Everyone loves a good board game - but how well do you know their rules? Enough to identify the game by one single rule? Take our quiz to find out!
Question 1/12
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In what game must you capture the opponent's king?
Castle
Chess
Risk
Question 2/12
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Whenever you land on an unowned property, you may buy it. What game is this?
Monopoly
Sorry
Yahtzee
Question 3/12
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The player with a letter closest to "A" plays first in what game?
Candyland
Jenga
Scrabble
Question 4/12
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If you accuse the wrong person of murder, you may make no further moves in what game?
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Clue
Risk
Question 5/12
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In what game must you spend your first turn determining whether you're going to get a career or go to college?
The Game of Life
Monopoly
Wheel of Fortune
Question 6/12
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Which of the following games involves "bearing off"?
Backgammon
Chess
Othello
Question 7/12
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Which of the following games involves saying "hit" or "miss" in response to your opponent?
Chutes and Ladders
Mancala
Battleship
Question 8/12
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Which game involves a lake in the middle of the board in which players must move around, instead of through?
Go
Stratego
Chinese Checkers
Question 9/12
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Which of the following games involves taking turns dropping red and yellow checkers into slots?
Connect Four
Battleship
Yahtzee
Question 10/12
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In which game can players dispute each others' answers when a word does not seem appropriate for a category?
Scattergories
Pictionary
Word Play
Question 11/12
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In which game can you move forward through a shortcut, but not backward?
Monopoly
Sorry!
Candy Land
Question 12/12
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In which game do you lose if you allow a tower of pegs to fall?
Jenga
Guess Who
Othello
Well, hopefully you have a friend or someone in your family who keeps track of board game rules when you guys play. It's no big deal if you're not the best at remembering rules, as long as you're not actively cheating in games anyways!
C+, Grappling with Games
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Right!
You didn't remember some of the tougher things on this quiz, but you certainly proved that your brain is capable of recalling a majority of important game rules and objectives. You're likely the one that keeps the order when you and your friends and family play board games!
B+, Gaming Great
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Board games rules and objectives can be hard to get down sometimes, but clearly that's no problem whatsoever for you! You're probably the one who's so good at board games that no one wants to play you - not for any reasons of dislike, but because the know they have no chance!
A+, Gaming Guru
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Right!
1
In what game must you capture the opponent's king?
Castle
Chess
Risk
2
Whenever you land on an unowned property, you may buy it. What game is this?
Monopoly
Sorry
Yahtzee
3
The player with a letter closest to "A" plays first in what game?
Candyland
Jenga
Scrabble
4
If you accuse the wrong person of murder, you may make no further moves in what game?
Sorry!
Clue
Risk
5
In what game must you spend your first turn determining whether you're going to get a career or go to college?
The Game of Life
Monopoly
Wheel of Fortune
6
Which of the following games involves "bearing off"?
Backgammon
Chess
Othello
7
Which of the following games involves saying "hit" or "miss" in response to your opponent?
Chutes and Ladders
Mancala
Battleship
8
Which game involves a lake in the middle of the board in which players must move around, instead of through?
Go
Stratego
Chinese Checkers
9
Which of the following games involves taking turns dropping red and yellow checkers into slots?
Connect Four
Battleship
Yahtzee
10
In which game can players dispute each others' answers when a word does not seem appropriate for a category?
Scattergories
Pictionary
Word Play
11
In which game can you move forward through a shortcut, but not backward?
Monopoly
Sorry!
Candy Land
12
In which game do you lose if you allow a tower of pegs to fall?
Jenga
Guess Who
Othello
