Latest / Kidcast Daily / Ep310: Guess the Board Game Trivia
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- 0:00Hit play It's trivia time. Gather round friends in the
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- 0:25Welcome to Kick Ass Daily, where we bring news, trivia, fun
- 0:29facts, and more just for curious kids like you.
- 0:32Today's episode is all about board games.
- 0:36Get ready to test your knowledge and see how many classic and
- 0:39cool board games you can guess. After each question, you'll have
- 0:43a few seconds to think before I tell you the answer.
- 0:46Let's get started. Here comes our first trivia
- 0:49question. Listen carefully, question one.
- 0:53This board game is all about buying streets, collecting rent,
- 0:57and trying to bankrupt your opponents.
- 0:59What game is it? The answer is Monopoly.
- 1:07In Monopoly, you travel around the board, buy properties, and
- 1:11try to get the most money. The game has many different
- 1:15versions from cities all over the world.
- 1:17Let's move to question #2 Question 2.
- 1:20In this game, you try to guess your teammate's secret word by
- 1:23giving one word clues, but you need to avoid the other team's
- 1:27words and the assassin word. What is it?
- 1:35The answer is code names. In code names, spy masters give
- 1:39clues to help their team find the right words on the table.
- 1:43It's a game of thinking and word association.
- 1:46Ready for a classic? Here's question three.
- 1:49Question 3. This game has a checkered board
- 1:52and pieces that you jump over to capture.
- 1:55What's the name of this old school game?
- 2:01The answer is checkers. In checkers, you move pieces
- 2:05diagonally and try to capture all your opponent's pieces.
- 2:09It's one of the oldest board games still played today.
- 2:12Let's make things a little trickier.
- 2:14Question 4IN which game do you shout sorry when you bump
- 2:17another player's piece back to start?
- 2:23The answer is sorry. In sorry.
- 2:26Your goal is to get all your pieces home before the other
- 2:29players, but you might have to send others back to start along
- 2:32the way. Here comes question five.
- 2:35Question 5. This game has colored pegs and
- 2:39you try to guess the secret code your opponent created.
- 2:42What is this game called? The answer is Mastermind.
- 2:50In Mastermind, one player makes a code using colored pegs and
- 2:54the other tries to guess it using logic and clues.
- 2:58Let's keep going with some more trivia.
- 3:00Question 6. Which board game involves
- 3:03connecting 4 discs in a row, either up, down, or diagonally
- 3:07before your opponent does? The answer is connect 4.
- 3:15You drop colored disks into a grid and the first player to get
- 3:19four in a row wins. Here's question seven.
- 3:22Question 7. In this game, you travel through
- 3:26rooms, collect clues, and try to solve a mystery.
- 3:29Who did it, with what, and where?
- 3:36The answer is clue. In Clue, you use deduction to
- 3:40figure out which character committed the crime, what weapon
- 3:42they used, and in which room it happened.
- 3:45Let's see if you can figure out this one.
- 3:47Question 8. Which game uses a tower of
- 3:50wooden blocks and players must remove one block at a time
- 3:53without making the tower fall? The answer is Jenga.
- 4:01In Jenga, you need a steady hand and nerves of steel to keep the
- 4:05tower standing. Now for question nine, question
- 4:099. This ancient game uses black and
- 4:12white stones on a grid and the goal is to surround more
- 4:16territory than your opponent. What is it called?
- 4:23The answer is Go. Go is a strategy game from China
- 4:27that's thousands of years old. It's easy to learn but takes a
- 4:31lifetime to master. Next, question 10.
- 4:35Question 10. Which game has a winding path
- 4:38full of sticky situations where you draw cards and move your
- 4:42gingerbread pawn toward King Candy's castle?
- 4:49The answer is Candy Land. Candy Land is a sweet adventure
- 4:53for younger players, filled with colorful characters and simple
- 4:57rules. Let's keep the trivia rolling.
