Tabletop Game Trivia

The Classics

1

This is the color that moves first in Chess

White

2

Go is a game that has existed for several hundreds of years and takes root form this country.

China

3

This is the amount of money that a player pays in the game Monopoly when they land on the "Income Tax" square.

200 Dollars

4

This board game is said to be the oldest in history.

Backgammon

5

This is the number of blank tiles in a complete Scrabble set.

2

Heart of the Cards

1

This is the term for a series of cards in poker that have an ascending rank or value.

A run

2

In Blackjack, the dealer must stay on this number or higher.

17

3

A deal that is done incorrectly is called this common term.

A Mixed Deal

4

This combination of cards is called the "Dead Man's Hand" in poker

Two pair: Aces and Eights (All Black) supposedly held by Wild Bill Hickock when he was shot in the head

5

This game was the beloved favorite of the character James Bond

Baccarat or Baccarat chemin-de-fer

Take a Chance, Roll the Dice

1

In Monopoly the players use this many six sided die

2

2

Two ten-sided dice may also be referred to as this type of dice.

Percentile Dice

3

This is the total number of dice used in the game Trivial Pursuit

1

4

This number is an automatic win in the game Craps

7

5

These are the nicknames for the highest and lowest possible roll when using two six-sided dice.

Boxcars - Two sixes

Snake eyes - Two ones

The World of RPGs

1

This is the number of editions of the classic RPG Dungeons and Dragons including revised editions.

7 total editions:

1, 2, 2R, 3, 3R, 4, 5

2

How many eyes does the beholder have?

10 on stalks and 1 central eye making 11 total

3

The classic RPG item "The vorpal sword" first appeared in what classic poem?

Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"

4

This is the name of the second co-creator of the popular RPG Dungeons and Dragons

David Arneson

5

What the three classes were present in the first 3-volume version of Dungeons & Dragons (1974)?

Clerics, Magic-users, and Fighting-men

Miscellaneous

1

It was Mrs. Scarlett, with the rope, in the library in this classic board game.

Clue

2

A game of bad drawing: this game involved players to draw things and then have another teammate guess the subject of the drawing.

Pictionary

3

This is the number of spaces on a Mancala board

12

4

This is the maximum amount of money you can earn in The Game of Life

3,115,000 dollars

5

This Canadian board game is played similarly to the game Sorry but instead uses a standard deck of cards and wooden pegs that fit into slots on a wooden board.

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