What we learned
Card Games
Ludo (Sorry)
Chinese Checkers
Battleship/Candy Land/Jenga/Monopoly
100

What did Christopher Columbus call America when he first discovered it?

The New World

100

What is the name of the card game you play by yourself?

Solitaire

100

How many people can play the game "Sorry" or "Trouble"?

4

100

Where did Chinese Checkers originate?

America

100

The original version of this game included land areas in addition to the water.

Battleship

200

What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

The telephone

200

In the game Crazy 8s, what does the 8 card do?

Wild card

200

What are the four colors that are typically on a "Sorry" or "Trouble" board?

Red, yellow, blue, green

200

Can you knock pieces off of the board during the game?

No

200

This game is based on the Swahili word meaning "to build."

Jenga

300

What were the names of Christopher Columbus' ships?

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
300

How much is the jack worth in pyramid solitaire?

11

300

Ludo was an earlier version of what game?

Sorry/Trouble/Aggravation

300

Where did Halma (Chinese Checkers) go, and get changed to the new name "Stern-Halma?"

Germany

300

The prisoner in this game has a name: Jake the Jailbird.

Monopoly

400

How did Alexander Graham Bell want us to answer the telephone? (It was not "hello")

Ahoy

400

In pyramid solitaire, what card do you need to match it with an 8?

5

400

Where did this game originate?

India

400

When "Halma" (Chinese Checkers) was first invented, the Oriental Telephone Co. was established by Alexander Graham Bell and the inventor of the lightbulb? Who was this?

Thomas Edison

400

This game was invented by a retired schoolteacher while she was recovering from polio.

Candy Land

500

What was the name of the other explorer who discovered more of America?

John Cabot

500

This more popular card game is based off of Crazy 8s.

UNO

500

During the day we learned about Ludo, we also learned about Alexander Graham Bell. Where was he born?

The United Kingdom

500

How many people can play Chinese Checkers?

6

500

The longest time it has taken to play this game is 70 days straight.

Monopoly