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'Shanghai' means a single, double and treble of one number. What score do you make with 'shanghai' on 20?

120. This can also be a pub game where players attempt to get 'round the board' with a single, double and treble of each number.

What have you scored if you hit a single 16, single 8 and double 20?

64. Most tournament games are played from 501 down and finish on a double.

How many have you scored if you hit treble 19, single 13 and bull?

120. The bull counts for 50 and is also considered a double in a game of 501.

What is your score if you hit an inner bull, outer bull and double 16?

107. Inner bull is 50, outer bull 25, double 16 is 32. A variation on 501 is 301 double in. In this game you need a double to start scoring (as well as a double to finish).

I need 167 to win the game. Bearing in mind that you MUST finish on a double, what is the only shot?

Treble 20, treble 19, bull.. Treble 20 (60) + treble 19 (57) + inner bull (50). This is 3 short of the highest possible finish, 170, scored with two treble 20s and a bull.

How many points will you have scored if you hit treble 13, single 13 and double 15?

82. Although the standard throwing distance is 7 foot 9 and three quarter inches, the famous News of the World tournament was played from an 8ft throwing line.

What have you scored if your next visit to the board produces treble 3, treble 17 and double 2?

64. The most successful darts player for the two decades 1990s and 2000s was player is Phil Taylor, aka "The Power". He won eight consecutive PDC World Titles (1994-95-96-97-98-2000-01-02); he was beaten in the 2003 final by John Part. He then won the next three titles 2004-05-06, and again in 2009. He won the first four PDC Premier League titles 2005-06-07-08; he wa sundefeated for the first 3 years, and lost his first match at the start of the 2008 tournament to James Wade (an undefeated run of 44 macthes).

Your next throw you hit a bull, double 7 and double 18. How many have you scored?

100. This is highly unlikely combination! There are easier ways to score a 'ton', e.g. treble 20 + doubel 20 + double 20.

How many have you scored if you hit a treble 20, single 16 and double 10?

96. Darts is considered an excellent game for improving your arithmetic skills! A perfect game in darts is a 9-darter (scoring 501 and finishing on a double) e.g. 180+180+141 (treble 20 x3 twice, plus 141 to finish). There are a number of ways to score 141 and finish on a double, with the most common being treble 20, treble 19 and double 12 (60+57+24). The perfect 9 darter is a rare feat, roughly "equivalent" to a score of 300 in ten-pin bowling, a cricketer hitting six sixes in an over, winning game of tennis 6-0 6-0 6-0 (each set is aka a Golden Set), and a maximum score of 147 in a game of snooker.

This time you hit treble 20, treble 20, treble 20. What shout goes up from the crowd?

180. You have just scored a maximum from 3 darts! 60+60+60