- 1. How many languages was Monopoly available in by 2013, according to Hasbro?
A) 15
B) 27
C) 81
D) 43
- 2. In what year was the board game Advance to Boardwalk released?
A) 1985
B) 1990
C) 1993
D) 1972
- 3. When was the first license awarded to the company that became USAopoly?
A) 2000
B) 1994
C) 1985
D) 1995
- 4. Which company produced the television game show version of Monopoly in 1990?
A) Hasbro
B) USAopoly
C) Winning Moves
D) King World Productions
- 5. What was the name of the first Monopoly card game mentioned in the text?
A) Free Parking
B) Water Works
C) Express Monopoly
D) Monopoly Deal
- 6. Which company holds the license for specialty deluxe editions of Monopoly?
A) Hasbro Interactive
B) Winning Moves
C) Winning Solutions, Inc.
D) USAopoly
- 7. In what year was the Monopoly pinball machine by Stern released?
A) 2001
B) 1998
C) 1995
D) 2009
- 8. How many episodes of the 1990 Monopoly television game show were produced?
A) 27
B) 12
C) 43
D) 111
- 9. What company released a handheld electronic Monopoly game in 1998?
A) Atari
B) Hasbro
C) Infogrames
D) Electronic Arts
- 10. Which company was the first to receive a Monopoly license in 1994?
A) Winning Moves
B) Winning Solutions
C) Parker Brothers
D) USAopoly
- 11. What is the name of the unofficial version of the game that allows users to customize equipment and rules?
A) Wine-opoly
B) Help on Board
C) Make Your Own -OPOLY
D) Chocolate-opoly
- 12. Which company published the Monopoly game for the Nintendo DS alongside Battleship and Boggle?
A) Hasbro
B) Infogrames
C) EA
D) Atari
- 13. Which company was acquired by Hasbro in 1991?
A) King World Productions
B) USAopoly
C) Winning Moves
D) Kenner Parker Tonka
- 14. In what year was Monopoly Junior first published?
A) 1985
B) 1995
C) 1990
D) 2008
- 15. Which company turned Monopoly into a prime time game show in 1990?
A) Parker Brothers
B) Hasbro
C) Winning Moves Games
D) Merv Griffin Enterprises
- 16. Who hosted the 1990 Monopoly game show?
A) John Smith
B) Merv Griffin
C) Mike Reilly
D) Charlie O'Donnell
- 17. In which city did the production of US Monopoly cease at the Parker Brothers plant in 1991?
A) San Diego, California
B) New York, New York
C) Salem, Massachusetts
D) London, UK
- 18. What was the first board produced by the company that became USAopoly?
A) 60th Anniversary edition
B) European edition
C) San Diego, California
D) London edition
- 19. How was the new token for the 1998 US standard edition selected?
A) Random drawing
B) Public voting via website, phone, and stores
C) Employee contest
D) Hasbro executive decision
- 20. Which token won the 1999 vote for the new US Monopoly playing piece?
A) Sack of money
B) Biplane
C) Race car
D) Piggy bank
- 21. What name did Hasbro give the Rich Uncle Pennybags mascot in 1999?
A) Mr. Monopoly
B) Uncle Pennybags
C) Rich Uncle
D) Monopoly Man
- 22. What mistake was made in the 1999 European edition of Monopoly?
A) London was listed as a French city
B) Paris was excluded from the board
C) The currency was listed as the Dollar
D) Geneva was listed as the capital of Switzerland
- 23. What was the main principle of the 'Here & Now' editions?
A) Focus on global trade routes
B) What if Monopoly had been invented today?
C) Historical accuracy of the 1930s
D) Electronic banking only
- 24. What technology was used in the Monopoly Here & Now Electronic Banking Edition?
A) Pre-paid tokens
B) Smartphones
C) Internet-based transfers
D) Debit cards and a card reader
- 25. Which version of Monopoly added skyscrapers and train depots?
