Games Flashcards
What is the Diamond card in Pinochle?
Jack of Diamonds
The earliest known game boards are from the Jiroft culture in present day Balochistan, which straddles Iran and this neighboring country
Pakistan
An unnamed ancient Egyptian game was nicknamed Hounds and Jackals by this discoverer of King Tut’s tomb.
Howard Carter
In Risk, Mongolia and Kamchatka border this country
Japan
From 1984 until 1990 Chuck Woolley hosted a daytime game show based on this Hasbro game?
Scrabble
Recently discovered in Iraq, the worlds oldest dice were made of bone of this animal
Human
Inn1996 Hasbro obtained an injunction against an adult website seeking to use this game’s name as its domain.
Candy Land
It’s no surprise that this board game entered the National Toy Hall of Fame in the hall’s inaugural year of 1998.
Monopoly
In Stratego, this is the only piece that can capture the Marshal
Spy
The ancient Indian game of Pachisi has formed the basis of Parcheesi, Ludo, and this exclamatory game
Sorry!
In Clue, the envelope containing the murderer, the weapon and the room are kept in this room.
Cellar
What poet invented cribbage
Sir John Suckling
What children’s game takes its name from the Swahili word for “build”?
Jenga
What is the shortest standard reply on a magic eight ball?
Yes
According to mathematician Persi Diaconis’s fanboys paper, how many times must a deck of cards be shuffled to be truly random?
Seven
