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Rice, Wheat, Corn or Barley? Trivia Quiz

Many board games and card cards have various resources or commodities that are an important part of gameplay. Players buy them, trade and sell them, use them to build and score points. See how well you know your games and resources by taking this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by SP44000. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
SP44000

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
364,338

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
285

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Question 1 of 10

1. Wheat, corn and barley are three of the commodities in the original version of the card game Pit. Various versions have been produced over the years and the commodities have not always been the same. What are the four additional commodities from the original version of the game? Hint

rye, hay, flax and oats

rice, cocoa, gold and silver

coffee, sugar, soybeans and rye

oranges, cattle, oil and gas

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Question 2 of 10

2. Cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, peppercorns and ginger are the resources players use in Goa, a spice traders game. These spices can be obtained in all but which of the following ways? Hint

through trade with other players

when a plantation tile is purchased

when a colony is established

from some expedition cards

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Question 3 of 10

3. In Settlers of Catan, players use resources to build roads, settlements and cities. Which resources are needed to upgrade a settlement to a city? Hint

wood, sheep and clay

grain and ore

ore and clay

grain, clay, sheep and wood

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which tile-laying game gives players resources such as sheep and stone when tiles are activated? Hint

Glen More

Alhambra

Carcassonne

Wooly Bully

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Question 5 of 10

5. Some games enable players to score points with resources they have available during endgame scoring. Which of the following games have this rule? Hint

Macao and Power Grid

Settlers of Catan and Glen More

Stone Age and Caylus

Agricola and Goa

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Question 6 of 10

6. In Puerto Rico, occupied plantations produce resources or goods during the craftsman phase when players have occupied buildings for the corresponding goods. Only one resource does not require a building for production. Which resource is it? Hint

sugar

indigo

tobacco

corn

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Question 7 of 10

7. Numerous games include food as an important part of gameplay. In which game is food specifically used as a resource? Hint

Terra Mystica

Stone Age

Caylus

Village

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Question 8 of 10

8. Power Grid is a game in which players compete to supply power to cities across a map. What are the resources that player can buy to meet the demands for power? Hint

coal, oil, uranium and solar power

coal, oil, garbage and uranium

wind and solar power, coal and oil

diesel fuel, nuclear fuel and coal

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Question 9 of 10

9. Rokoko and Caylus are both games that include cloth as a resource. The other resources in Caylus are primarily building materials. What additional sewing resources are a part of Rokoko? Hint

buttons and lace

lace and yarn

yarn and buttons

fur and buttons

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which worker placement game includes a domestic market that causes the price of resources such as fish, wood, stone, iron and cattle to fluctuate? Hint

Archipelago

Amerigo

New Amsterdam

Tzolk'in

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: rye, hay, flax and oats

All of the commodities included in the incorrect answers are in at least one version of the game. The original game was released in 1903 and it contained seven commodities. Modern versions have not only changed the commodities, but the number of commodities included has been eight rather than seven.

2. Cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, peppercorns and ginger are the resources players use in Goa, a spice traders game. These spices can be obtained in all but which of the following ways?

Answer: through trade with other players

If players have an open space on a plantation or colony tile they may also obtain spices by using the harvest action during the action phase. The game was designed by Rudiger Dorn.

3. In Settlers of Catan, players use resources to build roads, settlements and cities. Which resources are needed to upgrade a settlement to a city?

Answer: grain and ore

Three ore and two grain are needed to upgrade a settlement to a city. Only four cities are available to each player during the game and each city doubles the amount of resources received when the appropriate dice number is rolled. The game was designed by Klaus Teuber.

4. Which tile-laying game gives players resources such as sheep and stone when tiles are activated?

Answer: Glen More

Other resources in Glen More are cattle, wood and grain. A unique feature of this game is that players don't simply score points for the various things they accumulate such as whiskey barrels or special tiles, but by a comparison of how many they have in comparison to the player with the fewest. The game was designed by Matthias Cramer.

5. Some games enable players to score points with resources they have available during endgame scoring. Which of the following games have this rule?

Answer: Stone Age and Caylus

Although the resources in Stone Age have different values during gameplay, all remaining resources count one point during endgame scoring. Gold is a resource in Caylus that is worth more points than all other resources during endgame scoring. These games were designed by Michael Tummelhofer (Stone Age)and William Attia (Caylus).

Answer: corn

Having corn plantations is advantageous at this point, but corn is not as valuable as the other goods and it is not worth any doubloons when sold during the trader phase. When shipped, corn is worth the same as all other goods. The game was designed by Andreas Seyfarth.

7. Numerous games include food as an important part of gameplay. In which game is food specifically used as a resource?

Answer: Caylus

Food functions somewhat like a resource in Agricola with the use of some of the occupation cards, but it is not technically a resource. Terra Mystica is a complex worker placement game that does involve resources, but food is not one of them. The game was designed by William Attia.

8. Power Grid is a game in which players compete to supply power to cities across a map. What are the resources that player can buy to meet the demands for power?

Answer: coal, oil, garbage and uranium

The decisions players make have an effect on the availability of resources, of course, but they also bring about changes in the cost of the various resources. This economy in the game leads to great depth of strategy. Wind farms and solar plants are "renewable" and do not require resources. The game was designed by Friedemann Friese.

9. Rokoko and Caylus are both games that include cloth as a resource. The other resources in Caylus are primarily building materials. What additional sewing resources are a part of Rokoko?

Answer: lace and yarn

Rokoko, a 2013 release, is a game set in the time of Louis XV in which players are tasked with creating dresses and coats for a royal ball. This game has an interesting game mechanic that involves deck building and tile placement. The game was designed by Matthias Cramer, Louis Malz and Stefan Malz.

10. Which worker placement game includes a domestic market that causes the price of resources such as fish, wood, stone, iron and cattle to fluctuate?

Answer: Archipelago

Archipelago was released in 2012 and is a game of exploration and development of islands that are already occupied by a native population. Players have to keep these original inhabitants happy as they try to gather resources and build colonies. Negotiation among the players is an important aspect of this game. The game was designed by Christophe Boelinger.

Source: Author SP44000

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