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31. When playing horseshoes if you throw a Hobber, where is your horseshoe?

From Quiz Backyard Games

Answer: Leaning against the post

There are three ways to score points in horseshoes: ringers, leaners, and being the closest to the stake if neither of the other two apply. Note: the shoe has to stay in the pit to have points considered.

From Quiz Toys And Games 7

Answer: Pinochle

From Quiz Toys And Games 6

Answer: India

Around 6th century A.D. Known as the Royal Game

From Quiz Pastimes 3

Answer: Black

According to the Federation rules, the darker color goes first.

From Quiz Games People Play

Answer: Chinese Checkers

From Quiz Anagram Name Games

Answer: Anagrams

A word game!

From Quiz A Little Quiz on Games

Answer: Monopoly

"Monopoly" is a fun board game that was patented back in 1935, and is owned by Parker Brothers. According to the "Guinness Book of World Records", it is the most played commercial board game in the world.

From Quiz Shake the Dice

Answer: Monopoly

With so many variations of "Monopoly", each region of the world has names and places to relate to their environment. "Monopoly" also holds the Guinness World Record for the most people to play it.

From Quiz Are You Game?

Answer: Sardines

Unfortunately it is not known how long Sardines has been around for. It has been likened to the game of Hide and Seek, which was first described by Julius Pollux, a Greek scholar. Back then, Hide and Seek was called the rather long-winded 'apodidraskinda'. However Sardines differs from Hide and Seek in that in Hide and Seek one person seeks and the rest hide, whereas in Sardines, only one person hides and the rest seek. Also, when a seeker in Sardines finds the hidden person, they don't yell out, instead they simply squash into the hiding place with the person they have found. This continues until the hiding place is so cramped, the people represent sardines in a tin - hence the name. The loser is the last person to find the hidden group. This game is better played in very large homes, country estates and mansions (for obvious reasons). Young people in Victorian England were said to have particularly enjoyed the game, because it gave them an excuse/opportunity to get very close to the opposite sex!

From Quiz "Wordle" Me This!

Answer: Mastermind

"Mastermind" was invented in 1970; it is a two-player game that uses a decoding board, colored code pegs, and black and white key pegs to help the codebreaker decode the color scheme created by the codemaker. The codemaker chooses four code pegs to create a pattern, which the codebreaker must decode within twelve turns. With each step the codemaker will use the key pegs to tell the codebreaker if he has placed any of the correct colors in the correct order. A black peg means the correct colored peg is in the correct position, and a white peg means a correct colored peg is in the wrong position. "Lingo" is the television show on which the game was based, and "Jotto" and "Bulls and Cows" are older paper/pencil versions.

From Quiz The International Phenomenon that is Wordle

Answer: New York Times

Wardle didn't want the game to take over his life. Since he and his partner enjoyed playing some of the games on the New York Times website, he sold it to them for an unknown seven figure sum, with the proviso that the game should remain free for the players. It appeared on their website in February 2022.

From Quiz Wordle by Wardle

Answer: 6

Ideally speaking, players would attempt to guess the mystery words in as few attempts as possible. If all six attempts are unsuccessful, the screen will reveal the mystery word.

From Quiz Dear Santa

Answer: Optimus Prime

The Transformers were first introduced to American toy shelves by Hasbro in 1984. Hasbro had imported many of the character designs from a Japanese company named Takara. Hasbro then hired Marvel to give them names and personalities. One of the most popular characters was Optimus Prime, the leader of the good guys (Autobots) who transformed into a red tractor trailer. He became so popular that many kids were heartbroken when the character was killed off in "Transformers: The Movie" released in 1986. Since then there have been many figures of Optimus Prime to hit store shelves. His signature catchphrase is, "Transform and roll out!"

From Quiz No Computer? No problem! We Had Fun Games!!

Answer: Jump Rope

We would play just the basic game of jump rope. Nothing fancy at all. Some of the bigger girls would play Double Dutch, but you have to jump rope twice the amount with two ropes instead of one. We liked making up rhymes for our jumping. "Mary and Mark sitting in a tree k i s s i n g...". We had so much fun and didn't need anything more than a piece of rope and a smile to make us happy.

From Quiz Family Game Night

Answer: Cards

UNO is played with a special deck of cards designed to be more accessible to children. There are four colors - blue, green, yellow, and red - and numbers going 0 to 9 in each color. On your turn, you can match the last card's number or color, or draw a new card if you don't have an available move. Wild cards allow a color change. There are also special instruction cards which allow a player to skip the next player's turn, reverse the direction of play, or make the next player draw cards (which also skips their turn). The point of the game is to get rid of all your cards first. Don't forget to shout "Uno!" when you're down to a single card - the kids will definitely catch you if you don't give the required warning, and you don't want the two-card penalty.

