Free Quiz Questions on traditional toys and games. Topics include cards, chess, draughts, backgammon.
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How many playing pieces does each player have on the board at the start of a game of backgammon?
15 playing pieces each
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Excluding resigning, how many different moves are available to a player who has the first turn in a game of chess?
20 moves
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In total. how many knights are on the board at the start of a game of chess?
4 (2 white and 2 black)
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I brought a pack of hardcore playing cards back from Greece. How many of the 52 cards featured dogs?
5 cards
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What is the highest score a player can achieve in the card game Baccarat?
a score of 9
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What card ranks highest in a game of bridge: Ace, King or Three?
Ace
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Which black piece stands on the f8 square at the start of a game of chess?
bishop
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Which chess piece could be a member of the clergy?
Bishop
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Which white piece stands on the c1 square at the start of a game of chess?
bishop
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Which white piece stands on the f1 square at the start of a game of chess?
bishop
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In which boardgame was the world champion defeated by a computer called Deep Blue in 1997?
Chess (the champion in question was Gary Kasparov)
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What links the names Botvinik, Tal, Karpov, Fischer
Chess World Champs
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What is the name of the American casino game where players roll dice and in which a score of seven is called a "natural"?
Craps
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In Which card Game Do You Score ‘One For His Nob’?
Cribbage
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According to the rules of international draughts: who moves first the light pieces or the dark pieces?
dark pieces
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In 1997, Gary Kasparov the world chess champion was beaten at chess by a computer. What was the computer called: Big Red, Deep Blue, or The Pink Triangle?
Deep Blue
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In Chess: who is better: Grandmaster or an International Master?
Grandmaster is better
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On a standard British deck of cards, which is the only King without a moustache?
Hearts
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I the casino card game Blackjack - what is the highest score you can have without going bust?
highest is 21
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White Chess pieces are traditionally made from the wood from which type of tree?
Holly
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Which black piece stands on the e8 square at the start of a game of chess?
king
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Which white piece stands on the e1 square at the start of a game of chess?
king
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Which white piece stands on the b1 square at the start of a game of chess?
knight
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What are the only two pieces you can move in your first move of a chess game?
Knight and pawn
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Which black piece stands on the d8 square at the start of a game of chess?
queen
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Which white piece stands on the d1 square at the start of a game of chess?
queen
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Which white piece stands on the a1 square at the start of a game of chess?
Rook (or castle)
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Which white piece stands on the h1 square at the start of a game of chess?
Rook (or castle)