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Games of Chance Trivia Quiz

A game of chance? Are you a winner?

A multiple-choice quiz by ClaudiaCat. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
ClaudiaCat

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
363,752

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
805

Last 3 plays: cms4613 (7/10), Triviaballer (7/10), Guest 162 (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Australians have a game of chance known as "Two Up". What special day is it only legally played on? Hint

Australia Day

Anzac Day

It can never legally be played

Christmas Day

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Question 2 of 10

2. Another game of chance is a method of choosing a volunteer to do something. One person holds the exact number of the people involved and each person takes one. How is the volunteer chosen? Hint

Drawing straws, volunteer picks the shortest

Flipping coins, heads win

Drawing straws, volunteer is the last person to choose

Rock, paper, scissors

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Question 3 of 10

3. Carnivals are vibrant, lots of colours and movement with all kinds of attractions happening. There are many carnival games which are games of chance. Usually a small prize is given to a winner. What is the game where you have to hook a duck called? Hint

Fluffy duck

Clown fish

Fish bowl

Duck pond

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Question 4 of 10

4. As known "rock, paper, scissors" is a game played just with the hands of two people. Which one will always win? Hint

Rock

Scissors

Paper

None, equal chance of winning

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Question 5 of 10

5. Yahtzee is a game involving a large amount of chance. What is it played with? Hint

Dice

Coins

Cards

Roulette

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Question 6 of 10

6. Often used to decide an argument is a coin toss. Usually only one coin is used. What is the percentage of winning a coin toss you called? Hint

25%

100

Zero percent

50%

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Question 7 of 10

7. Local charities, sports groups and associations will ask us to buy lottery tickets. How is the winner traditionally picked in such basic lotteries? Hint

Wheel spinning

The winning lottery ticket is drawn, quite often from a bucket

Random guessing

Filling in as with tic-tac-toe

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Question 8 of 10

8. Bingo is a game that utilises a barrel with numbers and you have a card with the same numbers. When the numbers are read out you cross off the same numbers on your card. When you have the numbers that are the same as those that were read out - you win! What do you call out when you think you have won? Hint

I won!

Me me me

Full card

Bingo

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Question 9 of 10

9. There are a lot of games that are held at carnivals but a common one is the spinning wheel. The wheel is spun and where it lands is where there is a winner. What is the chances of winning the spinning wheel? Hint

50%

100%

10%

It depends on the numbers on the spinning wheel

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Question 10 of 10

10. There are games of chance that are related to gambling and there are those that are not. The game of dominoes is a game that started off as gambling but is possibly more known now as a somewhat tactical game. What are dominoes? Hint

Dice

Game board

Cards

Tiles

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Australians have a game of chance known as "Two Up". What special day is it only legally played on?

Answer: Anzac Day

"Two Up" is played with two pennies resting on a board, the board is thrown in the air and how the coins fall deciding whether you win or lose. The person throwing the coins is called the ringer, after all bets have been placed the call of "come in spinner" is made and the coins are tossed.

The outcome decides whether you win or lose, prior to the tossing you can bet on "heads", "tails" or "odds". The history of "Two Up" is now associated with Anzac Day resulting from Australian soldiers extensively playing the game during WW1.

2. Another game of chance is a method of choosing a volunteer to do something. One person holds the exact number of the people involved and each person takes one. How is the volunteer chosen?

Answer: Drawing straws, volunteer picks the shortest

The straws are held in the hand and all appear to be the same length. Each person selects a straw, and the person who picks the short straw is the volunteer. If more than one person is required, then the appropriate number of short straws are added to the handful. Hence, the expression "drawing the short straw".

Answer: Duck pond

Duck pond is where there are numerous yellow plastic ducks floating in a pool. The ducks have a loop on the top of them and the trick is to use a stick with a hook and to hook one of the ducks. The prize that is won is written on the bottom of the duck.

4. As known "rock, paper, scissors" is a game played just with the hands of two people. Which one will always win?

Answer: None, equal chance of winning

There is an equal chance when playing, as rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper and paper beats rock. Usually the game is played as the best out of three tries. It's a good way to settle who should be the not-quite-volunteer for any project.

5. Yahtzee is a game involving a large amount of chance. What is it played with?

Answer: Dice

Yahtzee is game of chance that is played with five dice. Each player is able to roll the dice up to three times to win the round, with one of the 13 possible scoring combinations. Each round is played 13 times to win the game. The dice are scored similarily to that of some card games such as combinations of two of a kind, full house, straight and chance (any combination). Yahtzee is all five dice showing the same number.

6. Often used to decide an argument is a coin toss. Usually only one coin is used. What is the percentage of winning a coin toss you called?

Answer: 50%

When a coin is tossed in the air and lands it is always a 50% chance of landing on either heads or tails.

7. Local charities, sports groups and associations will ask us to buy lottery tickets. How is the winner traditionally picked in such basic lotteries?

Answer: The winning lottery ticket is drawn, quite often from a bucket

A lot of charity, sports groups and community groups use lottery tickets as a venue of raising money. Tickets are sold and those who have bought the tickets have no input in whether they win or not - it is all a game of chance and independent person will pick out a ticket. The ticket that is picked out will win.

Answer: Bingo

Bingo is a popular pub / club game that doesn't rely on any talent just a typical game of chance that either you win or don't.

Answer: It depends on the numbers on the spinning wheel

The spinning wheel will give a percentage of winning by the numbers on the wheel, for example, if there are 20 numbers but only the 7 wins, you have a 1 in 20 chance of winning.

Answer: Tiles

Dominoes are tiles that have dots on them designating there value, one dot, two dots, three dots up to six dots. The basics of the game is to lay the tile down and join the associate tile to it - until you don't have any tiles left.

Source: Author ClaudiaCat

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