| Each player is dealt 26 cards in this game; if both players turn up a card of the same rank, it's this, the name of the game |
War |
200 |
September 29, 2020 |
| Peppermint Stick Forest & Molasses Swamp were 2 tasty locations in the classic version of this board game |
<i>Candy Land</i> |
400 |
September 29, 2020 |
| In Charades if you draw a rectangle around your head, you're going to act out the title of one of these |
a television show |
600 |
September 29, 2020 |
| In the game of Hearts, this card is known as "The Black Lady" |
the queen of spades |
|
September 29, 2020 |
| Boots of Butt-Kicking & the Staff of Napalm are in this game that shares its name with a "Wizard of Oz" folk |
<i>Munchkin</i> |
200 |
December 3, 2014 |
| In the app called Plants vs. these, you have an army of vegetables at your disposal to defeat the undead |
Zombies |
400 |
December 3, 2014 |
| In the app called Sushi Monster, kids practice this school subject by feeding the title monster sushi |
math |
600 |
December 3, 2014 |
| To play this pool game named for an Italian, try to determine where people are by homing in on their voices |
Marco Polo |
800 |
December 3, 2014 |
| Build roads & cities in the Mayfair board game called "Settlers of" this place |
Catan |
1000 |
December 3, 2014 |
| An explorer lends his name to this call & response swimming pool game |
Marco Polo |
200 |
January 25, 2011 |
| In other words, this summer camp game could be called "Seize Your Enemy's Banner" |
Capture the Flag |
400 |
January 25, 2011 |
| They'll treat you like a "king" in Petal, Mississippi, home to the International Hall of Fame for this board game |
checkers |
600 |
January 25, 2011 |
| This lawn game was once called pall mall, from Italian words meaning "ball" & "mallet" |
croquet |
800 |
January 25, 2011 |
| In terms of the use of fingers, it's the game in which 0 beats 2, 2 beats 5 & 5 beats 0 |
Rock, Paper, Scissors |
1000 |
January 25, 2011 |
| When you're playing this party game, you could call it "Attach the Terminal Vertebrae to the Jackass" |
Pin the Tail on the Donkey |
200 |
May 22, 2008 |
| When you're playing this board game trademarked in 1948, you'll draw up to 7 letter tiles |
<i>Scrabble</i> |
400 |
May 22, 2008 |
| In checkers this piece can move forwards & backwards |
the king |
600 |
May 22, 2008 |
| (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Las Vegas.) James Bond loves to play a high-stakes version of Baccarat known by this 3-word French name |
Chemin de Fer |
800 |
May 22, 2008 |
| Join in & tell us that this is the lowest-rated suit in contract bridge |
clubs |
1000 |
May 22, 2008 |
| This British sport features 2 teams of 11 members & 2 wickets placed 22 yards apart |
cricket |
200 |
June 8, 2006 |
| Battledore & shuttlecock was the forerunner of this racket game |
badminton |
400 |
June 8, 2006 |
| It's the trademarked name for the game that uses a hollow white celluloid ball that's 40 mm in diameter |
Ping-Pong |
600 |
June 8, 2006 |
| A fronton is the arena in which this sport is played |
jai alai |
800 |
June 8, 2006 |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew plays croquet.) In U.S. croquet, a ball that goes through all the wickets has this travelling name, especially if it's the red one |
a rover |
1000 |
June 8, 2006 |
| Each year millions of people participate in this indoor game using special shoes & Brunswick equipment |
bowling |
200 |
March 29, 2004 |
| The Cup of the Americas is up for grabs in matches between the U.S. & Argentina in this mounted game |
polo |
400 |
March 29, 2004 |
| 5,6 jackstraws, no, 5,6 spillikins, no, 5,6 this; yeah, that's it, same game |
pick up sticks |
600 |
March 29, 2004 |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Bronx, New York) A broomstick & a Spaldeen were all you needed for this street game; Willie Mays was famous for joining in |
stickball |
800 |
March 29, 2004 |
| Around Japan you'll find parlors filled with these games that are a cross between pinball & slot machines |
pachinko |
1000 |
