Let's Keep Things Casual Trivia Quiz

Answer: Shoddy production values

While early casual games were very simple in their graphics, the more recent releases have featured real voiceovers and live-action video, high quality soundtracks and widescreen displays. However, the portability and petite nature of casual games mean they can be played online, downloaded to the desktop or even played on a mobile phone.

Answer: Klondike

Card games are the most popular form of casual game. The explosive popularity of online gambling games such as "Texas Hold 'em" and Blackjack are included in this variety of game, along with classic favorites including "Klondike", "FreeCell" and "Pyramids".

Answer: Tetris

The installation, codenamed "The Bastille," was assembled mostly in secret, but was received very well by the University and by the geek society at large. It was featured on the website "Slashdot" and in the New York Times, and revived at the request of the University for graduation weekend later that year. Geek celebrities including Steve Wozniak came to Rhode Island to play the original version.

Answer: Rummy

The various multicolor tiles in both the original and the casual video game versions of Mah Jong consist of three suits (buttons, characters and bamboo), as well as four winds, three dragons, four flowers and four seasons. The goal of the board game version is to get melds, just like in Rummy.

The goal of the casual game version, as many know, is to simply pair up all of the tiles and clear the board.

Answer: Bejeweled

While online casual games had already been popular for a while by the time "Bejeweled" came out, it really took the scene by storm and proved that casual games could hold their own, especially among female gamers. By 2007, 74% of the casual gaming market consisted of female players.

As of 2009, "Bejeweled" has sold more than 25 million copies, putting it way above "The Sims" at 16 million and "Half-Life" at 9.3 million.

Answer: Diner Dash

"Diner Dash" and its sequels have been among the most downloaded games each year since 2004. There is an entire franchise based around Flo and her friends in "Dinertown." Most of the games feature a premise of quickly serving impatient customers in venues including health clubs, parking lots, wedding receptions and pet salons.

Answer: Mystery Case Files

The "Mystery Case Files" series has gotten progressively darker and more gruesome as it has progressed. The first two releases were relatively lighthearted introductions to the genre, but things took a macabre turn with the third installment, "Ravenhearst". Since then BigFish has been nudging the series towards all-out horror. "Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst" was the among the top five bestselling PC Games in the US during the 2007 holiday season.

Answer: Peggle

"Peggle," with its bright colors and over-the-top celebrations of victory every time you clear a level, is definitely good for what ails you. The "Peggle" studies were sponsored by Popcap, though, so they've been greeted with some amount of skepticism in the scientific community.

However, independent studies by rehabilitative therapists have shown that "hidden object" style casual games can improve the vision, coordination and mental acuity of recovering stroke patients.

Answer: Scrabulous

Hasbro eventually dropped the suit after the developers of "Scrabulous" pulled the "Scrabble" clone down from Facebook. At the time it was the most popular application on the site.

Answer: Line Rider

"Line Rider" was a casual game phenomenon. Using realistic physics, it took a simple concept and ran with it all the way to the top. It spawned fansites and videos, and was covered by "Time" Magazine.