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Bored? Games!

How well do you know these popular board games?

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(3.27) Quiz ID: #2577
Category: Hobbies > Games Submitted By: phrebh

Question #1

What is the maximum number of points you can get in regular Yahtzee (no bonuses for multiple Yahtzees)?

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Question #2

This game, created in 1861, originally used a modified checkerboard/draughts board.

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Question #3

Everyone knows that the "original" Monopoly game is centered around Atlantic City, but what property has been misspelled since Charles Darrow's first version of the game?

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Question #4

Trivial Pursuit had quite a rocky start from that December day in 1979 when the idea was first conceived. When was it officially introduced?

1984
1983
1982
1981

Question #5

This game is usually classified as an abstract strategy game (ASG), as are chess and checkers. It differs from many ASGs, however, in that it begins with incomplete information: you can only see your side's position.

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Question #6

Featured in books, movies, and on the radio, this game's name means "to grope frantically".

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Question #7

Recovering from it herself, Candyland creator Eleanor Abbott wanted to make a game to entertain children who had this disease.

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Question #8

Created by independent game creators Richard Tait and Whit Alexander in 1998, this game gained popularity quickly with the help of several Hollywood stars.

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Question #9

This Pachisi (Parcheesi) variant uses only one die, but the spring mechanism covered with a hemisphere of plastic to roll the die has proven both loud and fun.

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Question #10

Despite the admitted connection between this game and Rube Goldberg's drawings, designer Marvin Glass refused to pay royalties or licensing fees to Mr. Goldberg.

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Bored? Games!

Question #1

What is the maximum number of points you can get in regular Yahtzee (no bonuses for multiple Yahtzees)?

Question #2

This game, created in 1861, originally used a modified checkerboard/draughts board.

Question #3

Everyone knows that the "original" Monopoly game is centered around Atlantic City, but what property has been misspelled since Charles Darrow's first version of the game?

Question #4

Trivial Pursuit had quite a rocky start from that December day in 1979 when the idea was first conceived. When was it officially introduced?

Question #5

This game is usually classified as an abstract strategy game (ASG), as are chess and checkers. It differs from many ASGs, however, in that it begins with incomplete information: you can only see your side's position.

Question #6

Featured in books, movies, and on the radio, this game's name means "to grope frantically".

Question #7

Recovering from it herself, Candyland creator Eleanor Abbott wanted to make a game to entertain children who had this disease.

Question #8

Created by independent game creators Richard Tait and Whit Alexander in 1998, this game gained popularity quickly with the help of several Hollywood stars.

Question #9

This Pachisi (Parcheesi) variant uses only one die, but the spring mechanism covered with a hemisphere of plastic to roll the die has proven both loud and fun.

Question #10

Despite the admitted connection between this game and Rube Goldberg's drawings, designer Marvin Glass refused to pay royalties or licensing fees to Mr. Goldberg.

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Bored? Games!

Question #1

What is the maximum number of points you can get in regular Yahtzee (no bonuses for multiple Yahtzees)?

Question #2

This game, created in 1861, originally used a modified checkerboard/draughts board.

Question #3

Everyone knows that the "original" Monopoly game is centered around Atlantic City, but what property has been misspelled since Charles Darrow's first version of the game?

Question #4

Trivial Pursuit had quite a rocky start from that December day in 1979 when the idea was first conceived. When was it officially introduced?

Question #5

This game is usually classified as an abstract strategy game (ASG), as are chess and checkers. It differs from many ASGs, however, in that it begins with incomplete information: you can only see your side's position.

Question #6

Featured in books, movies, and on the radio, this game's name means "to grope frantically".

Question #7

Recovering from it herself, Candyland creator Eleanor Abbott wanted to make a game to entertain children who had this disease.

Question #8

Created by independent game creators Richard Tait and Whit Alexander in 1998, this game gained popularity quickly with the help of several Hollywood stars.

Question #9

This Pachisi (Parcheesi) variant uses only one die, but the spring mechanism covered with a hemisphere of plastic to roll the die has proven both loud and fun.

Question #10

Despite the admitted connection between this game and Rube Goldberg's drawings, designer Marvin Glass refused to pay royalties or licensing fees to Mr. Goldberg.

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