Games & Puzzles

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Level up your trivia game with our Games & Puzzles quiz collection. Covering board games, video games, card games, puzzles, and the history of play, these quizzes are built for gamers, puzzle enthusiasts, and anyone who loves a good brain teaser. From classic childhood games to modern gaming culture, it's all here.

Questions span the history of video game franchises, iconic board game rules and origins, sports and strategy games, and the wider world of competitive and recreational play. Whether you know your chess openings or your Pokémon generations, these quick quizzes are a fun way to test your gaming knowledge for free.

Games & Puzzles Quiz Questions

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  1. The top 22 of these fortune-telling cards are known as the major arcana

    Answer: Tarot Cards

  2. In the board game Risk, what continent has the most territories for a player to occupy?

    Answer: Asia

  3. At the end of this classic children's game, whoever holds the odd queen loses

    Answer: Old Maid

  4. The name of this word search game with lettered cubes means "bewilder".

    Answer: Boggle

  5. In other words, this summer camp game could be called "Seize Your Enemy's Banner".

    Answer: Capture the Flag

  6. One story credits 17th century mathematician Blaise Pascal with the invention of this ball-&-wheel game.

    Answer: Roulette

  7. Which video game series features the characters Master Chief and Cortana?

    Answer: Halo

  8. Thanks to a ban on 100-watt incandescent light bulbs, what classic children’s toy was redesigned in 2011?

    Answer: Easy-bake Oven

  9. A popular game on many college campuses, beer pong is typically played with a ball from what sport?

    Answer: Table Tennis

  10. In Scrabble, which letter has the highest point value?

    Answer: Q

  11. On this show Chandler invents the card game cups so he can give money to Joey without Joey losing his pride.

    Answer: Friends

  12. In castling, you move the king & this piece (aka a castle) simultaneously

    Answer: The Rook

  13. In one version of this game, 108 tiles are grouped into 3 suits: dots, bams & craks.

    Answer: Mah Jongg

  14. The special edition of this Guitar Hero competitor comes with guitar, mic & drum kit peripherals.

    Answer: Rock Band

  15. How many squares are there on a checkerboard?

    Answer: 64

  16. It's "the game that ties you up in knots".

    Answer: Twister

  17. In the original edition of "Trivial Pursuit," what category is represented by the color yellow?

    Answer: History

  18. It's Horde vs. Alliance in this Blizzard game that allows you to go head-to-head vs. others online in Azeroth.

    Answer: World of Warcraft

  19. Where's this character? He's "Exploring Geography" & "At The Circus" in 2 Warner Active games.

    Answer: Waldo

  20. How many numbers are on a dartboard?

    Answer: 20

  21. What poker hand is known as "Dead Man’s Hand?"

    Answer: Two Aces and Two Eights

  22. Get your aces up top & try to unlock the deck in the Klondike version of this single-player game

    Answer: Solitaire

  23. Children's game where you can put your hands on your head only if this person "says" that you can.

    Answer: Simon

  24. In what arcade game did the player attempt to avoid vehicle traffic and crocodiles?

    Answer: Frogger

  25. A broomstick & a Spaldeen were all you needed for this street game; Willie Mays was famous for joining in.

    Answer: Stickball

  26. In blackjack, if you want the dealer to give you another card, you ask him to do this to you -- ouch!

    Answer: Hit me

  27. In the game of 9-ball, the pool balls are initially placed in a grouping of what shape?

    Answer: Diamond

  28. This game is sort of an upright version of Tic-Tac-Toe, using checkers dropped into a grid.

    Answer: Connect Four

  29. Among this company's games are Boggle, Risk & Sorry.

    Answer: Parker Brothers

  30. Before starting out in this game, "It" usually shouts "Ready or not, here I come".

    Answer: Hide and Seek

  31. Quidditch & Wizard Chess are 2 games from this book series.

    Answer: Harry Potter

  32. Eight years of studying medicine have prepared me to perform delicate surgery on Cavity Sam in this game--scalpel!

    Answer: Operation

  33. In which of the following games is "spinning the rods" an illegal move?

    Answer: Foosball

  34. In 2007 Robstown, near Corpus Christi, was recognized as the birthplace of this game, now played online too.

    Answer: Texas Hold 'Em

  35. Each year millions of people participate in this indoor game using special shoes & Brunswick equipment.

    Answer: Bowling

  36. In Vegas casinos, the 8 decks used to play baccarat are held in & dealt from a really big one of these

    Answer: Shoe

  37. Uno is a version of this wacky-sounding card game called huit americain in France.

    Answer: Crazy Eights

  38. Whose 3 dimensional cube became a 70s & 80s craze?

    Answer: Rubiks cube

  39. In a poker game without wild cards, it's the highest hand you can draw.

    Answer: A Royal Flush

  40. Like The New York Times, most newspapers run their hardest crossword puzzle on what day?

    Answer: Saturday

  41. What piece on a chess board can only move on one color?

    Answer: Bishop

  42. Playing the pass line in craps, it's the winning number on the opening roll other than 7.

    Answer: 11

  43. Piece of equipment you need to participate in a double dutch tournament.

    Answer: Jump Rope

  44. This is a game of guessing words or phrases acted out, sometimes syllable by syllable.

    Answer: Charades

  45. Which classic video game asks players to eat pellets while avoiding ghosts?

    Answer: Pac-Man

  46. Which video game franchise stars a plumber named Mario?

    Answer: Super Mario

  47. Battledore & shuttlecock was the forerunner of this racket game.

    Answer: Badminton

  48. In blackjack you can only make an insurance bet if the dealer's up card is one of these.

    Answer: Ace

  49. What is the name of the wooden block stacking game invented by Leslie Scott?

    Answer: Jenga

  50. Which board game asks players to solve the murder of Mr. Boddy?

    Answer: Clue