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
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