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The Parrot’s Famous 20-Questions Christmas Chess Quiz
1) When was the first chess newspaper column? a) Liverpool, 1813 b) Stuttgart, 1836 c) Moscow, 1915
2) When was the first chess-problem tournament? a) Stuttgart, 1816 b) London 1854 c) Hastings, 1895
3) When was the first chess correspondence match? a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812 b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826 c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888
4) When was the first chess telegraphic match? a) New Orleans : new York 1888 b) Berlin : London 1885 c) Baltimore : Washington, 1844
5) When was the first game played by telephone? a) 1878 b) 1835 c) 1905
6) When was the first match played by telephone? a) Cardiff : Swansea 1884 b) New York : Baltimore 1926 c) Cambridge : Massachussets : New Orleans 1892
7) When was the first modern-timed match? a) Dufresne : Morphy, 1865 b) Lasker : Amateur, 1890 c) Kolison : Anderssen, 1861
8) When was the first simultaneous blindfold exhibition? a) Koltanowski, 1928, Chicago b) Greco, 1606, paris c) Bizzecca, 1266, Florence
9) When was the first international chess match? a) Spain : Italy 1575 b) Morocco : Spain 1375 c) Germany : Poland 1862
10) When was the first chess newsletter? a) Liverpool, 1840 – “The King” b) Paris, 1836 – “La Palamède” c) Berlin, 1843 – “Die Grossen Schachspeiler”
11) Which country issued a chess postage stamp with 10 multi-colored rooks? a) Cambodia, 1968 b) San Marino, 1965 c) Andorra, 1999
12) Which country issued the first chess postage stamp? a) USA, 1932 b) Bulgaria, 1947 c) Poland, 1897
13) How many solution are there to the famous 8 queens on a board problem, so that no queen attacks another? a) 92 b) 1 c) 64
14) Who won the first interzonal at Stockholm in 1948? a) Szabo with 12.5 points b) Bronstein with 13.5 points c) Botvinnik with 14.5 points
15) When was the first mention of the touch-and move rule? a) Greco, Paris 1621, untitled codex b) b’ar Hashib, Baghdad, 626, untitled document c) Lucena, 1497, Arte de Andres, 1497
16) A C13th poem in Latin by Richard de Fournivall attributed the invention of chess to Ulysses at the siege of Troy. But in the middle-ages a popular poem now in the British Museum ascribed invention of the game to…? a) Ovid, The Vertula b) Mephistopheles, De Amphitre Daemonistre. c) Claudius, Emperor of Rome; Caissistus Care Brittanicum Regius Sunt.
17) The “Turk” chess-automaton was constructed in which city and when? a) Vienna, 1769 b) Manchester England, 1822 c) Persipolis, Egypt, 1008
18) In the year 1,110 John Zonares, a monk, suffered a severe penalty for playing chess, which was…? a) He was burnt alive with all his chess pieces b) He was excommunicated c) He was sold into slavery and became a galley-slave.
19) Which saint made the first reference to chess playing a) St Peter, C1st b) St. Atula, Patron of Knights Templar, C11th c) St. Teresa de Avila, C16th
20) How many chess sets did the central educational authority of Cuba issue to schools in one single year? a) 30,000 b) 300,000 c) 3,000,000
Answers!
Answers! 1) Liverpool, 1813 2) London 1854 3) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826 4) Baltimore : Washington, 1844 5) 1878 6) Cardiff : Swansea 1884 7) Kolison : Anderssen, 1861 8) Bizzecca, 1266, Florence 9) Spain : Italy 1575 10) Paris, 1836 – “La Palamède” 11) San Marino, 1965 12) Bulgaria, 1947 13) 92 14) Bronstein with 13.5 points 15) Lucena, 1497, Arte de Andres, 1497 16) Ovid, The Vertula 17) Vienna, 1769 18) He was excommunicated 19) St. Teresa de Avila, C16th 20) 300,000
0-5 - You are perfectly normal, just keep playing and ignore this history nonsense. 6-10 - You have read some chess history and are now dangerous. 11-15 - You read the same book I did but forget several answers. 16-20 - Come on! You wrote the same book I read, but forget several answers!
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