This Tournament Goes to Eleven 2007
Board & Card Games(subject packet)
Written by: Matthias Hunt, Adam McConnaughey, & Kate Hill
TOSSUPS
1) ItsThe Princess and the Dragon expansion adds a protecting fairy and magic gates. Introduced in other expansionsby this gameof Klaus-Jurgen Wredeare the “big meeple”of Inns and Cathedrals. Farmers are worth no points until the end of the game, while controlling a completed road garners one point for each unit. The Xbox Live Arcade release includes the River expansion of, For ten points, this game whose board is built tile by tile by the players and which is named after a French town.
ANSWER: Carcassonne
2) His more recent board game designs, which include Pecking Order and Rocketville, have not been as successful as his early efforts, such as 1994's RoboRally. He is more famous for designing card games, however, like the Asshole variant The Great Dalmuti. He is also responsible for the collectible card games Netrunner and Vampire: the Eternal Struggle. For ten points, name this man credited with starting the collectible card game boom via his 1993 design of Magic: the Gathering.
ANSWER: Richard Garfield
3) The grandfather is bigger than all the others. Oxblood, clambroth, and onionskin are all types of these, along with aggie and catseye. In the most common game named after them, a shooter is used to hit ducks. In the 2007 Xbox game Switchball, the player takes the role of one of these, while they also provide the primary diet of Hungry, Hungry Hippos. For ten points, name these small hard spheres traditionally made from glass or agate.
ANSWER: marbles
4) In order to get the highest possible score in this game, all the cards in your hand need to be in different suits. This is because when the fifth card is added to your hand it will have to have the same suit as a jack that is in your hand- which will be a different suit then the other three fives in your hand. This arrangement of a Jack and 4 fives is worth 29 points in, For ten points, what card game in which players move pegs to try and reach 121 points?
ANSWER: Cribbage
5) A Safe Trip is worth 300 bonus points and is achieved only if the player uses no 200-point cards while winning the hand. Other bonuses include delayed action, shut out, and Coup-Fourre [COO four-RAY], which is awarded when a player plays a safety in response to a hazard card- flat tire being an example. For ten points, a car race across the French countryside is depicted what classic card game?
ANSWER: Mille Bornes
6) This nation's strong defensive position earned it the nickname “The Wicked Witch of the South” from Allan B Calhamer. It forms one part of the dreaded Juggernaut if it allies with Russia early on, but, if it is not careful, can find itself the victim of a joint Austrian/Italian attack called the Lepanto. For ten points, name this Diplomacy power whose starting supply centers are Smyrna, Ankara, and Constantinople.
ANSWER: Turkey
7) The newest version of this game introduced two new concepts: the “Plus four wild” that can only be used in certain cirumstances, and the passenger token which in conjunction with passenger cards can travel on routes built by other players. Players build routes in order to connect certain destinations to each other in, For ten points, what Days of Wonder railway game that shares its name with a popular Beatles song?
ANSWER: Ticket to Ride
8) Winning a regular battle allows the player to select a prize. However, if the battle was against a creature with the letters “EX” at the beginning of its name, the player collects an additional prize- a rule that was added with the “Ruby and Sapphire” expansion. This is relevant because winning six prizes is one way a player can achieve victory along with causing all of the opponent’s creatures to faint. For ten points, identify this collectable card game, recently sold by Wizards of the Coast, in which players battle their “pocket monsters” against each other.
ANSWER: The Pokemon Trading Card Game
9) Named in 1594 by Giulio Polerio, it has the ability to transform into the Pelikan or the Dragon. Criticized by Jose Capablanca as leaving “Black’s game full of holes,” it gained popularity later in the twentieth century and is generally recognized as giving Black the best chance to win versus a King’s pawn opening. For ten points, name this chess opening, whose moves are e4, c5, a move that you may not want to go up against if death is on the line.
ANSWER: The Sicilian Opening or Defense.
