♟️ Classic games quiz

The answers, and why

1. How many squares are in a tic-tac-toe grid? Nine. Three rows of three: nine squares.
2. In checkers, how many pieces does each player start with? Twelve. Twelve each, on the dark squares of the first three rows.
3. In checkers, what happens when a piece reaches the far side? It becomes a king. A king is crowned with a second piece and can move backwards too.
4. In dots and boxes, what happens when you finish a box? You take another turn. Complete a box, write your initial in it and go again.
5. In Go Fish, what are you trying to collect? Sets of four. Four cards of the same rank make a set, sometimes called a book.
6. In War, who wins a turn? The higher card. Both flip a card; the higher one takes both.
7. In Snap, when do you shout "Snap"? When two cards match. When the top two cards are the same rank, the first to shout wins the pile.
8. In Old Maid, who loses? The player left with the odd card. One queen has no partner; whoever holds it at the end is the Old Maid.
9. In Memory, what are you looking for? Matching pairs. Turn two cards face up; if they match, keep them.
10. In hangman, what do you guess? Letters. Guess letters one at a time to find the hidden word.