March 29, 2004 |
| (The Clue Crew plays a game.) This game brings new meaning to the phrase "contact sports"--left foot-- yellow |
<i>Twister</i> |
200 |
April 4, 2002 |
| Merriam-Webster is up to the 3rd edition of its "Official" dictionary for players of this game |
<i>Scrabble</i> |
400 |
April 4, 2002 |
| The character seen hererepresents this board game |
<i>Monopoly</i> |
600 |
April 4, 2002 |
| To win in Ping-Pong you have to be at least this many points ahead |
two |
800 |
April 4, 2002 |
| Among its editions are Genus IV, Junior & Millennium |
<i>Trivial Pursuit</i> |
1000 |
April 4, 2002 |
| Experts suggest you begin this game by moving 1 or 2 pawns before bringing knights into play |
Chess |
100 |
June 25, 1997 |
| Rich Uncle Pennybags is the name of the mustached character on this game's box, board & cards |
Monopoly |
200 |
June 25, 1997 |
| Among this company's games are Boggle, Risk & Sorry |
Parker Brothers |
300 |
June 25, 1997 |
| In one version of this game, 108 tiles are grouped into 3 suits: dots, bams & craks |
Mah Jongg |
400 |
June 25, 1997 |
| In 1931 architect Alfred M. Butts developed this board-&-tile game, calling it Crisscrosswords |
Scrabble |
500 |
June 25, 1997 |
| In pool the cue ball is white & this number ball is black |
the 8-ball |
100 |
May 21, 1996 |
| Five-card draw & five-card stud are variations of this card game |
poker |
200 |
May 21, 1996 |
| TV's "Wheel of Fortune" is based on this pencil & paper game |
hangman |
300 |
May 21, 1996 |
| It's the company that introduced the video games Donkey Kong & Super Mario Brothers |
Nintendo |
400 |
May 21, 1996 |
| In Monopoly the name of this yellow property is actually misspelled |
Marvin Gardens |
500 |
May 21, 1996 |
| This is a game of guessing words or phrases acted out, sometimes syllable by syllable |
Charades |
100 |
April 9, 1996 |
| Of boccie, bagatelle, & baccarat, the one that doesn't use balls |
baccarat |
200 |
April 9, 1996 |
| You take an opponent's checker after you do this to it |
Jump It |
300 |
April 9, 1996 |
| In this game a person whose eyes are covered must determine a person's identity by feeling the face |
Blind Man\'s Bluff |
400 |
April 9, 1996 |
| In gin rummy, a hand ends when one player calls "Gin" or does this |
Knock |
500 |
April 9, 1996 |
| Hey dude--in 1990 this TV show inspired a "Don't Have a Cow" dice game |
<i>The Simpsons</i> |
100 |
February 17, 1995 |
| In Monopoly a question mark appears in each of the 3 spaces marked this |
Chance |
200 |
February 17, 1995 |
| This milkcap game that's sweeping the world derives its name from a tropical juice drink |
Pog |
300 |
February 17, 1995 |
| This game in which you repeat the pattern of 4 colored lights is billed as "The Ultimate Brain Battle" |
Simon |
400 |
February 17, 1995 |
| A fantastic island shrouded in intrigue & betrayal is at the heart of this top-selling CD-ROM game |
<i>Myst</i> |
500 |
February 17, 1995 |
| Mayfair is the most valuable property in the British version of this game |
<i>Monopoly</i> |
100 |
July 18, 1994 |
| It's the only chess piece that always stays on squares of the same color |
the bishop |
200 |
July 18, 1994 |
| Among the suspects in Clue, he's the military man |
Colonel Mustard |
300 |
July 18, 1994 |
| In this game it's possible but very difficult to score 501 points in 9 throws |
darts |
400 |
July 18, 1994 |
| In this card game a hand that has no card higher than a 9 is called a yarborough |
bridge |
500 |
July 18, 1994 |
| In checkers, when a piece reaches the opposite side of the board, this happens |
it gets kinged (or crowned) |
100 |
October 10, 1991 |
| If you suspect Mrs. Peacock did it in the conservatory with a knife, you're playing this game |
<i>Clue</i> |
200 |
October 10, 1991 |
| Unlike regular checkers, Chinese checkers is played on this shape board |
a (six-pointed) star shape |
300 |
October 10, 1991 |
| In Monopoly it's the first property after "Go" |
Mediterranean |
400 |
October 10, 1991 |
| In bridge, an attempt to take a trick with a low card while holding on to a higher one is called this |