A) The Mega Edition
B) Classic Edition
C) Here & Now Edition
D) Championship Edition
- 26. In 2008, what item became a permanent, though optional, addition to the game?
A) Sack of money token
B) Debit card reader
C) Speed die
D) Electronic counter
- 27. What was the final change made to the Income Tax space in the 2008 US standard edition update?
A) Fixed at $200
B) Removed entirely
C) Changed to a percentage
D) Increased to $500
- 28. What material replaced metal for tokens in the US during World War II?
A) Rubber
B) Wood
C) Cardboard
D) Plastic
- 29. What replaced dice in the UK version of Monopoly during the war?
A) Tokens
B) Marbles
C) A spinner
D) Cards
- 30. In what year did Elizabeth Magie's second patent on The Landlord's Game expire?
A) 1945
B) 1939
C) 1941
D) 1944
- 31. What occurred to the game sets exhibited at the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow?
A) They were destroyed
B) They were stolen
C) They were misplaced
D) They were sold
- 32. When was the first Monopoly edition in Braille published?
A) 1968
B) 1985
C) 1975
D) 1973
- 33. Which company acquired Parker Brothers in February 1968?
A) Tonka
B) Waddingtons
C) General Mills
D) Kenner
- 34. What milestone did Parker Brothers reach by 1974?
A) Sold 80 million sets
B) Sold 100 million sets
C) Sold 10 million sets
D) Sold 50 million sets
- 35. Which UK city was featured in Waddingtons' first non-London edition in 1989?
A) Manchester
B) Leeds
C) Birmingham
D) Liverpool
- 36. What type of case was used for the 1965 30th anniversary edition?
A) Plastic
B) Metal
C) Wood
D) Cardboard
- 37. Which group of people became part of Monopoly advertising in 1944?
A) Children
B) Soldiers
C) Factory workers
D) Teachers
- 38. Where were the 'Monopoly happenings' marathon sessions documented in the 1960s?
A) Chicago
B) Moscow
C) New York City
D) London
- 39. What did fans lobby to keep in 1973?
A) The spinner
B) Atlantic City street names
C) Metal tokens
D) The original game price
- 40. How many additional editions of Monopoly did Parker Brothers publish in 1936?
A) Eight
B) Four
C) Six
D) Two
- 41. What was the price range for the new Monopoly editions released in 1936?
A) US$2 to US$25
B) US$10 to US$100
C) US$1 to US$10
D) US$5 to US$50
- 42. Which newspaper profiled Elizabeth Magie Phillips regarding The Landlord's Game?
A) Washington D.C. Evening Star
B) Time magazine
C) The Philadelphia Inquirer
D) The New York Times
- 43. Why did George Parker order a stop to Monopoly production in December 1936?
A) Shortage of materials
B) Sales leveled off
C) A warehouse fire
D) Legal issues with Elizabeth Magie
- 44. Whose photograph appeared on the box lid of the game Bulls and Bears?
A) Charles Darrow
B) An anonymous model
C) Elizabeth Magie Phillips
D) George Parker
- 45. What was Charles Darrow's involvement with the game Bulls and Bears?
A) None
B) He was the lead designer
C) He was the sole inventor
D) He was the publisher
- 46. What was the pre-publication sale number for Bulls and Bears?
A) 100,000
B) 1,000,000
C) 500,000
D) 10,000
- 47. Which company rejected Darrow's game in May 1934?
A) Milton Bradley
B) Transogram
C) Parker Brothers
D) Thomas Sales Co.
- 48. What is the '52 design errors' story considered to be by historians?
A) A legitimate historical analysis
B) A claim by Milton Bradley
C) A Parker-invented creation myth
D) A quote from Charles Darrow
- 49. Who was the president of Parker Brothers during the acquisition of Monopoly?
A) George Parker
B) Rudy Copeland
C) Charles Darrow
D) Robert Barton
- 50. What document did Parker Brothers seek from Darrow after discovering he was not the sole inventor?
