Chinese Checkers Trivia
What is another name for Chinese Checkers?
Answer: Hop Ching Checkers.
Who is credited with inventing Chinese Checkers?
Answer: George Howard Monks.
What year was Chinese Checkers invented?
Answer: 1892.
What is the objective of Chinese Checkers?
Answer: To be the first player to move all their pieces from their triangle
to the opposite triangle.
How many players can play Chinese Checkers?
Answer: 2-6.
How many triangles are on a Chinese Checkers board?
Answer: 6.
How many game pieces does each player start with in
Chinese Checkers?
Answer: 10.
What is the shape of the Chinese Checkers game pieces?
Answer: Round.
Can a player jump over their own pieces in Chinese
Checkers?
Answer: Yes.
Can a player jump over an opponent's piece in Chinese
Checkers?
Answer: Yes.
Can a player move their piece diagonally in Chinese
Checkers?
Answer: Yes.
Can a player move their piece forward and backward in
Chinese Checkers?
Answer: Yes.
How many moves does it typically take to move a piece
from one triangle to the opposite triangle in Chinese Checkers?
Answer: 3.
What is the name of the strategy in Chinese Checkers
where a player tries to block their opponent's moves?
Answer: Blocking.
What is the name of the strategy in Chinese Checkers
where a player tries to move their pieces as quickly as possible?
Answer: Racing.
What is the name of the strategy in Chinese Checkers
where a player tries to create a chain of jumps?
Answer: Hopping.
Can a player move their pieces sideways in Chinese
Checkers?
Answer: No.
Can a player move their piece to an empty space behind
an opponent's piece in Chinese Checkers?
Answer: No.
What happens if a player runs out of legal moves in
Chinese Checkers?
Answer: They lose.
How long does a typical game of Chinese Checkers last?
Answer: 10-20 minutes.
How is the winner of Chinese Checkers determined?
Answer: The first player to move all their pieces to the opposite triangle
wins.
Can a player continue to move their pieces after they
have reached the opposite triangle in Chinese Checkers?
Answer: No.
What is the name of the center point on a Chinese
Checkers board where all the triangles meet?
Answer: The star point.
What is the name of the variant of Chinese Checkers
where the board is shaped like a hexagram?
Answer: Star Jump.
What is the name of the variant of Chinese Checkers
where the board is shaped like a circle?
Answer: Circular Jump.
What is the name of the variant of Chinese Checkers
where the pieces are moved in reverse order?
Answer: Backwards Chinese Checkers.
What is the name of the variant of Chinese Checkers
where the pieces can only move in one direction?
Answer: One-Way Chinese Checkers.
What is the name of the variant of Chinese Checkers
where the pieces can jump in a straight line?
Answer: Straight Jump.
What is the name of the variant of Chinese Checkers
where the pieces can jump over multiple pieces in one move?
Answer: Super Jump.
What is the name of the variant of Chinese Checkers
where the pieces can only move one space at a time?
Answer: Single-Step Chinese Checkers.