a set of 501?

 

[SuspectUsual]

20 (double 10) to complete a set of 501?

Not that

I'm off to have a laser shone into one of my eyes shortly so it may be a while till I can see properly again, and this has probably run its course.

So, 2, 3, 153, 156, 167 and 170 are the only legal finishes in darts that can only be achieved in one way (one dart or combination of darts) *; everything else can be done in at least two ways.

2 = double 1

3 = 1, double 1

153 = treble 20, treble 19, double 18

156 = treble 20, treble 20, double 18

167 = treble 20, treble 19, double 20

170 - treble 20, treble 20, double 20

* combination, not sequence, for 153 and 167 the first two darts can be either way round

Every other checkout is possible in at least two ways, so for a simple example 4 can be achieved by:

- double 2

- 2, double 1

- 1, 1, double 1

Meanwhile, at the other end of the scale, 58 can be achieved with 730 different combinations of two or three darts, or 1,404 different permutations



OPEN FLOOR

 

[GRALISTAIR]

You are wrong on 167 and 170. They both require a Bull finish and not double Tops

 

[SuspectUsual]

You are wrong on 167 and 170. They both require a Bull finish and not double Tops

Yes, sorry, typed in haste. The wider point still holds though

 

[CarltonA]

Not that

I'm off to have a laser shone into one of my eyes shortly so it may be a while till I can see properly again, and this has probably run its course.

So, 2, 3, 153, 156, 167 and 170 are the only legal finishes in darts that can only be achieved in one way (one dart or combination of darts) *; everything else can be done in at least two ways.

2 = double 1

3 = 1, double 1

153 = treble 20, treble 19, double 18

156 = treble 20, treble 20, double 18

167 = treble 20, treble 19, double 20

170 - treble 20, treble 20, double 20

* combination, not sequence, for 153 and 167 the first two darts can be either way round

Every other checkout is possible in at least two ways,



OPEN FLOOR

Hawthorn Hill racecourse closed over fifty years ago. A golf course is now on the site. Where was it situated? Nearest town will do.

 

[MotCO]

West Bromwich (football ground called the Hawthorns)?