Games

Question 1

In Cluedo, the original British version of Clue, two of the weapons had different names than they do in the U.S. game. Give the British name of either weapon.

Answer 1

• Dagger (Knife)
• Spanner (Wrench)

Question 2

This technique was invented by surrealists and is similar to an old parlor game called consequences in which players write in turn on a sheet of paper, fold it to conceal part of the writing, and then pass it to the next player for a further contribution. It has since been used a game which uses drawing in place of writing.

Answer 2

Exquisite Corpse

Question 3

When both players have been dealt their six cards each, and the remainder put aside, both players select two of their six cards and discard them face down to the dealer’s right. In this excerpt of rules from the traditional two-player version of a popular game, these four discards have a name, which in turn informs the name of the game. What is the name of this card game?

Answer 3

Cribbage

Question 4

In a standard 52-card deck of playing cards, three cards are referred to as the “one-eyed royals.” Two are the Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts. What axe-wielder is the third? (Answer must include card name and suit.)

Answer 4

King of Diamonds

Question 5

Pictured here are tiles produced for what game?

Answer 5

Qwirkle

Question 6

What term is used in some card games for a hand dealt face down at the start of play not belonging to any particular player (as a synonym to “dead hand” or “widow”), and is also used in some games for a pool of money collected from each pot for communal expenses or some other purpose?

Answer 6

Kitty

Question 7

The player pieces (markers) in the standard version of the game Candy Land all have the shape of what?

Answer 7

Gingerbread Men

Question 8

North, South, East and West are the four of these, one of the major types of tiles in Mahjong.

Answer 8

Winds

Question 9

He made his first prototype of his hand-held game in Budapest using 27 wooden blocks

Answer 9

Erno Rubik

Question 10

“Inventor of The Checkered Game of Life, (he) ushered in a new age of parlor games.

Answer 10

Milton Bradley

Question 11

What children’s game, first seen on toy store shelves in 1964, includes parts labeled “Blue Bomber” and “Red Rocker”?

Answer 11

Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots

Question 12

Pawns, chips, stones, nips, discs, pips, counters, checkers, men, and draughts are different names for the fifteen pieces (per player) in what game, where the object is to bear off these pieces before one’s opponent?

Answer 12

Backgammon

Question 13

The name of this game is derived from the Swahili word for “to build.”

Answer 13

Jenga

Question 14

Eleven properties in the standard U.S. version of the board game Monopoly have names that include U.S. states. One state appears twice. Which one?

Answer 14

Pennsylvania

Question 15

What word appears most often on a standard Scrabble board?

Answer 15

Score

Question 16

If Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana are tied after twelve matches at ‘classical’ time controls in next month’s World Chess Championship they will proceed to ‘rapid’ matches, then to ‘blitz’ and finally, though some would consider it the end of the world were this to happen, to a single game match given what name? In such a match white starts with more time than black but loses the championship should the game be drawn.

(Card created October 31st, 2018)

Answer 16

Armageddon

Question 17

It’s time to start this ancient Asian game played with 361 pieces on a 19-by-19-line board.

Answer 17

Go

Question 18

The Parker Brothers board game Sorry! is a version of what much older game?

Answer 18

Pachisi / Parcheesi

Question 19

In the game of Go, what term is used to describe stones that are threatened with imminent capture? While the term is ancient, it entered the English vernacular in the 1970s thanks in large part to electrical engineer and electronics entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell.

Answer 19

Atari

Question 20

The now-popular casino card game baccarat is the cousin of a once-popular casino card game known colloquially as “Shimmy”, which was displaced by baccarat in American casinos by the late 1950s. What is the actual, three-word name for “Shimmy”?

Answer 20

Chemin de fer

Question 21

Hasbro sells a retro 1986 edition of this game with its iconic dome-shaped pop-o-matic die roller.

Answer 21

Trouble

Question 22

Apart from the game’s main playing pieces, a standard set for what game also typically includes sixteen “wind disks”, marked North, South, East, or West (four of each)?

Answer 22

Mah-Jongg

Question 23

What board game was advertised as John F. Kennedy and Henry Kissinger’s favorite? It also included Walter Cronkite, Isaac Asimov, and Ray Bradbury as prominent fans, and although it has been in print since its first commercial release in 1959, some people refuse to play it, as the backstabbing inherent in the game can end friendships.

Answer 23

Diplomacy

Question 24

Yellow is the musical note C-sharp, blue is E, red is A, and green is also E (but one octave below blue) in what game launched in 1978?

Answer 24

Simon

Question 25

Identify the poker variation, played with seven cards dealt to each player from a 52-card deck plus one joker, that is based on and named after a Chinese domino game?

Answer 25

Pai Gow Poker

Question 26

An Americanized spelling of the German word for “farmer” is used for the names of the two highest cards in what trick-taking card game?

Answer 26

Euchre

Question 27

In the game of craps, if the dice in the first roll (the “come-out”) do not total 2, 3, 7, 11, or 12, a target number is established, which the shooter hopes to match in subsequent rolls before landing a 7. What is the common name in casinos for this target number?

Answer 27

Point

Question 28

When the third and fourth of its eleven letters are removed, the name of a US city becomes the name of an ancient board game, considered a precursor to checkers (draughts), that originated in the Middle East and was introduced into Europe by the Moors. Give the name of the city or the name of the game.

Answer 28

Albuquerque / Alquerque

Question 29

On a standard US edition Monopoly board, there are two spaces that are adjacent and include in their names states which are themselves physically adjacent (i.e., they share a border). What are those two states?

Answer 29

Illinois, Indiana

Question 30

The numerous modern variations of the card game poker fall into three primary categories: draw poker, which is played with concealed hands; community card or hold ‘em, with shared face-up cards; and another type, which features hands where some (or all) cards are exposed. This third type is sometimes known as open poker, but most often is called what?

Answer 30

Stud Poker

Question 31

Muggins, Bergen, Block, and Mexican Train are all names of games that use what as game pieces?

Answer 31

Dominoes

Question 32

While “Duplicate” and “Chicago” are well-known forms of the game, likely the most prevalent variation of a particular game for its casual players is “Rubber”, whose namesake achievement is reached when a pair of players wins two games. What is this card game?

Answer 32

(Contract) Bridge

Question 33

To have more points than your opponent(s) once numbers 15 through 20 and the bullseye have been “closed out” is the object of a darts game known by many names, but probably most commonly by one it shares with what orthopteran?

Answer 33

Cricket

Question 34

Which of the four railroads on the standard Monopoly game board was inspired by an interurban that ran from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to nearby communities (as opposed to the others, which were named after longer, interstate operators)?

Answer 34

Short Line