Loaded Questions 6/23/22 - Games
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1. In Stratego, what is the only position that has the ability to defuse a bomb?
2. In the multi-deck trick-taking game bezique, you can earn 500 points if you can create a "double bezique", which is where you have two different cards from both decks in your final meld. Name either of those two cards. You answer should look like "two of clubs".
3. What critically-acclaimed 2018 mobile game follows the title 25-year-old with surname Yeoh, living her daily life, and meets the cellist Krish?
4. One of the best-selling video games of 2019 is the "Three Houses" edition of what RPG franchise for the Nintendo Switch? Characters in this franchise include Marth, Ike, and Lucina.
5. In bridge and other trick-taking games, what sly name is given to a technique that will enable a player to win an additional trick or tricks should there be a favorable position of one or more cards in an opponent's hand?
6. The board game "Power Grid" features a double-sided board. One side shows a map of the US, what country is depicted on the other side?
7. Scattegories features a 20-sided die, which features a letter of the alphabet on each side. What six letters are not represented?
8. What word precedes "Adventure" in a 2015 video game and "Odyssey" in a 2018 video game? This mobile game series is an endless runner snowboarding game.
9. There are 104 tiles in Rummikub - 102 number tiles (1 through 13, twice in blue, red, yellow, and black), and two tiles that feature a what?
10. Who is the main opponent of "the player" in a game of baccarat?
11. Released in 1999 for the Sega Dreamcast, what video game about a legendary weapon partially named "Edge" found in the hands of a warrior Nightmare is often considered one of the greatest video games of all time?
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1. In Stratego, what is the only position that has the ability to defuse a bomb? Miner
2. In the multi-deck trick-taking game bezique, you can earn 500 points if you can create a "double bezique", which is where you have two different cards from both decks in your final meld. Name either of those two cards. You answer should look like "two of clubs". Queen of spades, Jack of diamonds
3. What critically-acclaimed 2018 mobile game follows the title 25-year-old with surname Yeoh, living her daily life, and meets the cellist Krish? Florence
4. One of the best-selling video games of 2019 is the "Three Houses" edition of what RPG franchise for the Nintendo Switch? Characters in this franchise include Marth, Ike, and Lucina. Fire Emblem
5. In bridge and other trick-taking games, what sly name is given to a technique that will enable a player to win an additional trick or tricks should there be a favorable position of one or more cards in an opponent's hand? Finesse
6. The board game "Power Grid" features a double-sided board. One side shows a map of the US, what country is depicted on the other side? Germany
7. Scattegories features a 20-sided die, which features a letter of the alphabet on each side. What six letters are not represented? QUVXYZ
8. What word precedes "Adventure" in a 2015 video game and "Odyssey" in a 2018 video game? This mobile game series is an endless runner snowboarding game. Alto’s
9. There are 104 tiles in Rummikub - 102 number tiles (1 through 13, twice in blue, red, yellow, and black), and two tiles that feature a what? Face
10. Who is the main opponent of "the player" in a game of baccarat? Banker
11. Released in 1999 for the Sega Dreamcast, what video game about a legendary weapon partially named "Edge" found in the hands of a warrior Nightmare is often considered one of the greatest video games of all time? Soulcaliber