Ever wondered how well you know your bingo trivia? Here’s a fun, challenging bingo quiz for those dedicated online bingo players. Share this with one of your bingo chat room buddies or merely use it to brush up on your knowledge of this much beloved game.
- When bingo first arrived in America it was called:
a. Housie
b. Canasta
c. Tombola
d. Beano
Who gave the game the name bingo?
a. Mark Twain
b. Dennis Hopper
c. Edwin Lowe
d. Sigmund Freud
What was the name of the mathematician who is rumoured to have gone crazy after creating 6000 bingo card combinations?
a. Albert Einstein
b. Gore Vidal
c. Carl Leffler
d. Harry Houdini
At which university did the mathematician who developed the bingo cards teach?
a. Columbia
b. Princeton
c. Oxford
d. Yale
In Germany, bingo was used to help students:
a. With music appreciation.
b. Relax in between lessons.
c. Understand the risks of gambling.
d. Learn spelling, math, and history.
In bingo halls a slang was developed for many of the numbers called. What number does “A duck and a flea” represent?
a. 27
b. 23
c. 83
d. 90
The number 44 is represented by which bingo slang phrase?
a. A hen and a wren.
b. Open two doors.
c. Top of the house
d. Twin mice make nice.
When bingo was called “beano” it was played with what type of beans?
a. Mung beans
b. String beans
c. Jelly beans
d. Coffee beans
In the early 20th Century the Australians had their own specific name for bingo. Which was it?
a. Mousie
b. Billabong
c. Housie
d. Yardie
The term “blind” is given to all bingo numbers ending in a:
a. 5
b. 6
c. 8
d. 0
Bingo Quiz Answers: Below are the answers to the bingo questions. If you didn’t fare too well, don’t worry! If you want to improve your knowledge, then take the quiz again and wow your online bingo buddies with your bingo trivia. Remember that it’s not an easy quiz.
1.d, 2.c, 3.c, 4.a, 5.d, 6.b, 7.b, 8.d, 9.c, 10. d
