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The original U.S. version of the board game Monopoly has two Get Out of Jail Free cards, with distinctive artwork. One, a "Community Chest" card, depicts a winged version of the game's mascot, Mr. Monopoly, in his tuxedo as he flies out of an open birdcage. The other, a "Chance" card, shows him booted out of a prison cell in a striped convict ...
Snakes and ladders is a board game for two or more players regarded today as a worldwide classic. [ 1] The game originated in ancient India as Moksha Patam, and was brought to the United Kingdom in the 1890s. It is played on a game board with numbered, gridded squares. A number of "ladders" and "snakes" are pictured on the board, each ...
Oh hell. Oh hell or contract whist is a trick-taking card game of British origin in which the object is to take exactly the number of tricks bid. [ a] It was first described by B. C. Westall around 1930 and originally called oh! well. [ 1] It was said to have been introduced into America via the New York clubs in 1931. [ 2]
The Simpsons opening sequence is the title sequence of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It is accompanied by " The Simpsons Theme ". The first episode to use this introduction was the series' second episode "Bart the Genius". Each episode has the same basic sequence of events: the camera zooms through cumulus clouds ...
Hand of cards during a game. The following is a glossary of terms used in card games.Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to bridge, hearts, poker or rummy), but apply to a wide range of card games played with non-proprietary pac
Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s. It can be played as either a partnership or solo/"cutthroat" game. The object is to take the number of tricks that were bid before play of the hand began. Spades is a descendant of the whist family of card games, which also includes bridge, hearts, and oh hell.
Fire Escape Collapse, also known as Fire on Marlborough Street, is a monochrome photograph by Stanley Forman which received the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1976 [ 1] and the title of World Press Photo of the Year. [ 2] The photograph, which is part of a series, shows 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her two-year-old goddaughter ...
Albert Daeger. Zahir Dakenov. Ruth Dallas. David family murder–suicide. Pierre David (mayor) Arthur Davidson (politician) Fred Davis (snooker player) Peter Dawkins (musician) Barry Dennen.