Daily Quiz | On games and puzzles

1. The popular board game Ludo has its origins in which ancient cross-and-circle board game, a version of which played an important role in one of the Indian epics?

2. There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible configurations but only one solution to this addictive toy/puzzle. Name it and its country of origin.

3. Which famous brand, derived from the Danish words ‘play well’, was started by carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen?

4. In 1981 two Canadians invented a game that tested players’ knowledge when they couldn’t play Scrabble because of some missing tiles?

5. Of the six tokens used in the original game of Monopoly, three were the boot, the racehorse, and the iron. Name the other three.

6. In the US version, he is Mr. Body and in the UK, Dr. Block. Who and in what famous game?

7. Most of us are familiar with playing cards. So, of the four kings of the deck, who’s clean shaven without a moustache?

8. Which famous game has the rule ‘With this card, you must not have any other alternative cards that match the color of a previously played card’?

9. In the English version of Scrabble, what is the total face value of 100 tiles and what is the only letter with a value of 5?