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Monopoly was first marketed on a broad scale by Parker Brothers in 1935. A Standard Edition, with a small black box and separate board, and a larger Deluxe Edition, with a box large enough to hold the board, were sold in the first year of Parker Brothers' ownership. These were based on the two editions sold by Darrow. [ 77]
McMillions (stylized as McMillion$) is a documentary miniseries about the McDonald's Monopoly promotion scam that occurred between 1989 and 2001. Directed by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte, the series details how the scam was perpetrated by Jerry Jacobson, [1] the head of security for the agency that ran the promotion, and how he recruited a wide range of accomplices.
Game description: First in a proposed series of four Star Trek Monopoly editions (only two were made; this and the Original Series edition listed below), the game's elements drew heavily from the series' seven-season run. The paper currency was made to be different values of gold-pressed latinum, houses became Galaxy-class Starships, hotels ...
Lizzie Magie's 1904 board design, The Landlord's Game, was a predecessor of Monopoly. The history of Monopoly can be traced back to 1903, [1] when American anti-monopolist Lizzie Magie created a game called The Landlord's Game that she hoped would explain the single-tax theory of Henry George as laid out in his book Progress and Poverty.
He is the eighth living recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan. John Allan Chapman (July 14, 1965 – March 4, 2002) was a Combat Controller in the United States Air Force who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on August 22, 2018, for his actions in the Battle of Takur Ghar.
James Dover Grant [1] CBE (born 29 October 1954), primarily known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British author who writes thriller novels, and is best known for his Jack Reacher novel series. [2] The books follow the adventures of a former American military policeman , Jack Reacher , who wanders the United States.
The McDonald's Monopoly game is a sales promotion run by fast food restaurant chain McDonald's, with a theme based on the Hasbro board game Monopoly. The game first ran in the U.S. in 1987 and has since been used worldwide. The promotion has used other names, such as Monopoly: Pick Your Prize! (2001), Monopoly Best Chance Game (2003–2005 ...
Jack Reacher is a series of novels, novellas and short stories by British author Jim Grant under the pen name Lee Child. [ 1] As of January 2022, the series includes 28 books and a short story collection. [ 2] The book series chronicles the adventures of Jack Reacher, a former major in the United States Army Military Police Corps now a drifter ...