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1. You are reading E-mails and out of the corner of your eye, you see an Egyptian theme, bright red, blue, purple, yellow, and white balls, rolling along a track. You're tested to fire like-colored balls into the group to eliminate part of the stream of balls. You keep going until all the balls are eliminated or, heaven forbid, they reach the bottom of the screen and go off into gamer oblivion. What is this game?

Answer: 'Luxor'

'Luxor' was released in 2005 by Mumbo Jumbo. Balls or spheres or marbles roll along a track and the idea is to shoot the same color ball into the string of balls to remove them from the track. The number of balls per screen, the length of the track and its intricacy increase throughout the game. You collect power-ups, coins, gems, etc. during game play.

More versions of 'Luxor' have been released almost every year since the original.

2. You're looking for a recipe on-line and across the top of the screen you see a large square (grid) with smaller squares inside that are equally divided (sub grids) inside the large square, sort of like a checker board. There are figures (usually numbers) in some of the small squares and you're invited to fill in the rest. What is trying to coax you away to play?

Answer: sudoku

Most sudoku grids are 9 x 9 squares. There are three sets of sub-grids across and down with each containing the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Only some numbers are shown and it is the player's job to complete each sub grid so that all contain numbers 1 through 9, and each row and column must contain the numbers 1 through 9.

There are many sizes and types of sudoku and many places to play; on-line, entire books of pencil and paper puzzles, in the newspaper, on your telephone keypad, or play along with TV game shows.

3. You are using your on-line dictionary when suddenly, brightly colored gems start queuing up across the top of your computer screen. They form a grid, fit for a king or queen. They want you to move them around so that three or more of the same color are aligned and can be removed from the screen, just so more can fall in line from above. What is the name of this game, worthy of being stored in the Tower of London?

Answer: 'Bejeweled'

This game as been around for a long time. PopCap Games released 'Bejeweled' in 2001. Since then, several upgrades and newer versions with better graphics have been released. In 2010, PopCap announced that more than 50,000,000 units had been sold which would make 'Bejeweled' one of the ten best selling video games.

4. As you are surfing the web, you notice a 'pop up' which you click on. In front of you is a room full of 'stuff', tons and tons of 'stuff'. At the bottom of the screen is a long list of items that don't seem to have anything in common but you notice that you see items from that list in the piles of 'stuff' on the screen. The 'pop up' wants you to go to their website and check out all the games like the one in front of you. What type of game is this?

Answer: hidden object

Hidden object games have been around for a while and have grown in popularity. The first of these games just gave you a list of items to find on a page, they were usually timed, and you got a limited number of hints. Now the games tell a story, you advance the storyline by finding items, maybe combining found items, or using items in the scene like finding keys to unlock a desk to find more items.

In some games, you stand in one place and find items. Others give you the ability to move into the area and look 360 degrees in every direction.

5. While shopping for the perfect wedding gift on the web, you're suddenly struck with the need to fill in the blanks on a large grid with white and shaded areas. In the sample that is enticing you, there are questions or statements to help you decide what letters to place in the grid. What free game is keeping you from spending money for a wedding gift?

Answer: crossword

Talk about being around a while, according to Wikipedia, the first crossword puzzle was published in an Italian magazine in 1890. Twenty three years later, a word-cross puzzle was published in a London paper, and the name was later changed to crossword, and the rest, as they say, is history.

There are a few types of crossword including one for numbers, one where you start with a blank grid and fill in the words and the shaded areas and one where you complete a sentence and then transfer letters from words in the sentence to the crossword grid.

6. You've turned on your computer and accessed the internet to go to your favorite trivia site, Fun Trivia, to see if you won yesterday's Knock Out game. But before you can do that, small, irregular shaped pieces start snapping themselves together right there in front of you. Look, there's a lion, and then a flower, then hundreds of jelly beans all piled up. The website is begging you to come visit and listen to some soothing music while you sit leisurely putting together pieces to make beautiful pictures. What kind of game is this?

Answer: jigsaw puzzle

This one wins the 'old timer' award. A British mapmaker is credited with making the first puzzle of this type in 1760. The original puzzles were pictures painted on wood and then cut into pieces with a...wait for it...jigsaw. They have come a long way over the years and yet, some haven't changed at all. Kids jigsaw toys are usually large wooden pieces (for safety sake). Physical puzzles come as optical illusions, pictures on both sides, metallic finishes, and three dimensional. With computerized jigsaw puzzles, you never have to worry about finding a large enough space to put all the pieces out, turning them all the right way, losing them on the carpet or trying to put dog/cat chewed pieces together.

7. Playing cards are flying across the screen, landing in ten piles with the top card on each pile face up. An arachnid is trying to tempt you away from your on-line research to come play by placing cards in descending order. Once you have a complete set descending from King through Ace, that set is removed to the discard pile. What game is this?

Answer: spider solitaire

Did the arachnid give it away or are you addicted to spider solitaire like many folks. Most on-line versions that you see are played with two decks of cards. There is a one-deck version called 'Spiderette' and a harder two-deck version called 'Arachnid Solitaire'. There are actually hundreds of versions of solitaire or patience as it is called in some countries.

8. Red, yellow, blue, pink, and purple ovals float gently up the side of your screen while you read the latest on-line gossip column. You want to use the shooter at the bottom of the screen to fire off more colored ovals. If you match colors, that group disappears. If you miss, the ovals advance down the screen until you are completely overtaken, and LOSE. Oh no, what is this diabolical game?

Answer: 'Bubble Pop'

If you look up 'Bubble Pop', you're likely to get many different versions of games with bursting bubbles. There are freebie versions available just like the game I described above. There are versions for gaming platforms that are similar, and then there is the simplest version of all- bubble wrap on a flat surface and a finger. Yes, believe it or not, you can now pop bubble wrap on-line. That game has been around since bubble wrap was invented, right after the first person put a sheet of it on the floor and rolled their work chair over it again and again.

9. Beautifully marked tiles are falling from the sky down to a huge pile on the side of your computer screen while you are composing an e-greeting to your best friend. You glance over to see that some of the figures on the tiles are the same. You wonder if you click on the matching tiles, if they will disappear so you can see the tiles below. What is this magical game that has caught your eye?

Answer: mahjong

Computerized mahjong or mahjong solitaire is played with the tiles from a traditional mahjong game but is played alone. Traditional mahjong comes from China, is usually played with four people, and involves more than just matching like tiles. In most computerized mahjong games, you can select the background music, scenery, tile color, and character types. You can also determine the placement of the tiles which dictates how difficult it will be to match all tiles to win.

Some games give hints when you're stuck and allow you to shuffle the tiles when no matches remain.

10. Pearlized, pastel pieces are traveling across the bottom of your screen via a conveyor belt. They are pleading with you to stop what you are doing and help them before they stack up at the end of the belt. You must pick them up and place them in various outlined areas. If done correctly, the entire outlined area will be filled in and no pieces will be allowed to overtake the conveyor belt. There are many versions of this game, usually named for the types of outlines your are completing. What is the basic name for this game?

Answer: 'Inlay'

'Adventure Inlay', 'Magic Inlay', 'Puzzle Inlay' are all names for this type of video game. The basic game is the same, you are given a shape and asked to fill it in with small mosaic pieces. If you use some specially marked pieces they give you a hammer or a wand to use to complete the puzzle before large unused pieces stack up and you lose.

As you play, the pieces come faster and faster and sometimes they are all large or very unusual shapes that only fit in the center of a shape. You have to learn to pace yourself and not use only one size or shape per puzzle.

Source: Author suzi_greer

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor kyleisalive before going online.
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