# Anyone remember a Trivia game: Guess the event from the date and place? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 12, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693 "2024-10-12T20:18:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/1 "2024-10-12T20:18:32Z")
A few years ago a friend showed me a game he had gotten as a present. It had a pile of cards (the size of Trivial Pursuit cards). On one side there were a date and a location - the player answers with the event that occurred in that place at that time. Anyone remember the name of that game? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/2 "2024-10-12T20:40:38Z")
October 13, 1307. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/3 "2024-10-12T20:56:02Z")
Date **and** place ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/4 "2024-10-12T20:58:05Z")
France. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/5 "2024-10-12T21:02:26Z")
Wild guess - execution of Joan D’Arc? Really, I’m looking to know the name of this game so I can purchase it ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/6 "2024-10-12T21:24:32Z")
Yeah, I’m also interested. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/7 "2024-10-12T21:39:35Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Wild guess - execution of Joan D’Arc? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/8 "2024-10-12T22:38:32Z")
My wife guesses the Battle of Agincourt. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/9 "2024-10-12T23:02:13Z")
Still nope. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/10 "2024-10-13T10:25:40Z")
I confess I had to double-check: dissolution and arrest of the Knights Templar ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/11 "2024-10-13T11:18:16Z")
Holy Molay! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/12 "2024-10-13T12:02:46Z")
Oh, so nothing obscure. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/13 "2024-10-14T01:37:51Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > dissolution and arrest of the Knights Templar Yes, that’s what I was looking for. I’ll spin this off to a new thread so that OP can hopefully get an answer to his question. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/14 "2024-10-14T02:25:52Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Really, I’m looking to know the name of this game so I can purchase it Was it Chronology? > **[Amazon.com: CHRONOLOGY - The Game Where You Make History - 20th Anniversary...](https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Games-CHRONOLOGY-BOARD-GAME/dp/B007MHIYFM)** > > Product Description Think you know which came first – the invention of mayonnaise or decaffeinated coffee? Lincoln’s Gettysburg address or John Deere’s first plow? Test your knowledge with Chronology by Buffalo Games – the game of all time!... ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/15 "2024-10-14T10:24:02Z")
Not quite the same game, but sounds like fun. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/16 "2024-10-14T10:37:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > October 13, 1307. > [@Smapti](#): > > France. The discovery of haughty derision? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/17 "2024-10-14T17:49:27Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The discovery of haughty derision? I’m sure that goes back much further. 😆