10) Cameron Daddo portrayed him on TV with a given name of Roger, conflicting with The Case of the Hidden Toys, where he is named the more alliterative Peter. More famously, Christopher Lloyd played him in a movie whose third ending reveals that he murdered Wadsworth, who was pretending to be Mr. Boddy. For ten points, name this Clue academic, whose player pushes the purple pawn.
ANSWER: Professor Plum
11) Objects found on the game board include the Mad Dog, who insistently tells the player to “Move to X”- a square with a giant X on it. The more important squares, however, are those with the numbers two through four on them, as they allow the player to build depending on how many people are playing the game. Players race toward, but still try to avoid, the cheese wheel in, For ten points, what Rube Goldberg inspired game with a rodent theme?
ANSWER: Mouse Trap
12) From March to December 1994, Wink Martindale ran an ABC game show based on this game. Another notable TV appearance occurred when Peggy Hill represented Arlen in the Texas State Championships of it. The obsolete challenge cube had the letters I, K, L, M, and U on it, as well as the QU combination. For ten points, name this game that begins by shaking sixteen covered letter dice.
ANSWER: Boggle
13) In 2000, this company was issued a cease and desist order by MGM for their title “Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond.” Started in 1997 by James Ernest, this company is known for its absurdist games and lack of playing pieces or dice. Players can engage in such activities as inventing bizarre products, robbing brains, saving the world from demonic bunnies, and ending the life of a very lucky doctor. For ten points, name this gaming company that focuses on letting you get many games for little money.
ANSWER: Cheapass Games
14) Try to gain the crown but beware the black ring! That is the goal of this board game, the number two bestselling board game on Amazon.com. Created by Hasbro in the early nineties, with a Cinderella edition just recently released, this game encourages matching your accessories. For ten points, what game is advertised as the “Jewelry dress up game for all ages”
ANSWER: Pretty Pretty Princess
15) Pressing the launcher button ends a player's turn. A player may choose to press this button, instead of playing a legal card, in an action caled reneging. The Discard All card allows the player to purge his hand of a single color, while other special cards are Trade Hands and Wild Hit All. There are no zero cards in the deck, and the Draw Two cards are replaced by Hit Twos in, For ten points, what intense Uno variation where the cards come out of an electronic card shooter?
ANSWER: Uno Attack (accept Uno Extreme, prompt on “Uno”)
16) This ancient game, first known to have been played during the 6th century in Ethiopia, has been called Oware, Bao and Ban Ban. Its current name comes from the Arabic word for “to move”, referring to the “sowing” or dropping of small pieces one by one into rows of holes that make up the board. For ten points, name this game, considered the “chess” of Africa and the Middle East.
ANSWER: Mancala
17) First introduced to the market in 2001, this game by Out of the box publishing has won numerous awards, including becoming a “Mensa select” game in 1999. Advertising itself as a “fast pace, wacky party game”, many variations of play exist, including a baked version, a potpourri version and a turnover version. Winning each round is completely subjective and based on the opinion of a judge. For ten points, name this game in which a player must match nouns to adjectives in an attempt to make the best pairing of all.
ANSWER: Apples to Apples
18) Based on the game Gavitt's Stock Exchange, there are no turns in this frenetic trading game, where the Bull card is wild and can be used to complete any set of nine, while holding the Bear card prevents a player from winning. Traditionally, flax is worth the least, but in the 2004 100th anniversary edition, that honor goes to gas. For ten points, name this card game and corner the market on points!
ANSWER: Pit
19) Televised commercials for this game carried the spoken disclaimer “Game cards do not actually talk”, something that would seem evident as the 24 game cards are nothing mroe than pieces of cardboard arranged in plastic frames. Also of note is that of the 24 cards, only 5 are women, only 5 are not caucasian, and only 5 are wearing a hat. For ten points, identify this guessing game made by Milton Bradley in which you might be asked “Does your person have red hair?”.
ANSWER: Guess Who?
