Card Games
This simple card game involves flipping cards face down and trying to match pairs from memory
What is Memory (Concentration)?
This war, fought from 1861 to 1865, pitted the Union against the Confederate states
What is the American Civil War?
In this Pixar film about talking cars, fans have long questioned how the cars reproduce or function with no humans around
What is Cars?
In this outdoor Italian game, players throw a metal ball trying to land closest to a smaller target ball called the jack
What is bocce (boules)?
This palindrome names the meal eaten right in the middle of the day
What is noon?
This word for raw fish served over rice comes directly from Japanese
What is sushi?
In this popular card game, players race to shed all their cards, shouting the game's name when they're down to one
What is Uno?
This war divided the Korean peninsula at the 38th parallel and remains technically unresolved today
What is the Korean War?
In this Christopher Nolan superhero film, fans questioned how Bruce Wayne got back to Gotham from a remote prison so quickly
What is The Dark Knight Rises?
In this tiny tabletop game, players flick small discs into a pot, similar to marbles
What is tiddlywinks?
This palindrome word describes something related to a town's local government
What is civic?
This word describing stylish good taste in fashion comes directly from French
What is chic?
This two-player card game uses a wooden pegboard to score points and is traditionally played to 121
What is Cribbage?
American involvement in this Southeast Asian war ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon
What is the Vietnam War?
In this Marvel team-up film, fans questioned why the characters didn't just use their time-travel tech to fix everything from the start
What is Avengers: Endgame?
In this backyard game, players toss bean bags at an angled board, aiming for the hole to score points
What is cornhole?
This palindrome names a small paddled boat popular in whitewater sports
What is a kayak?
This word for a warm, cozy feeling of contentment comes directly from Danish and Norwegian
What is hygge?
This card game, the basis for a famous casino game, has players trying to get as close to 21 as possible
What is Blackjack?
This war between England and France, despite its name, actually lasted 116 years
What is the Hundred Years' War?
In this dinosaur franchise, fans questioned how an all-female population of dinosaurs was able to reproduce
What is Jurassic Park?
This life-sized version of a classic strategy game lets players walk between giant pieces on an outdoor board
What is human (giant) chess?
This palindrome is a polite, old-fashioned way to address a married woman
What is madam?
This word for a small, informal restaurant serving simple meals comes from the French word for tavern
What is a bistro?
This strategic poker variant, built from community cards and hole cards, is the game played in most televised poker tournaments
What is Texas Hold'em?
Fought from 1914 to 1918, this war was originally called 'The Great War' before a second one came along
What is World War I?
In this 1997 blockbuster, fans have long debated whether the male lead could have fit on the floating door alongside the female lead
What is Titanic?
In this large-group outdoor game, teams try to steal an opponent's banner and carry it back to their own base
What is Capture the Flag?
This palindrome names a two-door car built for speed, often seen on a track
What is a racecar?
This English word meaning praise or acclaim comes from an ancient language that also gave us words like 'democracy'
What is Greek (the word is 'kudos')?