Play Your Cards Right
This liberating card depicts Mr. Monopoly flying out of a birdcage; you can buy one from another player
What is a Get Out of Jail Free?
To desert a vessel
What is abandon?
This state? Stephen King, who’s turning one of his properties into a writers’ retreat
What is Maine?
A BBC article headlined “Pineapple on” this said, “it’s the food choice that seems to divide the world”
What is pizza?
On the periodic table, silicon is directly under this element
What is carbon?
If you have 2 of the same card to start in Blackjack, you can put up twice your wager with this 5-letter bet
What is split?
It’s any substance that increases the rate at which a fire burns
What is accelerant?
This nation-state? The man originally named Jorge Mario Bergoglio
What is Vatican City?
Let’s flip things & enjoy some pineapple this cake, where you invert the dessert onto a plate so the fruit’s on top
What is upside down?
The top of your tuxedo pants is hidden from view with style under this pleated accessory
What is a cummerbund?
If dissatisfied with their starting han, Magic the Gathering players may take one of these, like a do-over on a golf course
What is a mulligan?
From Latin for “proverb”, it’s a saying that expresses a common observation, like “a penny saved is a penny earned”
What is adage?
The Medina suburb of this city? Jeff Bezos & Bill Gates, who can also afford second homes
What is Seattle?
One cup of pineapple chunks provides 1/3 of your daily value of this scurvy preventing vitamin
What is C?
Per Black’s Law, you can file this “conduct that defies the authority… of a court” under “C”, & you can be held in it too
What is contempt?
Before playing your second-to-last card in this 3-letter game, you must say the name of the game; you draw 4 if you get caught
What is UNO?
To be “taken” this can mean to be caught by surprise or to have your ship’s sails filled with wind from the wrong direction
What is aback?
This Upper East Side mansion? New York City mayor Eric Adams
What is Gracie?
Bromelain, an enzyme in pineapples, is an anti-inflammatory that may provide relief from this, partly from the Greek for “joint”
What is arthritis
Central African Republic is on the southern border of this landlocked nation
What is Chad?
In this form of a popular game, some cards are dealt face up & some face down; it used to have “horse” in its name
What is stud (stud poker)?
Genus Haliotis, its an edible marine mollusk with a beautiful shell
What is abalone?
This European city? Bosco Ntaganda, convicted of 18 counts of war crimes & crimes against humanity
What is The Hague?
The extra sweet pineapple called this Hawaiian isle “Gold” is grown on the slopes of Haleakala
What is Maui?
A French peasant had to look up to someone with this noble title that includes the French word for horse
What is a chevalier?