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On the Tiles Trivia Quiz

There I was just minding my own business, when out of nowhere ... some tiles appeared in front of me. "What game is this?", says I. "It's on the tiles" came the reply. See if you work out the games from what's on the tiles.

A multiple-choice quiz by suomy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
suomy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
359,849

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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689

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Question 1 of 10

1. So, what do we have? A rectangular set of tiles with up to two groups of dimples on one side of each tile is my first specimen. No two tiles are the same. What game do I have here?
Hint

Qwirkle

Dominoes

Mahjong

Quad-Ominos

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Question 2 of 10

2. A pile of tiles descends on me. "There are 144 in all in this set", announces the voice. A few of them have characters on them. There are ones representing flowers, some for dragons, four for the seasons and another four for the winds. I remember that this is a rummy-like game. So what is the game?
Hint

Kaliko

Chinese dominoes

Mahjong

Rummikub

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Question 3 of 10

3. I've seen these before! In this version there are ten dark coloured hexagonal tiles with three different lines of colour on each of them. Each colour starts at one side and runs or loops to another side. Flip them over and each tile is individually numbered. It looks like you have to get the colours to match those on neighbouring tiles, leaving no loose ends. It's a bit of a puzzler. What is it?
Hint

Tantrix

Ingenious

Trias

Exxit

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Question 4 of 10

4. More hexagonal tiles land in front of me except these ones have bugs on them. There are twenty-two in all showing queen bees, ants, spiders, beetles and grasshoppers. What could this game of strategy be?
Hint

Magic Realm

Hive

Insecto

Taluva

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Question 5 of 10

5. This one is a bit of a puzzler. There are seven tiles altogether - two large, a medium and two small-sized triangles, a small square and a parallelogram. They are all presently arranged to form a solid square. "Here are some shapes to try and make from the tiles", rumbles the voice.
Hint

Okey

Tangram

Gheos

Fjords

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Here's the next one", says the voice handing me a bag. In it I find over a hundred square tiles decorated with one of six different shapes and six different colours. There are three sets of each. Playing around with them, I see that it is possible to get a row of six all of the same colour but different shapes or the same shapes but different colours. "Six tiles in a row like that get you six bonus points. It is also gives you the name of the game", the voice informs me. What would that be?
Hint

Qwirkle

Quad-Ominos

Tantrix

Heroscape

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Question 7 of 10

7. A bag of tiles lands in front of me. On one side of these square tiles is a letter with a small number in one corner. The whole alphabet is represented, some of the letters multiple times. The numbers run from one to ten. There are a couple of blank tiles as well. The voice says: " Here's the board that goes with the game".
Hint

Anagrams

Scrabble

Exxit

Qwirkle

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Question 8 of 10

8. The voice deposits a pile of Tetris-like shaped tiles in front of me. Four different colours and twenty-one shapes are represented. "Here's the board to go with it." Well, what could this game be? No, it is not Tetris. Hint

Hive

Anagrams

Blokus

Tangram

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Question 9 of 10

9. The next lot of tiles to land in front of me are numbered one through to thirteen. Since there are 104 of them, it is a bit like having two packs of cards. In fact you could play the game with cards instead of tiles. There are also a couple of joker tiles. So which of these games is it?
Hint

Ancients

Triominos

Mhing

Rummikub

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Question 10 of 10

10. The square tiles on this game have various pictures of terrain on them. Some show bits of castle wall, some show cloisters, and yet others have fields with bits of road crossing them. "Oh, here is the expansion pack containing the river sections", said the voice. What terrain-building game is this?
Hint

Carcassonne

Fjords

The Settlers of Catan

Alhambra

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. So, what do we have? A rectangular set of tiles with up to two groups of dimples on one side of each tile is my first specimen. No two tiles are the same. What game do I have here?

Answer: Dominoes

Dominoes have been around for quite some time. The earliest written reference to the game dates back to 13th Century China. When the game made its way to the West in the 18th Century, tiles with blanks on at least one half were introduced. Duplicate tiles were also removed.

Answer: Mahjong

This is another Chinese game usually played with four players. Although there are suggestions that Confucius had a hand in creating it around 500 BC, it may have been developed from a similar card game during the 19th Century. There are references to the game in West at the turn of the 20th Century and games were sold in the US from 1920. The Japanese and Koreans have three-player versions.

Rummy-style games involve matching sets of playing cards of the same value or runs of cards of the same suit.

Answer: Tantrix

Tantrix is a New Zealand creation which has been around since 1988. Versions of this puzzle game can be played as a solitaire or competitively. In the version outlined, the number on the back of the tile determines which and how many tiles are used. The player solves the problem using the required number of tiles to create loops of each colour without any loose ends.

Answer: Hive

Hive is a strategy game where the object is to trap the opponent's queen bee. The different pieces have particular moves that they can make. The queen bee is unable to move when surrounded which brings the game to an end. There is no board to play on.

Answer: Tangram

Tangram is a dissection puzzle game originating in China. The challenge is to form specific shapes from the pieces. Tangoes is a two-player version where the puzzle solving is competitive. It is said to develop spatial reasoning skills.

Answer: Qwirkle

Qwirkle has a bit of Rummy in it and some Scrabble features. A Qwirkle is a set of six tiles sharing some feature - colour or shape. The game dates from 2006 and achieved the Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) award in 2011.

Answer: Scrabble

This game is all about making words from the tiles in your hand linked to one or more words on the board. It is reportedly the second best-selling board game behind Monopoly. Scrabble is a 1938 variation of a game called Lexiko developed by an American architect. He sold the rights after failing to interest the game manufacturers of the day. A name change, some simplification of rules and a lucky break saw sales take off.

Answer: Blokus

This is another game of strategy. Unlike Tetris where you are filling spaces with the blocks, like colours can only touch each other by their corners. The game starts from the corners of the board with the colours played sequentially. Developed in 2000, similar versions have been produced for various electronic platforms.

Answer: Rummikub

Rummikub has various alternative names (such as Rummy-O) and elements of Rummy, Chess and Mahjong game play in it. It was invented during the 1930s. Normally played by two to four players, there is a six-player version as well as online versions.

Answer: Carcassonne

Carcassonne is a strategy game following the German-style of board games where luck and conflict gives way strategy and all players tend to remain in the game for the duration. Carcassonne finishes once the tiles are all placed. It was created in 2000.

Source: Author suomy

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