Risk Board Game Quiz: Continent Bonuses and Strategy

A French filmmaker invented a game of world conquest that still sparks family rivalries, and this Risk board game quiz covers its rules and strategy. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on Albert Lamorisse, La Conquete du Monde, Parker Brothers, 42 territories, continent bonuses for Asia, Australia and South America, dice rules, card sets and the Kamchatka link.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Inventor
Who invented Risk?
Original
What was the game first called in France?
Year
When did Parker Brothers release Risk in the US?
Territories
How many territories are on the standard board?
Asia
What is the continent bonus for holding Asia?
Australia
What is the bonus for holding Australia?
NA
What is the bonus for holding North America?
Dice
How many dice can a defender roll?
Ties
Who wins a tied dice comparison?
Link
Which territory connects Asia to Alaska?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who invented Risk?
Answer: French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse
He also made The Red Balloon.
Q2: What was the game first called in France?
Answer: La Conquete du Monde
It means the conquest of the world.
Q3: When did Parker Brothers release Risk in the US?
Answer: 1959
It became a classic.
Q4: How many territories are on the standard board?
Answer: 42
They are grouped into six continents.
Q5: What is the continent bonus for holding Asia?
Answer: Seven armies
It is the largest and hardest to hold.
Q6: What is the bonus for holding Australia?
Answer: Two armies
It has only one entry point.
Q7: What is the bonus for holding North America?
Answer: Five armies
Europe also gives five.
Q8: How many dice can a defender roll?
Answer: Up to two
Attackers can roll up to three.
Q9: Who wins a tied dice comparison?
Answer: The defender
This favors defense.
Q10: Which territory connects Asia to Alaska?
Answer: Kamchatka
The link crosses the Pacific.

Risk Board Game Quiz – Continent Bonuses and Strategy

Risk was invented by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse, director of The Red Balloon, as La Conquete du Monde in 1957. Parker Brothers released it in the US as Risk in 1959.

The board has 42 territories in six continents. Holding a whole continent earns bonus armies each turn: Asia gives seven, North America and Europe five, Africa three, and South America and Australia two. Australia is easy to defend because it has only one entry point.

In battles, attackers roll up to three dice and defenders up to two, with ties going to the defender. Trading sets of Risk cards gives extra armies, and Kamchatka connects Asia to Alaska across the Pacific.

What This Quiz Teaches

Board game fans will enjoy these questions.

Who invented Risk
How the board is organized
What continent bonuses are
How battles work
Which strategies help

Did You Know?

Games can last many hours.
Secret mission cards appear in some editions.
Many themed versions exist.
Alliances often form and break.
Holding Europe is hard because of many borders.