Friday Quiz Answers 07/02/2025

1. Which classic board game, first published in 1935, was originally called The Landlord’s Game?
   Answer: Monopoly.

2. In the game of chess, which piece can only move diagonally?
   Answer: Bishop.

3. What is the highest possible score for a single word in Scrabble, using all seven tiles on a triple-word score?
   Answer: d) 324 (Using "OXYPHENBUTAZONE").

4. Which puzzle toy, invented in 1974 by a Hungarian professor, became a global phenomenon in the 1980s?
   Answer: Rubik’s Cube.

5. In Cluedo (Clue), what is the name of the murder victim?
   Answer: Dr. Black (Mr. Boddy in the US version).

6. Which board game requires players to remove wooden blocks from a tower without it collapsing?
   Answer: Jenga.

7. How many dots are there in total on a standard set of double-six dominoes?
   Answer: 168 Dots.

8. Which classic puzzle, invented in Japan, involves filling a grid with numbers so that each row, column, and region contains every digit exactly once?
   Answer: Sudoku.

9. Which popular word-based board game was invented in 1938 by Alfred Butts?
   Answer: Scrabble.

10. What is the standard size of a completed Rubik’s Cube in terms of the number of smaller squares on each face?
    Answer: a) 3x3.

Bright Source Bonus Question

Q. Who is most commonly credited with inventing the first practical incandescent light bulb in 1879?
Answer: Thomas Edison. (Although British inventor Joseph Swan also developed a similar version around the same time!)