THE BOARD GAMES QUIZ

Friend – please remember to make a note of your answers A, B, or C as you will need these for the final calculation.

And you can cheat if you need to, of course…

1. Old Kent Road is the first Brown property on a Monopoly board. What is the second?
A) Euston Road
B) Whitechapel Road
C) Pentonville Road

2. Which of these is not a murder weapon in the original Cluedo board game?
A) Lead pipe
B) Candlestick
C) Hammer

3. In Trivial Pursuit the Sports & Leisure category is which colour?
A) Yellow
B) Pink
C) Orange

4. How many Hungry Hungry Hippos are there in the classic game?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6

5. What was the occupation of Albert Lamorisse, inventor of the board game Risk?
A) Film director
B) Army general
C) Toy maker

6. In the USA, the snakes in Snakes and Ladders are usually replaces with what?
A) Worms
B) Slides
C) Chutes

7. Which of these is not a piece to be removed from the patient in the game Operation?
A) Tennis Elbow
B) Bread Basket
C) Funny Bone

8. What was the name of the first computer to beat a World Champion chess player in 1997
A) Royal Blue
B) Sky Blue
C) Deep Blue

9. In Battleship, how many hits does it take to sink a player’s battleship?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5

10. In Backgammon, what are the wooden playing pieces or counters traditionally called
A) Gammons
B) Men
C) Chops

11. How do you win The Game of Life?
A) Make the most money
B) Have the most children
C) Gain the most Happiness Points

12. With it’s elaborate traps, the board game Mouse Trap takes a long time to set up… how long have we had since it was first published?
A) Since 1953
B) Since 1963
C) Since 1973