SCRABBLE HISTORY

WHO INVENTED SCRABBLE?

• GEORGE WASHINGTON

• BUTCH SCRABBLE

• ALFRED MOSHER BUTTS

• ISAAC NEWTON

WHEN IS WORLD SCRABBLE DAY?

• APRIL 13

• SEPTEMBER 4

• JANUARY 10

• NOVEMBER 1

WHY IS APRIL 13 WORLD SCRABBLE DAY?

• IT IS THE DAY WHEN IT IS FIRST PLAYED NATIONWIDE.

• IT IS THE DATE OF BIRTH OF MR. BUTTS.

• IT IS THE DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF MR. BUTTS.

• IT IS THE DAY WHEN IT IS FIRS PLAYED INTERNATIONALLY.

WHAT WAS SCRABBLE FIRST CALLED?

• LEXIECO

• CRIS CROSS WORDS

• SCRAMBLE

• LEXICOM

WHERE WAS SCRABBLE FIRST SOLD?

• CHINA

• FRANCE

• GREAT BRITAIN

• EGYPT

IF ALFRED BUTTS IS THE DEVELOPER OF SCRABBLE, WHO IS JAMES BRUNOT?

• SOME STRANGER HE MET

• SCRABBLE IS NAMED AFTER

• CO-CREATOR OF SCRABBLE

• MARKETED SCRABBLE

Answer explanation

JAMES BRUNOT also bought the rights to Mr. Alfred Butts when it wasn't selling, change the name to SCRABBLE ( which means, "to scratch around frantically ).

WHEN WAS SCRABBLE FIRST PLAYED?

• 1948

• 1899

• 1930'S

• 1982

Answer explanation

A. 1948

That was the year when JAMES BRUNOT bought the rights to the game, change its name and marketed it.

b. 1899

Year of Alfred M. Butts birth.

c. 1930's ( the right answer)

..although it is still undetermined when exactly. Some studies said it was in 1931, some say it is in 1933 and then wiki said it is in 1938.

d. 1982

Definitely not the right answer. My parents are already playing scrabble.

WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS OF SCRABBLE?

• PLAYSKOOL

• HASBRO

• MATTEL

• LEGO

HOW MANY WORDS IN THE OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT/CLUB WORD LIST

• 187,632

• 87,632

• 7,632

• 632

SCRABBLE TOURNAMENTS HAVE BEEN HELD IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE:

• 1948

• 1899

• 1965

• 1973