Fun and Educational Trivia Quiz for February 27

Brain Chain consists of well over 3,000 questions and answers in eight different categories. Remember, Oddball questions require players to determine what three items have in common and pick out the "Oddball" -- much like the old Electric Company television show game -- except more challenging, and often, funnier!

For those of you who have not yet played Brain Chain, review some of our other posts to get a feel for the Oddball trivia question format.

Good luck and good knowledge!


Brain Chain Trivia Quiz -- All Categories:

Question 1 [Geography]: What is the capital of the U.S. State of Kentucky?

Question 2 [History]: Which two countries fought each other in the Hundred Years' War?

Question 3 [Business]: Which online travel site has featured spokespersons including William Shatner and Leonard Nemoy?

Question 4 [Oddball]: Flat, Kant, Poll, Use?

Question 5 [Sports]: Garvey, Lopes, Russell and Cey played toegether more than eight seasons as which team's big league infield?

Question 6 [History]: Who was the last U.S. President that failed to earn a college degree?

Question 7 [Potluck]: Which three letters most commonly identify the cable channel dubbed "the Superstation"?

Question 8 [Entertainment]: Actor Timothy Dalton played 007 in how many James Bond movies?

Question 9 [Business]: Which company trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the single-digit stock ticker "F"?

Question 10 [Oddball]: Blackeye, Great Northern, Kidney, String?

EMAIL YOUR ANSWERS to Feb27Quiz@BrainChainGames.com. We will then send you the correct answers!

Trivia Quiz for Monday, February 26

Brain Chain consists of well over 3,000 questions and answers in eight different categories. Remember, Oddball questions require players to determine what three items have in common and pick out the "Oddball" -- much like the old Electric Company television show game -- except more challenging, and often, funnier!

For those of you who have not yet played Brain Chain, here are a few Oddball examples to get you started:

Question 1: Teddy Bear, Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, Yesterday?
Question 2: Leonardo DiCaprio, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane?
Question 3: Date, Malibu, Palm, Venice?
Question 4: Crash Davis, John Dunbar, Wyatt Earp, George C. Scott?

Ready for the answers?
Answer 1: Yesterday was not an Elvis Presley song [title]
Answer 2: Susan Sarandon because she was not in [the 1997 movie] Titanic
Answer 3: Date is correct because is not the name of a [famous] beach
Answer 4: Geoge C. Scott was not the name of a character played by Kevin Costner.

Got the idea? Good. Then here is today's quiz:

Good luck and good knowledge!


Brain Chain Trivia Quiz -- All Categories:

Question 1 [Oddball]: Billings, Great Falls, Helena, Pueblo?

Question 2 [Potluck]: Which extraordinary woman won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize?

Question 3 [Business]: Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey Skilling and Andrew Fastow were each executives at which disgraced company?

Question 4 [Sports]: NFL Star Tony Dorsett played his college football at which school?

Question 5 [Science]: When used as a scientific prefix, "xanth" indicates which color?

Question 6 [History]: Who was the last U.S. President that failed to earn a college degree?

Question 7 [Geography]: By land area, what is Central America's smallest country?

Question 8 [Entertainment]: Which eventual two-time Oscar winner made her movie debut in the 1660 feature film Tall Story?

Question 9 [History]: Which two U.S. presidents have ordered a martial law imposition?

Question 10 [Oddball]: The Client, Firebirds, The Fugitive, Rocky?

EMAIL YOUR ANSWERS to Feb26Quiz@BrainChainGames.com. We will then send you the correct answers!

Brain Chain Trivia Strategy Press Releases

If you have a few minutes, check out the latest Brain Chain press releases and trivia developments . . . thank you, as always, for your continued support!

Trivia, Strategy, and Board Game Fun Now Available at Brain Chain's Blog Site

GAMES Magazine Names Brain Chain a Top 100 Game

ODDBALL AND BUSINESS TRIVIA KEY TO BOARD GAME SUCCESS

The Winter Olympics are over but the Competition Continues with Brain Chain, the Awesome Strategy-Meets-Trivia Board Game

Fun Presidential Trivia Quiz

For this long weekend, we call on you to answer these questions about our U.S. Presidents. Submit your answers to PresidentsQuiz@BrainChainGames.com and we will let you know how much you know about our great (and not-so-great) leaders. Good luck and good knowledge.