A) A patent transfer
B) A royalty waiver
C) An affidavit
D) A public apology
- 51. Whose 1924 patent did Parker Brothers buy to secure undisputed rights to the game?
A) Copeland
B) Layman
C) Magie
D) Barton
- 52. From which company did Parker Brothers acquire the rights to the game 'Finance'?
A) Transogram
B) Milton Bradley
C) Thomas Sales Co.
D) Knapp Electric
- 53. Which individual designed the game 'Inflation'?
A) Rudy Copeland
B) Charles Darrow
C) Daniel Layman
D) George Parker
- 54. Which game was designed by Daniel Layman?
A) Inflation
B) Monopoly
C) Finance
D) Big Business
- 55. What was the first year Monopoly was marketed on a broad scale by Parker Brothers?
A) 1935
B) 1932
C) 1934
D) 1936
- 56. Which material was used for the first die-cast metal playing pieces?
A) Plastic
B) Metal
C) Lead
D) Wood
- 57. What feature was missing on the original Parker Brothers board compared to later versions?
A) The Railroad spaces
B) The Jail space
C) The Go space
D) Icons for the Community Chest spaces
- 58. What was the Income Tax amount on the original Parker Brothers board?
A) $300 or 10%
B) $500 or 20%
C) $200 or 10%
D) $100 or 5%
- 59. In what year was 'Rich Uncle Pennybags' introduced to the game?
A) 1938
B) 1935
C) 1936
D) 1934
- 60. Where did the second meeting between Robert Barton and Charles Darrow take place?
A) New York City
B) Philadelphia
C) Boston
D) Fort Worth
- 61. What did Darrow admit to Barton during their second meeting in Boston?
A) He copied the game from a friend's set
B) He worked for Milton Bradley
C) He stole the board from F.A.O. Schwarz
D) He invented the game alone
- 62. In what year was the first patent for The Landlord's Game granted?
A) 1910
B) 1924
C) 1933
D) 1904
- 63. During which decade did the false belief that Charles Darrow created Monopoly become widely accepted?
A) 1990s
B) 1970s
C) 1930s
D) 1950s
- 64. Who conducted research that helped "rediscover" the true early history of the game for court records?
A) Elizabeth Magie
B) George Parker
C) Ralph Anspach
D) Charles Darrow
- 65. Who produced the game commercially under the name The Fascinating Game of Finance?
A) Ferdinand Thun
B) Louis Thun
C) Charles Darrow
D) Daniel W. Layman
- 66. Who introduced the Atlantic City street names to the game after learning it from Ruth Hoskins?
A) Charles Darrow
B) Jesse Raiford
C) Daniel W. Layman
D) Charles Todd
- 67. Which misspelling originated with Charles Todd and was retained by Charles Darrow?
A) Marvin Gardens
B) Atlantic City
C) Free Parking
D) Short Line
- 68. What year did Hasbro introduce the Speed Die into official game versions?
A) 1989
B) 2008
C) 2006
D) 1994
- 69. In what year did Hasbro change the US color scheme to match the UK edition?
A) 2006
B) 2008
C) 2012
D) 2009
- 70. What locations were used in the first Waddington version of the game?
A) Paris
B) Atlantic City
C) Berlin
D) London
- 71. Who published the 1936 German edition of the game?
A) Waddington Games
B) Schmidt Spiele
C) Editrice Giochi
D) Parker Brothers
- 72. What was the alleged reason Joseph Goebbels gave for denouncing the German Monopoly game?
A) Its complex rules
B) Its American origin
C) Its Jewish-speculative character
D) Its encouragement of capitalism
- 73. What was the actual alleged reason for the Nazi denouncement of the game?
A) The game promoted democratic values
B) High-ranking Nazis lived on streets with high property values
C) The game was copyrighted by a British company
D) The rules violated German civil code
- 74. When did a German edition with 'generic' street names finally appear?
