Billiards Darts Quiz
This Billiards Darts Quiz will test your knowledge of the terms and lingo for both of these sports games. There are 10 terms, 5 for each game with answers. Darts offers one of the most colorful and unique lingo in the games category and billiards can ably compete. Gambling Teachers also tosses in a little cheeky banter for your entertainment.
So let's chalk it up, rack 'em up, and see who can run the table or dartboard. Here we go:
Billiards Darts Quiz Questions 1 - 5
1) What do billiards players mean when they use the term, Crutch?
A. Shim used to raise a pool table's legs to level the table.
B. Unsteady hand bridge made on the rail.
C. Term for a bridge.
2) What is a Feather Shot according to billiards players?
A. Jargon for a cue ball that only brushes the object ball.
B. Shot hit so lightly it stops before reaching the pocket.
C. Easy miss that implies one "chickened out."
3) What are Peas or Pills in a billiards game?
A. Absorbent pellets kept in the pocket to dry the hands between shots.
B. Railbirds whose commentary reflects their lack of skill.
C. Small plastic or wooden balls numbered 1 through 15/16.
4) The billiards players' term Scratch means?
A. Point is scored by an unplanned shot
B. Beginning of a straight pool game with the scores at 0.
C. Level of spin applied to the cue ball.
5) What does the billiards term, Time Shot refer to?
A. Shot that fails due to the table being bumped.
B. Last shot for a player who has run out of betting funds.
C. Sequence where a cue ball moves others yet drives to score by one of the moved balls.
Billiards Darts Quiz Questions 6 - 10
6) What does Bag O’ Nuts refer to in a darts game?
A. Lingo referring to a 100-point dart throw.
B. Lingo referring to the snack you eat while playing darts.
C. Lingo referring to a 45 point dart throw.
7) When darts players use the term Black Eye, what does it mean?
A. Term referring to a shooter with a 'good eye' for darts.
B. Term referring to racking up 50 points for hitting the center of the bullseye.
C. Term referring to hitting the ring around the bullseye.
8) What is Shanghai referring to with a darts game?
A. When a player hits a triple, double, and single in the same row.
B. When a player hits 3 bulls eyes consecutively in a row.
C. When a player throws a wild dart that hits far away from the board.
9) What does the dart term Diddle for the Middle refer to?
A. The aiming motion to try to get a bullseye.
B. The way that you determine the first player to throw by aiming for the bullseye.
C. When you have two darts in the bullseye and are going for your third one.
10) What does the dart players' term Mugs Away refer to?
A. When all players have a moment of cheering before or after the game.
B. When you try to throw all of your darts at once getting at least 3 to stick.
C. An announcement that losers play first at the next dart game.
Billiards Darts Quiz Answers. Check out how you fared with this billiards darts quiz.
1) C. Crutch: term for a bridge.
2) A. Feather Shot: jargon for cue ball that only brushes the object ball.
3) C. Peas or Pills: small plastic or wooden balls numbered 1 through 15/16.
4) A. Scratch: a point is scored by an unplanned shot.
5) C. Time Shot: sequence where a cue ball moves others yet drives to score by one of the moved balls.
6) C. Bag o’ Nuts: refers to 45 points for a dart throw.
7) B. Black Eye: rack up 50 points for hitting the center of the bullseye.
8) A. Shanghai: when a player hits a triple, double and a single in the same row.
9) B. Diddle for the Middle: determines the first player to throw by aiming for the bull.
10) C. Mugs Away: announcement that losers play first at the next darts game.
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