1. Who declared war on Germany, beginning the United State's involvement in World War I?

2. Who lost the 1960 presidential election to John F. Kennedy?

3. Who was the only U.S. president who was neither elected president nor vice president?

4. Who was, and remains, the only U.S. president to be a bachelor?

5. Which president scored a huge achievement with the Gadsen purchase?

6. Which U.S. president was once shot down as a U.S. fighter pilot in World War II?

7. Under which president's administration was the U.S. federal court system established?

8. Which chief executive signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, the first federal law designed to thwart U.S. monopolies?

9. Which president was shot while in Buffalo, New York?

10. Whose presidency suffered humiliation when a U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Union?

Have a terrific Presidents' Day Weekend!

Trivia, Strategy, Education and Fun . . . Coming Soon!

Well, we are back in California . . . and a little under the weather.

We will get back to trivia and strategy posts soon!

Thank you for your patience.

In Trivia Paradise

Well, we thought we might not be able to post to our blog while we were on vacation, but as it turns out, this is pretty close to the view we can see from the hotel's computer. . .

Thank you all for your support! We will return to more traditional posts on a more regular schedule when we are back in the States on Wednesday.

Brain Chain Trivia Quiz: Virgin Islands Style

This week's Brain Chain quiz comes to you straight from the Virgin Islands! Email us your answers to VirginIslandsQuiz@BrainChainGames.com and we will let you know how you did!

Good luck and good knowledge.

1. On both the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, cars are driven on which side of the road?

2. On both the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, what is the official currency?

3. Which of these is NOT a U.S. Virgin Island: St. Croix, St. John, St. Peter, St. Thomas?

4. Which of these is NOT a British Virgin Island: Anegada, Catalypso, Jost Van Dyke, Tortola?

5. Which slave-labor produced industry dominated the Virgin Islands' economy during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries?

6. In 1917, the U.S. purchased its portion of the Virgin Islands from which country?

7. What is the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands?

8. Which ecomonic sector accounts for some 80% of the GDP and employment of the Virgin Islands?

9. One of the world's largest petroleum refineries is located on which of the Virgin Islands?

Good luck and good knowledge!

Our Trivia-Strategy-Fun Newsroom has been Updated!

Brain Chain's Newsroom has a new look!

Thanks to Zhappo Studios, our Newsroom now includes links to Brain Chain's award articles, fan voting and our new line of retailers. There is also a section for Brain Chain press releases and customer reviews of your favorite strategy-meets-trivia game.

We hope you will visit our new and improved Newsroom and email us to let us know what you think. As always, we would be pleased if you emailed us with your thoughts regarding Brain Chain that we could add to our Newsroom.

Thank you for support. Good luck and good knowledge.

Brain Chain is on a Trivia Vacation!

Sorry for the delay in posting that might last until Tuesday . . . Alicia and I are in gorgeous St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands . . . we will try to post some pictures upon our return!

Entertainment Trivia Quiz: Movies, Music, T.V., Books and More!

This week's Brain Chain quiz focuses on entertainment. Let's see how you do. Email your answers to EntertainmentQuiz@BrainChainGames.com and we will let you know how you did.

1. In the Rolling Stones song, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Mick Jagger sings that he was in what type of hurricane?

2. Who was the first female recipient of the AFI's Lifetime Achievement Award?

3. Which actress played the title character in the 1964 musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown?

4. Which European singer increased his fame with the hit song Release Me?

5. The Board of the Modern Library selected which 1922 James Joyce masterpiece as the best English-language novel of the 20th Century?

6. In the Scooby-Doo cartoons, what is the name of the gang's van?

7. Which inspirational 1981 foreign-made film broke box office records in the U.S.?

8. Which Ivy-League university did actress Jodie Foster attend?

9. "Life Ain't Nutin' but a funny, funny riddle" is a line from which John Denver song?

10. The fugitive, Dr. Richard Kimble, specialized in what type of surgery?

Thank you, as always, for taking the time to read our posts and respond to our quizzes. We really appreciate all of your thoughts, comments and suggestions!

Good luck and good knowledge.

Brain Chain, the Educational Trivia Meets Strategy Board Game

Brain Chain offers players of all ages an unprecedented combination of strategy and trivia. The constant interaction between the players keeps Brain Chain hilarious, engaging and heart-pounding until the very end.

Brain Chain features less obscure trivia questions than other leading trivia games and allows players to strategically position the pieces on the board to overcome deficits in knowledge. Other trivia games emphasize answering difficult questions as the way to win. Brain Chain permits each player to control his or her movement around the board and to choose the category of question to be asked, making strategy as crucial as trivia knowledge. The selection of movement cards coupled with the elimination of dice further reduces the luck factor and places a premium on strategy. The player who connects a chain of links first and prevents his or her opponent from doing so wins.

