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GAT110f12 - Midterm
GAT110 Fall 2012 - DigiPen
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the three core survival mechanisms that underlie all games. | Race, Combat, Cunning |
| Name the four elements necessary for defining the basic nature of a game. | Components, Mechanics, Goals, Rules (CO-ME and GO RULE Dynamic Flow) |
| The four elements that define the nature of a game work together to create what? | Dynamics |
| The psychological state that emerges from great play patterns is called what? | Flow |
| What is the central tactical play methodology called? | Core Mechanic |
| What are NON-central tactical play methodologies are called? | Supporting Mechanic |
| Name at least five game families. | Race, Dice, War, Positional, Mancala |
| Name 3 dice games. | Crown & Anchor, Farkle, Can't Stop, Yahtzee |
| What are the cubical dice made from the talus of hoofed animals commonly called? | Knucklebones |
| Name tow mechanisms that have been used for divination that have inspired families of games. | Dice, Tarot |
| Name two sources of inspiration for human beings for game invention. | Boredom, Found Materials |
| Name at least two civilization developments that allow the creation of more complex games. | Literacy, Mathematics |
| What is the general rule for quickly determining the average roll of a N-sided die where N is an even number? | (N/2)+0.5 = average (ie for a d8, (8/2)+0.5 = 4.5 |
| what is the common English name for the Shahr-e Sukhte, the Iranian city where the world's oldest dice were discovered? | Burnt City |
| What modern dexterity game evolved from the game of knucklebones? | Jacks |
| An arrangement of r objects from a set of n objects where the order matters is called what? | Permutations |
| A set of r objects selected from a set of n objects where order does not matter is called what? | Combinations |
| Farkle belongs to what family of games? | Dice |
| If the number of times something is repeated becomes larger and larger, the proportion of success will tend to come closer and closer to the actual probability of success. This is called what? | Law of large numbers |
| What is the name of the board that Chaturanga is played on? | Ashtapada |
| Name 5 variants/derivatives of Chess. | Shogi (Japanese), Xiangqi (Chinese), Maharajah & The Sepoys, Gala (Farmers), Courier game, Circular/Byzantine |
| What backgammon precursor popular in the Arab world has rich symbolism with the 12 paces representing months of a year, 30 pieces representing the days of a month, and the sum of two sides of the die representing 7 days of a week? | Nardshir |
| What cross and circle game fro Korea has pieces called MAL or horses? | Nyout |
| Emperor Akbar played what race game with harem slaves acting as the pieces that moved as directed by the throws of six cowrie shells? | Pachisi |
| In the 1920's, Sir Leonard Woolley discovered five boards of what game from Sumeria that has distinctive rosette-patterned spaces. | Royal Game of Ur |
| The Kiowa Indians in Oklahoma play this cross and circle game with runners and dice sticks. | Zohn Ahl |
| Name this Aztec gambling race game. | Patolli |
| Identify this game which is the pinnacle of evolution of this game type from Nard. | Backgammon |
| Identify this Pachisi descendant introduced to England in 1896. | Ludo |
| Name three descendants of Pachisi. | Ludo, Parcheesi, Sorry! |
| Morris and possibly Alquerque board carvings were found at what site in Egypt. | Temple of Kurna |
| This ancient Egyptian game was mentioned in the Arabic work Kitab-al Aghani in 976 CE and carried by the Moors into Spain. | Alquerque |
| Identify this game with a river and palaces. | Xiangqi |
| Chess and Alquerque were carried into Spain by what culture? | Moors |
| What is another name for English Draughts? | Checkers |
| What game's movement symbolizes souls drifting through the Egyptian world of the dead? | Senet |
| What mystical race game from India was used for religious instruction and since R.H. Harte introduced in 1893, is played on a square board with 100 squares? | Snakes and Ladders |
| What Chinese game is similar to Stratego, but features animals and perfect information? | Jungle |
| What war game patented in 1888 by Lewis Waterman is based on the earlier The Game of Annexation, and is categorized as part of the draughts sub-type but has double-sided pieces with black on one side and white on the other? | Reversi |
| What symmetrical Roman game (probable precursor to Seega) that uses the custodian method of captur is first mentined in writings by Varro in the early 2nd Century and for which a stone board was found on Hadrian's Wall? | Latruncuci |
| What is the English name of the game that Francesco de Medici gave to King Phillip II of Spain as a present? | Royal Game of Goose |
| Name at least three games from the tables group of race games? | Backgammon, Senet, Nardshire |
| What spiral race game published by W.&S.B. Ives in the US in 1843 was attributed to Anne Abbot, but was actually designed by George Fox and published in 1800 in London? | The Mansion of Happiness |
| What two-player peg game with 58 holes on the board is of Egyptian origin? | Hounds and Jackals |
