Bertopia

Games Trivia

Chess, board games, cards and video game history

Games Trivia is a Bertopia flashcard pack of 58 cards: chess, board games, cards and video game history. It covers chess; board games; card games; video game history; puzzles.

Sample cards

How many squares are on a standard chessboard?
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64
The Laws of Chess define the board as an 8 by 8 grid of 64 equal squares, alternating light and dark.
How much do you collect for passing GO in standard Monopoly?
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$200
The official rules pay a $200 salary each time your token lands on or passes GO. Extra money for landing exactly on GO is not in the standard rules.
Ernő Rubik, inventor of the Rubik's Cube, came from which country?
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Hungary
Rubik was a Hungarian design teacher who built his first cube, which he called the Magic Cube, in 1974.
Who created Tetris in 1984?
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Alexey Pajitnov
Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet programmer, created Tetris in 1984 after playing with a pentomino puzzle.
How many cards are in a standard deck, not counting jokers?
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52
A standard pack has 52 cards: four suits of 13 ranks each, from ace down to 2. Jokers are extras on top of the 52.
Which chess piece can jump over other pieces?
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Knight
Bishops, rooks and queens cannot pass over other pieces. The knight is the exception: it jumps to a square two away in an L shape.

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