Brain Chain includes ten categories of questions: Business, Entertainment, Geography, History, Oddball, Opponent's Choice, Player's Choice, Potluck, Science and Sports. Whether a novice or a seasoned trivia veteran, you will find questions for all ages and levels of trivia knowledge covering a wide array of subjects. Kids, teenagers, parents and grandparents alike will enjoy the variety of questions designed to connect generations of people together. Brain Chain is ideal for a quick diversion, an evening of entertainment or a weekend get together.

By answering questions and blocking your opponents, you compete for control of the board. Play your movement cards right and answer trivia questions correctly and your Brain Chain will grow. But just when you think you have almost won . . . beware . . . your opponents may break your chain and complete a Brain Chain of their own!

Each Brain Chain game contains two boxes of trivia cards, with well over 3000 questions and answers, a uniquely-designed interactive game board, a deck of movement cards, Brain Pills, three sets of colored links, a playing pawn and an instruction sheet. Additional trivia cards may also be ordered.

Brain Chain now selling at Specialgifts.com

Brain Chain is now for sale at Special Gifts.

We wanted to give a special note of appreciation to Special Gifts for the amazing speed at which they were able to get Brain Chain on their site and start selling our game.

Please be sure to visit specialgifts.com, see what they offer, and remember to buy from them and recommend the site to your friends.

Thank you, Special Gifts!!

Brain Chain Soon to be Available at Special Gifts!

Specialgifts.com will be carrying Brain Chain in the near future!

When you buy a gift for that special someone, you want it to be as unique and beautiful as they are. Special Gifts strives to provide those type of gifts. All of the products at Special Gifts are geared towards improving your life and well-being.

Specialgifts.com is a reliable source for your vitamin, nutritional and herbal supplement needs as well as gemstones that help the body maintain its health and wellness. In addition, Special Gifts carries products that challenge the brain. It is known that people who perform activities that are challenging to the brain (brain teasers, cross word puzzles, etc.) are less likely to contract Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurological diseases. So, brain games such as Brain Chain are offered along with original art that helps organizations that have unique health focus or created by disadvantaged artists.

Specialgifts.com makes shopping fun, convenient, and economical. You can buy from the comforts of your home 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Buy from a trusted source that has been in business for over 10 years. Where Special Gifts truly shines is in the area of customer service. Others talk about it; specialgifts.com delivers it.

We hope you will visit Special Gifts to acquire the products you need for a healthy body, spirit and mind -- even if it is not Brain Chain. These are good people who stand behind their products and provide outstanding service. We are honored and proud to have Brain Chain distributed by specialgifts.com.

Congratulations to the Colts!

Congratulations Colts.

Love him or not, Peyton Manning deserves to hold the Vince Lombardi trophy. . . and we are glad to see the first African-American head coach win the National Football League's biggest prize. It could not have happened to a nicer and more deserving man.

We are happy for Coach Dungy, Peyton, the Colts and for all of the long-suffering Indianapolis fans!

FAQ: What trivia questions categories are included in Brain Chain?

Each Brain Chain trivia set consists of approximately 3,200 trivia questions and answers which are divided among eight categories: Business, Entertainment, Geography, History, Science, Sports, Potluck and Oddball.

Happy February and Brain Chain Trivia Quiz

HAPPY FEBRUARY!

All of us here at Brain Chain Games, Inc. wish you a happy and prosperous February and with it a happy Groundhog Day, Waitangi Day (we had to look it up, too!), Chinese New Year (Year of the Bear), Mardi Gras and most of all, we wish you and your loved one a very happy Valentine’s Day!

In the Brain Chain spirit, here is a quiz to test your knowledge about the month of February. Email your answers to FebruaryQuiz@BrainChainGames.com and we will let you know how you did.

1. February gets its name from the Latin word februa. What is the meaning of februa?

2. Which ancient ruler took a day from February to make August the same length as July?

3. What is the birthstone for February?

4. How often does February have twenty-nine days?

5. According to tradition, what forecast is indicated if the groundhog sees his shadow on February 2nd?

6. What is the literal two-word English translation of “Mardi Gras”?

7. During which U.S. war did Valentine’s Day become commonly observed?

8. According to mythology, Cupid is whose son?

9. St. Valentine's Day is referenced in which Shakespearean play?

10. The most infamous St. Valentine's Day occurred in 1929 when seven people were gunned down in an assassination attempt in Chicago. Who was the gang leader who ordered this strike against “Bugs” Moran?

Thank you, as always, for taking the time to read our posts and respond to our quizzes. We really appreciate all of your thoughts, comments and suggestions! Have a tremendous February.