Bingo Trivia
What is the traditional shape of a bingo card?
Answer: A square grid consisting of five rows and five columns.
What is the purpose of playing bingo?
Answer: To mark off all the numbers on a player’s bingo card and call out
"Bingo!" before any other player.
Which letter typically appears on the top of a column
on a bingo card?
Answer: The letters B, I, N, G, or O.
How many numbers are there in a standard bingo game?
Answer: 75.
How many squares are on a standard bingo card?
Answer: 25.
What is the name of the center square on a bingo card?
Answer: Free space.
In what year was the first game of bingo played?
Answer: 1929.
What is the name of the game played in the UK that is
similar to bingo?
Answer: Housie.
In what country did bingo originate?
Answer: Italy.
What is the name of the caller who announces the
numbers in a bingo game?
Answer: Caller.
What is the largest number that can appear on a bingo
card?
Answer: 75.
What is the name of the game in which players must
match all the numbers on their card to win?
Answer: Blackout.
In what years did the game of bingo become popular in
the United States?
Answer: 1930s.
What is the name of the organization that regulates
bingo in the United States?
Answer: National Indian Gaming Commission.
What is the name of the game in which players must
match the corners of their card to win?
Answer: Four corners.
What is the name of the game in which players must
match a straight line to win?
Answer: Straight-line bingo.
What is the name of the game in which players must
match a diagonal line to win?
Answer: Diagonal bingo.
What is the name of the game in which players must
match a specific shape to win?
Answer: Pattern bingo.
What is the name of the game in which players must
match the numbers on a pre-determined section of their card to win?
Answer: Picture-frame bingo.
What is the name of the game that Bingo evolved from?
Answer: Lottery
What is the name of the free space on a Bingo card?
Answer: Free space
hat is the most common Bingo game played in North
America?
Answer: 75-ball Bingo
What is the name of the game played in Europe that is
similar to Bingo?
Answer: Tombola
How many possible Bingo combinations are there on a
standard card?
Answer: 552,446,474,061,129,000,000
What is the name of the pattern often used in 75-ball
Bingo games?
Answer: Coverall
What is the name of the Bingo game where players can
win multiple times on a single card?
Answer: Bingo Bonanza
What is the name of the Bingo game where players
compete against each other?
Answer: Speed Bingo
What is the name of the Bingo game where players use
playing cards instead of numbers?
Answer: Card Bingo
What is the name of the game that combines Bingo with
the strategy of poker?
Answer: Bingopalooza
What is the name of the Bingo game where players can
only win on a specific number?
Answer: Lucky Number Bingo