Happy Wednesday everyone, and happy MD25. For all of you gamers out there, we’ve got a set of questions about board, card, and video games. And for you non-gamers out there, I’m sorry that questions about video games and board games made after 1970 appear in trivia things these days. The youths, you know? Enjoy these 11!
1. The "Uncharted" video game franchise features what protagonist, a charismatic yet rebellious treasure hunter who journeys around the world? His appearance and personality is apparently comprised of both Johnny Knoxville and Harrison Ford, among others?
2. What do the letters DOTA stand for in the name of the popular multiplayer online battle arena games Dota and Dota 2, made by Valve?
3. In keno, gamblers are able to select one-quarter out of how many possible choices?
4. What four-letter word is used to describe the earthenware ball that is the target in the game of bowls?
5. In some bridge games, which card is called the "beer card", where if you win the last trick of the hand with the card, you buy your partner a beer?
6. Fight, Act, Item, and Mercy are the onscreen options on what 2015 role playing game, which follows a child discovering a new world beneath the ground?
7. Replacing the PlayStation Portable, what handheld console produced by Sony halted production in 2019?
8. A rabbit appears in the logo of what brand of Lego bricks, geared for children 1 to 5? Although the blocks are larger, they are still compatible with standard Lego bricks.
9. Other than "Bop It!", what were the other two commands asked by Bop It players?
10. Sometimes called "Mexican bingo", what game of chance uses a deck of picture cards with pictures like El gallo, El diablito, y La dama (the rooster, the little Devil, and the lady)?
11. What 2019 video game follows Jesse Faden, the new director of an FBI-like organization in charge of studying phenomena that violates the laws of physics?
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1. The "Uncharted" video game franchise features what protagonist, a charismatic yet rebellious treasure hunter who journeys around the world? His appearance and personality is apparently comprised of both Johnny Knoxville and Harrison Ford, among others?
Nathan Drake
2. What do the letters DOTA stand for in the name of the popular multiplayer online battle arena games Dota and Dota 2, made by Valve?
Defense of the Ancients
3. In keno, gamblers are able to select one-quarter out of how many possible choices?
80
4. What four-letter word is used to describe the earthenware ball that is the target in the game of bowls?
Jack
5. In some bridge games, which card is called the "beer card", where if you win the last trick of the hand with the card, you buy your partner a beer?
Seven of diamonds
6. Fight, Act, Item, and Mercy are the onscreen options on what 2015 role playing game, which follows a child discovering a new world beneath the ground?
Undertale
7. Replacing the PlayStation Portable, what handheld console produced by Sony halted production in 2019?
Playstation Vita
8. A rabbit appears in the logo of what brand of Lego bricks, geared for children 1 to 5? Although the blocks are larger, they are still compatible with standard Lego bricks.
Duplo
9. Other than "Bop It!", what were the other two commands asked by Bop It players?
Twist it, Pull it
10. Sometimes called "Mexican bingo", what game of chance uses a deck of picture cards with pictures like El gallo, El diablito, y La dama (the rooster, the little Devil, and the lady)?
Lotería
11. What 2019 video game follows Jesse Faden, the new director of an FBI-like organization in charge of studying phenomena that violates the laws of physics?
Control