| What is the oldest predecessor to Chess whose name means "quadripartite"? | Chaturanga |
| What chess variant is the probable origin of the modern chess Bishop's movement? | Courier Game |
| Shogi is also known by what name? | Japanese Chess |
| What chinese game is the probable most recent ancestor to L'attaque, designed by Mdme. Hermance Edan in 1908? | Luzhanqi or Jun Qi for short. |
| Pente is a variant of what game? | Gomoku |
| Wei-ch'i is more commonly known as what? | Go |
| What is the name of this game from China? (square with different sized squares and triangles) | Tangrams |
| Each time a player forms 3 in a row in this game, he removes an opponent's piece. Name the game. | Nine Men's Morris (Windmill) |
| What game was invented c.1883 by George H. Monks and published by E.I. Horseman in 1885 was later reconfigured from a 16x16 square board to a 6-pointed star and published as Chinese Checkers? | Halma |
| What is the common name of Noughts and Crosses? | Tic Tac Toe |
| What two-player game originated in norther Europe in the 1300's as a game with asymmetrical forces on a cross-shaped board, one side having a single piece and the other side having 13? | Fox and Geese |
| What is the name of the draw pile of dominoes? | Woodpile or Boneyard |
| What game has seats named after winds? | Mah-jongg |
| Dominoes were invented in what country? | China |
| What family of attrition games arose in Africa and whose name comes from the Arabic word for "to move"? | Mancala |
| Name the two sub-types of European domino games. | Block and Draw games |
| Identify the two suits of Chinese dominoes. | Civilian and Military |
| This game belongs to which family? (two rows of six spaces, large spaces at either end) | Mancala |
| What is the name of the square arrangement of tiles that you draw from in Mah-jongg? | Kong Wall |
| What patience game is played on a traditional Fox and Geese board? | Solitaire |
| What positional game published by Milton Bradley in 1974 was also published on the Microvision handheld game console? | Connect Four |
| What video game inspired by polyominoes was a pack-in title for the original Gameboy? | Tetris |
| What was the original name of PopCap Games? | Sexy Action Cool |
| What was the original name of Bejeweled? | Diamond Mine |
| What Castillian monarch (1251-1284) was the author of Libro de los Juegos (The Book of Games)? | Alfonso X |
| What board game designed by the Swiss mathematician Blaise Muller in 1991 and played on a 4x4 game board is not unlike an advanced version of Noughts and Crosses? | Quarto! |
| What are the mechanics of mancala sometimes called? | Sowing or Count and Capture |
| What Victorian era game is the forerunner to both Keno and Bingo? | Lotto |
| Dominoes first arrived in Europe during the 18th Century through what country? | Italy |
| What is the name of the most common dominoes game played in the United States? | Fools |
| Name a dominoes game in which each player has their own line of play. | Mexican Train |
| What Chinese card game is an almost certain direct ancestor to Mah-jongg? | Matiao |
| What game invented in China possibly during the Eastern Zhou period (770-221 BCE) was introduced to the United States by Captain M. Donaldson in 1816? | Tangrams |
| Vac de Mexico is the world's largest manufacturer of what? | Marbles |
| What mechanism was used as a randomizer in Victorian Era board games? | Teetotum |
| What game renamed by J. Pressman Co. in 1928 was originally published by Ravesburger in 1892 as Stern-Helma? | Chinese Checkers |
| What smaller offshoot of Shovel board originally played with Edward IV groats traces back to at least 1522 when it was banned by Henry VIII? | Shove a Penny |
| What game traces back to at least 1744 when it was mentioned in a children's book as Chuck Farthing? | Pitch Penny |
| What family of ring tossing games originated in Ancient Greece? | Quoits |
| What marble based game was released by Atari in 1984? | Marble Madness |
| What pitching game held its first world championship in 1910 in Bronson, Kansas? | Horseshoes |
| What Italian lawn game evolved from bowling? | Bocce |
| King Louis XI of France had the first known indoor version of what game? | Billiards |
| What are the three main divisions of billiards games? | Carrom, Pool, and Snooker |
| What group of games similar to billiards is played with he fingers and wooden disks? | Carroms |
| What dexterity game originated in 12th Century China as a divinatory device before spreading to Korea, Japan, and the Haida Indians of British Columbia? | Pick-up Sticks |
| What Milton Bradley dexterity game published in 1966 and popularized on The Tonight Show was patented by Charles Foley and Neil Rabens? | Twister |
| What dexterity game's name is derived from the Swahili word for "to build"? | Jenga |
| What Victorian parlor game centers on reclaiming lost objects with the quote, "I have a thing and a very pretty thing, and who is the owner of this very pretty thing?" | Forfeits |
| What card game designed by Sir John Suckling in 1623 evolved from the game Noddy and uses a peg board for scoring similar to Hounds and Jackals? | Cribbage |
| What was the name of George Parker's first game made in 1883? | Banking |