a finesse |
500 |
October 10, 1991 |
| It occupies the center of a Bingo card |
Free |
100 |
June 3, 1991 |
| You begin this word game by drawing a scaffold |
Hangman |
200 |
June 3, 1991 |
| The highest single turn score recorded in this game in the U.S. was 302 for the word "reequip" |
<i>Scrabble</i> |
300 |
June 3, 1991 |
| As early as 1547 Antonio Torquemada wrote a book about this game, also called draughts |
checkers |
400 |
June 3, 1991 |
| Expectorate in the sea, or a wild card form of poker |
spit in the ocean |
500 |
June 3, 1991 |
| There really is a pasta-twirling game that comes with plastic meatballs & 4 fake strings of this pasta |
spaghetti |
100 |
May 13, 1991 |
| The suspects in this "Jr." version of this detective game include Peter Plum & Mortimer Mustard |
<i>Clue</i> (<i>Jr.</i>) |
200 |
May 13, 1991 |
| A Looney Tunes set for this board game features Daffy Duck & Elmer Fudd as the 2 queens |
chess |
300 |
May 13, 1991 |
| In Pressman's "One Bad Apple" game, you "pick an apple from the barrel, but don't let" this animal "pop up!" |
a worm |
400 |
May 13, 1991 |
| A game by Milton Bradley in which clumsy "surgeons" set off an alarm |
<i>Operation</i> |
500 |
May 13, 1991 |
| This copyrighted game played with five dice is based on & named for the game of "Yacht" |
<i>Yahtzee</i> |
100 |
April 5, 1991 |
| In craps a "come-out" roll of either of these two numbers wins |
7 or 11 |
200 |
April 5, 1991 |
| In charades it's how you indicate that a word or syllable "sounds like another" |
by tugging on your ear |
300 |
April 5, 1991 |
| For this game you need a deck of cards, a noddy board & some pegs to mark your points |
cribbage |
400 |
April 5, 1991 |
| In Hong Kong the shuffling of the tiles in this game is known as "the twittering of the sparrows" |
mahjong |
500 |
April 5, 1991 |
| Most of the properties in Monopoly are named for streets in this New Jersey resort |
Atlantic City |
100 |
September 14, 1990 |
| After cards are shuffled the player to the dealer's right does this to them |
cut them |
200 |
September 14, 1990 |
| Made up word that's the name of the Milton Bradley game of drawing definitions |
<i>Pictionary</i> |
300 |
September 14, 1990 |
| In this spooky spelling game players are penalized when they complete a word |
Ghost |
500 |
September 14, 1990 |
| This game whose name means "ethical consideration" has you deal with moral dilemmas |
<i>Scruples</i> |
|
September 14, 1990 |
| In this game the "scotch" refers to a line |
Hopscotch |
100 |
May 18, 1990 |
| In some versions of this game a crowned piece becomes a "queen", not a king |
Checkers |
200 |
May 18, 1990 |
| The 2 utilities in "Monopoly" |
Electric Company & Water Works |
300 |
May 18, 1990 |
| Pepys reported his wife & her friends played this game known as "Blind Fly" in Italy & "Blind Buck" in Sweden |
Blind Man\'s Bluff |
400 |
May 18, 1990 |
| In the Black Lady version of this game the Queen of Spades counts for 13 points |
Hearts |
500 |
May 18, 1990 |
| "Chicken Out" is a board game based on the riddle "Why did the chicken" do this |
Cross the road |
100 |
March 12, 1990 |
| In "The Batman Game", you join Batman to fight crime in this city on a glow-in-the-dark board |
Gotham City |
200 |
March 12, 1990 |
| Milton Bradley calls its game of "Chutes &" these "an exciting up and down game for little people" |
Ladders |
300 |
March 12, 1990 |
| The "apologetic" name of Parker Brothers' "Slide Pursuit Game" |
Sorry! |
400 |
March 12, 1990 |
| To win this game named for an avuncular rabbit, you have to be 1st to reach Dr. Possum's house |
Uncle Wiggily |
500 |
March 12, 1990 |
| Game in which you can score 3 points for a "ringer", 2 for a "leaner" & 1 for landing nearest the stake |
horseshoes |
100 |
May 17, 1989 |
| In tag, the one who's supposed to touch another player has this 2-letter title |
it |
200 |
May 17, 1989 |
| Card suit whose shape is based on the French trefoil symbol |
clubs |
300 |
May 17, 1989 |
