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    The document contains trivia questions about board games, music bands, and history. It asks about the number of pieces in chess, the year the board game Twister was released, bands that had hits in 1972 and the albums they released, and factual questions about history such as the percentage of world population that died due to Tamerlane's conquests and which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine.

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    of 5

    1. How many pieces are there on the board at the start of a game of chess?

    a. !32
    b. 36
    c. 20
    d. 16

    2. In the game quot;Rackoquot; you may pick up ANY card from the discard pile.
    a. !False
    b. True

    3. The board game, Nightmare was released in what year?


    a. 1995
    b. 1992
    c. !1991
    d. 1989

    4. The Angry Video Game Nerd039;s alter ego is quot;Board Jamesquot;.


    a. !True
    b. False

    5. The board game Monopoly takes its street names from which real American city?
    a. Las Vegas, Nevada
    b. !Atlantic City, New Jersey
    c. Duluth, Minnesota
    d. Charleston, South Carolina

    6. How many rooms are there, not including the hallways and the set of stairs, in
    the board game quot;Cluequot;?
    a. 1
    b. !9
    c. 10
    d. 6

    7. Which of the following tabletop games is the oldest?


    a. Chess
    b. Mahjong
    c. !Go
    d. Shogi

    8. In quot;Magic: The Gatheringquot;, what instant card has the highest converted
    mana cost?
    a. Vitalizing Wind
    b. !Blinkmoth Infusion
    c. Assert Authority
    d. Chant of VituGhazi

    9. Which of these cards from quot;Magic: The Gatheringquot; has a flavor text that
    begins with quot;Oi oi oiquot;?
    a. Albino Troll
    b. Lotleth Troll
    c. Harvester Troll
    d. !Uthden Troll

    10. In Magic: The Gathering, what was a tribute card to Jamie Wakefield039;s late
    wife Marilyn, who loved horses?
    a. Sungrace Pegasus
    b. Loyal Pegasus
    c. !Timbermare
    d. Vryn Wingmare

    11. Europa Universalis is a strategy video game based on which French board game?
    a. !Europa Universalis
    b. Europe and the Universe
    c. Power in Europe
    d. Europa!

    12. When was the board game Twister, released to the public?
    a. !April 1966
    b. January 1969
    c. September 1965
    d. February 1966

    1. Which band had hits in 1972 with the songs quot;Baby I039;m A Want Youquot;,
    quot;Everything I Ownquot; and quot;The Guitar Manquot;
    a. !Bread
    b. Chicago
    c. America
    d. Smokie

    2. Who is the lead singer of Pearl Jam?


    a. Stone Gossard
    b. Kurt Cobain
    c. !Eddie Vedder
    d. Ozzy Osbourne

    3. How many studio albums have the duo Daft Punk released?
    a. 2
    b. 5
    c. 1
    d. !4

    4. When did The Beatles release the LP quot;Please Please Mequot;?


    a. !1963
    b. 1969
    c. 1970
    d. 1960

    5. In 2006, which band released their debut album quot;A Fever You Can039;t Sweat
    Outquot;?
    a. !Panic! At the Disco
    b. Fall Out Boy
    c. Twenty One Pilots
    d. My Chemical Romance

    6. In which year did quot;Caravan Palacequot; release their first album?


    a. 2000
    b. 2015
    c. 2004
    d. !2008

    7. Which band released the album quot;Sonic Highwaysquot; in 2014?


    a. Coldplay
    b. !Foo Fighters
    c. The Flaming Lips
    d. Nickelback

    8. Which of the following guitarists recorded an album as a member of the Red Hot
    Chili Peppers?
    a. !Dave Navarro
    b. Tom Morello
    c. Ed O039;Brien
    d. Billy Corgan

    9. Which band recorded the album quot;Parallel Linesquot;?


    a. Paramore
    b. !Blondie
    c. The Police
    d. Coldplay

    10. In August 1964, who introduced the Beatles to cannabis?


    a. Jerry Garcia
    b. Jim Morrison
    c. !Bob Dylan
    d. Brian Epstein

    11. On the cover of 039;Abbey Road,039; which of the Beatles is not wearing shoes?
    a. !Paul McCartney
    b. Ringo Starr
    c. John Lennon
    d. George Harrison

    1. According to scholarly estimates, what percentage of the world population at the


    time died due to Tamerlane039;s conquests?
    a. !5
    b. 1
    c. lt;1
    d. 3

    2. The original Roman alphabet lacked the following letters EXCEPT:


    a. !X
    b. W
    c. U
    d. J

    3. In 1967, a magazine published a story about extracting hallucinogenic chemicals


    from bananas to raise moral questions about banning drugs.
    a. !True
    b. False

    4. The Second Boer War in 1899 was fought where?


    a. Bulgaria
    b. Nepal
    c. !South Africa
    d. Argentina

    5. What was the transfer of disease, crops, and people across the Atlantic shortly
    after the discovery of the Americas called?
    a. Triangle Trade
    b. Transatlantic Slave Trade
    c. !The Columbian Exchange
    d. The Silk Road

    6. The Hagia Sophia was commissioned by which emperor of the Byzantine Empire?
    a. Arcadius
    b. !Justinian I
    c. Theodosius the Great
    d. Constantine IV

    7. Who was the President of the United States during the signing of the Gadsden
    Purchase?
    a. James Polk
    b. Abraham Lincoln
    c. !Franklin Pierce
    d. Andrew Johnson

    8. The USS Missouri BB63 last served in the Korean War.


    a. !False
    b. True

    9. Which country was an allied power in World War II?


    a. Germany
    b. Japan
    c. Italy
    d. !Soviet Union

    10. When was the quot;Siege of Leningradquot; lifted during World War II?
    a. March 1944
    b. September 1943
    c. !January 1944
    d. November 1943
    11. What was the name commonly given to the ancient trade routes that connected the
    East and West of Eurasia?
    a. Clay Road
    b. !Silk Road
    c. Spice Road
    d. Salt Road

    12. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?


    a. Richard I
    b. !Henry II
    c. Henry I
    d. Henry V

    13. Which of the following is not in the IndoEuropean language family?


    a. Russian
    b. English
    c. !Finnish
    d. Hindi

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