2023 YCMS BRAIN GAMES: p1

Games

100

This game, released in 2011, has gone on to become the best-selling video game of all-time with over 200 million copies sold.

Minecraft

200

In chess, a type of draw where one player has no legal moves but is NOT in check is known as what?

STALEMATE

300

John Madden, the legendary coach who inspired the super popular Madden football game series, was a Super Bowl winning coach for which NFL franchise?

the OAKLAND RAIDERS (now the LOS VEGAS RAIDERS)

400

What is the LAST name of the mushroom-eating, plumber brothers Mario & Luigi?

It's Mario! (Mario Mario & Luigi Mario)

500

In the card game poker, what is the term used for having all 5 of your cards in the same suit (e.g. all hearts or all clubs)?

FLUSH

Prefixes

100

Preview...Pre-game...Prefix...

BEFORE

200

Hemihedral...Hemicycle...Hemisphere

HALF

300

Biosphere...Biology...Biochemistry

LIFE or LIVING

400

Monologue...Monopoly...Monotheistic

ONE or SINGLE

500

Neuron...Neurotic...Neurologist 

NERVES

Ancient History

100

King Tut

ANCIENT EGYPT

200

Julius Caesar

ANCIENT ROME

300

Confucius

ANCIENT CHINA

400

SOCRATES

ANCIENT GREECE

500

Nebuchadnezzar II

ANCIENT BABYLONIA

Watching TV

100

A mystery celebrity...a microphone...and a weirdly elaborate costume...that is pretty much all you need for this musical TV show.

THE MASKED SINGER

200

"I'd like to buy a vowel!" is a popular request on what long-running, puzzle-solving game show?

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

300

First referred to as "Baby Yoda", what is the actual name of the "small in size, but big in the Force" character in the Mandalorian tv show? 

GROGU

400

The long running animated show "Family Guy" features a family of five and their dog.  Name all six of these characters.

PETER, LOIS, CHRIS, MEG, STEWIE, & BRIAN

500

Chase is a police dog, Marshall is a fire dog, and Skye is an aerial rescue dog...but who's the Mayor's pet bird?

CHICKALETTA

East of the MS River

100

Washington, D.C., our nation's capital, is located between what two eastern U.S. states?

Maryland and Virginia

200

Home to the Titans and the Grand Ole Opry, this state capital is also known as the "Music City".  (must name the city and state)

Nashville, Tennessee 

300

This popular Memphis tourist attraction was once the home of the late singer Elvis Presley.

GRACELAND

400

If you travel to this state, you may see the phrase "First in Flight" written on their license plates to honor the work of the Wright Brothers.

NORTH CAROLINA

500

Travel to New York to see this memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.  What is it called?

"Reflecting Absence"