British-isms
Card Games
Chemical Elements by Symbol
Events of 2021
Colorado
200
Have a look under the bonnet, or this part of the car, if you're having engine trouble.
What is the hood?
200
This is the rarest and strongest hand in poker, made of five consecutive high-value cards of the same suit.
What is a royal flush?
200
N
What is nitrogen?
200
Kamala Harris, previously serving as a Senator from this state, was inaugurated as the first woman Vice President of the U.S.
What is California?
200
This location featuring hundreds of Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings became America's 7th national park in 1906.
What is Mesa Verde?
400
In British slang, "quid" is another word for this currency.
What is a pound?
400
The object of this casino game is to gain a total card value as close to 21 as possible without going over.
What is blackjack?
400
Fe
What is iron?
400
Running a bit behind schedule, the 2020 Summer Olympics were held in this Asian city.
What is Tokyo?
400
Colorado's official nickname, "The Centennial State", refers to this year when it gained U.S. statehood.
What is 1876?
600
Draughts is the British term for this simple board game where pieces move diagonally on a grid.
What is checkers?
600
In the game Hearts, this card worth 13 points is usually bad news for the player holding it.
What is the queen of spades?
600
U
What is uranium?
600
A California court freed this pop singer from a 13-year conservatorship managed by her father.
Who is Britney Spears?
600
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The poet Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful" after being inspired by the spectacular view from the top of this mountain.
What is Pikes Peak?
800
These tiny toppings are known as "hundreds and thousands" by British ice cream lovers.
What are sprinkles?
800
Created in the 1990s, this roleplaying game featuring lands and spells has over 15,000 unique cards.
What is Magic: The Gathering?
800
Au
What is gold?
800
The World Health Organization approved the world's first vaccine for this parasitic disease spread by mosquitoes.
What is malaria?
800
The highest point in the Interstate Highway System is at a tunnel in the Rocky Mountains named for this president and WWII general.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
1000
Waiting in line is called this in the UK.
What is queueing?
1000
This obscene and profanity-laden card game is advertised as "a party game for horrible people."
What is Cards Against Humanity?
1000
K
What is potassium?
1000
1 of the 2 permanent hosts of the real Jeopardy!, eventually chosen after a months-long PR disaster for the show.
Who is Mayim Bialik or Ken Jennings?
1000
Some conspiracy theorists believe that aliens, lizard people, or the Illuminati are located in underground tunnels beneath this busy transportation center.
What is Denver International Airport?