Would You Like to Play a Game, Montana?

Cue up the creepy Saw music...

Okay I'm just kidding!

But would you like to test your knowledge of board games, here are a few questions from the Wednesday Night Trivia game at the GrandStand Sports Bar in Billings.  WNT is every Wednesday at 7:00.

Board Games Trivia

1. What is the one Chess piece that moves only forward and takes only diagonally?

2. In Monopoly, Boardwalk and Park Place are the two most expensive colored properties to buy. The two cheapest are Mediterranean Avenue and what other property?

3. In the classic or genus edition Trivial Pursuit, five of the six categories are Entertainment, Geography, History, Science & Nature, and Sports & Leisure. What is the sixth category?

4. In the world conquering game Risk, attacking country and defending country roll dice to determine who loses armies. Whoever has the higher number wins. In the event of a tie between two dice, which country wins the tie?

5. In the classic game of Clue, what is the name of the murder victim?

6. What letter tile in Scrabble has the most point value? J, Q, X or Z?

7. Single-digit answer. In Monopoly, how many houses must be on a property before the player owner can buy a hotel?

8. Single-digit answer again.  Played on a star-shaped board, what is the maximum number of players on a standard game of Chinese Checkers?

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The Answers

1.  Pawn

2.  Baltic Avenue

3.  Art & Literature

4.  Defending Country.  Invading other countries is risky business.

5.  Mr. Boddy (Get it?  Haha)

6.  Don't you just hate trick questions?  In this case, two letters are correct: Q and Z, both worth 10 points.

7.  Four

8.  Six