Sports and Pastimes
A Quiet Game


1. How many playing cards are there in a standard pack?
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2. How do players advance around the board in a game of Snakes and Ladders?
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3. In bridge, what are the major suits?
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4. What are the tiles used to play dominoes often called?
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5. The game of chess is probably 14 centuries old, in which country did it originate?
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6. A backgammon board is marked out in saw-tooth 'points' in two colours. How many points?
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7.What game was officially ruled by Hoyle's Laws from its publication in 1760 to 1864?
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8. In draughts, how any draughtsmen does each player have?
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9. In which card game would you 'meld'?
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10. What is the letter Q worth in Scrabble?
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11. How many games are there in a rubber of contract bridge?
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12. For what are tarot cards used?
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13. In which board game would you buy and sell property?
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14. How is the score usually kept in cribbage?
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15. In gin rummy, how many cards are dealt to each player at the beginning of the game?
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16. In majong, what combination of tiles is called the kong?
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17. In chess, what is a gambit?
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18. In pontoon, what is the point value of the picture cards?
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19. In which game do you have to deduce who committed a murder?
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20. How many picture cards are there in a standard pack of playing cards?
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21. In the famour French game of boules, what is a baguette actually used for when one is playing?
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22. How many blank tiles are there in the game of Scrabble?
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23. What is the other name given to a castle in chess?
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24. If you win a rubber in bridge, what have you done?
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25. In darts, what does a dart in the outer bull score?
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