Board Games Trivia

100+ Best Board Games Trivia Questions & Answers

Mike Oberman

Updated: July 4th, 2023

Are you a board game aficionado? Challenge yourself with over 300 board game trivia questions and see if you can reign supreme as the ultimate game master!

General Board Games Trivia

Question: Which board game has playing pieces of little cars?

Answer: Life

Question: Which board game involves solving a murder?

Answer: Cluedo

Question: Which game involves weapons including the rope and lead pipe?

Answer: Cluedo

Question: In which game do players outbid each other for pieces of art?

Answer: Masterpiece

Question: Which racing board game has a location called Gum Drop Mountain?

Answer: Candy Land

Question: Which board game involves drawing things on paper for your teammates to guess?

Answer: Pictionary

Question: In which game do players fire upon each other's war vessels?

Answer: Battleship

Question: What game is said to be the oldest in recorded history?

Answer: Backgammon

Question: Which board game involves a player asking an opponent about somebody's appearance?

Answer: Guess Who

Question: Which board game involves a video of a gamekeeper who asks players to come closer to the screen?

Answer: Nightmare

Question: Which elimination game has a player guessing which of 24 characters their opponent has picked?

Answer: Guess Who

Question: Which board game involves climbing and falling down places at specific points?

Answer: Snakes and Ladders

Question: Which board game involves a player firing upon their opponent's war vessels?

Answer: Battleship

Question: In which board game do players listen to clues about their secret admirers?

Answer: Dream Phone

Question: What does a player get if they land on a lightbulb in Civilization?

Answer: Technology

Monopoly Trivia

Question: What is the first property on the Monopoly board?

Answer: Old Kent Road

Question: Which board game tells players 'Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect £200'?

Answer: Monopoly

Question: How much can you buy one station for in Monopoly?

Answer: £200

Question: Which of these is NOT traditionally found on a Monopoly board?

Answer: Mile End Road

Question: How much does a player have to pay when they land on the Income Tax square in Monopoly?

Answer: £200

Question: Which one of these is a green property in Monopoly?

Answer: Bond Street

Question: Which is the cheapest to buy in Monopoly?

Answer: Old Kent Road

Question: How many die are used in the game of Monopoly?

Answer: 2

Question: What color are the houses in Monopoly?

Answer: Green

Question: How much money does each player start with at the beginning of a game of Monopoly?

Answer: £1,500

Question: Which of these is NOT a red property on the Monopoly board?

Answer: Coventry Street

Question: On a Monopoly board, what words are written alongside the jail square?

Answer: Just Visiting

Question: How much is the fine to get out of jail in Monopoly?

Answer: £50

Question: What letter is worth 5 points in Scrabble?

Answer: K

Question: What are the colors of the playing discs in Connect 4?

Answer: Red and Yellow

Question: In Monopoly, if you win a crossword competition, how much do you gain?

Answer: £100

Question: Where does Liverpool Street Station appear on the Monopoly board?

Answer: Between the green and dark blue properties

Question: In Monopoly, what item do you receive from each player if it's your birthday?

Answer: £10

Question: In Monopoly, you win second prize in a beauty contest, how much do you win?

Answer: £10

Question: In which game will you find Coventry Street, Marylebone Station, and Free Parking?

Answer: Monopoly

Question: What's the name of the new 'standard' Monopoly game?

Answer: Here and Now

Question: What symbol is used on the Go square in Monopoly?

Answer: Arrow

Chess Trivia

Question: In Chess, how does a pawn capture another piece?

Answer: Diagonally

Question: How does a castle/rook move on a chess board?

Answer: In a straight line

Question: In Chess, bishops can move in which direction?

Answer: Diagonally

Question: Which color traditionally goes first in Chess?

Answer: White

Question: Which piece makes up the majority on a Chess board?

Answer: Pawn

Question: What Chess move involves moving both the King and the Rook?

Answer: Castling

Question: In Chess, how are the checkers moved?

Answer: In a straight line

Question: What Chess move captures another piece with a pawn?

Answer: Diagonally

Scrabble Trivia

Question: How many blank tiles are there in a Scrabble set?

Answer: 2

Question: The sum of all the letter tiles in a word is doubled when this square is covered in Scrabble - what is written on this square?

Answer: Double word score

Question: Sometimes all seven letter tiles on the rack are used to play a word in Scrabble. What is this called?

Answer: A Bingo

Question: In Scrabble, which two letters are worth 8 points?

Answer: X and J

Question: In the original version of Scrabble, what are red squares on the board for?

Answer: Triple word score

Question: How many triple word scores are there on a Scrabble board?

Answer: 8

Question: How many points is a five-letter word worth in Boggle?

Answer: 2

Question: In Scrabble, how many letter tiles only have one tile?

Answer: 5

Question: What two-letter tiles are the highest scoring two to play in Scrabble?

Answer: Q and Z

Question: In Scrabble, how many extra points does a player receive if all seven letters are used in one go?

Answer: 50

Snakes and Ladders Trivia

Question: In Snakes and Ladders, what does a player do on their turn?

