Chess Trivias
Q1. In which movie did Humphrey Bogart played chess in Rick's Cafe? It was only natural since Bogart, one of cinema's great stars, was himself a chess addict.
Q2. What are the name of the first two books to be printed in the English language, by the English printer William Caxton?
Q3. Who did the Comedian Bob Hope played the game of chess on the "Bob Hope Show"?
Q4. Who did John Lennon play chess with on the video for the song "Imagine"?
Q5. Who and when was the first recognized as the World Chess Champion?
Q6. Did you know that the final position shown on the demonstration boards in the James Bond film From Russia with Love was actually a real game that is played by which two great GM?
Q7. How much money did the wealthy banker in Montenegro put up for the match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky to play in September 1992?
Q8. In which episode of Star Trek, did Captain Kirk and his first officer, Mister Spock, played a form of 3-Dimensional chess on the Starship Enterprise in 1966?
Q9. In which Shakespeare's play did Ferdinand and Isabella played chess?
Q10. What did chess term "patzer" mean?
Q11. What did chess term "Kibitzer" mean?
Q12. Who are the famous British politicans that loved playing chess?
Q13. Who are the famous American politicans that loved playing chess?
Q14. What is the name of this game 1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4#?
Q15. What did British top chess players Hugh Alexander, P.S. Milner-Barry and Harry Golombek had in common during World War II?
Q2. What are the name of the first two books to be printed in the English language, by the English printer William Caxton?
Q3. Who did the Comedian Bob Hope played the game of chess on the "Bob Hope Show"?
Q4. Who did John Lennon play chess with on the video for the song "Imagine"?
Q5. Who and when was the first recognized as the World Chess Champion?
Q6. Did you know that the final position shown on the demonstration boards in the James Bond film From Russia with Love was actually a real game that is played by which two great GM?
Q7. How much money did the wealthy banker in Montenegro put up for the match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky to play in September 1992?
Q8. In which episode of Star Trek, did Captain Kirk and his first officer, Mister Spock, played a form of 3-Dimensional chess on the Starship Enterprise in 1966?
Q9. In which Shakespeare's play did Ferdinand and Isabella played chess?
Q10. What did chess term "patzer" mean?
Q11. What did chess term "Kibitzer" mean?
Q12. Who are the famous British politicans that loved playing chess?
Q13. Who are the famous American politicans that loved playing chess?
Q14. What is the name of this game 1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4#?
Q15. What did British top chess players Hugh Alexander, P.S. Milner-Barry and Harry Golombek had in common during World War II?
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12:26 AM
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Q1. Casablanca.
Q2. It was entitled "The Game and Play of Chess" and the other book was the Bible.
Q3. Bobby Fischer.
Q4. Yoko Ono.
Q5. Wilhelm Steinitz from Prague.
Q6. Spassky vs. Bronstein 1959 matches at Leningrad.
Q7. US$5 million dollars.
Q8. "Charlie X"
Q9. "The Tempest"
Q10. A poor player.
Q11. Someone who comments on other people's game.
Q12. Churchill, Bonar Law and James Callaghan.
Q13. Washington, Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln, and Jimmy Carter.
Q14. Fool's Mate.
Q15. They are code breakers for UK Government that help to break the code to sink the German battleship Bismarck.
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