Games
What game is played with rectangular tiles that have a line dividing them into two squares, each containing a number of dots?
Dominoes
Dominoes finds its roots in ancient China, with its origins dating back to the Song Dynasty, around the 12th century.
What do we call the members of the generation born after WWII?
Baby boomers
Individuals are considered baby boomers if they were born between 1946 and 1964.
The 1980 Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid, in this northeastern U.S. state.
New York
The games were held from February 13–23 and included highlights like the “Miracle on Ice.”
The pointed top of the mountain is called a...
Peak
Name the church where British royalty is crowned.
Westminster Abbey
What popular card game involves betting, bluffing, and determining the best hand from a combination of players’ cards and shared community cards?
Poker
In 1973, poker made its debut on television screens with the first-ever televised poker tournament.
If someone in Spain offers you “pan,” what food are they likely to give you?
Bread
Empanar (or apanar, depending on the part of the world you are in) means to bread something before cooking.
In a national tragedy in 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated in this southern state.
Texas
The president was on a speaking tour at the time, promoting themes of natural conservation, education, and world peace.
An elevated level of land is called a...
Plateau
What is the board game where players use tweezers to remove small, plastic pieces from a patient’s body without touching the metal edges and causing a buzzer to sound?
Operation
The patient’s name is Cavity Sam. The creator of the game was an industrial design student from the University of Illinois, and he made it for a class assignment where each student was asked to make a toy. His game was originally called Death Valley and featured a character lost in the desert looking for water.
Slate, azure, and lapis are all shades of what color?
Blue
There are even trademarked shades of blue, including Tiffany Blue and Carolina Blue.
The historic launch of Apollo 11 took off from this state’s Cape Kennedy (now Cape Canaveral).
Florida
The event was televised, and nearly 650 million people tuned in when Neil Armstrong took his first step onto the lunar surface.
This famous mountainous, wooded area in Germany is called...
The Black Forest
What popular number puzzle game is played on a grid of 9 X 9 squares?
Sudoku
In 2006, Italy had the honor of hosting the first-ever Sudoku World Championships.
What is the softest mineral: calcite, talc, or gypsum?
Talc
On Mohs’ scale, which measures hardness, talc is a one and diamond (the hardest mineral) is a 10.
This state’s university in Tuscaloosa was integrated in 1963 with the admission of three African American students.
Alabama
President Kennedy mobilized the National Guard to accompany the students as they registered for classes.
The Bungle, Bungle range and the Great Sandy Dessert would put you in what country?
Austrailia
In what game do players solve a murder mystery by gathering information and making logical deductions about the suspect, weapon, and location?
Clue
The game of Clue was invented by a factory worker named Anthony Pratt during the UK air raids of World War II. While remaining in his home during the raids, he used components of murder-mystery games and popular detective fiction of the time to create the game for himself and his wife.
What Illinois city is the third largest in America by population?
Chicago
Chicago is very bike-friendly and has the second-highest percentage of bicycling commuters in the nation.
In 1974, the World’s Fair, also known as Expo ’74, was held in this state.
Washington
It was held in Spokane, the smallest city ever to host a World’s Fair
The principle rock of the earths crust is...
Limestone
In what two-player game do players move their pieces based on the number rolled on the dice, with the objective of moving all their pieces off the board before their opponent?
Backgammon
In 2004, historians found what they believe to be the first backgammon board ever made, and it is estimated to date back over 5,000 years ago.
What type of tree is Ficus carica?
Fig.
The fig tree bears edible fruits and is native to western Asia and southeastern Europe.
On March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island accident took place in this state.
Pennsylvania
It involved a nuclear reactor partially melting down and resulted in many changes in how nuclear power plants operate.
This island country is located west and south of Haiti in the Caribbean Sea.
Jamaica