A collection of the most interesting facts and trivia for over 25 popular games A collection of the most interesting facts and trivia for over 25 popular games

Game Trivia Series

Passionate game players and fans worldwide want to know more about their favorite games.
What are the records, history and famous names for the popular games we love to play?

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  • Who are the winners, losers and players for sports, casino gambling, skill and video games?
  • What was the longest sports game?
  • What are the big jackpot stories of winners at casino gambling?
  • What is the industry scoop, best selling genre titles and online news in video game land worldwide?
  • What are the unique game facts Trivia for skill games like chess, backgammon or billiards?

gamerisms answers these questions with facts, mixes in some Trivia and makes the worldwide search for game information exciting entertainment for passionate players.

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Sports Games Trivia

I Sports Soccer

Soccer Trivia

Chop: action to strike the ball hard in a different direction to escape a defender.
Hacking: lingo for the kicking a challenger's legs. Square Pass: passings to a teammate running nearby.

Soccer Trivia

I Sports Basketball

Basketball Trivia

Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored the most number of points in a single NBA game, giving his team 100 of the total 169 scored against the New York Knicks in March 2, 1962.

Basketball Trivia

I Sports Volleyball

Volleyball Trivia

Back Row Attack: refers to a player in the back row who attacks the ball in an attempt to score, usually in the form of a spike.
Power Alley: lingo for long hit avoiding the spiker while moving to the farthest point of the court.

Volleyball Trivia

I Sports Baseball

Baseball Trivia

Two baseball teams hold the record for most home runs in a single game. For the American League, it is Toronto Blue Jays, 10 home runs in an 18-3 victory over the Orioles during Sept/1987. For the National League, there's Cincinnati Reds, 9 home runs for a 22-3 win over Philadelphia in Sept/1999.

Baseball Trivia

I Sports Golf

Golf Trivia

You have got to drive way long at the Satsuki Golf Club in Japan because it's 909 yards before the dimpled ball reaches the 7th hole. This is the longest distance between holes-a world record.

Golf Trivia

I Sports Hockey

Hockey Trivia

Hockey Lady: Manon Rheaume, born 1972, won an Olympic silver, played goalie and made the record books as the first and only woman to play during an NHL exhibition game for Tampa Bay Lightning.

Hockey Trivia

I Sports Football

Football Trivia

To date, the Super Bowl has never been played on a participating team's home field. Nor has a Super Bowl game required overtime or ended in a shutout.

Football Trivia

I Sports Tennis

Tennis Trivia

Buggy Hit: hitting the ball with no follow through but a short whip-like motion.
Dink: refers to a shot hit with little velocity. Triple: a victory at singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at a tournament.

Tennis Trivia

I Sports Cricket

Cricket Trivia

3 Game Formats: First is Test Cricket, second is ODIs or single day events and the third game format is T20 where each team bats and bowls for 20 overs only. This is currently, the favorite of the formats.

Cricket Trivia

I Sports Rugby

Rugby Trivia

Rugby's longest game in history took place on October 7th 2011 and lasted for 24 hours and 30 minutes and 6 seconds.

Rugby Trivia

I Sports Fantasysports

Fantasy Sports Trivia

Bonus FantasySports Facts Trivia

Fantasy Sports Trivia

I Articles

Additional Sports Trivia

4 More Sports included with game facts trivia reporting are Olympics, Boxing, Table Tennis & Badminton, sports that have a global appeal.

Additional Sports Trivia

 

Skill Game Trivia

I Skill Chess Checkers

Chess Trivia

Poisoned Pawn: this unprotected chess piece, if captured, could result in a loss.
Royal Fork: piece caught between the king and queen.

Chess Trivia

I Skill Backgammon

Backgammon Trivia

The card game, In Between is a backgammon variant where players bet on the odds of the third card falling in between the values of the first two cards dealt.

Backgammon Trivia

I Skill Rummy

Rummy Trivia

There are over 30 variations of the game Rummy that are commonly played and hundreds of local variations worldwide.

Rummy Trivia

I Skill Billiards

Billiards Trivia

The tapered sticks are used to strike the cue balls with a tip that is called cues. There are other accessories called rest, a full-butt and a half-butt.

Billiards Trivia

I Skill Darts

Darts Trivia

There are some entertaining names for darts games. For example, Jumpers, Killers, Round the Clock, Cricket and Tactics are played with various scoring techniques.

Darts Trivia

 

Casino Games Trivia

I Casino Casino

Casino Gambling Worldwide

gamerisms embarks on a global fact finding mission to report about casino history, online casinos and land casinos, casino players data, revenue and regional markets worldwide plus Winners & Legends.

Casino Gambling Trivia

I Casino Blackjack

Blackjack Trivia

The late Australian Kerry Packer, a media tycoon preferred the game of blackjack
among others. Kerry is said to have tipped one cocktail waitress a house!

Blackjack Trivia

I Casino Poker

General Poker Trivia

For the game of poker, there is one chance in 500 of drawing a flush. There are 2,598,960 five-card hands possible in a 52-card deck of cards.

General Poker Trivia

I Casino Slots

Slots Trivia

Huge Millions to this Megabucks winner for a payout of $20,591,025. The anonymous 64 year old Vegas resident stated that only four pulls and $12 was enough for a huge strike.

Slots Trivia

I Casino Videopoker

Video Poker Trivia

There are over 25 versions of video poker including play online and each one has their own strategy.

Video Poker Trivia

I Casino Roulette

Roulette Trivia

Between 1904 and 1911, William Nelson Darnborough from Bloomington, Illinois, challenged the monstrous Monte Carlo casino at roulette, winning close to a half million dollars.

Roulette Trivia

I Casino Craps

Craps Trivia

A few craps winner can get the nod from Lady Luck by riding small buy-ins to big hits as with Fast Eddie. During his 80+ years there were 4 different sessions at the craps tables where $100 initial bet zoomed up to more than $250,000. each time.

Craps Trivia

I Casino Sportsbetting

Sportsbetting Trivia

According to an ESPN survey, about 118 million Americans gambled on sports in some manner in 2008.

Sportsbetting Trivia

 

Video Game Trivia

I Video Video

Video Games Trivia

This comprehensive report includes general facts, revenue, video game history, worldwide popularity and online gaming. Additionally, 10 video game genres are detailed.

Video Game Trivia