General Board Game Trivia

  1. What classic board game involves purchasing and trading properties?
    Answer: Monopoly

  2. In chess, which piece can only move diagonally?
    Answer: Bishop

  3. Which board game is known as “Cluedo” in the UK?
    Answer: Clue

  4. What game involves removing blocks from a tower without knocking it over?
    Answer: Jenga

  5. In Scrabble, how many points is the letter “Q” worth?
    Answer: 10 points

  6. Which game uses a spinner and involves choosing a career path?
    Answer: The Game of Life

  7. What color are the four houses in the game “Candy Land”?
    Answer: Red, blue, yellow, and green

  8. In Risk, what is the goal of the game?
    Answer: To conquer the world by defeating all opponents

  9. Which board game features a detective solving the murder of Mr. Boddy?
    Answer: Clue (Cluedo)

  10. What board game involves placing tiles to build cities, roads, and farms in a medieval landscape?
    Answer: Carcassonne

  11. In which game do players try to “sink” their opponent’s ships?
    Answer: Battleship

  12. What is the highest possible score from a single play in Scrabble?
    Answer: 1778 points (using the word “oxyphenbutazone” across multiple triple word scores)

  13. Which game involves trading resources such as wood, brick, and sheep?
    Answer: Settlers of Catan

  14. What board game involves trying to guess your opponent’s secret identity as a spy?
    Answer: Codenames

  15. Which game features a board with ladders and snakes?
    Answer: Snakes and Ladders

  16. In Monopoly, what is the name of the most expensive property?
    Answer: Boardwalk

  17. What game is played on a hexagonal board where players compete to control territory?
    Answer: Hive

  18. What is the object of the game “Sorry!”?
    Answer: To get all four of your pawns from start to home

  19. In the game “Ticket to Ride,” what are players collecting to complete routes?
    Answer: Train cards

  20. In which game do players use letter tiles to create words on a grid?
    Answer: Scrabble