My thought as well when I read that. Maybe that’s the point he’s going for in that it’s the only game ported to every compuing/game-playing platform out there.
(Granted, I don’t know if that fact is in fact true, but of any game out there, it’d be the one most likely to be true about.)
Not true. The king can’t be attacked by the king either.
I was thinking oscilloscope, but the office lighting panels version is of a higher quality.
True!
Giles, close … but no cigar!
jump over other pieces in any situation?
I think that’s wrong, but it’s worth a guess.
No, bishops and rooks can’t go over (or around, or through) other pieces as they move, either.
King Arthur’s sword was named Excalibur, but his lance went by the more friendly name of _____________.
Ron.
Correct! Did you know that off the top of your head, or did you Google?
Is Googling even allowed in this thread?
George Washington’s most oddly-named dog was _____________.
Pee standing up?
This post wins.
(Of course, the knight is technically sitting down as well.)
Correct. But, keep the Factual Mad Libs a comming.
And a new one:
In chess only the queen cannot …
This has me stummped. Can’t wait for the answer.
Television actually. An early episode of QI shown on BBC2 in Blightly. BTW, Ron is short for Rhongomynad. (That came from Google: timelessmyths.com :))
move like a knight.
Practically every gaming machine in existence.
The creator of the sitcom ________ wrote the theme song to ________.
Multiply the numbers of the Rainy Day Women and you get…
How can the pawn, bishop, rook, or king move like a knight?
To be fair, mine suggested jumping pieces, which sounds wrong.
Move to give a discovered check?
Not bad - the King + Rook ‘jump’ in castling. But bishops don’t jump.
Quite so!
That is correct!
Yay me! Now I can go to sleep.