The Game of Chess

Chess is back! Following the popularity of Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit", we bring you a fun trivia game on all things Chess.

15 questions · Published October 25, 2021

Trivia questions (5 of 15)

Multiple Choice
1. Which chess piece is shown here?
FUN FACT
The reason the Bishop has a slit in its top has a long and complicated history, but in modern times it is meant to represent the mitre hat of Catholic clergy.
Multiple Choice
2. Disregarding color, how many unique pieces exist in the game of chess?
The six chess pieces are:
1. King
2. Queen
3. Rook
4. Knight
5. Bishop
6. Pawn
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3. How many individual squares are on a standard chessboard?
Chessboards are 8 x 8, meaning eight rows down and eight rows across for a total of sixty-four squares.
Multiple Choice
4. What word would someone say when attacking their opponent's King?
The King is under attack, or in check, when it is within a direct line of capture with an opponent's piece.
No other moves can be made by the player until their king is safely out of check, if that cannot be done it becomes checkmate and the game is over.
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5. The __________ film franchise often features the mutants Magneto and Professor Charles Xavier playing chess.
The X-Men films tend to use chess as a foil for the two frenemies to illustrate their divergent ways of viewing the world.

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