A) 1945
B) 1953
C) 1938
D) 1960
- 75. Which company produced the game in Italy until 2009?
A) Editrice Giochi
B) Hasbro
C) Parker Brothers
D) Waddington Games
- 76. What is the original Austrian version of Monopoly known as today?
A) Business and Speculation
B) Monopoly Österreich
C) Wirtschaft Talent
D) Das Kaufmännische Talent
- 77. When did the game first appear under the official name 'Monopoly' in Austria?
A) 1990
B) 1940
C) 1981
D) 1936
- 78. In which country was Monopoly the most duplicated board game via handmade copies during the Cold War?
A) German Democratic Republic
B) Hungary
C) Poland
D) Soviet Union
- 79. When was the first official version of the game printed for the Soviet Union?
A) 1997
B) 1988
C) 1985
D) 1991
- 80. Which country was the first in eastern Europe to receive an official Monopoly edition after the Cold War?
A) Poland
B) Czech Republic
C) Russia
D) Hungary
- 81. When was the new official edition for Russia published?
A) 1992
B) 1993
C) 2001
D) 1997
- 82. Which anniversary did Monopoly celebrate with the release of Monopoly Revolution?
A) 80th anniversary
B) 70th anniversary
C) 75th anniversary
D) 50th anniversary
- 83. What was a notable physical design feature of Monopoly Revolution?
A) A round shape
B) A triangular board
C) Clear plastic board
D) A vertical stand
- 84. Which token was retired in 2013 after receiving the fewest votes?
A) Shoe
B) Iron
C) Top hat
D) Thimble
- 85. Which token replaced the retired token in 2013?
A) Robot
B) Cat
C) Helicopter
D) Guitar
- 86. How many tokens were included in the 'Golden Token' set sold at Target?
A) Thirteen
B) Five
C) Eight
D) Ten
- 87. In what year did Monopoly celebrate its 80th anniversary?
A) 2010
B) 2015
C) 2012
D) 2013
- 88. When was the first Monopoly game with the new token lineup released?
A) August 2013
B) February 2013
C) June 2013
D) January 2013
- 89. What sound effect is specifically mentioned as being triggered by a game event in Monopoly Revolution?
A) Train whistle
B) Dice rolling
C) Cash register ding
D) Jail door slam
- 90. Who suggested the first Monopoly tournaments?
A) Randolph P. Barton
B) Philip Orbanes
C) Victor Watson
D) Gyles Brandreth
- 91. Where was the first European Monopoly Championship held?
A) Washington, D.C.
B) Macau
C) Reykjavík, Iceland
D) London, UK
- 92. Who does Gyles Brandreth claim won the first European Championship?
A) Victor Watson
B) Philip Orbanes
C) John Mair
D) Pierre Milet
- 93. Who was the first true World Champion of Monopoly, according to Orbanes and Brandreth?
A) John Mair
B) Victor Watson
C) Pierre Milet
D) Randolph P. Barton
- 94. When were true multinational international Monopoly tournaments first held?
A) 1972
B) 1975
C) 1982
D) 1973
- 95. What method was used to select US tournament participants starting in 2003?
A) Internet-based quiz challenge
B) State champion selection
C) Random lottery
D) Regional tournament invitation
- 96. How often are Monopoly tournaments typically held now?
A) Every four years
B) Every two years
C) Every six years
D) Every year
- 97. Which US representative placed second at the 1980 World Championship?
A) Brian Valentine
B) Richard Marinaccio
C) John Mair
D) Dana Terman
- 98. Who won the 2015 World Championship?
A) Richard Marinaccio
B) Brian Valentine
C) Dana Terman
D) Nicolò Falcone
- 99. Where was the 2015 World Championship held?
A) The Venetian resort in Macau
B) Reykjavík, Iceland
C) London, UK
D) Washington, D.C.
- 100. Why was the 2021 World Championship cancelled?
A) Disagreement over rules
B) Lack of funding
C) Coronavirus pandemic
D) Technical difficulties
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