Board Game Trivia: 50 Fun Questions for Game Night Pros

Whether you’re a game night champion or just love flipping through the rulebook, this board game trivia quiz is for you! From timeless classics like Monopoly and Clue to modern favorites like Codenames and Catan, we’ve stacked the deck with 50 fun questions that test your knowledge, memory, and strategy.
Answers are provided at the end—no peeking unless you draw a “Cheat” card!


🎲 Board Game Trivia Questions

🎯 Classic Board Games

  1. What board game uses tokens like a dog, top hat, and car?
  2. In which game do players try to solve a murder by identifying the suspect, weapon, and room?
  3. What game features real estate trading and properties like Boardwalk and Park Place?
  4. Which game has a board with colored squares and cards that tell players where to move?
  5. In Scrabble, how many tiles does each player start with?
  6. What color is the $500 bill in Monopoly?
  7. What game challenges players to form words from random letters on dice in a grid?
  8. Which game includes the characters Miss Scarlet, Colonel Mustard, and Professor Plum?
  9. What game has pegs and a hidden code to guess?
  10. What number do you need to roll to get out of jail in Monopoly without paying?

🧠 Strategy & Logic Games

  1. What two-player game uses black and white stones on a grid board?
  2. In Chess, which piece can move in an “L” shape?
  3. In Risk, what is the objective of the game?
  4. What strategy game features settlements, roads, and resources like wheat and brick?
  5. Which modern strategy game features a plague trying to wipe out humanity?
  6. In Checkers, what is it called when a piece reaches the opponent’s back row?
  7. What color is usually associated with the starting player in Chess?
  8. What is the maximum number of players in the original Catan game?
  9. What game involves laying numbered tiles in runs and groups?
  10. In Battleship, what is the smallest ship you have to find?

😂 Party & Family Games

  1. What game requires players to act out clues silently?
  2. In Pictionary, what do players draw?
  3. What board game has players guessing phrases based on clues while wearing a card on their head?
  4. What party game features “Go to Jail,” “Electric Company,” and “Community Chest”?
  5. What fast-paced card game involves shouting “UNO” when down to one card?
  6. In The Game of Life, what can players land on instead of going to college?
  7. What popular game uses a spinner and involves body parts on colored dots?
  8. What game uses plastic mice to build chain reactions?
  9. In Sorry!, what card sends an opponent back to start?
  10. What game has questions in six categories and pieces shaped like wedges?

🌍 International & Trivia Games

  1. What trivia game was first released in 1981 in Canada?
  2. In Ticket to Ride, what do players collect to build train routes?
  3. What trivia game uses different colored categories including Geography and History?
  4. What popular word-based party game has red and blue spy teams?
  5. What trivia game includes questions about sports, history, and science?
  6. What game is also known as Draughts in the UK?
  7. What game features continents and armies and is known for global domination?
  8. What is the name of the trivia game played with handheld buzzers and a game show format?
  9. What board game tests your drawing, miming, and clue-giving skills, usually with a sand timer?
  10. What board game asks players to guess famous names stuck to their forehead?

🧩 Fun Facts & Board Game Knowledge

  1. What is the best-selling board game of all time?
  2. Which game was originally called “The Landlord’s Game”?
  3. What is the oldest known board game still played today?
  4. In Candy Land, what character do you meet first on the board?
  5. What game includes a “Pop-o-Matic” dice roller?
  6. In Monopoly, how many railroads are there?
  7. What board game did Hasbro base off a viral video game about betrayal and impostors?
  8. What game features properties themed after Disney parks and characters?
  9. What game has a version called “Legacy” where the game evolves over time?
  10. What company produces Monopoly, Clue, and The Game of Life?

✅ Board Game Trivia Answers

Classic Board Games

  1. Monopoly
  2. Clue (or Cluedo)
  3. Monopoly
  4. Candy Land
  5. 7 tiles
  6. Orange
  7. Boggle
  8. Clue
  9. Mastermind
  10. Roll doubles

Strategy & Logic Games

  1. Go
  2. Knight
  3. Conquer the world
  4. Settlers of Catan
  5. Pandemic
  6. King
  7. White
  8. 4 players
  9. Rummikub
  10. Patrol boat

Party & Family Games

  1. Charades
  2. Words from cards
  3. Hedbanz
  4. Monopoly
  5. UNO
  6. Get a job
  7. Twister
  8. Mouse Trap
  9. “Sorry!” card
  10. Trivial Pursuit

International & Trivia Games

  1. Trivial Pursuit
  2. Colored train cards
  3. Trivial Pursuit
  4. Codenames
  5. Trivial Pursuit
  6. Checkers
  7. Risk
  8. Scene It?
  9. Cranium
  10. Hedbanz

Fun Facts & Board Game Knowledge

  1. Monopoly
  2. Monopoly
  3. Senet (ancient Egypt)
  4. Plumpy
  5. Trouble
  6. Four
  7. Among Us (Unofficial variants)
  8. Monopoly: Disney Edition
  9. Risk Legacy or Pandemic Legacy
  10. Hasbro