US4856780A
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Sports trivia board game
Assignee: CHIPNJAY Inc A CORP OF KT
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Filing: 1988-03-28
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Granted: 1989-08-15
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Expires: 2008-03-28
Abstract
Abstract A game is provided for testing a player's knowledge of basketball trivia. The game includes a playing board having a plurality of color playing spaces. Five differently colored pairs of tokens are provided, the first token being used to track the player's progress around the board and the second being used to keep score on a scoreboard section provided in the center of the playing board. During play, each player advances his token according to the roll of a pair of dice. Depending on the square landed upon the player may earn one point "free throws" and two and three point "field goals" for answering a question from a set of question cards. Each card includes several questions of increasing difficulty. A plurality of colored cubes corresponding to the colored spaces are provided. These colored cubes further have indicia corresponding to the questions on each question card. The question the player must answer is determimined by first landing on a colored space, then rolling the correspondingly colored cube. The indicia appearing on the cube corresponds to the question to be asked on the question card. By landing on the spaces so marked, the player can commit fouls, turnovers, be sent to the bench, or the like just like in a real basketball game.
Inventors
- 👤 Samuel E. Begley
- 👤 Lana H. Begley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 21:10
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00028; A63F9/00; A63F9/18; A63F2009/188; A63F3/00006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
165 words
A board game apparatus for testing a player's sports trivia knowledge, comprising: a plurality of player tokens; a game board including a plurality of playing spaces, said spaces defining a continous path for advancing said tokens; said spaces including indicia to instruct the player; random generating means for determining by chance the number of spaces to advance said tokens; a plurality of question cards having a number of trivia questions printed thereon; and chance means corresponding to the indicia on said spaces said chance means further including second indicia corresponding to the trivia questions on each question card to determine which said trivia question the player is to answer; whereby, during play the player advances his token a number of spaces indicated by said random number generating means, determines the question to be answered by utilizing the chance means corresponding to the particular indicia in the space upon which the token rests and answers the question scoring a number of points for a correct answer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
165 words
A board game apparatus for testing a player's sports trivia knowledge, comprising: a plurality of player tokens; a game board including a plurality of playing spaces, said spaces defining a continous path for advancing said tokens; said spaces including indicia to instruct the player; random generating means for determining by chance the number of spaces to advance said tokens; a plurality of question cards having a number of trivia questions printed thereon; and chance means corresponding to the indicia on said spaces said chance means further including second indicia corresponding to the trivia questions on each question card to determine which said trivia question the player is to answer; whereby, during play the player advances his token a number of spaces indicated by said random number generating means, determines the question to be answered by utilizing the chance means corresponding to the particular indicia in the space upon which the token rests and answers the question scoring a number of points for a correct answer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The board game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sport of the game is basketball, the playing spaces including indicia corresponding to scoring in the game of basketball.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The board game apparatus of claim 1, wherein the indicia on certain of the playing spaces depict actual scoring in real basketball game including one point for a free throw and two/three points for field goals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The board game apparatus of claim 1, wherein other indicia on certain of the spaces depict fouls or the like corresponding to the game of basketball.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The board game apparatus of claim 1, said indicia on said spaces including identifying colors and a number corresponding to the points awarded for a correct answer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The board game apparatus of claim 1, further including other indicia on certain of the spaces having instructions regarding basketball action of return to bench, technical foul or the like.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The board game apparatus of claim 1, wherein said random number generator comprises at least one die.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The board game apparatus of claim 1, wherein said chance means comprises at least one die having reference characters thereon identifying said trivia questions.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The board game apparatus of claim 1, wherein said question cards include a front side having said trivia questions printed thereon, and answers corresponding to said questions being printed on said reverse side.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
The board game apparatus of claim 1, wherein scorekeeping means is provided on the board including a series of concentric circles with spaces signifying the score, each player being assigned a circle to designate the score by placement of a player token.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
165 words
A sports trivia board game apparatus, comprising: a plurality of player tokens; a game board including a plurality of playing spaces, said spaces defining a continuous path for advancing said tokens; said spaces including indicia to instruct the players; each of said spaces being colored with an identifying color; random number generating means for determining by chance the number of spaces to advance said tokens; a plurality of question cards having a number of trivia questions printed thereon; and chance means having second indicia corresponding to the trivia questions on each question card to determine which said trivia question the player is to answer; said chance means including a plurality of dice, each of said dice uniformly colored with an identifying color corresponding to said different colored spaces; whereby during play the player advances his token a number of spaces indicated by said random number generating means and answers the question determined by said chance means, scoring a number of points for a correct answer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
165 words
A sports trivia board game apparatus, comprising: a plurality of player tokens; a game board including a plurality of playing spaces, said spaces defining a continuous path for advancing said tokens; said spaces including indicia to instruct the players; each of said spaces being colored with an identifying color; random number generating means for determining by chance the number of spaces to advance said tokens; a plurality of question cards having a number of trivia questions printed thereon; and chance means having second indicia corresponding to the trivia questions on each question card to determine which said trivia question the player is to answer; said chance means including a plurality of dice, each of said dice uniformly colored with an identifying color corresponding to said different colored spaces; whereby during play the player advances his token a number of spaces indicated by said random number generating means and answers the question determined by said chance means, scoring a number of points for a correct answer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
174 words
A basketball sports trivia board game apparatus comprising: a plurality of player tokens; a game board including a plurality of playing spaces; said spaces defining a continuous path for advancing said tokens; said spaces including indicia to instruct the player; said indicia corresponding to scoring in the game of basketball, said scoring indicia including identifying colors and a number corresponding to points awarded for a correct answer; random number generating means for determining by chance the number of spaces to advance said tokens; a plurality of question cards having a number of trivia questions printed thereon; and chance means having indicia corresponding to the trivia questions on each question card to determine which said trivia question the player is to answer, said chance means further having a color corresponding to the identifying color of said scoring indicia; whereby during play the player advances his token a number of spaces indicated by said random number generating means and answers the question determined by said chance means, scoring a number of points for a correct answer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
174 words
A basketball sports trivia board game apparatus comprising: a plurality of player tokens; a game board including a plurality of playing spaces; said spaces defining a continuous path for advancing said tokens; said spaces including indicia to instruct the player; said indicia corresponding to scoring in the game of basketball, said scoring indicia including identifying colors and a number corresponding to points awarded for a correct answer; random number generating means for determining by chance the number of spaces to advance said tokens; a plurality of question cards having a number of trivia questions printed thereon; and chance means having indicia corresponding to the trivia questions on each question card to determine which said trivia question the player is to answer, said chance means further having a color corresponding to the identifying color of said scoring indicia; whereby during play the player advances his token a number of spaces indicated by said random number generating means and answers the question determined by said chance means, scoring a number of points for a correct answer.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US4216594A
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FR2573666A1
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