| Name the three major dexterity games published by George Parker before 1902. | Ping Pong, Pillow Dex, Tiddledy Winks |
| What was the name of the Parker Brothers line of jigsaw puzzles? | Pastime Puzzles |
| What did Edward Cayce, a self-proclaimed psychic sell to Parker Brothers in 1903? | Pit |
| Cards in ancient China were called yezi or what more common English term for games played with them? | Leaf |
| Coins, strings of coins, myriads of strings, and tens of myriads appeared as suits on what? | Money Cards |
| What are these items called? (pictures of oriental women on long rectangular things with different numbers of dots above and and below them) | Domino Cards |
| What Turkish caste culture is the origin of modern European playing cards? | Mamluk |
| English cards use what deck and suit composition that was formalized in 1480? | French |
| Name at least three types of Card Outplay Games (broad categories, not specific games). | Trick Taking Games, Beating Games, Climbing Games, Adding Games, Fishing Games, Matching Games, Penalty Avoidance Games, War Group |
| Name at least one type of Card Exchange Game (broad category, not a specific game). | Draw and Discard/Rummy Games, Commerce Group, Cuckoo Group, Quartet Group, Card Passing Group |
| What are the two main types of card Banking games? | Turn up and Face Count games |
| Playing cards descended from tarot - True of False? | False |
| How many cards are there in a standard tarot deck? | 78 |
| How many court cards are in a suit of a standard tarot deck? | 4 |
| The 21 supplemental tarot cards with allegorical illustrations are sometimes referred to as what? | Major Arcana |
| What was the first trading card game? | Magic: the Gathering |
| What was the name of the first expansion for the first trading card game designed by Richard Garfield? | Arabian Nights |
| What is the oldest recorded harvest festival that dates from c.2170 BCE? | Chinese Moon Festival |
| What types of games probably trace back to the origin of agrarian societies and the harvest festivals that were held? | Carnival Games |
| What is the oldest recorded sports competition that dates back to 776 BCE and was won by Coroebus of Elis? | The Olympic Games |
| Between the years of 1200 and 1400, there were no fewer than 4,860 of what chartered? | Fairs |
| An Englishman by the name of John Bill Ricketts brought the first what to America in 1792? | Circus |
| What event is the origin of the modern carnival generally associated with? | The Chicago World Fair |
| What is the term for the main sideshow area in modern carnivals, circuses, and amusement parks? | Midway |
| What are the two main divisions of carnival games? | Games of Skill and Games of Luck |
| What is the name for the standardized version of a game derived from billiards during King Louis XIV's reign that featured skittles fixed to a table with holes in the bed? | Bagatelle |
| What type of game popular in Japan is similar to pinball that was the inspiration for Peggle? | Pachinko |
| What pinball game released in 1992 was the best-selling pinball game of all time? | The Addams Family |
| What game launched the modern pinball game industry, published in 1931 by David Gottlieb? | Baffle Ball |
| What is the name of the last remaining pinball manufacturer in the world? | Stern Pinball Inc. |
| What game was banned in New York City from 1942-1976? | Pinball |
| What war game was first invented in 1811 by lieutenant Georg leopold von Reiwitz and his son in the Prussian army and was eventually published in 1824? | Kriegsspiel |
| What war game published in 1913 is considered a companion book to Floor Games, published in 1911? | Little Wars |
| What was the name of the first commercial wargame company and the first wargame board game publisher founded in 1954 by Charles S. Roberts? | Avalon Hill |
| What influential board game designed by Francis Tresham in 1982 later became the basis for a landmark series of turn-based strategy games on the computer? | Civilization |
| What UK company was founded by John Peake, Ian Livingstone, and Steve Jackson in 1975 and had their initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in 1994? | Games Workshop |
| What IP developed by Games Workshop as a successor to Reaper later became the basis for an MMO published in 2008 by Mythic Entertainment? | Warhammer (Fantasy) |
| What set of medieval miniatures rules originally published by Guidon games in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin was influenced the subsequent development of Dungeons and Dragons? | Chainmail |
| What was the final name of the game originally known as The Fantasy Game that was designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and published in 1974? | Dungeons and Dragons |
| What trademark license built on top of the Open Game License did Wizards of the Coast release to the world in 2000 that resulted in an explosion of content for Dungeons and Dragons? | D20 |
| What company did Rick Loomis found in 1972 to manage the computer-moderated Play By Mail games he had started in 1970? | Flying Buffalo Inc. |
| Greg Stafford designed and published what RPG based on Glorantha game world in 1978? | Rune Quest |
| What company founded in 1975 published the Call of Cthulu, Pendragon, and Stormbringer roleplaying games? | Chaosium Inc. |