From Quiz Game Night

Answer: Dobble/Spot It

It's not as easy as it sounds. Each of the 55 cards only features eight out of 50 symbols, and they can appear in different sizes and orientations. Every card shares exactly one symbol in common with every other card. There are many different versions, including several for kids. The game as it is played today was launched in 2009, but it was based on a logic problem by Rev. Thomas Penyngton Kirkman going back to 1850. With some refinements from the 1970s, changes were made by Jacques Cottereau to turn the logic problem into a card game. In 2008, Denis Blanchard refined one of the earlier versions to make it both faster and more complex. Dobble was born. With instructions for variations in the game, one small tin holds the potential for lots of fun.

From Quiz Grow Up Playing

Answer: up the water spout

"Eensy weensy spider" is used in some locations in place of, or even along with "itsy bitsy spider". This is a game good for building better hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity.

From Quiz Return to the Coffee House for more Games

Answer: When he or she only has one card left.

"Uno" is "one" in Spanish. If Player A does not call "Uno" when down to one card and is caught by Player B, Player A draws two cards from the draw pile. If Player A calls "Uno" when he or she has more than one card, he or she is supposed to draw FOUR cards. Uno was developed by Merle Robbins in 1971 and has been sold by the Mattel company since 1992.

From Quiz Hall-of-Fame-Worthy Toys

Answer: Tonka

Mound Metalcraft started the Tonka line as a side business, but the popularity of the toy trucks quickly made them the company's focus. The toys were so popular, the company changed its name to Tonka. Today, Tonka is owned by Hasbro, Inc. In 2001, Tonka trucks were inducted, along with silly putty.

From Quiz Name the Game IV

Answer: Headache

Similar to the game "Trouble", "Headache" has the same type of "Pop-o-Matic" dice dome in the center. Players move around the board trying to capture the other players' cones by landing on them and covering them with their own cones. The player that has their color cones covering all the others, wins

From Quiz Name the Game III

Answer: Shenanigans

"Shenanigans" started as a children's game show in 1964. Kids would walk around a life sized game board, answer questions, and try to get by certain fun obstacles and preform tasks along the way. Milton Bradley used the show to promote new toys. The game "Operation" was introduced on the show and was also one of the "life sized" obstacles kids would have to pass.

From Quiz Dice, Dice Baby

Answer: Five six-sided dice

YAHTZEE is a commercialized version of the game of "Yacht" with some differences. The earliest known reference to "Yacht" dates back to 1938.

From Quiz Game Night at the Coffee House

Answer: the Underground

A detective player begins with the following tickets: ten for taxis, eight for buses, and four for the Underground. Mr. X has an unlimited number of tickets, including five black tickets which act like wild cards.

From Quiz Ahead of the Game

Answer: rounders

While we used to play a version of rounders for fun, it was also played by grade teams who played against each other. The best of these players would be chosen to play for the school in a competition against schools in the local area.

From Quiz Behind the Magic 8 Ball

Answer: Four inches (ten centimeters)

It seems like it would have a larger diameter than a mere four inches, or about ten centimeters, doesn't it? If you were holding it in your hand, it would be a bit wider than your palm. The average width of a human palm is around eight centimeters, or a little over three inches. That should help put it into perspective.

From Quiz Baby's First Bungee

Answer: Mobile

Mobiles as entertainment for babies were inspired when sculptor Alexander Calder (1898-1976) altered his sculptures in the 1930s to add moving parts. Mobiles are a moving collection of shapes like flowers, clouds or sailboats that dangle over an infant's sleeping space. Some of them create music as they move. They are made of everything from wood to crystal, and you can even design your own. The floating shapes entertain and pique interest in an infant, as well as soothe and lull them to sleep. They may also stimulate vision, and some studies indicate infants respond best to black and white. Whatever the color or shapes, be sure your baby cannot reach the mobile. Once a child can stand in the (cot) crib (about 8-12 months), take the mobile down.

From Quiz Welcome to My Parlour

Answer: Master Mind

This is a two player game. One of the players (code setter) sets up a colour code, selecting four pegs from six different colours, and the opponent (code breaker) has to discover this code in a maximum 10 tries. The code breaker places in a row for coloured pegs and the code setter indicates by placing white and red indicators the result of each row. A red indicator denotes that a peg correctly matched one of the hidden pegs and a white indicator means that the colour was correct by not in the right position. "Othello" or "Reversi" is a game of strategy played on an 8 x 8 board and "Go" is a Chinese game of strategy played on 19 x 19 line grid.

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