Name that Game/Sport
Invented by Native Americans, this sport often involved teams of 100-1000 men playing on a field several miles long
What is Lacrosse?
Given a few notes from famous songs, players had to guess the song title
What is Name That Tune?
The Loneliest Number
What is 1?
This large country has borders with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iraq, and The Caspian Sea
What is Iran?
Hydrophobia
What is Fear of Water?
Played on a billiard-type table, this game, originally considered a "gentleman's sport", is played with 22 balls
What is Snooker?
Human tic-tac-toe game show first aired in 1966
What is Hollywood Squares?
This movie character, played by Robert Wagner, was Dr. Evil's right-hand man
What is Number 2?
Located in Southeast Asia and sharing a border with Vietnam, this country was ruled by Pol Pot and the communist Khmer Rouge in the 1970's resulting in the killing of 1/5 of the population including political opponents, religious leaders and just educated people
What is Cambodia?
Entomophobia
What is Fear of Insects?
In this board game dating back 5000 years, each player has 15 pieces that move between 24 triangles
What is Backgammon?
Howie Mandel hosted this game from 2005-2009 and 2018-2019, involving briefcases that possibly let to lots of cash
What is Deal or No Deal?
3.14159...
What is PI?
This island chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 other smaller islands lies off the coast of Alaska; they were the site of the only two invasions of the United States by the Japanese in WWII
What are the Aleutian Islands?
Astraphobia
What is Fear of Thunder and Lighting?
This Japanese-invented mechanical game uses small steel balls and is frequently used for gambling
What is Pachinko?
Using lifelines like "Phone-a-Friend", players try to answer trivia questions posed by host Regis Philbin
What is Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
33.814
What is number of fluid ounces in a Liter?
Traditionally considered as the meeting point between two oceans, the Cape of Good Hope is part of this country
What is South Africa?
Cryophobia
What is Fear of Ice or Cold?
Usually played by 4 players, this game, invented by the Chinese in the 19th century, is played with a set of 144 tiles
What is Mahjong?
Also hosted by Alex Trebek, the show, an update of the 1958-73 version, ran from 1987-1991: to play you match cards on a screen that later reveals a picture puzzle (a.k.a a rebus)
What is Classic Concentration?
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13....
What are Prime Numbers?
This country is located on the southeastern coast of South America between Argentina and Brazil; it is the home country of the rugby team victims of the plane crash depicted in the non-fiction book/move ALIVE
What is Uruguay?
Pogonophobia
What is Fear of Beards?
Originally created in 1860 by a Springfield, Massachusetts company, this game simulates a person's travels from schooling to retirement, with jobs, marriage and possible children along the way
What is the Game of Life? (by Milton Bradley, first named The Checkered Game of Life)
ABC-TV's "Who Do You Trust" (1957-1962), originally called "Do You Trust Your Wife?" was hosted by this man who later achieved late night TV fame
Who is Johnny Carson?
1.618, referenced in The Da Vinci Code by Professor Langdon
What is The Golden Ratio (or Divine Proportion)? Represented by Greek letter PHI, this number is supposed to underlie everything from art, to biology, to religion
This island nation is located in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar and 1000 miles east of Kenya
What is Seychelles?
Trypanophobia
What is Fear of Injections?
These are the largest birds in the world
What are Ostriches? (average 230 lbs and 7-9 feet tall; fastest 2 legged species on earth with speeds up to 43 mph)