Modern Masters
Tactical Troubles
Dangerous Dragons
Historical Happenings
Our Solar System
100
Five time world champion, recently retired.
A) Magnus Carlsen
B) Carl Magnusson
C) Hikaru Nakamura
D) Ding Liren
A) Magnus Carlsen
100
When one piece makes two or more threats.
A) Fork
B) Pin
C) Skewer
D) Discovered Attack
A) Fork
100
What are dragons known for having in their breath?
A) Moss
B) Fire
C) French Fries
D) Electricity
B) Fire
100
Why was the Great Wall built?
A) To keep out the neighbors
B) For fun
C) Aliens told us to
D) They were actually trying to build a house but stopped after one wall
A) To keep out the neighbors - China's neighbor, Mongolia, had been invading them repeatedly for hundreds of years. Needless to say, they'd gotten a bit sick of it.
100
What is the biggest planet in our Solar System?
A) Venus
B) Neptune
C) Pluto
D) Jupiter
D) Jupiter - There is a storm visible on Jupiter's surface, known as the "great red spot," that has been raging for hundreds of years, and is large enough to fit the entirety of Earth inside it.
200
Current World Champion
A) Ian Nepomniachtchi
B) Magnus Carlsen
C) Ding Liren
D) Fabiano Caruana
C) Ding Liren
200
When a piece cannot or should not move, because a more valuable piece is lined up behind it.
A) Fork
B) Pin
C) Skewer
D) Discovered Attack
B) Pin
200
In European mythology, dragons are known for:
A) Hoarding gold
B) Liking gnomes
C) A passion for forestry
D) Being weak to silver
A) Hoarding gold - One famous dragon, known as Smaug, had a literal mountain full of gold!
200
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
A) John Dependence
B) Mr. America
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Jefferson Thomas
C) Thomas Jefferson - He was part a committee including many important figures of the time, who decided the contents. But Jefferson was the one doing the actual writing!
200
What is the name of our Galaxy?
A) The Milky Way
B) Home
C) The Northern Reaches
D) Andromeda
A) The Milky Way - Fun fact, our galaxy is set to collide with another one (Andromeda) in a few billion years!
300
Played in (and lost) the last two world championships.
A) Ian Nepomniachtchi
B) Ding Liren
C) Fabiano Caruana
D) Bobby Fischer
A) Ian Nepomniachtchi
300
A tactic which pulls a defending piece away, so that the piece or square it was guarding is vulnerable.
A) Destruction of Defense
B) Windmill
C) X-Ray Attack
D) Deflection
D) Deflection
300
In China dragons often are a sign of
A) Your house getting burned down
B) Kidnapped princesses
C) Good luck
D) Danger
C) Good luck - it also symbolizes strength and health!
300
Alexander the Great was a famous general and leader, who had created the one of the largest empires in history by the age of
A) 30
B) 40
C) 50D) 100
A) 30 - He also only lived to the age of 32!
300
What is the closest planet to the Sun in our Solar System?
A) Earth
B) Mercury
C) Neptune
D) Pluto
B) Mercury - During the day, temperatures on the surface can reach 800 degrees Fahrenheit!
400
Current women's chess champion:
A) Lei Tingie
B) Anna Rudolf
C) Ju Wenjun
D) Judit Polgar
C) Ju Wenjun - Lei Tingie will be facing Ju this year to contest the title! Polgar is widely regarded as the strongest female player of all time (though she is now retired), and Rudolf is a famous International Master known for her chess commentary and streaming.
400
Checkmate with a guarded queen attacking diagonally, with the opponent's King's two escape squares blocked.
A) Back rank
B) Dovetail
C) Boden's
D) Arabian
B) Dovetail
400
This dragon-like creature is known for having multiple heads, and for growing two back every time one is cut off!
A) Wyrm
B) Wyvern
C) Komodo Dragon
D) Hydra
D) Hydra
400
What country has/had the largest number of pyramids in the world?
A) Egypt
B) Sudan
C) Peru
D) Mexico
B) Sudan - Sudan has 223 pyramids!
400
We all know the Sun is big! But do you know HOW big?
How many Earths could we fit in the Sun?
A) 1,000
B) 100,000
C) 1,000,000
D) 1,000,000,000
C) 1,000,000
500
Who was the youngest GM ever?
A) Magnus Carlsen
B) Hikaru Nakamura
C) Garry Kasparov
D) Abhimanyu Mishra
D) Abhimanyu Mishra - Mishra became a GM at the age of 12 in the year 2021!
500
Checkmate with a Rook and Bishop, named after a famous game played by Morphy.
A) Centurion
B) Epaulette
C) Opera
D) Anastasia
C) Opera
500
Two legs, two wings, and usually has a barbed tail.
A) Wyvern
B) Wyrm
C) Hydra
D) Chinese Dragon
A) Wyvern - Wyverns are sometimes (but not always!) associated with ice.
500
This famous female knight helped the French during the hundred years war.
A) Betsy Ross
B) Joan of Arc
C) Michelle the Deadly
D) Catherine Two Sword
Joan of Arc - she was canonized as the patron Saint of France afterwards!
500
Which planet is associated with the sea?
A) Venus
B) Jupiter
C) Neptune
D) Mars
C) Neptune - Neptune is the Roman god of the sea!