Q 01/05

In a famous Seinfeld scene, which Risk territory does Kramer call weak, provoking a furious subway passenger?

A) Siam

B) Irkutsk

C) Ukraine

D) Mongolia

Answer · why

C) Ukraine

Ukraine: Kramer, playing Newman on the subway, calls it weak and feeble, and a Ukrainian passenger sends the board flying. The clip went viral all ove...

Q 02/05

Risk's inventor, Albert Lamorisse, won an Oscar for which French film?

A) The 400 Blows

B) The Red Balloon

C) Breathless

D) Jules and Jim

Answer · why

B) The Red Balloon

The Red Balloon follows a boy, played by Lamorisse's own son, who is trailed everywhere by a balloon with a mind of its own. It won him the Oscar for ...

Q 03/05

Which game is older than Risk, which dates from 1957?

A) Uno

B) Jenga

C) Monopoly

D) Trivial Pursuit

Answer · why

C) Monopoly

Monopoly had been in the shops since the mid-1930s and entered the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1998, the hall's first year. Risk missed out as a fina...

Q 04/05

Under what French title was Risk first released?

A) La Guerre Mondiale

B) L'Empire du Monde

C) La Conquête du Monde

D) Le Grand Jeu Mondial

Answer · why

C) La Conquête du Monde

La Conquête du Monde means The Conquest of the World. When the game crossed the Atlantic two years later, its American buyer changed a few rules and s...

Q 05/05

Which American company bought the rights to Risk and released it in 1959?

A) Milton Bradley

B) Avalon Hill

C) Selchow & Righter

D) Parker Brothers

Answer · why

D) Parker Brothers

Parker Brothers altered a few of the French rules and coined the one-word name, selling the game at first as Risk: The Continental Game.