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Boardgame trivia

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These little guys are a part of MANY boardgames,

and they have a very specific name.

What are they called?

a)

Meeples

b)

Pawns

c)

Bits

d)

Minions

2.

There is a website dedicated to EVERYTHING boardgames!

What is the name of the site?

a)

BoardGameGeek

b)

Tabletopia

c)

BoardGameAtlas

d)

MeepleMasters

3.

The Campaign for North Africa is a wargame notorious

for having the longest estimated playtime of any boardgame.

According to BoardGameGeek.com,

how long does it take to play the entire game?

a)

600 minutes /
10 hours

b)

6.000 minutes /
100 hours /
4.1 days

c)

60.000 minutes /

1.000 hours /

41 days

d)

600.000 minutes /

10.000 hours /

416 days

4.

In which European city does the
biggest annual boardgame convention take place?

a)

Stockholm, Sweden

b)

Antwerp, Belgium

c)

Madrid, Spain

d)

Essen, Germany

5.

Jakob (the creator of this quiz) has a sizeable boardgame collection.

How many games does he currently own?

a)

268

b)

310

c)

346

d)

402

6.

In this game, each player is randomly and secretly assigned to be a liberal or a fascist,
and one player is the fascist leader.
The fascists coordinate to sow distrust and install their leader;
the liberals must find and stop the leader before it's too late.

What is the name of the game?

a)

Democracy Under Siege

b)

Coup

c)

Secret Hitler

d)

Weimar: The Fight for Democracy

7.

What is a euro game?

a)

A game where all

in-game currency is denoted as €

b)

A type of game that typically emphasizes strategy, resource management, and minimal luck or player elimination

c)

A type of card game that typically emphasizes luck-based gameplay and player elimination

d)

A game played exclusively in European castles, often played by nobility in lavish ballrooms

8.

This game has you competing with rival CEOs,

in an effort to make Mars habitable and build your corporate empire!

What is the name of the game?

a)

Terraforming Mars

b)

First Martians

c)

On Mars

d)

Mission: Red Planet

9.

In this real-time game, you and your teammates control a state-of-the-art submarine,
trying to locate an enemy submarine in order to blow it out of the water,

before they can do the same to you.

What is the name of the game?

a)

Red November

b)

By Stealth and Sea

c)

UBOOT: The Board Game

d)

Captain Sonar

10.

The oldest known Chess manual is from the year 840 and was written in Arabic!


But where is Chess believed to originate from?

a)
India
b)
Greece
c)
Egypt
d)
China
11.

In this game of galactic conquest, three to six players take on the role of one of seventeen factions, vying for galactic domination through military might, political maneuvering, and economic bargaining.

Players of the game will often spend a whole day on playing it!

What is the name of this game?

a)

Gaia Project

b)

Twilight Imperium

c)

Terra Mystica

d)

Space Empires 4X

12.

What is a so-called "legacy game"?

a)

A game that is based on, and expands another game system

b)

A game where you permanently alter or destroy the game components as you play

c)

A game that relies heavily on an established game system

d)

A game that had a huge impact on new titles coming out after it

13.

This series of escape-room style games implement legacy elements
such as cutting up the game box or folding the playing cards and rulebook,
to solve riddles and puzzles.

What is the name of the series?

a)

Escape Tales

b)

Deckscape

c)

Unlock!

d)

EXIT

14.

Which of these classic PC game franchises,

does NOT have an official boardgame?

a)

Grand Theft Auto

b)

DOOM

c)

Wolfenstein

d)

Fallout

15.

In this game, several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world!

The players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to treat disease hotspots while researching cures for each of four plagues before they get out of hand.

What is the name of the game?

a)

Plague Inc

b)

Pandemic

c)

Viral

d)

Pathogenesis

16.

What is an ameritrash game?

a)

A type of board game that emphasizes theme, luck, and player interaction

b)

An outdoor activity popular in the United States, involving competitive trash collection races

c)

A boardgame reenactment of famous American trash collection strikes from history

d)

A type of puzzle game that emphasizes logic and problem-solving

17.

In this cooperative, app-driven game, the players take on the role of investigators,

standing ready to confront mystery, monsters, insanity and death,
in a world inspired by the writings of legendary horror author H.P. Lovecraft!

What is the name of this game?

a)

Mansions of Madness

b)

Cthulhu: Death May Die

c)

Eldritch Horror

d)

Arkham Horror: The Card Game

18.

Which slightly concerning boardgame-related thing,
did Jakob celebrate at the last celebration huddle?

a)

He finally has ALL 101 expansions for
Arkham Horror:
The Card Game

b)

He now has less than 90 unplayed games

c)

He won a game without cheating

d)

He won a game