20) In 1860, Milton Bradley created this game, the first game that he had ever designed. The game at the time was based around a checker style board, and sought to teach children to make moral choices. In the 1960's this game was redesigned and has been constantly updated ever since to keep up with changes in careers, money and popular culture. 1992 saw the addition of tiles to represent amazing accomplishments in one’s path and. Most recently, all the money that a player would make has been made electronic, as part of the new "twists and turns" edition. For ten points, name this game that allows the player to go to college, buy a house, get married, and hopefully retire to Millionaire Acres.
ANSWER: The Game of Life
BONUSES
1) FTPE, identify the following varations of Poker which are not Texas Hold’em.
[10] The most popular community card variant outside of Texas Hold’Em, it’s commonly played in a Hi-Low variation as well as its regular form.
ANSWER: Omaha
[10] In this form of seven-card stud, players try to form the lowest possible hand. which is an ace-to-five, as straights are not counted.
ANSWER: Razz
[10] In this poker variation, players separate their hand of four dominos into a front and rear hand. The goal of the game, as the title suggests, is to “make nine.”
ANSWER: Pai Gow poker
2) Given a standard deal of a card game, name how many trumps there are. For ten points each:
[10] Contract Bridge- in a suited contract
ANSWER: 13 trumps
[10] Standard Pinochle
ANSWER: 12 trumps
[10] 500
ANSWER: 13 trumps
3) FTPE, identify the Magic: the Gathering spell given a description of what it does. You will receive 5 points if you need a non-magic card description
[10] For one red mana it deals three damage to any target at instant speed.
[5] You may be struck down by one of these from the sky if you offend a greek deity.
ANSWER: Lightning Bolt (do not accept “lightning”)
[10]For two colorless and one red mana, all players discard their hands and draw seven new cards.
[5]Pat Sajak has hosted this daytime game show since 1983.
ANSWER: Wheel of Fortune
[10]For two black mana, all players lose a life, discard a card, sacrifice a creature, and sacrifice a land.
[5] Edward Jenner discovered a vaccine for this disease in 1796.
ANSWER: smallpox
4) Given a definition, identify the two-letter word that is a legal play in Scrabble.
[10] Worth 11 points, this newly-adopted word is slang for a common food product.
ANSWER: Za
[10] Worth 9 points, it is a Scottish term for one’s sweetheart.
ANSWER: Jo
[10] Worth 2 points, this two-vowel word is a type of whirlwind off the Faroe Islands.
ANSWER: Oe
5) For 10 points each, identify the following actions that a player make take during a game of blackjack.
[10] After being dealt the initial two cards a player may decide to take this action, in which his wager is bet again and he receives only one additional card.
ANSWER: double down
[10] This type of bet can only be made when the dealer’s upcard is an ace. The player is betting that the dealer has a natural blackjack.
ANSWER: insurance bet
[10] All but eliminated from modern-day casinos, a player used to be able to do this to remove himself from a hand at the cost of a fraction of his bet.
ANSWER: surrender (do not accept “forfeit”)
6) For ten points each, identify the following types of solitaire.
[10] Commonly known as just “solitaire,” cards are placed into seven piles and can only be placed alternating red-black.
ANSWER: Klondike
[10] In this completely deterministic type of solitaire, cards are arranged in a circle of twelve piles while the kings go in the middle.
ANSWER: clock solitaire (accept equivalents)
[10] Most easily described as spider solitaire for a single deck, its name is also amystical forest spirit.
ANSWER: Will o’ the Wisp
7) For the stated number of points, answer these questions about famous chess grandmasters related to Bobby Fischer.
[10] For ten, this Russian midgame specialist was the chief rival of Fischer and lost the world championship to him in 1972
ANSWER: Boris Spassky
[10] For another ten, Fischer held the honor of being the highest rated chess player in chess history until this Russian grandmaster surpassed him in 1990. Characteristically, Fischer suggested that this was the result of a greater Jewish conspiracy.