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Settlers of Catan Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about the board game "Settlers of Catan". Enjoy!

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

Author
headie

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
175,598

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
953

Last 3 plays: Guest 159 (7/10), Guest 172 (8/10), Guest 91 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many victory points are needed to win the game? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these is not an expansion or variant game of "Settlers of Catan"? Hint

"Seafarers of Catan"

"Cities and Streets of Catan"

"Kids of Catan"

"Starfarers of Catan"

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these is not a way of earning victory points? Hint

Most active trader

Largest Army

Longest Road

Building Cities

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the original designer of Settlers of Catan? Hint

Klaus Teuber

Ulf Samuelsson

Jan Ulbricht

Heinrich Leomer

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the German company that originally produced the game? Hint

Libbens

Vargelingen

Kosmos

Regondas

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of the token that is placed on a hex to prevent resources from that hex being distributed? Hint

the robber

the knight

the chip

the leader

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these values does not occur as a die value assigned to one of the hexes? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which game company produced the English version of "Settlers of Catan"? Hint

Parker Brothers

Hasbro

Steve Jackson games

Mayfair

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these is not considered a classic opening strategy? Hint

Wood/Brick strategy

Sheep/Ore strategy

Ore/Wheat strategy

Monopoly strategy

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these is not a possible choice for a player's road/building color? Hint

Blue

Red

Yellow

Pink

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many victory points are needed to win the game?

Answer: 10

In contrast, it takes victory 13 points to win the "Cities & Knights of Catan" expansion game.

2. Which of these is not an expansion or variant game of "Settlers of Catan"?

Answer: "Cities and Streets of Catan"

The expansion is "Cities and Knights of Catan".

3. Which of these is not a way of earning victory points?

Answer: Most active trader

Settlements are worth 1 point and cities are worth 2 points.

4. Who was the original designer of Settlers of Catan?

Answer: Klaus Teuber

You can visit his website at http://www.klausteuber.de/de/klaus.html.

5. What is the name of the German company that originally produced the game?

Answer: Kosmos

The German version of the game goes by the name "Die Siedler von Catan".

6. What is the name of the token that is placed on a hex to prevent resources from that hex being distributed?

Answer: the robber

The robber starts the game on a desert hex.

7. Which of these values does not occur as a die value assigned to one of the hexes?

Answer: 7

Rolling a seven is the most probable roll of the dice. Instead of distributing resources on this roll, the robber is moved by the roller to a hex of his/her choice. The roller is then allowed to take a resource card from the hand of someone that has a city or settlement built on that hex.

8. Which game company produced the English version of "Settlers of Catan"?

Answer: Mayfair

Mayfair is also responsible for bringing us the board games "The Myth Fortunes Game", "Quo Vadis?", and "King Me!".

9. Which of these is not considered a classic opening strategy?

Answer: Sheep/Ore strategy

Wood/brick is used to expand early, ore/wheat is used to develop cities early, and the monopoly strategy is used to gain a stranglehold on one particular resource.

10. Which of these is not a possible choice for a player's road/building color?

Answer: Pink

Brown and green are the colors offered in the 5-6 player expansion.

Source: Author headie

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