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Medieval Card Games

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Introduction:
"A short quiz on the types of card games people played before they invented more modern games like poker, euchre or cribbage."


1. From where did the idea of using pieces of printed card to play a game with come to Europe?
    From Marco Polo's travels to the Orient
    From Persia, where they were used to train war leaders in tactics
    From a marmaluke (Arabian) visiting the court of Spain
    We really dont know for sure


2. Has card-playing ever been outlawed?
    Yes
    No


3. Which modern card is referred to as "the curse of Scotland"?
    Three of Hearts
    Ace of Spades
    Jack of Clubs
    Nine of Diamonds


4. What country's traditional card decks used to include the suits of bells and acorns?
    Spain
    Germany
    France
    Swiss


5. Which of these is NOT a published manual describing how card games were played?
    The Compleat Gamester
    Liber De Ludi Alea
    The Boke of Games
    Volume of Plaies


6. How many cards are there in a tarocchi/tarot deck?
    104
    52
    78
    66


7. Which of these old card games is MOST LIKE the modern game of blackjack (also called "21" or "pontoon")?
    Gleek
    Primero
    Bone Ace
    Maw


8. When did playing cards begin to have rounded (as opposed to square) corners?
    1912
    1763
    1802
    1857


9. Which of the following games do NOT include a trick-taking phase (ie you score by winning individual "tricks" like in modern Euchre/500/etc not solely by attaining a collection of meaningful cards like in modern Poker/Rummy)?
    Ruff and Honours
    Piquet
    Tarocchi
    Primero


10. And to conclude - a modern question. Who won the 2003 World Series of Poker?
    John Chen
    Chris Moneymaker
    Amarillo Slim
    Sammy Varha


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