Board Games
Properties on the Monopoly board are named for locations in this real city
Atlantic City, NJ
Named after the American pharmacist who invented it, this scale measures the heat in chili peppers
Scoville
This famous Canadian-born game show host moved to the US in 1973 and hosted his first US game show "The Wizard of Odds"
Alex Trebek
Oreos were inspired by this Sunshine Biscuit company brand that came out 4 years earlier in 1908
Hydrox
If you suffer from pogonophobia it is unlikely you would be a fan of the American rock group ZZ Top. What are you afraid of?
Beards
This common board game is one of the oldest, with archeological disoveries tracing back ~5000 years to Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq)
Backgammon
What is the dried version of a Poblano chili pepper called?
Ancho
This Canadian-born actor, born in Montreal, stared in a popular Sci-Fi TV series from 1966-1969
William Shatner
What US invented cookie arrived in China in the 1990s?
Fortune Cookie
What would you fear if you suffered from oneirophobia? You probably would not look forward to going to sleep
Dreams
On an official Scrabble board, how does forming a word on the middle square of the board affect your score?
double word score
What is the smoked version of a jalapeno pepper called?
Chipotle
What Canadian territory shares its entire western border with Alaska?
Yukon
What is the name of the mascot for Cookie Crisp cereal?
Cookie Jarvis
In J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", a Boggart turns into Ronald Weasley's worst fear. What is teh name of the phobia that haunted him?
arachnophobia
What common American board game has the British name "Draughts"
Checkers
This US state hosts the annual Hatch Chili Festival, always falling around Labor Day weekend
New Mexico
This Canadian-born actor was half of a popular counterculture-themed comedy duo in the 70s and 80s
Tommy Chong
What is the name of the Keebler elf mascot
Ernie (Ernest J. Keebler)
Wintertime can be tough for those afflicted with chionophobia. It is a fear of what?
Snow
This brand-name American board game is an adaptation of an Indian cross and circle game
Parcheesi
This European country was the first to bring chili peppers to India toward the end of the 15th century
Portugal
After English and French, in general what is the third most common language spoken in Canada (representing ~3.5% of the population)
Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese)
In what Pennsylvania city did Girls Scouts first bake and sell cookies on Nov 11, 1932?
Philadelphia
The Wicked Queen in "Snow White" did not suffer from eisoptrophobia. What is it the fear of?
mirrors