Chess Pieces
What is a standoff in chess?
One player cannot move without being in check
Who starts a game of chess?
The player with the white pieces.
What color does the queen start on?
She starts on her own color.
Lebron James, Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook and Kawhi Leonard play this sport.
Basketball.
He lives in a pineapple under the sea.
Spongebob.
Name the two chess pieces that are worth 3 points.
The bishop and the knight.
What animal did people used to use as a piece in chess?
An elephant.
What shape does a knight move in?
An "L".
Name a sport you can score an Ace in.
Golf or tennis.
Finish the next line of lyrics. Teach Pokemon to understand. The power that's inside.
What is Pokemon! Gotta catch 'em all!?
What is the most powerful chess piece in the game?
The queen.
What's it called when the king moves two spaces over and the rook moves to the king's opposite side?
Castling move.
What is the most important part of the board to control?
The center.
What is the object called in hockey that they hit?
A puck.
What ocean is off the east coast?
You cannot capture this piece in a regular game.
The king.
Where did chess originate?
In either India or China (it's so old that people don't know!)
How many squares are on the chess board?
64 squares (8x8)
This sport is the most popular sport in the world.
Soccer!
Name the 16th President of the USA.
Abraham Lincoln.
This piece moves forward, backward, and sideways.
The rook.
What is the highest rank a chess player can have?
Grand master.
How many pieces are on the board at the beginning of a game?
32 pieces, 16 on each side!
This sport hits a shuttlecock aka "birdie" over a net.
Badminton.
Name all the TMNT (teenage mutant ninja turtle).
1) Leonardo 2) Michelangelo 3) Raphael 4) Donatello