History of Darts
Quiz
- Who in 1978 became the first BDO World Professional Darts Champion?
- Can you name the first player to hit a perfect nine-dart finish during the Embassy World Darts Championship?
- Who was the first non-British player to win the PDC World Championship?
- Which Welsh player won the 1975 British Open and holds the record for the highest score achieved in the charity round of the game show Bullseye?
- Eric Bristow was in a relationship with which former darts player, from 1978 to 1987?
- Who, after turning pro in 1979, won the World Professional Darts Championship in both 1982 and 1989?
- Which cabaret venue hosted the World Professional Darts Championship from 1979 to 1985?
- Which darts player was known as The Viking?
- Who was the first qualifier to win the World Darts Championship?
- Which player hit the first ever televised nine-dart finish in 1984?
- Who founded the British Darts Organisation in 1973?
- Which famous player was picked as a javelin thrower in the British Olympic team of 1968, but broke his arm before the team left for Mexico?
- Which championship became England's first national darts competition from 1947 and was deemed the hardest darts tournament to win until its demise in 1990?
- Bobby George often came onto the stage carrying what object?
- Who was the BDO's undeafeted Women's World Champion until her defeat to Anastasia Dobromyslova in 2008?
- Which former professional darts player was nicknamed "Big Cliff"?
- Whose first ever title came in 1988 at the Canadian Open?
- Who became the youngest World Darts Champion in 2006 when he defeated Raymond van Barneveld in the final of the BDO World Championship?
- Who made history in 2019 by becoming the first woman to win a match at the PDC World Championship?
- Who won back-to-back world titles at Alexandra Palace in 2011 and 2012?
- Who won two World Championships, the BDO in 1991 and the PDC in 1994?
- Best known for winning the 2001 BDO World Darts Championship, what is the nickname of John Walton?
- Who won the 1995 Embassy World Darts Championship and is known for his fiery personality, as well as his altercation with Adrian Lewis?
- In 2014, at the age of 24, who became the youngest winner of the PDC World Championship?
- What was the last name of Dave, who lost to Eric Bristow in the World Championship finals of 1984 and 1986?
Answers
- Leighton Rees
- Paul Lim (1990)
- John Part
- Alan Evans
- Maureen Flowers
- Jocky Wilson
- Jollees (in Stoke-on-Trent)
- Andy Fordham
- Keith Deller
- John Lowe
- Olly Croft
- Bob Anderson
- The News of the World Championship
- A candelabra
- Trina Gulliver
- Cliff Lazarenko
- Phil Taylor
- Jelle Klaasen
- Fallon Sherrock
- Adrian Lewis
- Dennis Priestly
- John Boy
- Richie Burnett
- Michael van Gerwen
- Dave Whitcombe
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