| What was the first game by Steve Jackson published by Metagaming Concepts as a microgame in 1977 (hint: it was an asymmetric war game where one side had a single tank)? | Ogre |
| The Fantsy Trip was the precursor to what roleplaying system published by Steve Jackson Games in 1986? | GURPS |
| What vehicle combat simulation game did Steve Jackson Games publish in 1980? | Car Wars |
| What game trademark did George Parker acquire from Joesph Babcock in 1923? | Mah-Jongg |
| What automotive-themed game that eventually evolved into Milles Bornes was originally published in 1906 before Parker brothers acquired it in 1928 and took it on a national success as "one of the largest-selling games ever published"? | Touring |
| In 1935, Robert Barton decided to purchase a game from Charles Brace Darrow that had previously been rejected for having "fifty-two fundamental playing errors" that ended up saving Park Brothers. What was the game? | Monopoly |
| Monopoly was based on what earlier game by Elizabeth Magie Phillips that advocated the Single Tax Theory? | The Landlords Game |
| What was the original name of the man that appears as the primary mascot of Monopoly? | Rich Uncle Pennybags |
| What "whodunit?" game designed by a government actuary named Anthony Pratt was published by Parker Brothers in 1949? | Clue |
| What hit game with a "success formula" of fame, happiness and money was published by Parker Brothers in 1957 after being invented and published by Dr. James C. Brown in 1955? | Careers |
| The game "La Conquete Du Monde" published by Miro Company in France and invented by the movie producer Albert Lamorisse (famous for The Red Balloon) was published in 1959 with some rules changes as what game of world domination? | Risk |
| What game launched in 1963 by Parker Brothers and outsold Monopoly that year was redesigned version of Parker Brothers' Touring by Edmond Dujardin and published by Miro Company, which Parker Brother had recently acquired a 40% stake in? | Mille Bornes |
| What product did Parker Brothers acquire in 1967 that had been invented in 1890 and was the most expensive in company history at $975,000 in cash, which then went on to outsell Monopoly that year/ | Ouija |
| What company did Parker Brothers sell to in 1968? | General Mills |
| What toy did Parker Brother introduce to the market in 1970 that began life as an indoor volleyball game? | Nerf |
| What painting auction game invented by Marvin Glass and Associates and published by Parker Brothers in 1971 was the subject of a law suite by Christian Thee who claimed that he had invented the game? | Masterpiece |
| What popular 1978 toy released by Parker Brother used a microprocessor made by Texas Instruments and contained 6 different games? | Merlin |
| In 1981, Parker Brothers paid Sega a $500k advance to create an Atari cartridge port for what popular arcade game? | Frogger |
| What was the first board game published in the United States in 1822 by F.& R. Lockwood? | The Traveller's Tour Through the United States |
| What company was the first mass market game publisher in the United States that published their first game, Dr. Busby in 1943? | W. & S.B. Ives Co. |
| What landmark morality game published in 1843 by publisher of the earlier Dr. Busby was influential on George Parker and was later reprinted by Parker Brothers in 1894? | The Mansion of Happiness |
| What company began publishing games in 1850 and was one of the most important publishers of board games in the United States until they were sold to Milton Bradly in 1920 after publishing over 145 games? | McLoughlin Brothers |
| in 1860, Milton Bradley began publishing what landmark game after his lithograph of beardless Abraham Lincoln began selling poorly when Abraham Lincoln grew a beard? | The Checkered Game of Life |
| The Checkered Game of Life used what randomizer mechanism because dice were seen as sinful? | Teetotem |
| Reuben Klamer created for Milton Bradley in 1960 what game as a redesign of an older game? | The Game of Life |
| What electronic memory game published by Milton Bradley in 1978 was Milton Bradley's best-selling item in 1980? | Simon |
| What company founded in 1867 and renamed to its modern name in 1880 was one of the most prolific publishers of board games in the United States with over 300 games published, even though they were a "jobber" for other game companies until the mid-1920s? | Selchow & Righter |
| In 1986, after over 100 years of operation, Selchow & Righter was sold to what company who the went out of business 7 months later? | CoLe Co. (Connecticut Leather Company) |
| Who were the Big Three board game publishers during the first half of the Golden age of Board Games? | Milton Bradley, Parker Brothers, Selchow & Righter |
| What firm purchased McLoughlin Brothers in 1920? | Milton Bradley |
| What company founded in 1980 published Middle Earth Roleplaying and Rolemaster? | Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) |
| What was the first roleplaying game in the World of Darkness product line that White Wolf published in 1991? | Vampire: The Masquerade |
| Identify this game. (Paddle shape, with rosette spaces) | Royal Game of Ur |
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