Board Games and Beyond Trivia Quiz

Answer: Trouble

'Trouble' is a board game for one to four players. Each member has four pegs with a color (red, green, blue, yellow). In the middle of a board is a dice container with a numbered dice. Each player takes turns popping the container until they hit number 6, then the player pops the dice again and moves their peg as many times as the number says. Whoever runs out of pegs first is the winner. Trouble was invented by the Kohner brothers in 1965.

It was marketed by Milton Bradley.

Answer: Connect Four

'Connect Four' is a two-player game that resembles a grid with six rows and seven columns. The object of the game is to move your red or yellow checker into one of the grids and whoever can get four in a row wins (across, down or horizontally). The game was launched in 1974 and marketed by Milton Bradley.

Answer: Rubik's Cube

'Rubik's Cube' was a very popular puzzle game in the 1980s. It was invented by a Hungarian professor named Ernő Rubik. The game is a large cube with nine blocks on each side, identified by six colors of stickers (red, green, white, yellow, orange and blue). Players need to solve the puzzle by matching every color in the same side of the cube. 'Rubik's Cube' was widely regarded as the most popular toy ever. By 2009, there were over 350 million cubes sold.

Answer: Lizzie Hippo

'Hungry Hungry Hippos' allows two to four players to get their hippo to eat marbles on the board. Whoever ends up with the most marbles is the winner. The game was introduced in 1982 and marketed by Hasbro.

Answer: 54

'Jenga' was invented by Leslie Scott based on a game her family played when she was young. The object is to build a tower of blocks and each player must remove a block without knocking it over. Whoever knocks the blocks over is the loser.

Answer: Battleship

'Battleship' is a board game that requires two players. They put a number of ships on a grid and both players guess a letter and number. If the other player has a ship on that particular grid, it is a hit. If not, it is a miss. If a player has four ship pieces on a grid and the other player guesses each of them correctly, they sunk the other player's battleship.

Answer: Mouse Trap

'Mouse Trap' is marketed by Ideal Toys. The object is for two to four players to compete against each other to catch a mouse and put it in a trap.

Answer: Operation

'Operation' is a battery-operated game in which two or more players compete to take parts of a body out for money. If a player touches the metal sides of the part they remove, a buzzer on the patient's nose goes red and the player loses a turn. Whichever player with the most money wins.

Answer: Stratego

'Stratego' has two players competing to capture each other's pieces. One side is red and the other is blue. If a stronger piece winds up on a weaker piece's spot, the weaker piece needs to be removed. The ranks range from marshal to flag (highest to lowest).

Answer: Dungeon Dice

In the game 'Dungeon Dice' the player(s) pretend they are locked in a dungeon and try to escape using dice. The player uses the dice to get around the guards and whoever comes up with six dice and knocks out six guards is the winner.