Answer: Roll a pair of dice

Question: How many circles are on the mat of Snakes and Ladders?

Answer: 24

Question: Which board game has the tagline: "The dimensional adventure game of pitfalls and perils!"?

Answer: Fireball Island

Question: What is the name of the extra cube/third die in each Backgammon set?

Answer: The doubler

Question: Which board game involves climbing and falling down places at specific points?

Answer: Snakes and Ladders

Question: How many doors does the Ballroom have on a Cluedo game board?

Answer: 4

Question: How many rooms are there in Cluedo?

Answer: 9

Question: Which of these rooms would you NOT find on a Cluedo board?

Answer: Nursery

Question: In Cluedo, which room does the Study have a secret passage to?

Answer: Kitchen

Question: On the Cluedo board, which room has a black and white checked floor?

Answer: Conservatory

Question: Which room in Cluedo has double doors?

Answer: Hall

Question: How many playing cards are there in Cluedo?

Answer: 21

Question: In Cluedo, which suspect is blue?

Answer: Mrs. Peacock

Question: Which color group does Fleet Street belong to in Monopoly?

Answer: Red

Question: In Monopoly, what words are written alongside the jail square?

Answer: Just Visiting

Trivial Pursuit Trivia

Question: In Trivial Pursuit, what color represents the category "Science & Nature"?

Answer: Green

Question: Which Canadian company first published the Trivial Pursuit board game?

Answer: Horn Abbot Ltd. (later known as Horn Abbot International)

Question: In the original Trivial Pursuit game, what category is represented by the color blue?

Answer: Geography

Question: What does a pie piece represent in Trivial Pursuit?

Answer: A correctly answered question from a specific category

Question: How many categories are there in the classic Trivial Pursuit game?

Answer: Six

Question: Which category in Trivial Pursuit is represented by the color pink?

Answer: Entertainment

Question: What does the acronym "Genus" stand for in the original Trivial Pursuit edition?

Answer: General Knowledge

Question: In Trivial Pursuit, what color represents the category "History"?

Answer: Yellow

Question: Who were the creators of Trivial Pursuit?

Answer: Scott Abbott and Chris Haney

Question: In Trivial Pursuit, what color represents the category "Sports & Leisure"?

Answer: Orange

Question: How many wedges/pie pieces are needed to win a game of Trivial Pursuit?

Answer: Six

Question: In the original Trivial Pursuit game, what category is represented by the color brown?

Answer: Art & Literature

Question: What was the original name of the Trivial Pursuit game before it was officially released?

Answer: "What? Where? When?"

Question: What color represents the category "Science & Technology" in Trivial Pursuit: Genus II Edition?

Answer: Blue

Question: How many questions are there on a standard Trivial Pursuit card?

Answer: Six

Other Board Games Trivia

Question: In Life, what are the blue cards?

Answer: Career

Question: There are 27 squares on the Absolute Balderdash board, with one space for each letter of the alphabet. What is on the extra space in the middle of the board?

Answer: Double Score

Question: What shape are the stone bowls in Go?

Answer: Oval

Question: Go is purported to have originated in which country 4000 years ago?

Answer: China

Question: What is the name of the pieces that make up the first line of defense in a game of Chess?

Answer: Pawns

Question: What is the name of the criminal on the run in Scotland Yard?

Answer: Mr X

Question: What is the Backgammon term for safely removing checkers from a player's home board?

Answer: Bearing off

Question: What shape is the Masterpiece board?

Answer: Circle

Question: How many rooms are there in Cluedo?

Answer: 9

Question: Which one of these is NOT a way to go to jail during a standard Monopoly game?

Answer: Landing on the jail square by roll of the dice

Miscellaneous Board Games Trivia

Question: Which board game has playing pieces of little cars?

Answer: Life

Question: Which board game involves solving a murder?

Answer: Cluedo

Question: Which game involves weapons including the rope and lead pipe?

Answer: Cluedo

Question: In which game do players outbid each other for pieces of art?

Answer: Masterpiece

Question: Which racing board game has a location called Gum Drop Mountain?

Answer: Candy Land

Question: Which board game involves drawing things on paper for your teammates to guess?

Answer: Pictionary

Question: In which game do players fire upon each other's war vessels?

Answer: Battleship

Question: What game is said to be the oldest in recorded history?

Answer: Backgammon

Question: Which board game involves a player asking an opponent about somebody's appearance?

Answer: Guess Who

Question: Which board game involves a video of a gamekeeper who asks players to come closer to the screen?

Answer: Nightmare

Question: Which elimination game has a player guessing which of 24 characters their opponent has picked?

Answer: Guess Who

Question: Which board game involves climbing and falling down places at specific points?

Answer: Snakes and Ladders

Question: Which board game involves a player firing upon their opponent's war vessels?

Answer: Battleship

Question: In which board game do players listen to clues about their secret admirers?

Answer: Dream Phone

Question: What does a player get if they land on a lightbulb in Civilization?

Answer: Technology