Board Games
The object of this game with a 4-letter name is to occupy every country and thus conquer the world.
What is Risk?
This cartoon ghost from 1945 is well-known for being kind and personable, unlike his three wicked uncles.
Who is Casper the Friendly Ghost?
These mountains divided the war into 2 main theaters: east to the Atlantic and west to the Mississippi River.
What are the Appalachians?
Denver International has North America's longest commercial one of these--3 miles long!
What is a runway?
Like the highest peak in Western Europe, the highest peak in Australia is in a chain with this name.
What are the Alps?
The L.A. Times called this "the sport of kings, queens, and pawns."
What is chess?
While the characters from this 1969 cartoon franchise often find that their ghostly foes are simply people in costumes, they have faced real ghosts before.
What is Scooby-Doo?
Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 5 days after this 1862 Union victory in Maryland.
What is Antietam?
This colorful low-fare airline began passenger service in 2000 with flights between JFK and Fort Lauderdale.
What is JetBlue?
It's the basic unit of currency of Australia.
What are Australian dollars?
Only three of the original player tokens used in the 1937 edition of Monopoly are still in use today, including the battleship, the racecar, and this piece of headwear.
What is the top hat?
This cruel undead pirate haunts the residents of Bikini Bottom and is based on an old sailing legend.
Who is the Flying Dutchman?
More famous for a Montana battle, he and his men kept Jeb Stuart from attacking the Union rear at Gettysburg.
Who is George Custer?
The National Aviation Hall of Fame was founded in 1962 in this city, known as the Birthplace of Aviation.
What is Dayton, Ohio?
Besides the platypus, Australia's other egg-laying mammal is this one that looks like a porcupine.
What is an echidna?
In this game, the board is a 6-pointed star and every player starts with 10 marbles.
What is Chinese Checkers?
This titular character from a 2004 Nickelodeon series gains the power to transform into a ghost after an accident with a 'Ghost Portal.'
Who is Danny Phantom?
Both neighbors of Illinois, these 2 border states did not secede, but groups there sent delegates to the CSA Congress.
What are Missouri and Kentucky?
This mayor presided over the construction of New York City's first municipal airport.
Who is Fiorello LaGuardia?
In the 1980s, the world followed the case of Lindy Chamberlain, who said one of these wild dogs killed her baby.
What are dingos?
This 1949 English board game with two names was adapted into an American comedy/mystery movie in 1985.
What is Clue or Cluedo?
Who is Slimer?
A critical 1864 fight was known as the Battle of this for the Virginia region of dense thickets where it was fought.
What is The Battle of the Wilderness?
The rudder on planes helps to control the side-to-side force known as this 3-letter word.
What is yaw?
This flightless bird is featured on Australia's coat of arms.
What is the emu?