Games & Toys - 1 point
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board and Table Games | In the 2023 rebranding of the game Cluedo, or Clue in the US, Reverend Green has been changed to instead have what honorific title? | Mayor Green | 2023/04/16 |
| Board and Table Games | The strategy game 'The Captain's Mistress' is so called because it was supposedly much loved by which English explorer? | Captain James Cook | 2024/04/06 |
| Board and Table Games | How many spaces are there in the playing grid in the standard version of Connect 4? | 42 *The grid has seven columns and six rows. | 2024/04/06 |
| Board and Table Games | Double six, double nine, double 12, double 15, and double 18 are common set sizes for what game? | Dominoes | 2024/04/09 |
| Board and Table Games | In the original UK version of the game Cluedo, and before the 2023 rebrand, what was the name of the victim? | Dr Black *Known as Mr Boddy in the US version, and Boden 'Boddy' Black Jr. in the rebranded version | 2023/04/16 |
| Parlour Games | A questionnaire that begins by asking about a person’s favourite virtues, before moving on to questions that include one’s idea of happiness, one’s favourite colour and flower, and one’s main fault, is named after which famous writer, who is known to have answered the questions as part of a parlour game in the 1880s? | Marcel Proust *The questionnaire is known simply as the Proust questionnaire. | 2024/11/14 |
| Card Games | Often seen as key event in popularising online poker, which aptly named amateur won the $2.5m World Series of Poker Main Event in 2003, having qualified by winning an $86 online tournament? | Chris Moneymaker | 2024/10/31 |
| Card Games | What card game is played by James Bond in the novel Casino Royale, and in the movies Dr. No, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, For Your Eyes Only, and Goldeneye? | Baccarat *Bond is particularly drawn to Chemin-de-fer variant of the game. | 2024/12/15 |
| Computer Games | The Brotherhood of Steel, New California Republic, Caesar's Legion, and The Omertas are some of the powers in which computer game series, which was adapted into a 2024 Amazon TV series? | Fallout | 2024/04/18 |
| Computer Games | Red Harlow, John Marston, and Arthur Morgan have been protagonists in which Wild West themed computer game series? | Red Dead *Games in the Red Dead series have included Red Dead Revolver, Red Dead Redemption, and Red Dead Redemption 2. | 2024/04/18 |
| Computer Games | The 2022 computer game Stray sees players guide what type of animal through a steam punk version of Kowloon's Walled City? | Cat | 2023/04/16 |
| Computer Games | What was the single-word title of the 2006 game released by Rockstar Games, best known for the Grand Theft Auto series, in which the player controls a school boy and can attack fellow students with a sling shot and stink bombs? | Bully *The game was also released in some regions as Canis Canem Edit (Dog Eat Dog) | 2023/04/22 |
| Computer Games | In 1998, the year after its release, which first- and multi-person shooter computer game won both the inaugural BAFTA Games Award in the UK and the inaugural Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences’ D.I.C.E. Award in the US, with review site IGN saying the game’s ‘four-player mode is outstanding’ and it is ‘the best single-player first-person game on any system’? | Goldeneye 007 | 2024/11/14 |
| Toys | What was the name of the line of transforming robots released by Tonka in the 1980s, seen as a rival product to Transformers? | Gobots *Gobots were also initially released as 'Robo Machine' in Europe, and 'Machine Men' in Australia. | 2024/10/22 |
| Toys | Resisting the use of the word ‘doll’, what famous toy line was described by makers Hasbro as ‘America’s moveable fighting man’? | G.I. Joe | 2025/01/09 |
| Soft Toys | Tatty Teddy is the signature bear of which soft toy brand, the line originally established in 1987 as characters for greetings cards? | Me to You | 2024/12/07 |
| Toy Companies | From which country does toy company Brio, best known for its wooden trains, originate? | Sweden | 2024/12/07 |
| Miscellaneous | Swedish-Spanish national Anna Cramling has popular Twitch and YouTube channels relating to which game? | Chess *Cramling’s mother is Pia Cramling and father is Juan Manuel Bellón López, both of whom are Grandmasters | 2024/11/14 |
Games & Toys - 2 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Card Games | Although its definition has historically involved various combinations, the ‘dead man’s hand’ in poker now involves which two black pairs? | Aces 8s *It is two black aces plus two black 8s, with one additional hole care. | 2024/10/31 |
| Board Games | Due to the country having no public railways, what two types of facilities appear on Hasbro’s Icelandic Monopoly game board instead of train stations? | 1. Airport 2. Bus station *The Icelandic board has three airports and the main long-distance bus hub. | 2025/01/01 |
Games & Toys - 4 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games Consoles | Which four letters appear on the coloured buttons on an X-box control pad? | 1. A 2. B 3. X 4. Y | 2023/04/22 |
| Computer Games | What are the names of the four ghosts in the original Pac-Man game? | 1. Blinky 2. Pinky 3. Inky 4. Clyde *Blinky is red, Pinky is pink, Inky is blue, and Clyde is orange. | 2024/04/18 |
Games & Toys - 5 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board and Table Games | In the original version of the board game Catan, previously known as The Settlers of Catan, what are the five resources players can collect in order to develop settlements? | 1. Ore 2. Wheat 3. Sheep 4. Woods 5. Bricks *The resources are sourced from specific spaces: mountains, fields, pastures, forests, and hills. | 2024/04/06 |
| Games Consoles | What were the names of the 5 home consoles released by Sega between 1983 and 2001? | 1. SG-1000 (1983) 2. Master System (1985) 3. Mega Drive (aka Genesis) (1988) 4. Sega Saturn (1994) 5. Dreamcast (1998) *Handheld consoles include the Game Gear and Pico | 2023/04/16 |
Games & Toys - 8 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Games | What were the eight playable characters in the original 1992 computer game Mario Kart? | 1. Mario 2. Luigi 3. Princess Peach 4. Yoshi 5. Bowser 6. Donkey Kong Jr. 7. Toad 8. Koopa Troopa | 2024/10/31 |
Games & Toys - 9 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board Games | What are the nine rooms in the original version of the board game Cluedo (known in some countries as Clue)? | 1. Ballroom 2. Billiard room 3. Conservatory 4. Dining room 5. Hall 6. Kitchen 7. Library 8. Lounge 9. Study | 2024/12/19 |
| Card Games | In a standard game of poker using a single pack of cards and no wild cards, what are the nine ranking poker hands? | 1. Straight flush 2. Four of a kind 3. Full house 4. Flush 5. Straight 6. Three of a kind 7. Two pair 8. One pair 9. High card *The term royal flush is given to a straight flush starting with an ace, and is the best hand in the game. | 2025/01/09 |