| With a standard card, you can get a bingo with as few as this many numbers called |
four |
400 |
May 17, 1989 |
| Nolan Bushnell, who founded Atari, invented this 1st popular video game |
Pong |
500 |
May 17, 1989 |
| He created a "magic strategy game" & a "magic picture game" as well as a cube |
Rubik |
100 |
February 15, 1989 |
| To play "hot potato" you have to do this to the potato until the music stops |
pass it (carry it back and forth) |
200 |
February 15, 1989 |
| "Squad Leader", "Panzer Leader" & "Patton's Best" are all games based on this war |
World War II |
300 |
February 15, 1989 |
| Shakespeare's tragic Moor might have enjoyed this strategy game that shares his name |
Othello |
400 |
February 15, 1989 |
| The "Master Detective" version of this game has more suspects, more weapons & more rooms |
<i>Clue</i> |
500 |
February 15, 1989 |
| Before there was plastic, this badminton playing piece was made with a cork & feathers |
a shuttlecock |
100 |
January 3, 1989 |
| In a poker game without wild cards, it's the highest hand you can draw |
a royal flush |
200 |
January 3, 1989 |
| A computer version of this, the world's most popular board game, cuts playing time by ⅔ |
<i>Monopoly</i> |
300 |
January 3, 1989 |
| This player bids 1st in bridge |
the dealer |
400 |
January 3, 1989 |
| In Chicago pool, the balls must be pocketed in this order |
number order (or numerical order) |
500 |
January 3, 1989 |
| In this game, a player must draw from the boneyard until he is able to play his turn |
dominoes |
100 |
December 6, 1988 |
| There's a 5 point penalty for going beyond the 10 off space when shooting in this game |
shuffleboard |
200 |
December 6, 1988 |
| In charades, this is indicated by the number of fingers placed on the arm |
syllables |
300 |
December 6, 1988 |
| "Skeptical" card game in which players place cards of one denomination face down in order |
I Doubt It |
400 |
December 6, 1988 |
| Sidewalk con game where you have to identify one of a trio of unexposed cards |
Three-card Monte |
500 |
December 6, 1988 |
| Mumblety-peg is played by throwing this implement |
knife |
100 |
October 28, 1988 |
| In Monopoly, Atlantic Avenue is yellow & Pacific Avenue this color |
green |
200 |
October 28, 1988 |
| On a standard craps table, this 4-letter word is spelled with the biggest letters |
come |
300 |
October 28, 1988 |
| Board game in which a player can create a prime, a barrier of 6 points which an opponent cannot pass |
backgammon |
400 |
October 28, 1988 |
| Author J.R.R. Tolkien helped inspire G. Gygax & D. Arneson to invent this role-playing game |
Dungeons & Dragons |
500 |
October 28, 1988 |
| In haunted houses, rattling bones are skeletons; in casinos, rattling "bones" are these |
Dice |
100 |
October 11, 1988 |
| The 1st square after "Go" in Monopoly, it's impossible to land there on your 1st roll |
Mediterranean |
200 |
October 11, 1988 |
| The highest-numbered solid-colored ball in a standard game of pocket billiards |
8 |
300 |
October 11, 1988 |
| No matter what word the 1st player puts down in "Scrabble", he always receives this bonus |
Double Word |
500 |
October 11, 1988 |
| Games that are the title subject of the following song: |
"Games People Play" |
|
October 11, 1988 |
| In "Hangman" dashes or blanks indicate the number of these |
letters |
100 |
June 16, 1988 |
| In "Crazy Eights", these cards score 50 points each |
eights |
200 |
June 16, 1988 |
| Many players own their own set of these, used to play "301" in a pub |
darts |
400 |
June 16, 1988 |
| Term for what players do to determine the order of shooting in pool |
lag |
500 |
June 16, 1988 |
| In "Going on a Trip", what you might say if the player before you is "taking an apple & a book" |
apple, book & C word |
|
June 16, 1988 |
| The "Couch Potato Game" was made to be played on the couch while doing this |
watching TV |
100 |
March 16, 1988 |
| To win this game, your bug must have 1 body, 1 head, 2 antennae, 2 eyes, 1 tongue & 6 legs |
Cootie |
200 |
March 16, 1988 |