- 5:00Question 11. In this game, use a wooden
- 5:03mallet to knock colored balls through hoops in the grass.
- 5:07What outdoor board game is this? The answer is croquet.
- 5:15Croquet is a lawn game that's been played for hundreds of
- 5:18years, especially popular at picnics and garden parties.
- 5:22On to question 12. Question 12 Which board game is
- 5:26all about trading sheep, wood, bricks and wheat to build roads
- 5:31and settlements on an island? The answer is the Settlers of
- 5:39Caton. In Caton, you collect resources
- 5:42and trade with other players to build up your own towns and
- 5:46cities. Here's question 13.
- 5:48Question 13. This game has a spiral track and
- 5:52you're trying to be the first to reach the last square, but watch
- 5:55out for the slides that send you back.
- 6:01The answer is Chutes and Ladders.
- 6:04You spin or roll and climb ladders or slide down chutes
- 6:08depending on where you land. Let's try a tough one.
- 6:11Question 14. Which game challenges you to
- 6:14spell words on a grid using letter tiles with different
- 6:18points? The answer is Scrabble.
- 6:24Scrabble has you thinking up words and using high scoring
- 6:27letters to outscore your friends.
- 6:30Now for question 15. Question 15.
- 6:33This game is colored pawns and a circular board and you must
- 6:37answer trivia questions in six different categories to win.
- 6:41What is it? The answer is Trivial Pursuit.
- 6:48In Trivial Pursuit you collect wedges for correct answers and
- 6:52aim to fill your playing piece first.
- 6:55Let's see how you do with some more challenging questions.
- 6:58Question 16. In this stacking game, you
- 7:02balance plastic animals on top of each other without making
- 7:05them fall. What's it called?
- 7:11The answer is animal upon animal.
- 7:14It's a fun dexterity game where players stock wooden animals and
- 7:18try not to topple the pile. Here's question 17.
- 7:22Question 17. Which game has train cards and
- 7:26you build railway routes across North America to score points?
- 7:34The answer is Ticket to Ride. In Ticket to Ride, you collect
- 7:38cards to claim train routes between cities and complete
- 7:41secret destinations. Now.
- 7:43Question 18. Question 18.
- 7:47This classic game uses a spinner and tiny cars and you move
- 7:51through life events like jobs, college and family.
- 7:54What game is it? The answer is the game of life.
- 8:02In the game of life, you spin to move and make choices about your
- 8:06career, family, and more. Here's question 19.
- 8:10Question 19. Which game comes with a big
- 8:13plastic bubble in the middle that you press to roll the dice?
- 8:21The answer is trouble. The poplomatic bubble makes
- 8:24rolling the dice fun in this game of racing your pieces
- 8:27around the board. Here comes question 20.
- 8:30Question 20. This game is all about sinking
- 8:34your opponent ships by guessing where they put them on a hidden
- 8:37grid. What game is it?
- 8:43The answer is Battleship. In Battleship you call out
- 8:47coordinates and try to find and sink all of your opponents ships
- 8:50before they sink yours. Now it's time for our super
- 8:54challenge question. Get ready, this one is tricky.
- 8:58Super challenge. This game is based on a real
- 9:01historical trail in the United States and you travel in a wagon
- 9:05party facing challenges like river crossings and food
- 9:08shortages. What's the name of this board
- 9:10game? The answer is the Oregon Trail.
- 9:17The Oregon Trail lets you play as pioneers traveling West in
- 9:21the 1800s, making choices and hoping your party survives the
- 9:26journey. That's all for today's episode
- 9:28of Kid Cast Daily. How many board games did you
- 9:32guess correctly? Whether you got a few or nearly
- 9:35all of them, you learned some cool facts and maybe discovered
- 9:38a new game to try with your friends or family.
- 9:41Thanks for listening, and be sure to tune in next time for
- 9:44more awesome trivia, fun facts, and news just for curious kids
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