| You can also play this popular crossword game "backwards" in a Hebrew edition |
Scrabble |
300 |
March 16, 1988 |
| The 2 words in the upper corners of a Ouija board next to pictures of the sun & moon |
yes & no |
400 |
March 16, 1988 |
| "Colorful" women in the game of Clue who might have done it in the ballroom with a lead pipe |
(2 of) Miss Scarlet, Mrs. White (Mrs. Peacock) |
500 |
March 16, 1988 |
| The fortune-telling game known as the "Mystifying Oracle" |
Ouija |
100 |
February 12, 1988 |
| When playing checkers, each player starts out with this many checkers |
12 |
200 |
February 12, 1988 |
| "Go" originated in this country over 4000 years ago |
China |
300 |
February 12, 1988 |
| Mille Bornes is a cross-country French auto race game played with these |
cards |
400 |
February 12, 1988 |
| The man who brought you bingo, Edwin S. Lowe, 1st marketed this 5-dice game of skill & chance |
Yahtzee |
500 |
February 12, 1988 |
| One version says this game was created by monks & named after 1st line of Psalm 110, "Dixit Dominus meo" |
dominoes |
100 |
February 13, 1987 |
| Edwin S. Lowe, the man who developed this game, lived to age 75, the highest number on its cards |
bingo |
200 |
February 13, 1987 |
| Number of pieces with which each player begins a game of chess |
16 |
300 |
February 13, 1987 |
| Board game where you bear off |
backgammon |
400 |
February 13, 1987 |
| There is a penalty in this Oriental game for calling a false woo |
mah-jongg |
500 |
February 13, 1987 |
| Game in which players must ask this question before taking 3 itty bitty steps or 1 giant one |
May I |
100 |
February 4, 1987 |
| Spelling game where player who adds a letter that completes a word becomes a fraction of this |
Ghost |
200 |
February 4, 1987 |
| This game became so popular that by 1882 the All-England Croquet Club dropped croquet |
tennis |
400 |
February 4, 1987 |
| Respective winners in each of the following matchups: scissors & stone, stone & paper, scissors & paper |
stone, paper, scissors |
|
February 4, 1987 |
| 13th century Italian explorer who lent his name to a children's swimming pool game |
Marco Polo |
100 |
December 11, 1986 |
| Color of the "Community Chest" cards in a U.S. Monopoly set |
yellow |
200 |
December 11, 1986 |
| In Bingo, the free space is under this letter |
N |
100 |
March 26, 1986 |
| A variation of this board game is Acey Deucey |
backgammon |
200 |
March 26, 1986 |
| = |
= |
300 |
March 26, 1986 |
| = |
= |
400 |
March 26, 1986 |
| = |
= |
500 |
March 26, 1986 |
| When a player asks for aces & his opponent has none, he's asked to "go" do this |
fish |
100 |
January 7, 1986 |
| They were pyramidal, pentahedral, & octahedral before being standardized as cubes |
dice |
200 |
January 7, 1986 |
| American Indians made them by dipping gourds into latex & curing them with smoke |
balls |
300 |
January 7, 1986 |
| Common card game named for 2 common kinds of alcoholic beverages |
gin rummy |
400 |
January 7, 1986 |
| Some ancient Chinese battles were halted & played out with this complex board game |
go |
500 |
January 7, 1986 |
| Featuring disks & a board with triangles, this popular game may be the oldest still played |
backgammon |
100 |
December 23, 1985 |
| The maximum number of players in Chinese checkers |
6 |
200 |
December 23, 1985 |
| Popular board game also known as draughts |
checkers |
300 |
December 23, 1985 |
| Parlor game for 2 groups of players taking turns as "actors" & "audience" |
charades |
400 |
December 23, 1985 |
| On the 1st roll, the 3 numbers which mean "craps" |
2, 3, & 12 |
500 |
December 23, 1985 |
| It's normal chess move is one square in any direction |
the king |
100 |
January 1, 1985 |
| Mythical creature that serves as 1 type of honors tiles in Mah Jongg |
the dragon |
200 |
January 1, 1985 |
| 7 or 11 in craps, or Robert Redford in recent movie |
a natural |
400 |
January 1, 1985 |
| Number of cards in a bridge trick |
4 |
500 |
January 1, 1985 |
| Card game played in this Carpenters hit:There was a man, a lonely man... |
"Solitaire" |
|
January 1, 1985 |